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Music, Music Review Feb 23, 2021
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Roscoe Mitchell and Mike Reed unearth the sonic alchemy of a live duo set from 2015
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: Music Review, Mike Reed, Roscoe Mitchell, The Ritual and the Dance, Astral Spirits, live-music, jazz, Wisconsin, Hungry Brain, Constellation, Oorstof, Belgium, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Recommended

City Life, Public Service Announcement Feb 12, 2021
A fashion show, a paczki, and thou

Upcoming events and recommendations from our listings coordinator
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Public Service Announcement, listings, events, livestream, Eve Ewing, paczki, Valentine's Day, Moonrunners, Constellation, WasteShed, fashion show, recycling

City Life, Public Service Announcement Jan 29, 2021
Out and about . . . or not

Upcoming events and recommendations from our listings coordinator
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Public Service Announcement, listings, events, bars, COVID-19, pandemic, Quiet Pterodactyl, Double Door, Girl Scouts, Constellation, Ernest Dawkins, Scary Lady Sarah, Twitch, Experimental Sound Studio

City Life, Public Service Announcement Dec 18, 2020
Give it away, give it away, give it away now

Upcoming events and distractions from our listings coordinator
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Public Service Announcement, winter, events, Andersonville, Chicago Dance Supply, McCutcheon Elementary School, Peirce Elementary School, Santa Claus, gifts, GoodKids MadCity, TGi Movement, Evening Star Ministries, Chicago Park District, toys, Soldier Field, drive-in, Darrell Gordon, holiday music, Constellation, FitzGerald's, Hideout

Music, Gossip Wolf Dec 15, 2020
Video
Hamid Drake and Michael Zerang livestream their traditional solstice duo

Plus: Che Arthur of Pink Avalanche drops two instrumental solo EPs, and reunited posthardcore band Cinco de Gatos finally release an album they recorded in 1995.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Hamid Drake, Michael Zerang, winter solstice concerts, solstice, Links Hall, Constellation, Joshua Abrams, Ayako Kato, Che Arthur, Pink Avalanche, Professor Downfall, Sol, EADJ, Cinco de Gatos, Epiphany Wants to Come Home, JZTV, Jason Dummeldinger, Jonathan Scott, Rob Scott, Jerry King, Doleful Lions, Steve Albini, Jason Zdora, Bob Mould, Video

Music, Music Review Dec 9, 2020
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Chicago squares off against New York City on the fourth volume of Mars Williams’s Ayler Xmas project
- By Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Review, Mars Williams, An Ayler Xmas Vol. 4: Chicago vs N.Y.C., Astral Spirits Records, jazz, Constellation, livestream, concerts, Witches & Devils, Albert Ayler, free-jazz, holiday music, Jaimie Branch, Extraordinary Popular Delusions, NRG Ensemble, Peter Maunu, Katinka Kleijn, Keefe Jackson, Albert Ayler in Greenwich Village, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Steve Swell, Nels Cline, Recommended

City Life, Public Service Announcement Sep 25, 2020
Just got paid

Upcoming events and distractions from our listings coordinator
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Public Service Announcement, listings, events, galleries, shopping, Buddy, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Lumpen Radio, Public Media Institute, art, visual art, Shi-an Costello, Constellation, Aspect/Ratio Gallery, livestream, concerts

City Life, Public Service Announcement Sep 11, 2020
Readings, livestreams, and drunk farmers

Upcoming events and distractions from our listings coordinator
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Public Service Announcement, listings, events, livestream, online, concerts, performance art, puppets, Ohmme, Richard Thompson, Gordon Lightfoot, karaoke, The Hideout, Constellation, ACRE Residency, ACRE Projects, LVL3 Gallery, Wicker Park, Wisconsin, Melkbelly, Old Town School of Folk Music

Music, Music Feature Aug 27, 2020
Video
Chicago’s September jazz festivals cope with COVID

The city is replacing its traditional huge outdoor affair with a slimmed-down online event, while the smaller, nimbler Hyde Park Jazz Festival plans to try pop-up in-person shows.
- By Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Feature, Chicago Jazz Festival, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Millennium Park at Home: Jazz Music, Jazz Postcards, pandemic, coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, DCASE, Jazz Showcase, Green Mill, Constellation, Elastic Arts, Experimental Sound Studio, Quarantine Concerts, Option Series, Catalytic Sound, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Adam Zanolini, Kate Dumbleton, Peter Margasak, Solo Impro Festival, Doek Festival, Cristina Marx, Millennium Park Summer Music Series, Jon Langford, Sam Trump, Zeshan B, Mucca Pazza, the Promontory, Dee Alexander, Khari B., Junius Paul Quartet, Souleyes—An Exercise in Reconstruction, Jazz Festival Citywide, Citywide Jazz, Midway Plaisance, University of Chicago, Logan Center for the Arts, Bobby Broom Trio, Tito Carrillo Quintet, Twin Talk, Nick Mazzarella Trio, Abigail Riccards, Von Freeman, Clifford Jordan, Fred Hersch Trio, Muhal Richard Abrams, Experimental Band, Myra Melford, Angel Bat Dawid, Corey Wilkes, Greg Ward, Tomeka Reid, Avreeayl Ra, Joshua Abrams, HPJF, Video

