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Music, Music Feature Jan 24, 2018
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Mark Grusane has forgotten more about dance music than you’ll ever know

The cofounder of defunct south-side shop Mr. Peabody Records talks about the insanely rare and sought-after tracks he’s sharing on The Real Sound of Mark Grusane.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Mark Grusane, The Real Sound of Mark Grusane, boogie, Mr. Peabody, Mr. Peabody Records, Mike Cole, Dam-Funk, Star Creature Universal Vibrations, Tim Zawada, BBE, Barely Breaking Even, Institute of Light, Ornella Cicchetti, Sadar Bahar, Frankie Knuckles, The Warehouse, house music, disco, higher order disco, Steve Poindexter, RP Boo, funk, Importes Etc., The Real Sound of Chicago, The Real Sound of Chicago & Beyond, Frantic Party Productions, Men of Action, Frankie Valentine, Punch House, Africano, Open Your Hearts, Mucho Macho, Jason Lev, Brief Encounter, What About Love, Yan Tregger, Riff On, Island Music Makers, Calypso Medley, Carnival Cruise, Shabadoo, Shaba-Doo, Do It, Breakin’, Video

Music, Music Feature Oct 18, 2017
Star Creature Universal Vibrations transfigures boogie for the 21st century

Tim Zawada and Ben Van Dyke’s label helps turn the far-flung fans of this resurgent postdisco dance music into an evolving community.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Star Creature Universal Vibrations, Boogie Munsters, Tim Zawada, Star Creature Vibes, Hideout, Saucy Lady, K-Maxx, E. Live, Family of Geniuses, Bell Boys, Dam-Funk, boogie, modern funk, disco, house, funk, Fitzzgerald, Wings of Sunshine, Shiro Schwarz, Liquid Pegasus, Contemporary Jacuzzi Aerobics Volume 2, Earcave, Eli Hurwitz, First Touch, Tugboat Edits, Funkmosphere, MoFunk Records, Shazam Bangles, Contance K, DJ Moppy, Ben Van Dyke, Turquoise Summers, Mark Grusane, Mr. Peabody Records, Air Dancer, Jehan, Hotmood, Elivity, XL Middleton, Noe Carmichael, Toeachizown, Guillermo Gonzalez, Venus Express II, Proh Mic, All Natural, Omega Supreme, Future Times, Andrew Morgan, Peoples Potential Unlimited

Music, Concert Preview May 25, 2017
Recommended Video
A purveyor of cool, Dam-Funk is a sure thing in the DJ booth
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Concert Preview, Dam-Funk, Recommended, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jun 9, 2015
Dam-Funk's STFU is the funk EP of the summer

Today's 12 O'Clock Track is "Free," off the LA artist's latest release.
- By Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Dam-Funk, STFU UP, Toeachizown

Music, Record Roundup Dec 16, 2013
Black Flag's not totally terrible What The . . . and 15 more record reviews

Eight Reader writers want you to hear Dam-Funk & Snoopzilla's house-party jams, Last False Hope's steel-toed bluegrass, and Spray Paint's paranoid noise-punk, just for starters.
- By Peter Margasak, Leor Galil, Kevin Warwick, Bill Meyer, David Whiteis, Monica Kendrick, Kim Kelly, and Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Record Roundup, records, albums, compilations, Argentinum Astrum, Anti-Corp, Forcefield, Inherent, Black Flag, SST, Dam-Funk, Snoopzilla, Stones Throw, Tim Kinsella, Joan of Arc, Joyful Noise, Marvin Tate, Angel Olsen, poetry, Kirk Knuffke, Steeplechase, poets, Last False Hope, Black Country Rock, Solitary, Magik Markers, Drag City, Milosh, eOne, Deadly, Mivos Quartet, Carrier, Ms. Jody, Ecko, Mutoid Man, Magic Bullet, MIE, Pelt Part Wild Gate, Robin Robertson, Alasdair Roberts, Stone Tape, S.S., Spray Paint, Burkhard Stangl, Touch, Angola, Analog Africa

Music, Music Sidebar Jun 26, 2013
Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival 2013

The "arts" in this case include music from Cave, the Cairo Gang, and William Cepeda.
- By Shannon Nico Shreibak
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Kedzie, Diversey Avenue, Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival, Milo & Otis, Los Vicios de Papa, Cave, Dam-Funk, Jugo de Mango, Bare Mutants, All Tiny Creatures, Basic Cable, Luca Cimarusti, Lawrence Peters Outfit, Emmett Kelly, Cairo Gang, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Tobacco, Bill MacKay & LeRoy Bach, Santah, Dumpster Babies, Waco Brothers, M.A.K.U. Soundsystem, ShowYouSuck, AfriCaribe, Blue Ribbon Glee Club, Football, Netherfriends, Chicago Diner, Lula Cafe, Reno, Cards Against Humanity, Sonnenzimmer, Galer

Blogs, Bleader Oct 13, 2011
This week on the B Side

Looking back at 40 years of the Reader's music writing, plus gossip and live music must-sees
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music, Reader, Chicago, Von Freeman, Neil Tesser, Disappears, Dam-Funk, Dum Dum Girls, Goran Bregovic & His Wedding and Funeral Orchestra, Double Dagger, Glenn Jones

