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Music, Music Feature Sep 19, 2018
See the stars of Riot Fest as they shine offstage

Ryan Segedi’s portraits of the festival's artists, taken with portable lights in front of a simple white backdrop in the corner of the press tent, provide a more intimate look at people we’re used to seeing under colored spotlights.
- By Ryan Segedi
- Tags: Music Feature, Music, riot fest, chicago music, music photography, portraits, ryan segedi, fear, underoath, gwar, andrew wk, speedy ortiz, digable planets, cypress hill, the bombpops, atmosphere, bouncing souls, gary numan, beach goons, mannequin pussy

Blogs, Bleader Sep 17, 2018
Slideshow
Riot Fest 2018 Friday [PHOTOS]
- By Danny O'Donnell
- Tags: Photography, Riot Fest, Music, Riot Fest, Chicago, Douglas Park, punk rock, music festival, danny odonnell, pussy riot, weezer, blondie, liz phair, cypress hill, interpol, taking back sunday, elvis costello, bully, digable planets, twin peaks, front bottoms, Slideshow

Music, Music Feature Sep 11, 2018
Video
Classic albums in full: Riot Fest goes six for seven in 2018

Only one of these records never needs to get played again—and it’s not Suicidal Tendencies’ thrash landmark, Cypress Hill’s dark trip, or Bad Religion’s brainy skate-punk masterpiece.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Music Feature, Bad Religion, Suffer, Cypress Hill, Black Sunday, Digable Planets, Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space), Fear, The Record, Lagwagon, Let’s Talk About Feelings, Spitalfield, Remember Right Now, Suicidal Tendencies, Riot Fest, Riot Fest 2018, classic albums, Video

Blogs, Bleader May 30, 2018
Riot Fest announces its first wave of acts for 2018

Riot Fest got Blink-182! Cypress Hill! Blondie! The Jesus Lizard! Liz Phair! Atmosphere! Beck! Cat Power! And . . . the 82-year-old Jerry Lee Lewis?
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music, Riot Fest, Riot Fest, Riot Fest 2018, Adolescents, Alkaline Trio, Andrew W.K., Aquabats, Arkells, Atmosphere, Audition, Avengers, Bad Religion, Badflower, Beach Bunny, Beach Goons, Beck, Bleachers, Blink-182, Blondie, Bombpops, Bouncing Souls, Bullet For My Valentine, Bully Calpurnia, Cat Power, Clutch, Cobra Skulls, Conflict, Cypress Hill, Digable Planets, Direct Hit!, Districts, Dropkick Murphys, Elvis Costello, Exploited, Face to Face, Father John Misty, Fear, Fever 333, Flogging Molly, Flor, Frights, Front Bottoms, Gary Numan, Gwar, Health, Hobo Johnson & The Lovemakers, Hot Snakes, Interpol, JD McPherson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jesus Lizard, Johnny Marr, K.Flay, Kevin Devine, Killing Joke, Lagwagon, Liz Phair, Lower Class Brats, Mannequin Pussy, Matt & Kim, Mom Jeans, Moose Blood, No Small Children, Piebald, Pronoun, Pussy Riot, Reignwolf, Save Face, Speedy Ortiz, Spitalfield, Suicidal Tendencies, Sum 41, Superchunk, Swmrs, Total Chaos, Twin Peaks, Underoath, Wonder Years, Wolfmother, Young the Giant

Blogs, Bleader Feb 3, 2017
Noname at the House of Vans opening, Anti-Super Bowl House Party, and more things to do this weekend in Chicago

Funny Grabs Back, the Pilsen Art Expo, and more happenings from February 3-5
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, House of Vans, Noname, Future Islands, Digable Planets, Funny Grabs Back, Pinwheel Records, Ladylike Project, Kjell Theøry. Graham Foundation, Bettie Page, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Weegee, Pilsen Art Expo, La Luz Gallery, Chicago Voices, Civic Opera House, Sueños Eróticos, Alex Becerra, Shane Campbell Gallery, Anti-Super Bowl House Party, Broken Shaker, Lady Gaga, Precariat, Hyde Park Art Center

Blogs, Bleader Jul 18, 2016
Backstage Pitchfork portraits of Digable Planets, Empress Of, Circuit des Yeux, and more

The Reader set up a temporary studio in Union Park to take intimate black-and-white shots of Pitchfork festival artists.
- By Oriana Koren
- Tags: Music, Pitchfork Day One, Pitchfork Day Three, Pitchfork Day Two, Pitchfork Festival, music, BJ the Chicago Kid, Circuit des Yeux, Haley Fohr, Digable Planets, Empress Of, Twin Peaks, Homme