Music, Music Feature Jul 30, 2020
Video
Want live music back? Wear a mask and call Congress.

Staff from 22 Chicago music venues talk about how far they still are from normal—and what it’ll take to keep them around till we all get there.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Chicago Independent Venue League, CIVL, National Independent Venue Association, NIVA, COVID-19, pandemic, coronavirus, Phase Three, Phase Four, livestream, live music, shutdown, shelter in place, Hideout, Empty Bottle Presents, Brent Heyl, CARES Act, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security, Paycheck Protection Program, RESTART Act, Reviving the Economy Sustainably Towards a Recovery in Twenty-Twenty, Michael Bennet, Todd Young, Joe Shanahan, Metro, Smart Bar, GMan Tavern, John Cornyn, Amy Klobuchar, Save Our Stages Act, Small Business Administration, ENCORES Act, Entertainment New Credit Opportunity for Relief & Economic Sustainability, Ron Kind, Mike Kelly, Green Mill, SPACE, Jame Samuels, FitzGerald’s, To-Go Concerts, Experimental Sound Studio, Quarantine Concerts, ESS, Olivia Junell, Lincoln Hall, Audiotree, Cole’s Bar, Schubas, Staged, Rosa’s Lounge, Jake Austen, Promontory, Cole Brice, Eric Chial, Montrose Saloon, City Winery, Dan Conroe, Will Duncan, VoiceBox, Subterranean, Beat Kitchen, Robert Gomez, Thalia Hall, Empty Bottle, Tony Mangiullo, the Post, Sheldon Randolph, Constellation, Hungry Brain, Mike Reed, Katie Tuten, Patrick VanWagoner, Audiotree Presents, Carol’s Pub, Ed Warm, Elastic Arts, Adam Zanolini, Video

Music, Music Feature Jun 10, 2020
Video
A room of Ohmme’s own

On Fantasize Your Ghost, Macie Stewart and Sima Cunningham make their music a place of trust, discovery, and compassion.
- By Jessi Roti
- Tags: Music Feature, Ohmme, Homme, Macie Stewart, Sima Cunningham, Matt Carroll, Parts, Fantasize Your Ghost, Joyful Noise, Chris Cohen, Waxahatchee, V.V. Lightbody, Do Division Street Fest, Furniture, Flood Your Gut, 3 2 4 3, The Limit, Spell It Out, Twitch, Selling Candy, Kids These Days, Marker, Ken Vandermark, Vic Mensa, Liam Kazar, Marrow, Lane Beckstrom, Dorian Gehring, After All, Constellation, Hungry Brain, Chicago Children’s Choir, Time Is Never Your Friend, Chance the Rapper, Tortoise, Jeff Tweedy, Twin Peaks, I Hear Voices, Vivian McConnell, Postock Festival, Sturgeon Moon, Dave Vettraino, Public House Sound Recordings, Shelly Steffens, Chicago Mastering Service, Video

Music, Music Feature Mar 17, 2020
COVID-19 hits live music hard

You can still support artists and staff by buying merch and donating to fundraisers.
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: Music Feature, COVID-19, coronavirus, outbreak, pandemic, shutdown, closures, social distancing, self-quarantine, fundraisers, staff, merch, support, GoFundMe, Beat Kitchen, Bottom Lounge, Burlington, Cafe Mustache, Cobra Lounge, Constellation, Cole's Bar, Dorian's, Empty Bottle, Bite Cafe, AliveOne, the Owl, Hideout, Hungry Brain, Liar's Club, Live Wire Lounge, Martyrs', Metro, Promontory, Reed's Local, Reggies' Rock Club, Reggies' Music Joint, Smart Bar, Gman Tavern, Sleeping Village, SPACE, Subterranean, Thalia Hall, Dusek's, Punch House, Tonic Room, Whistler, COVID-19 relief fundraisers

