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Pillaging Hallowed Grounds
Something was wrong at the Reynolds Club. The late Saturday sun hadn’t quite set, and passersby on 57th street turned their faces up towards the second floor coffee shop with varying degrees of concern, curiosity, and confusion. The perpetrator? The noisily melodic wails and screams of Divinity School student Daniel Wyche, a man who... »
Joyful Noise
Sponsored by the University of Chicago’s campus radio station, WHPK 88.5, this event brings together two musicians with little in common besides their axes of choice. »
Sound it out
With talent drawn from the deliciously obscure Midwestern avant-noise/free music scene, “Pictures and Sounds” revisited the live soundtrack tradition of early silent film. »
Synesthetic Experience: WHPK’s annual music-movie event showcases Midwestern creativity
This Saturday, Pictures and Sounds brings the recent surge in live, improvised soundtrack performances to the campus of the University of Chicago. An annual collaboration between WHPK 88.5 FM and the University’s Film Studies Center, the event features a sampling of four acts gleaned from the Midwestern avant-noise/free improvisation music scene. Each performer has... »
Rabbi Radio
A gap in WHPK 88.5 FM’s programming will finally be filled this summer with the arrival of the station’s first Jewish interest show. Rabbi Yossi Brackman of the University of Chicago’s Chabad House describes his upcoming show, tentatively titled “L’Chaim with the Rabbi,” as a Jewish variety/call-in show, and says it will provide “some... »
Dedicated DJs
Operating 24/7/365, WHPK provides constant company for its small listenership. This dogged airwave presence is made possible by force of the dedication and gracious will of its DJs. But station maintenance is highly decentralized. »
Fucked Up at WHPK
After five minutes of labyrinthine guitars and blistering drums, the WHPK record library falls silent, except for one man, Fucked Up vocalist Pink Eyes. “If I have to die, I’m glad I’m gonna die under a hail of falling records.” There it is—proof that crossover hardcore darlings Fucked Up haven’t totally escaped their roots... »
Summer Breeze: The University of Chicago’s annual music festival returns with a slew of classic favorites, hot new bands and hometown heroes
The Summer Breeze war is upon us—though, as usual, it isn’t much of a battle at all. Sometimes, we can all get along. For more than twenty years, the University of Chicago’s Major Activities Board (MAB) and WHPK 88.5 FM Chicago have staged springtime music shows on the same day. This year is no... »
