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- Music, Music Feature Mar 3, 2021
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Bandcamp Fridays approach their first birthday
It’s terrible news that they’re still needed, but at least they’re still here.
- Music, Music Review Mar 1, 2021
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Chris Crack invites you to float down his river of consciousness on Might Delete Later
- Music, Music Feature Dec 2, 2020
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Bandcamp Friday > Black Friday
How often can you be sure that so much of your money will reach the people who made what you’re buying?
- Music, Gossip Wolf Nov 4, 2020
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Shannon Candy has used quarantine to make her first solo album
Plus: Izzy Yellen drops a decompression soundtrack of ambient guitar and banjo, and Chris Crack keeps up his fire hose of new music.
- Music, Music Feature Aug 5, 2020
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The Reader has 56 places to start your shopping this Bandcamp day
Just in case you’ve been waiting to spend your monthly music budget till more of it would go to artists and labels
- Music, Music Review Aug 3, 2020
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Chicago producer and multi-instrumentalist Cutta finds tranquility in a blur of rock subgenres on Physicalism
- Music, Music Review Jul 13, 2020
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Prolific Chicago rapper Chris Crack shows off his range on Cute Boys
- Music, Music Feature Dec 20, 2018
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The best overlooked Chicago hip-hop of 2018
The city’s hip-hop scene overflows with such variety and abundance that it’s impossible to show enough love to every great release—but that’s no reason not to try.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 21, 2017
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Chicago rappers Chris Crack and Vic Spencer mesh their distinctive personas on Blessed
On their new album as Chris Spencer, Chris Crack and Vic Spencer dial back their aggression to saunter along with the soulful piano melody of "Hooligan."
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jul 25, 2017
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Hip-hop producer Paul Gulyas makes his album debut as Cutta
Plus: Power trio the Moses Gun return with a digital EP, and Bucket O’ Blood teams up with Baderbrau for a carnival-themed Riot Fest party.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 20, 2017
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Rapper Chris Crack breaks a yearlong silence with a single 36-minute track
Plus: Psychedelic six-piece Lovejoy celebrate a long-gestating new album, and DJ Paypal invites ghetto-house innovator Jana Rush to East Room.
- Music, Music Feature Dec 22, 2016
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The year Chicago hip-hop beat the haters
For ages, local rappers tore each other down, as though the city could produce only one star at a time—but in 2016 the whole scene seemed to grasp the value of community.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 3, 2016
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Chris Crack displays some strange table manners in the new video for 'Armani Silverware'
Chicago rapper Chris Crack, from off his Who the Fuck Is Chris Spencer? collaboration, rolls out a colorful new video.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 27, 2016
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Chris Crack and Vic Spencer make for an animated Chicago rap team
Chicago hip-hop veterans Chris Crack and Vic Spencer collaborate on a full-length as Chris Spencer.
- Blogs, Bleader May 7, 2015
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Thalia Hall's garage hosts a minifest . . . in a maze
A look at the maze that will host You Are Here Festival
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 22, 2015
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Saba, Longshot, Beach Jesus, and plenty of other Chicago rappers will keep you busy Friday
There are three great local hip-hop shows on the horizon—but they're all on the same night, so choose wisely.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Sep 24, 2014
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Gossip Wolf: A fund-raiser for the legacy of WHPK soul DJ Bob Abrahamian
Plus: Primo Mendoza gets groovy, and more
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 11, 2014
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Chicago MC Chris Crack gets cinematic with 'Rose Gold on My Two Fangs'
Watch the video for the single off the New Deal Crew's soul-influenced new mixtape, Kickin It With TW.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 3, 2014
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Listen to VicTree if you want to get to know Chicago MC Vic Spencer
Chicago rapper Vic Spencer is an open book on "Know You," one of the best songs on his new Tree-produced EP.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 6, 2014
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It's time to give New Deal Crew rapper Spencer Sims some love
Just don't mistake him for 2 Chainz.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 24, 2014
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Start planning your Saturday night rap activities now
There's always a lot of hip-hop events happening around town, and here are three great rap shows you should try and see on Saturday.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jul 23, 2014
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Gossip Wolf: Fame spotting at the Pitchfork Music Festival
Plus: Taylor Bennett's antiviolence fund-raiser for Kids Off the Block
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 11, 2014
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Open Mike Eagle and Kit expand Chicago hip-hop, inside and out
Mike Eagle no longer lives in Chicago but this city is still on his mind in his new album, Dark Comedy, while local rapper Kit keeps going down a dark, strange path with Lownt God Rising.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 11, 2014
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Reader's Agenda Wed 6/11: Juvenile, the Dunk Contest of the Century of the World, and "Mesopotamians, Those Fantastic Foodies"
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, June 11
- Blogs, Bleader May 7, 2014
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Chris Crack's earnest TreeSwag
New Deal Crew rapper Chris Crack does great work with "soul trap" originator Tree, who produced his entire new EP.
