‘I Get A Lot Of Snapchats From These Preppy White Kids Wanting To Gangbang’

“When it comes to violence in Chicago, more rappers are becoming shooting victims, and Young Chop believes it’s because the gang life is a reality.

“Maybe it’s because we [are] more in the street shit than most niggas. Chicago is big on gangs and shit.” He told DJ Vlad, “That shit means something to these niggas out here. I don’t know why, but it just means some shit to these niggas.”
He explained, for most, the gang life was not a choice, however, the need to be gang-affiliated even began spreading to the suburbs. “Everybody in this motherfucker gangbanging. I don’t give a fuck if you’re from up north, suburbs. I get a lot of Snapchats of these preppy white kids want[ing] to gangbang. They don’t know what the fuck they’re throwing up, but everyone wants to gangbang.”

Here’s the interview:

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Posted on March 29, 2016

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You shoulda been there.
1. Making Movies at the Double Door on Thursday night.

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Posted on March 28, 2016

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You shoulda been there.
1. El Famous at Bottom Lounge on Tuesday night.

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Posted on March 25, 2016

Soused By Southwest

1. Plug Pulled On Jon Langford At SXSW.
2. Former Belle Woke Up In Chicago.
3. “The way the Chicago five-piece moves effortlessly from straight up country to Delta blues, into delicate folk that bends and twists into surging electric jams, is absolutely hypnotic.”
4. Under The Influence With Twin Peaks.

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Posted on March 24, 2016

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You shoulda been there.
1. The Mavericks at Thalia Hall on Sunday night.

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Posted on March 21, 2016

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You shoulda been there.
1. RNDM at the Double Door on Tuesday night.

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Posted on March 19, 2016

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You shoulda been there.
1. Wussy at the Red Line Tap on Saturday night.

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Posted on March 14, 2016

By Trevor Cox/The Conversation

AC/DC has postponed their U.S. tour after singer Brian Johnson was warned by doctors that he was at risk of “total hearing loss.” This is unsurprising, perhaps, given the decades that the Australian band has been pumping out the hard rock decibels. But deafness isn’t only a concern for rock musicians, or drum and bass DJs – from classical violinists to pop singers, in recent years it’s become clear that anyone around music a lot has reason to be equally worried.

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Posted on March 12, 2016

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You shoulda been there.
1. Coleman Hell at Subterranean on Thursday night.

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Posted on March 11, 2016

By Steve Rhodes

“It’s early on a Friday morning and Cullen Omori is outside his Chicago apartment smoking the first of several cigarettes,” Ben Homewood writes for NME.
“It’s cold and he has nothing much to do and nowhere in particular to go. Cullen’s well used to days like this one. In December 2014 his band, cult indie trio Smith Westerns, broke up leaving the 25-year old feeling bored and aimless one day, morose and insecure the next.
“‘It got pretty dark at times,’ he says, puffing out his cheeks. In between occasional cleaning shifts at a hospital, he struggled to find the confidence to work on new songs and couldn’t kick drug and alcohol habits picked up over five years on the road.
“Unqualified to do anything else, he questioned everything. Smith Westerns had been his life – he didn’t know it any other way.”

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Posted on March 9, 2016