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- Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 25, 2016
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Bands dress up as better bands for Halloween at Cole’s
Plus: Gramps the Vamp celebrate their spooky, funky new LP, and south-suburban MC Calez raps about his impending fatherhood.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 25, 2016
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Cook County has become an 80s movie villain in its attempt to tax small music venues to death
Cook County's effort to bilk small music venues is like a plotline from Footloose.
- Best of Chicago, Arts & Culture Jun 25, 2014
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Best Use of Daft Punk
Steppenwolf's Russian Transport
- Music, Gossip Wolf Mar 18, 2014
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Gossip Wolf: Who's gonna play Lollapalooza?
Plus: HoZac digs up more buried treasure, and the Land and Sea Dept. starts recording its shows
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 4, 2014
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Pharrell continues to be unstoppable
"Happy" breezes to the top of the Hot 100.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 3, 2013
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The low-key pop perfection of "Royals"
A bare-bones single from an unknown artist storms the charts
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 20, 2013
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What this week's top ten has to say about the year in pop
The 2013 pop charts in a nutshell
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 2, 2013
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Jason Derulo wants you to say his name
"The Other Side" and the bad taste zeitgeist
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 25, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: Daftside's spooky take on "Get Lucky"
Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harrington team up to reinterpret Daft Punk's 70s-smooth masterpiece
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 18, 2013
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The unstoppable Pharrell Williams
The brilliant one-trick pony superproducer is back on top.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 17, 2013
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The black power Burzum: A Gchat about Kanye West's Yeezus
Two Reader music critics dissect the rapper-producer's new album.
- Music, Music Feature May 23, 2013
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The return of Dance Mania Records
Twelve years after it folded, the Chicago label that helped birth ghetto house, juke, and footwork music makes a play for the new EDM crowd.
- Music, In Rotation May 23, 2013
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In Rotation: Ned Hepburn of Death and Taxes on the awesomeness of the new Daft Punk album
Plus: RedEye columnist Ernest Wilkins on the latest from the "Hot Cheetos & Takis" kids, the Reader's Miles Raymer on finally liking Vampire Weekend, and more
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 30, 2013
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Why Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" is probably the song of the year
Everyone seems to love the French duo's new single.
- Music, Music Feature May 3, 2012
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How Chicago house got its groove back
Chicago house music is the sound of global pop today. In the 90s, though, it was on life support—until a new wave of producers, including Cajmere and DJ Sneak, got the city doing the Percolator.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 21, 2009
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Today in Reasons Why I'm a Geek
DJ Hero actually looks pretty badass.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 7, 2009
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Lollapalooza: The Sun Sets on a Muddy Day One
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 2, 2007
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A weekend of French robotics
Daft Punk is playing in my town.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 21, 2007
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What's up with Daft Punk?
Daft Punk. Seriously. They're everywhere right now.