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Music, Music Feature Jan 30, 2020
The best Chicago albums of the 2010s: the critics’ ballots

Here’s where to see who voted for what and how the points got divvied up.
- By Reader staff and contributors
- Tags: Music Feature, Chicago albums, best albums, best albums of the decade, best Chicago albums of the decade, best Chicago albums of the 2010s, poll, ballots, ranking, Katie Got Bandz, C.H.E.W., Salsa Boricua de Chicago, Ohmme, King Louie, Ono, DJ Taye, DJ Taye, Serengeti, La Armada, Cupcakke, Tink, Spektral Quartet, Bangs and Works, Third Coast Percussion, Rempis Percussion Quartet, Dead Rider, Willis Earl Beal, Tree, Ganser, Lord Mantis, Freakwater, Dustin Laurenzi, Nicholas Szczepanik, TALSounds, Cave, Melkbelly, Young Pappy, G Herbo, Toupee, Meat Wave, Vandermark, Marker, Living by Lanterns, Weekend Nachos, Slow Mass, DJ Rashad, Bruised, Robbie Fulks, Hieroglyphic Being, Mako Sica, Arriver, Damon Locks, Black Monument Ensemble, Disappears, Fire-Toolz, Tomeka Reid Quartet, Pastor Donald Gay, Kaina, Lala Lala, Coping, Charles Joseph Smith, Monobody, Saba, Noname, Chance the Rapper, Kanye West, Chief Keef, Jamila Woods

Music, Music Feature Jan 30, 2020
The best Chicago albums of the 2010s

The Reader polled dozens of critics to arrive at an absolutely indisputable ranked list of several hundred records that will definitely not start any arguments.
- By Reader staff and contributors
- Tags: Music Feature, Chicago albums, best albums, best albums of the decade, best Chicago albums of the decade, best Chicago albums of the 2010s, poll, ballots, ranking, Katie Got Bandz, C.H.E.W., Salsa Boricua de Chicago, Ohmme, King Louie, Ono, DJ Taye, Serengeti, La Armada, Cupcakke, Tink, Spektral Quartet, Bangs and Works, Third Coast Percussion, Rempis Percussion Quartet, Dead Rider, Willis Earl Beal, Tree, Ganser, Lord Mantis, Freakwater, Dustin Laurenzi, Nicholas Szczepanik, TALSounds, Cave, Melkbelly, Young Pappy, G Herbo, Toupee, Meat Wave, Vandermark, Marker, Living by Lanterns, Weekend Nachos, Slow Mass, DJ Rashad, Bruised, Robbie Fulks, Hieroglyphic Being, Mako Sica, Arriver, Damon Locks, Black Monument Ensemble, Disappears, Fire-Toolz, Tomeka Reid Quartet, Pastor Donald Gay, Kaina, Lala Lala, Coping, Charles Joseph Smith, Monobody, Saba, Noname, Chance the Rapper, Kanye West, Chief Keef, Jamila Woods

Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 8, 2019
Video
Chicago filmmaker Jim Sikora screens a rarely seen love letter to Saccharine Trust

Plus: Sacha Mullin celebrates an earnest, silly new video for an old song, and the Hood Internet drop five weekly video mashups covering 1979 through ’83.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Jim Sikora, SST Records, Saccharine Trust, Mike Watt, Jack Brewer, Minutemen, My Char-Broiled Burger With Brewer, Siskel Film Center, Michael Shannon, I’ll Die Tomorrow, Things I’ve Done, David Yow, Brian Dennehy, Sacha Mullin, Duplex, Dead Rider, Cheer-Accident, Lovely Little Girls, Crow, Cafe Mustache, video, Hood Internet, The Hood Internet Presents 1979, The Hood Internet Presents 1983, Schubas, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Aug 20, 2019
Dead Rider come home to push a queasy new single at the Hideout