Music, Gossip Wolf Mar 10, 2020
Mute Duo release a taut, painterly album for pedal steel and drums

Plus: Young neo-classic rockers Rookie celebrate their debut, and Why? Records rapper Ruby Watson drops another solo record.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Mute Duo, Sam Wagster, Skyler Rowe, Lapse in Passage, American Dream Records, Akosuen, Billie Howard, In Flux, Constellation, Rookie, Empty Bottle, Cheap Trick, Bloodshot, Why? Records, Free Snacks, Joshua Virtue, Ruby Watson, Carry Me, Dumb Intelligence, Musa Reems, Malci, Davis, Subterranean

Music, Concert Preview Feb 28, 2020
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Indie-rock sidemen Jim Becker and Joe Adamik partner up in Lanzón
- By Bill Meyer
- Tags: Concert Preview, Lanzón, Jim Becker, Joe Adamik, Califone, Iron & Wine, Glenn Kotche, Matt Lux, Asher Waldron, Katie Samavoa, Constellation, Recommended

Music, Gossip Wolf Feb 18, 2020
Video
Drummer Jeremy Cunningham releases a dense but delicate jazz record to honor his late brother

Plus: The Black, Brown, and Indigenous Crew rocks the Vaginal Davis exhibit at the Art Institute, and Chicago songwriter Wyatt Waddell plays Behind the Scene at Schubas.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Jeremy Cunningham, Resavoir, The Weather Up There, Jeff Parker, Paul Bryan, Josh Johnson, Northern Spy, Constellation, Mykele Deville, Akenya Seymour, Will Miller, Vaginal Davis, SAIC, School of the Art Institute, Black, Brown, and Indigenous Crew, BIPOC, Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room, Blacker Face, Breathing Light, Mermaid N.V., Uhuruverse, YGSLRHSTFUT, Wyatt Waddell, Schubas, Behind the Scene, Cyber Eyes, Video

Music, Concert Preview Feb 14, 2020
Recommended Video
Oren Ambarchi and Crys Cole open the Frequency Festival with entrancing sound worlds
- By Joshua Minsoo Kim
- Tags: Concert Preview, Oren Ambarchi, Crys Cole, Black Truffle, Frequency Festival, Simian Angel, Editions Mego, Ora Clementi, Beside Myself, Students of Decay, James Rushford, ASMR, Peter Margasak, Leslie cabinet, Constellation, sound art, Recommended, Video

Arts & Culture, Calendar Feb 14, 2020
Odd Pleasures: A Queer Valentine’s Day Event, the Half-Court Classic 3v3 Invitational, and more to do this weekend

Arts and culture happenings from Fri 2/14 to Sun 2/16.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Calendar, Bonny Nahmia, Ground Level Platform, Violet Surprise Theater, The Martin, Lez Beaus, Anti-Valentine's Day, National Museum of Mexican Art, Love Is Stronger Than the State, Marz Record Fair, Marz Brewing, Angela Kenyatta, The Witch Project, Den Theatre, Half-Court Classic 3v3 Invitational, Super Tasty, Constellation, Roman Susan, The landscape reels back, The Second Annual Dave Fest, The Empty Bottle

Music, Concert Preview Jan 31, 2020
Recommended
Brooklyn-based saxophone and drum duo meld composition and improvisation seamlessly
- By Izzy Yellen
- Tags: Concert Preview, Ingrid Laubrock, Tom Rainey, Brooklyn, improvisation, Tim Berne, Mary Halvorson, Utter, Relative Pitch, Flutter, duos, saxophone, Constellation, Recommended

Music, Concert Preview Dec 13, 2019
Recommended Video
The 29th annual solstice concerts offer a yearly return or a new annual tradition
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: Concert Preview, Solstice, Michael Zerang, Hamid Drake, winter solstice, Winter Solstice Concerts, free-jazz, Fred Anderson, Links Hall, Constellation, cosmic communion, Albert Ayler, Recommended, Video

Music, Music Feature Nov 20, 2019
Video
The 2020 Frequency Festival announces a lineup of world-class experimental music

Highlights include a fusion of Carnatic music and jazz, a solo vocal piece for Diamond Reynolds, and programs of work by Eliane Radigue and Annea Lockwood.
- By Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Feature, Frequency Festival, Frequency Series, schedule, lineup, 2020, Peter Margasak, Constellation, Mike Reed, experimental music, contemporary classical music, sound art, improvised music, Annea Lockwood, Eliane Radigue, Aperiodic, Nate Wooley, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Katinka Kleijn, Oren Ambarchi, Crys Cole, Jacob Wick, Phil Sudderberg, Julia Eckhardt, Charles Curtis, John McCowen, Rajna Swaminathan, Ganavya Doraiswamy, Julian Otis, A Sound Map of the Danube, Experimental Sound Studio, Video

