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Music, Music Sidebar Aug 27, 2013
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Beats, jams, and rhymes at the 2013 North Coast Music Festival

Afrojack, Danny Brown, the Wu-Tang Clan, Purity Ring, Just Blaze, AlunaGeorge, and lots more.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music Sidebar, North Coast Music Festival, EDM, hip-hop, jam bands, Passion Pit, Wu-Tang Clan, Afrojack, Big Gigantic, Queensbridge, Nas, Disco Biscuits, Laidback Luke, Mac Miller, A-Trak, Purity Ring, New Romantics, Danny Brown, Jay Z, AlunaGeorge, Just Blaze, Cam'ron, "Oh Boy", T.I., "Live Your Life", Brooklyn, Flatbush Zombies, Supreme Cuts, The-Drum, Video

Blogs, Bleader Sep 12, 2012
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A brief history of "The Champ"

One of the most popular samples of all time and the song it came from
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Things I Love, Music, The Mohawks, The Champ, hip-hop, EDM, WhoSampled.com, EPMD, Slick Rick, the Prodigy, A-Trak, Eric Harvey, Ken Douglas, funk, Video

Music, Music Sidebar Jun 28, 2012
Wavefront Music Festival

Sasha, Matthew Dear, Bad Boy Bill, and a nice lake breeze
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Wavefront Music Festival, EDM, electronic dance music, Boys Noiz, MSTRKRFT, Bad Boy Bill, A-Trak, Duck Sauce, James Murphy, Pat Mahoney, Greg Corner, Zebo, Porn and Chicken, Serge Devant, Lee Curtiss, Benoit & Sergio

Music, Music Sidebar Jun 13, 2012
Spring Awakening Music Festival

Carl Cox, Skrillex, Diplo, and absolutely no glow sticks
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Spring Awakening Music Festival, Electric Daisy Carnival, HARD Fest, electronic dance music, Diplo, Afrojack, Carl Cox, Derrick Carter, Green Velvet, Dillon Francis, A-Trak, Kill the Noise, Tommie Sunshine, Willy Joy, Moby, Skrillex

Blogs, Bleader Feb 24, 2012
Stream new Supreme Cuts cut

The psyche-y, juke-worthy "Silkk"
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Supreme Cuts, A-Trak, Artist on Artist, Silkk the Shocker, No Limit Records

Blogs, Bleader Feb 9, 2012
This week on the B Side

A young face at the CSO, words with Die Antwoord's Ninja, music tips from locals, and much more
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Ninja, Die Antwoord, Anna Clyne, Riccardo Muti, Forced Into Femininity, Jail Flanagan, Charles Joseph Smith, In Rotation, Gossip Wolf, Secret History of Chicago Music, HA, A-Trak, Jacob Garchik Trio, Goatwhore, the Swan King, Heartless Bastards

Film, Artist on Artist Feb 9, 2012
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Artist on Artist: A-Trak talks to Mike Perry of Supreme Cuts

'It’s difficult to make a track when you’re in a hotel room, but there are always some songs that are in the works'
- Tags: Artist on Artist, A-Trak, Mike Perry, Supreme Cuts, Alain Macklovich, Fool's Gold, Kanye West, Crookers, Kid Cudi, Day 'n' Night, Slack Kevorkian, Whispers in the Dark, Logic software, The Mid, Sunglasses Is a Must, DMC DJ, hip-hop, R&B, turntablism, Artist on Artist, Video

Blogs, Bleader May 5, 2011
This Week on the B Side

Cloud music, Matana Roberts's epic "Coin Coin," Dorkbot vs JBOT, singing mice, a fingerpicking prodigy, Baby Dee, Jonathan Richman, Destruction, and more
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music, Baby Dee, Jonathan Richman, A-Trak, Neil Young, Destruction, Chicago Reader, the biz, Mantana Roberts, Dorkbot, Captured! by Robots, Gossip Wolf, Loose Dudes, Aleks and the Drummer, Brenmar, Chances Dances, the Weeknd

Music, Soundboard May 5, 2011
Soundboard: May 5-May 11

Recommended and notable shows, including A-Trak, Baby Dee, Destruction, Neil Young, Calle 13, Jonathan Richman, and more
- By Miles Raymer, Brian Costello, Leor Galil, Jessica Hopper, Peter Margasak, and Monica Kendrick
- Tags: Soundboard, Lincoln Hall, Martyrs', Chicago Theatre, Congress Theater, Empty Bottle, Hideout, Schubas, Quenchers Saloon, Bottom Lounge, Reggie's Rock Club, the Mid, A-Trak, Baby Dee, Destruction, Face to Face, Dead Rider, Neil Young, Bachelorette, Lake, Jonathan Richman, Title Tracks, Candy Town, Calle 13, Tune-Yards

Blogs, Bleader Mar 17, 2011
Early Warnings Roundup

This week's Early Warnings include A-Trak, the Beach Boys, Sheer Terror, the Dillinger Escape Plan, Jaga Jazzist, Here We Go Magic, and Lil B the Based God.
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Early Warnings, A-Trak, Beach Boys, Jaga Jazzist, Dillinger Escape Plan, Sheer Terror, Bob Seger, Lil B

Blogs, Bleader Aug 19, 2009
You Shoot: A New Reader Flickr Group
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, a-trak, smart bar, flickr, Chicago music, Chicago, visual art, Chicago Reader

Blogs, Bleader Aug 7, 2009
Lollapalooza: Freedom Dancers and Also the Regular Kind
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Lollapalooza, dance music, A-Trak, Crystal Castles, STS9, Sound Tribe Sector 9, Thievery Corporation, Perry's, Alice Glass

Blogs, Bleader Mar 11, 2009
Wednesday re-coldening afternoon playlist

French garage rock, Swedish krautrock, and new sounds from old indie rockers.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music, Crickets, Bonnie Prince Billy, Audionom, R. Kelly, Prince, obits, yo la tengo, A-Trak, Jacques Dutronc, Montt Mardie, EPMD, Soft Pack, Will Oldham, Condo Fucks, Jah Thomas

Blogs, Bleader Feb 27, 2009
Good thing someone invented Twitter.

I need to know what kind of toothbrushes my favorite party DJs are using. Thanks, Twitter!
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music, Crickets, dance music, DJs, Twitter, Nick Catchdubs, The Internet, A-Trak, Pase Rock

Blogs, Bleader Nov 24, 2008
Mega-exclusive merch alert

Fool's Gold kicks and a Blackhawks jersey signed by the Cure
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music, Crickets, Chicago, Blackhawks, A-Trak, The Cure, Fool's Gold

News & Politics, Our Town Aug 3, 2006
Social Mixers

All kinds of people are into Flosstradamus's monthly dance parties. The only problem is getting in.
- By Jessica Hopper
- Tags: Our Town, Flosstradamus, Kathryn Frazier, Biz 3, Melisa Young, Joseph Patel, "My Block", MTV, Common, Lupe Fiasco, Life During Wartime, DJing, Columbia College, Town Hall Pub, Curt Cameruci, Autobot, Josh Young, J2K, Kid Sister, Pitchfork, Vice Records, A-Trak, Kanye West, Eternals, Jai Alai Savant, Walter Meego

Music, Critic's Choice May 4, 2006
A-Trak, The Rub
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Critic's Choice, French-Canadian, A-Trak, Brooklyn, Hip Hop, DJs

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