Plus: Artie Do Good drops an EP of delicate indie pop and oddball boom-bap, and producer and DJ Sunny Woodz hosts a celebrity back-to-school basketball game.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Dead Rider, The Sale, Drag City, Hideout, Christopher Arthur Misch-Bloxdorf, Artie Do Good, A Message From the Lighthouse, Rory Ferreira, Milo, Ruby Yacht, Ehiorobo, Pink Navel, SB the Moor, Sunny Woodz, basketball, back-to-school, Urban Prep Charter Academy, Stunt Taylor, Clark Airlines, Gzus Piece, Supa Bwe, YP, Illi, Chimeka, Vic Spencer

Music, Concert Preview Oct 11, 2018
Recommended
Chicago rockers Dead Rider and UK spoken-word artist Paul Williams join up for a weirdly electrifying journey
- By Monica Kendrick
- Tags: Concert Preview, Dead Rider, Dead Rider Trio, Paul Williams, Dead Rider Trio Featuring Mr Paul Williams, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader Dec 11, 2017
Slideshow
The Jesus Lizard live and in color

Bobby Talamine photographed the greatest rock show in Chicago since the last time the Jesus Lizard played in Chicago.
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: Music, Things I Love, This Will Kill You, The Jesus Lizard, Metro, David Yow, Duane Denison, David Wm. Sims, Mac McNeilly, Dead Rider, photos, live, Blockbuster, Mouth Breather, Nub, Bobby Talamine, Slideshow

Music, Concert Preview Sep 15, 2017
Recommended
Dead Rider show delicious cracks of mental instability on their slickest, most disturbing album yet, Crew Licks
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Concert Preview, Dead Rider, Crew Licks, Recommended

Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife Jun 25, 2014
Critics' Picks
Best Art-Rock Band Less Than 30 Years Old

Dead Rider
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: Music & Nightlife, Best of Chicago 2014, art-rock band, Dead Rider, Cheer-Accident, Todd Rittman, Thymme Jones, Andrea Faught, Matt Espy, Avagami, Chills on Glass, Drag City, Critics' Picks

Blogs, Bleader Jun 19, 2014
Check out Pinebender and Hum get all Let It Be at the PRFBBQ

The gigantic music festival takes over Borelli's dining room, basement, and rooftop this weekend.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Do This, Music, PRFBBQ, Electrical Audio, message board, noise rock, punk, rock, rooftop, basement, festival, Pinebender, Hum, Touch & Go Records, Fake Limbs, Redgrave, Electric Hawk, Nonagon, Dead Rider, charity

Music, In Rotation Nov 23, 2011
In Rotation: Noah Leger of the Blue Man Group on whipping sheet metal with a chain

Plus: Reader music listings dude Luca Cimarusti on the Weeknd chopped and screwed, and Bruce Lamont of Bloodiest on the Soft Moon's dark synth
- Tags: In Rotation, The Weeknd, Wax Idols, Nirvana, Noah Leger, Blue Man Group, Anatomy of Habit, Party Downers, Dead Rider, Bruce Lamont, Electric Hawk, Indian, The Soft Moon

Music, Three Beats Jul 21, 2011
Three Beats: Chicago vs. Atlanta on a new cassette comp of local psych

Plus: A transformed Singer returns for a second album, and Parallax Sounds, a doc on Chicago architecture and music, needs your support
- By Leor Galil, Peter Margasak, and Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Three Beats, 'Spective Audio, Atlanta, Vital-Sound I, Nicholas Zettel, Cyrus Shahmir, the N.E.C., Sovus Radio, All the Saints, Implodes, Killer Moon, Leavitt Ours, Cinchel, Singer, Mindreading, Drag City, Rob Lowe, Adam Vida, Ben Vida, Todd Rittmann, Dead Rider, Unhistories, Ben Russell, A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness, Parallax Sounds, Giancarlo Grande, Augusto Contento, Kickstarter, Hideout, Ken Vandermark, John Herndon, Tortoise, Steve Albini, Shellac, David Grubbs, Gastr del Sol, Jason Adasiewicz, Bob Weston, Ian Williams, Battles, Damon Locks, Wayne Montana, Eternals