Blogs, Bleader Jul 17, 2010
Midafternoon Funk

Dam-Funk claims a best-of-fest spot
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Dam-Funk, Pitchfork Music Festival

Music, Music Sidebar Jul 15, 2010
The Reader's Guide to the Pitchfork Music Festival

Featuring Pavement, Big Boi, Freddie Gibbs, LCD Soundsystem, Robyn, the Smith Westerns, and more
- By Miles Raymer, Peter Margasak, Kevin Warwick, Liz Armstrong, and Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Sidebar, PItchfork Music Festival, Union Park, Pavement, Big Boi, Sleigh Bells, Delorean, Modest Mouse, Girls, Freddie Gibbs, Dam-Funk, LCD Soundsystem, American Poster Institute, Flatstock, CHIRP Record Fair, Chicago Independent Radio Project, Coterie, Rock For Kids, Reader's Biker Village, Neon Indian, Liars, Here We Go Magic, Sharon Van Ettan, Bear in Heaven, Ninjasonik, Rory Lake's Karaoke Dreams, Tesco Vee, Bitchpork, Bottom Lounge, Abbey Pub, The Abbey

Music, Music Review Mar 25, 2010
The Bad Bitches of South by Southwest

From the "return" of Hole to the paradigm-busting hip-hop of Thee Satisfaction
- By Jessica Hopper
- Tags: Music Review, SXSW, South by Southwest, Austin, Austin Convention Center, MNDR, Amanda Warner, Empty Bottle, Mac McCaughan, Laura Ballance, Superchunk, Our Noise, Driveway to Driveway, Dominique Young Unique, Flannel Annex, Prince Rama of Ayodhya, HoZac, Fresh & Onlys, Alex Chilton, Kill Rock Stars, Grass Widow, Viv Albertine, Slits, KRS, Explode Into Colors, Lisa Schonberg, Thee Satisfaction, Courtney Love, Hole, Nobody's Daughter, Skinny Little Bitch, Micko Larkin, Biz 3, Freddie Gibbs, Salem, Diplo, Maluca, Uffie, Aquarius Records, Sonny & the Sunsets, Fruitvale, Sonny Smith, Dam-Funk

Blogs, Bleader Mar 5, 2010
More 'Fork

New Pitchfork Festival acts announced, including El-P, JSBX, Freddie Gibbs, and locals Alla, Cave, and the Smith Westerns.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Freddie Gibbs, Pitchfork, Pitchfork Music Festival, Chicago, Girls, El-P, Broken Social Scene, Panda Bear, Dam-Funk, Bear in Heaven, Titus Andronicus, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Smith Westerns, Alla, Cave

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Mark Grusane has forgotten more about dance music than you’ll ever know

The cofounder of defunct south-side shop Mr. Peabody Records talks about the insanely rare and sought-after tracks he’s sharing on The Real Sound of Mark Grusane.

Star Creature Universal Vibrations transfigures boogie for the 21st century

Tim Zawada and Ben Van Dyke’s label helps turn the far-flung fans of this resurgent postdisco dance music into an evolving community.

Recommended Video
A purveyor of cool, Dam-Funk is a sure thing in the DJ booth

Dam-Funk's STFU is the funk EP of the summer

Today's 12 O'Clock Track is "Free," off the LA artist's latest release.

Black Flag's not totally terrible What The . . . and 15 more record reviews

Eight Reader writers want you to hear Dam-Funk & Snoopzilla's house-party jams, Last False Hope's steel-toed bluegrass, and Spray Paint's paranoid noise-punk, just for starters.

Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival 2013

The "arts" in this case include music from Cave, the Cairo Gang, and William Cepeda.

This week on the B Side

Looking back at 40 years of the Reader's music writing, plus gossip and live music must-sees

Midafternoon Funk

Dam-Funk claims a best-of-fest spot

The Reader's Guide to the Pitchfork Music Festival

Featuring Pavement, Big Boi, Freddie Gibbs, LCD Soundsystem, Robyn, the Smith Westerns, and more

The Bad Bitches of South by Southwest

From the "return" of Hole to the paradigm-busting hip-hop of Thee Satisfaction

More 'Fork

New Pitchfork Festival acts announced, including El-P, JSBX, Freddie Gibbs, and locals Alla, Cave, and the Smith Westerns.

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The cofounder of defunct south-side shop Mr. Peabody Records talks about the insanely rare and sought-after tracks he’s sharing on The Real Sound of Mark Grusane.

Tim Zawada and Ben Van Dyke’s label helps turn the far-flung fans of this resurgent postdisco dance music into an evolving community.

Today's 12 O'Clock Track is "Free," off the LA artist's latest release.

Eight Reader writers want you to hear Dam-Funk & Snoopzilla's house-party jams, Last False Hope's steel-toed bluegrass, and Spray Paint's paranoid noise-punk, just for starters.

The "arts" in this case include music from Cave, the Cairo Gang, and William Cepeda.

Looking back at 40 years of the Reader's music writing, plus gossip and live music must-sees

Dam-Funk claims a best-of-fest spot

Featuring Pavement, Big Boi, Freddie Gibbs, LCD Soundsystem, Robyn, the Smith Westerns, and more

From the "return" of Hole to the paradigm-busting hip-hop of Thee Satisfaction

New Pitchfork Festival acts announced, including El-P, JSBX, Freddie Gibbs, and locals Alla, Cave, and the Smith Westerns.

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