American Dreams recently announced that they will releasing a 40th anniversary reissue of the debut album, Kate Cincinnati, from the local industrial avant-gospel group ONO. This will be the first time these classic songs from the band will be available digitally and on vinyl, since the original release was on 300 cassettes.

At their origin ONO was the trio of bandleader P. Michael Grego, multi-instrumentalist Ric Graham, and enigmatic frontperson travis. Below is the single edit of the track that opens the album's B-Side, "I Wonder Why". Of the single Grego had this to say; "We deconstructed 'Good Times' and 'I Want Your Love' by Chic for this song - travis changed the words. 'I Wonder Why' lightens the mood in between 'Kate Cincinnati' and 'Oppenheimer' - it was also a respite during our intense sets. I put together the music, and the others added layers on top."

You can catch ONO at Smashed Plastic's Live: Vol. 1 Festival on October 1st with Fire-Toolz, Serengeti, Rookie, Tar, Bev Rage and the Drinks, and Pixel Grip.

Photo by David J. Magdziarz

The latest album from Experimental Gospel Noise Band ONO, Red Summer, is out today, May 1st, via American Dreams.

The album tackles the heavy subjects of race and violence, and looks at current tensions, the violence of the "Red Summer" of 1919, and the origins of it all way back in 1619. This album is not intended to be a full history lesson, but a starting point to prompt the listener to dig deeper into America's shameful history.

The album's second single is called "Tar Baby" and can be streamed below.

Grove Cafe has put together an epic three-plus hour, 40 songs compilation to help raise money for ISER Caribe, an organization helping rebuild a more sustainable Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria. The compilation features contributions from musicians across genres and from all over the city including ONO, Forest Management, Blacker Face, Fran, Courtesy, and so many more.

The compilation is called "Aftermaths: Chicago United for Puerto Rico" and is only $10 with everything thing going to support a great cause.

Jordan Reyes returned to Chicago earlier this year with the hopes of launching a record label that would help him tell the story of and tell a story through experimental music. The result is American Damage and we recently had the opportunity to ask Jordan a few question about the label, his music, and the future of both.

You can read the full interview here and you can pre-order his new album, “Afraid of Death”, here.

American Damage will be releasing “Your Future Is Metal” from Ono on August 25th. They will be also be releasing “Predation Risk" from Crepuscular (aka Minneapolis’ Tina Dahl) and “Jo” from Chelsea Bridge (aka Mallory Linehan from Mkot Pt and Looms) on September 21st.

Legendary Avant-Noise band ONO will be releasing a new tape on August 25th via local label American Damage called Your Future Is Metal. The tape was recorded live at The Hideout and contains five tracks of deranged Gospel, noise, rock, and chaos. ONO for this recording was P Michael Grego, Travis, Connor Tomaka, Dawi Wang, Ben Billngton, and Jordan Reyes (founder of American Damage).

Tracklist:
1. Your Future Is Metal
2. Travis Wax Madonna
3. Albino
4. Outerlude
5. Punks