- Courtesy of Priority Male
- Ennui‘s reissue
Back in 2012, local labels Galactic Archive (run by Steve “Plastic Crimewave” Krakow) and Priority Male (operated by Matthew Hord of Running) teamed up to reissue Machines That Kill People, the long-lost 1983 debut of south-side art-rock legends Ono. The bizarre, noisy, and theatrical band blew minds in the 80s, but were all but forgotten by 2007 when they were resurrected by Krakow. They’ve since firmly planted themselves as the focal point of the weirdo-Chicago-underground-rock scene, reinventing themselves over and over and constantly incorporating young blood into the lineup—a roster which now boasts experimental musicians like Brett Naucke and Ben Billington as part of the team. But before they initially disappeared back in the late 80s, they released their second LP, Ennui, on Thermidor Records.