Music, Concert Preview Sep 26, 2019
Recommended Video
Antonio Sanchez composes jazz-rock anthems that celebrate immigrant journeys
- By Catalina Maria Johnson
- Tags: Concert Preview, Antonio Sanchez, Migration, Antonio Sanchez & Migration, Constellation, Birdman, Mexico, Berklee College of Music, Pat Metheny Group, Lines in the Sand, Orlando le Flemming, Chase Baird, John Escreet, Thana Alexa, Recommended, Video

Music, Music Feature Aug 27, 2019
The Reader’s guide to the 2019 Chicago Jazz Festival

Its sprawling cross section of the genre includes world-changing explorers the Art Ensemble of Chicago, trad band the Fat Babies, venerable guitarist George Freeman, and restless experimenter Rob Mazurek.
- By John Corbett
- Tags: Music Feature, Chicago Jazz Festival, Chicago Jazz Festival 2019, Millennium Park, Chicago Cultural Center, jazz, Constellation, Elastic Arts, Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, AACM, Ernest Dawkins, Live the Spirit Residency, Transition East, South Side Jazz Coaltion, Birdhouse, Fred Anderson, jazz festivals, free festivals, Christian McBride, Ambrose Akinmusire, Eddie Palmieri, Latino-America Unida, Migue Zenon, Antonio Sanchez, Melissa Aldana, David Virelles, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Freddy Cole, Ben Sidran, Young Jazz Lions, Anton Hatwich, Ben LaMar Gay, Jeremy Cunningham, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Russ Johnson, Rob Mazurek, Fat Babies, Dave Rempis, George Freeman, Billy Branch, Mike Reed, Jazz Institute of Chicago

Music, Music Feature Aug 22, 2019
The Jazz Festival’s orbit bustles with too much music for one weekend

Its ten days of neighborhood concerts, satellite shows, and aftersets include Kidd Jordan, Angel Bat Dawid, Jeff Parker, Marc Ribot, and Ben Sidran.
- By Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Feature, Chicago Jazz Festival, aftershows, satellite shows, neighborhood concerts, Dog/Days, Constellation, Hungry Brain, Jazz Showcase, Ira Sullivan, Angel Bat Dawid, Resavoir, Kidd Jordan, Preservation of Fire, Elastic Arts, Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, Ernest Dawkins, Live the Spirit Residency, Transition East, South Side Jazz Coalition, Fred Anderson, Birdhouse, JD Allen, Marc Ribot, Cooper-Moore, Extraordinary Popular Delusions, Akenya, Akenya Seymour, Bill MacKay, Jeff Parker, Paul Giallorenzo, Ben Sidran, Douglas Ewart, Jim Baker, Kent Kessler, Mike Reed

Music, Gossip Wolf Aug 6, 2019
Spektral Quartet’s new season takes deep dives in diverse directions

Plus: “Posi-djent” act Harm Less celebrates a new album, and No Trend Records hosts a showcase “in the round” at Thalia Hall.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Spektral Quartet, Totally Obsessed, Shaggs, My Pal Foot Foot, LJ White, Constellation, Beat Kitchen, Thalia Hall, New Amsterdam Records, Fanm d’Ayiti, Nathalie Joachim, Black Ensemble Theater, Kotoka Suzuki, Shulamit Ran, Enigma, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, University of Chicago, Bryan Kingsley, Harm Less, Safe’s Pace, posi-djent, Flesh & Bone Records, No Trend Records, in the round, Mykele Deville, Absolutely Not, Avantist

Music, Gossip Wolf May 28, 2019
Homeroom’s Physics for Listeners series connects local trio ZRL with four disparate composers

Plus: The Plastic (Crimewave) Ono Band releases its fourth tape-only split, and Cole’s begins a months-long celebration of its tenth year.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Homeroom, Physics for Listeners, ZRL, Constellation, Ohmme, Ben LaMar Gay, Sam Scranton, Ayanna Woods, Zachary Good, Ryan Packard, Lia Kohl, Steve Krakow, Plastic Crimewave, Plastic Crimewave Syndicate, Approximately Unknown Universe, cassette, Chicago Psych Fest X, Mako Sica, Hamid Drake, Plastic (Crimewave) Ono Band, Yoko Ono, Troggs, Plastic Ono Band, Cole’s Bar, Coleman Brice, Ethers, Cafe Racer, SPVD, Glyders, tenth anniversary

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