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- Music, Music Review May 15, 2020
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Chicago drill icon Lil Durk leans into his melancholy on Just Cause Y’all Waited 2
- Music, Music Review Apr 10, 2020
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Rising drill star King Von refines his storytelling and stunting on Levon James
- Music, Concert Preview Oct 17, 2019
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Atlanta’s Young Thug remains a peerless force in modern hip-hop
- Music, Concert Preview Oct 17, 2019
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On their Sub Pop debut, Atlanta postpunks Omni make skeletal sounds feel full of possibilities
- Music, Concert Preview Sep 26, 2019
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Sequoyah Murray was born to make uncategorizable pop
- Music, Concert Preview Sep 13, 2019
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Lil Keed brings new dimensions to Atlanta's syllable-blurring hip-hop
- Music, The Block Beat Jul 31, 2019
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The return of Katie Got Bandz
Four long years after her last mixtape, the Queen of Drill drops Rebirth—and revisits the site of the Bronzeville projects that taught her to persevere.
- Music, Concert Preview Jul 26, 2019
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J.I.D makes jittery rap for the mainstream and beyond
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 6, 2018
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Boots Riley on the ‘regular’ revolutionary messages of his radical debut film
An interview with the Chicago native, an artist and activist, about the politics of his sci-fi comedy with radical left and anti-capitalist messages.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 18, 2018
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Anita Alvarez’s campaign consultants gave her talking points before she announced charges against Jason Van Dyke, and other Chicago news
Also, Chicago is one of Amazon's 20 finalists for its second North American headquarters.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 9, 2018
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Google adds Chicago to short list for new office that would add thousands of jobs, and other news
Also, New York native David Axelrod reminds the mayor that he's not from Chicago either.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 18, 2017
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Susana Mendoza: Rauner can’t handle her criticism, and other Chicago news
Also, West Town's Green Zebra restaurant is closing after 13 years of business.
- Music, Pitchfork Jul 12, 2017
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Pitchfork loves TV, so Pitchfork loves Survive
The retro horror-synth group from Stranger Things get a boost from the site’s eagerness to court the prestige-television audience.
- Music, Music Feature Jun 7, 2017
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William Bell makes a triumphant return to Stax after more than 40 years
The veteran singer’s 2016 album This Is Where I Live has attracted new generations of fans to his classic southern soul.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 28, 2017
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Sessions: DOJ will crack down on federal grants for sanctuary cities, and other Chicago news
Also, the Chicago Blues Experience museum is set to open near Millennium Park in 2019.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 18, 2017
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Cowboy poetry, the decline of the critic, Lil Wayne’s boring prison memoir, and more: the week in music writing
The Reader collects some of the best and brightest bits from the past week's music writing.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 13, 2016
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Donald Glover's Atlanta handles racial tensions with comedic deftness
The new FX dramedy explores the hip-hop scene in the titular city.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 18, 2015
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Get pumped up for Young Dro's Shrine set with 'Ugh'
The Atlanta rapper plays Chicago tonight, and his recent single should be more than enough to encourage you to head to the Shrine for his set.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 11, 2015
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Atlanta musician Raury brings his molten hip-hop sound to 1st Ward
Raury speaks the language of hip-hop, though his music surpasses the genre's confines.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 10, 2014
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Tonight: See ILoveMakonnen's 'FriendsMaybe' collaborator Rome Fortune
The Atlanta MC with a green beard plays Thalia Hall one day after releasing a song featuring Drake's newest signee ILoveMakonnen.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Dec 12, 2013
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Georgia Tom Dorsey
He had his biggest hit as a raunchy bluesman, but today Thomas A. Dorsey is known as "the father of gospel music."
- News & Politics, Feature Nov 7, 2013
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The Chicago cocaine kingpin who was a federal informant
Pedro Flores is the U.S. government's star witness in the largest drug trafficking case in Chicago history. But should the DEA have looked the other way as he and his twin brother brought truckloads of coke into the city?
- Arts & Culture, Feature Jul 17, 2013
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Where things stand with Here Comes Honey Boo Boo
Is it exploitation? Is it schlock? Is it an exportable American product? A survey of the TLC reality hit as it enters its second season.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 13, 2013
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Wymyns Prysyn plays two shows on Saturday
The Wipers-esque Atlanta group hits Permanent and Township this Saturday.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 19, 2012
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12 O'Clock Track: the N.E.C., "Creatures Flaming"
"Creatures Flaming" from Atlanta pop-psych band the N.E.C.
