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Red Scare Industries is currently celebrating its 20th anniversary with a new compilation and a series of release shows. We spoke with label cofounder Toby Jeg and had an in-depth conversation about the making of this record, the shows at Beat Kitchen this weekend, the label’s future and more.

Twenty Years of Red Scare - Jaded In Chicago - Music News, Interviews, Features, and more Last Friday, Red Scare released a 17-song compilation titled 20 Years of Dreaming and Scheming, which of course commemorates the record label’s 20th anniversary. In addition to the compilation, they’re also marking the event with release shows this month in Chicago, Wisconsin, Portland, Seattle ...

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We’ve got a new interview with Semi-Famous. We spoke with singer/guitarist John Jughead Pierson about the band’s debut full-length, which comes out tomorrow via Rare Bird Lit.

Semi-Famous to Release Debut Album, Destroy Ourselves, out July 26th - Jaded In Chicago - Music News, Interviews, Features, and more Semi-Famous began as a fictional band from the 2001 book Weasels in a Box, which was authored by Screeching Weasel co-founder and guitarist John “Jughead” Pierson. With the book being rereleased on paperback, as well as made available on audiobook for the first time, it was decided to turn Semi-...

Sludgeworth and The Bollweevils

NEW INTERVIEW! We spoke with Sludgeworth singer Dan Schafer and drummer Brian McQuaid about the band’s new EP, which came out on Red Scare Industries last month. They’re also playing a sold-out show this Saturday, 6/22 at Beat Kitchen, with The Bollweevils and Feral Tact. The band even hinted at their plans for more new music coming soon...

Sludgeworth Plans More New Music After EP Release Show This Saturday - Jaded In Chicago - Music News, Interviews, Features, and more Last month, Sludgeworth released their first new music in over 30 years, a two-song EP titled Together Not Together. In 2022, the band reunited after a decades-long hiatus, when Red Scare Industries reissued their classic album, Losers of the Year. To help commemorate the long out-of-print record be...

Hot Water Music

Chicago! Celebrate 20 years of with us at this September. Tickets are on sale now.

We’ve got a review of the new album from Hot Water Music, which came out earlier this month on Equal Vision Records. Be sure to catch them at the Concord Music Hall on Saturday, June 15th with Quicksand and TIM BARRY.

Hot Water Music – VOWS - Jaded In Chicago - Music News, Interviews, Features, and more Equal Vision Records – Release Date: 5/10/24 Hot Water Music released their tenth studio album, VOWS, earlier this month and this year also marks the band’s 30th anniversary. To celebrate the occasion, they’ve crafted what is perhaps their most consistent record since 2002’s Caution. All of ...

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