Music, Soundboard May 5, 2011
Soundboard: May 5-May 11

Recommended and notable shows, including A-Trak, Baby Dee, Destruction, Neil Young, Calle 13, Jonathan Richman, and more
- By Miles Raymer, Brian Costello, Leor Galil, Jessica Hopper, Peter Margasak, and Monica Kendrick
- Tags: Soundboard, Lincoln Hall, Martyrs', Chicago Theatre, Congress Theater, Empty Bottle, Hideout, Schubas, Quenchers Saloon, Bottom Lounge, Reggie's Rock Club, the Mid, A-Trak, Baby Dee, Destruction, Face to Face, Dead Rider, Neil Young, Bachelorette, Lake, Jonathan Richman, Title Tracks, Candy Town, Calle 13, Tune-Yards

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The best Chicago albums of the 2010s: the critics’ ballots

Here’s where to see who voted for what and how the points got divvied up.

The best Chicago albums of the 2010s

The Reader polled dozens of critics to arrive at an absolutely indisputable ranked list of several hundred records that will definitely not start any arguments.

Video
Chicago filmmaker Jim Sikora screens a rarely seen love letter to Saccharine Trust

Plus: Sacha Mullin celebrates an earnest, silly new video for an old song, and the Hood Internet drop five weekly video mashups covering 1979 through ’83.

Dead Rider come home to push a queasy new single at the Hideout

Plus: Artie Do Good drops an EP of delicate indie pop and oddball boom-bap, and producer and DJ Sunny Woodz hosts a celebrity back-to-school basketball game.

Recommended
Chicago rockers Dead Rider and UK spoken-word artist Paul Williams join up for a weirdly electrifying journey

Slideshow
The Jesus Lizard live and in color

Bobby Talamine photographed the greatest rock show in Chicago since the last time the Jesus Lizard played in Chicago.

Recommended
Dead Rider show delicious cracks of mental instability on their slickest, most disturbing album yet, Crew Licks

Critics' Picks
Best Art-Rock Band Less Than 30 Years Old

Dead Rider

Check out Pinebender and Hum get all Let It Be at the PRFBBQ

The gigantic music festival takes over Borelli's dining room, basement, and rooftop this weekend.

In Rotation: Noah Leger of the Blue Man Group on whipping sheet metal with a chain

Plus: Reader music listings dude Luca Cimarusti on the Weeknd chopped and screwed, and Bruce Lamont of Bloodiest on the Soft Moon's dark synth

Three Beats: Chicago vs. Atlanta on a new cassette comp of local psych

Plus: A transformed Singer returns for a second album, and Parallax Sounds, a doc on Chicago architecture and music, needs your support

Soundboard: May 5-May 11

Recommended and notable shows, including A-Trak, Baby Dee, Destruction, Neil Young, Calle 13, Jonathan Richman, and more

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Here’s where to see who voted for what and how the points got divvied up.

The Reader polled dozens of critics to arrive at an absolutely indisputable ranked list of several hundred records that will definitely not start any arguments.

Plus: Sacha Mullin celebrates an earnest, silly new video for an old song, and the Hood Internet drop five weekly video mashups covering 1979 through ’83.

Plus: Artie Do Good drops an EP of delicate indie pop and oddball boom-bap, and producer and DJ Sunny Woodz hosts a celebrity back-to-school basketball game.

Bobby Talamine photographed the greatest rock show in Chicago since the last time the Jesus Lizard played in Chicago.

Dead Rider

The gigantic music festival takes over Borelli's dining room, basement, and rooftop this weekend.

Plus: Reader music listings dude Luca Cimarusti on the Weeknd chopped and screwed, and Bruce Lamont of Bloodiest on the Soft Moon's dark synth

Plus: A transformed Singer returns for a second album, and Parallax Sounds, a doc on Chicago architecture and music, needs your support

Recommended and notable shows, including A-Trak, Baby Dee, Destruction, Neil Young, Calle 13, Jonathan Richman, and more

Other Searches