Music Archives - WONC https://www.wonc.org/category/music/ Pure Rock FM89 Thu, 07 Mar 2024 15:26:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://www.wonc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Main-Logo-150x150.png Music Archives - WONC https://www.wonc.org/category/music/ 32 32 Contemplative Pop Punk: Neck Deep at The Salt Shed https://www.wonc.org/contemplative-pop-punk-neck-deep-at-the-salt-shed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=contemplative-pop-punk-neck-deep-at-the-salt-shed Thu, 07 Mar 2024 15:26:46 +0000 https://www.wonc.org/?p=6832 by Chloe Kallberg After four months across the pond and on the road, Neck Deep’s second American tour came to a close in Chicago on February 25. Tucked into a tiny and expensive parking spot, my friends and I emptied our pockets, flashed our tickets, and permeated the Salt Shed [...]

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]]> Featured Local Artist: Sex Dream https://www.wonc.org/featured-local-artist-sex-dream/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=featured-local-artist-sex-dream Thu, 01 Feb 2024 13:00:17 +0000 https://www.wonc.org/?p=6427 Our Featured Local Artist for February is Sex Dream, a 3-piece from the Chicago suburbs, playing Ramonescore punk with a hint of twee pop. Currently featuring Maria Surfinbird (bass, vocals), Drew (guitar, backing vocals), and Andrew (drums), the band started in fall of 2018 when Maria moved to the US [...]

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]]> 2024 Music Predictions https://www.wonc.org/2024-music-predictions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2024-music-predictions Wed, 31 Jan 2024 18:52:21 +0000 https://www.wonc.org/?p=6458 by Jesse Hudgins and Chloe Kallberg Alternage is approaching its third birthday, which means we’ve been closely following release schedules of our favorite punk, pop punk, emo, and alternative genres since we began college. Meshed with our own personal wish lists, here are three predictions we have for what’s in [...]

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]]> Featured Local Artist: Oscar Bait https://www.wonc.org/featured-local-artist-oscar-bait/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=featured-local-artist-oscar-bait Mon, 01 Jan 2024 13:00:27 +0000 https://www.wonc.org/?p=6325 Our Featured Local Artist for January is Oscar Bait, a four-piece Chicago band that mixes elements of hardcore, pop-punk, and emo into their sound. The band primarily focuses on volleying melancholic melodies toward the listener at the speed of light, with vocalist Jim Coleman Howes delivering seriocomic musings in his [...]

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]]> The Crossroads Artist Highlight: Cody Johnson https://www.wonc.org/the-crossroads-artist-highlight-cody-johnson/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-crossroads-artist-highlight-cody-johnson Thu, 09 Nov 2023 04:00:00 +0000 https://www.wonc.org/?p=6135 By: Andy Jachim Despite playing a few of his tracks over The Crossroads’ history, Cody Johnson has never been a featured artist. That changes this week as we take a look into his newest album, Leather, which was released on November 3. This is Johnson’s 11th set of tracks and [...]

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]]> Featured Local Artist: Unto The Earth https://www.wonc.org/featured-local-artist-unto-the-earth/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=featured-local-artist-unto-the-earth Wed, 01 Nov 2023 11:00:51 +0000 https://www.wonc.org/?p=5980 Our Featured Local Artist for November is Unto the Earth, a four piece metal band from Naperville and Aurora, straddling the lines between stoner, desert, doom, and sludge, with shoegaze and heavy psych influences. Formed in 2019 by guitarist Mike Yoshida and bassist/vocalist/instrumentalist Simeon Papacostas, along with lead guitarist Jed [...]

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]]> Featured Local Artist: The Koop https://www.wonc.org/featured-local-artist-the-koop/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=featured-local-artist-the-koop Sun, 01 Oct 2023 12:00:22 +0000 https://www.wonc.org/?p=5793 Our Featured Local Artist for October is The Koop, an experienced and well-traveled working musician, regularly performing as a solo acoustic player throughout the Chicagoland area. So far this year, he’s played over 50 three-hour shows of what he likes to call his “essential acoustic melodies.” From wineries to breweries [...]

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]]> The Comeback and Evolution of Hardcore https://www.wonc.org/the-comeback-and-evolution-of-hardcore/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-comeback-and-evolution-of-hardcore Mon, 24 Jul 2023 13:00:20 +0000 https://www.wonc.org/?p=5364 by Jesse Hudgins Hardcore has been a genre since the late 70s, originating with bands like Black Flag, Middle Class, and Circle Jerks. In his book, American Hardcore: A Tribal History, author Steven Blush states that the original hardcore album to come out was Out of Vogue by Middle Class [...]

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]]> Alternage Retrospective: Minor Threat https://www.wonc.org/alternage-retrospective-minor-threat/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alternage-retrospective-minor-threat Wed, 12 Jul 2023 14:45:26 +0000 https://www.wonc.org/?p=5342 by Jesse Hudgins Growing up straight edge, there was always a weird aura to it. I never treated anyone terribly if they didn’t want to be, but at times, I felt alienated and like I didn’t fully fit in among others. College was when it hit me that there were [...]

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]]> Featured Local Artist: Totally Cashed https://www.wonc.org/featured-local-artist-totally-cashed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=featured-local-artist-totally-cashed Sat, 01 Jul 2023 12:30:59 +0000 https://www.wonc.org/?p=5097 Our featured local artist for July is Chicago’s Totally Cashed! The group released their latest full-length album, The World’s First Country Band, on June 2nd, featuring 10 songs in this new style of music they’ve dubbed “country.” Totally Cashed recently unleased their new sound to a sold-out Chicago crowd for their [...]

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