Blogs, Bleader Jul 17, 2016
Pitchfork Fest on Saturday was mostly a joy to behold

On Pitchfork's second day, RP Boo and Jlin inspired fancy footwork, while Sufjan Stevens and Brian Wilson served up different doses of sadness.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Music, Pitchfork, Saturday, photos, recap, Jlin, Anderson .Paak, Savages, Blood Orange, Brian Wilson, Sufjan Stevens, Carly Rae Jepson, Girl Band, Circuit Des Yeux, Digable Planets, Royal Headache, Super Furry Animals, Broken Social Scene, Beach House, BJ the Chicago Kid, Mick Jenkins, RP Boo, DJ Rashad, DJ Spinn

Blogs, Bleader Jul 16, 2016
Photos of the Saturday crowd at Pitchfork Music Festival 2016

Portraits of the crowd at Union Park on July 16
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Music, Pitchfork Music Festival, photos, audience, crowd shots, Saturday, Sufjan Stevens, Holly Herndon, Anderson .Paak, Jlin + RP BOO, Super Furry Animals, Martin Courtney, Jenny Hval, Savages, Royal Headache, Digable Planets, Kevin Morby, BJ the Chicago Kid, Girl Band, Circuit Des Yeux

Music, Pitchfork Jul 1, 2016
Pitchfork Music Festival 2016 preview

Reader writers round up the locals on the bill, guide fans of hip-hop and R&B into the rest of the roster, and discuss the fest’s softening antipathy to emo, the gender balance of its bookings, and Brian Wilson’s white privilege.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Pitchfork, Pitchfork Music Festival, 2016, preview, Union Park, FKA Twigs, Brian Wilson, Beach House, The Pitchfork Review, 826CHI, Girls Rock! Chicago, Voter Engagement and Mobilization Project, Public Action Foundation, Old Town School of Folk Music, Wiggleworms, Kids Area, RP Boo, Jlin, CHIRP Record Fair, Flatstock, Coterie Chicago Craft Fair, Book Fort, Sufjan Stevens, Pet Sounds, Carly Rae Jepsen, Royal Headache, Digable Planets, Sun Ra Arkestra, Whitney

Blogs, Bleader Sep 30, 2014
Don't overlook Shabazz Palaces' Lese Majesty

Today's 12 O'Clock Track is "Forerunner Foray," off of the duo's underrated follow-up to 2011's Black Up.
- By Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, Shabazz Palaces, Lese Majesty, Forerunner Foray, Ishmael Butler, Digable Planets, Tendai "Baba" Maraire, Black Up

Film, Artist on Artist Jan 29, 2013
Artist on Artist: Shabazz Palaces

Ishmael Butler of the Seattle rap collective talks to the GTW about hometown hip-hop, signing to Sub Pop, and Chief Keef.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Artist on Artist, Shabbazz Palaces, Digable Planets, Tendai "Baba" Maraire, Bengfang, Ishmael Butler, The GTW, James King, Sub Pop, Chief Keef, rap, hip-hop, Chicago hip-hop, Seattle hip-hop, Seattle, the Shrine, Chicago Art Department

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See the stars of Riot Fest as they shine offstage

Ryan Segedi’s portraits of the festival's artists, taken with portable lights in front of a simple white backdrop in the corner of the press tent, provide a more intimate look at people we’re used to seeing under colored spotlights.

Slideshow
Riot Fest 2018 Friday [PHOTOS]

Video
Classic albums in full: Riot Fest goes six for seven in 2018

Only one of these records never needs to get played again—and it’s not Suicidal Tendencies’ thrash landmark, Cypress Hill’s dark trip, or Bad Religion’s brainy skate-punk masterpiece.

Riot Fest announces its first wave of acts for 2018

Riot Fest got Blink-182! Cypress Hill! Blondie! The Jesus Lizard! Liz Phair! Atmosphere! Beck! Cat Power! And . . . the 82-year-old Jerry Lee Lewis?

Noname at the House of Vans opening, Anti-Super Bowl House Party, and more things to do this weekend in Chicago

Funny Grabs Back, the Pilsen Art Expo, and more happenings from February 3-5

Backstage Pitchfork portraits of Digable Planets, Empress Of, Circuit des Yeux, and more

The Reader set up a temporary studio in Union Park to take intimate black-and-white shots of Pitchfork festival artists.

Pitchfork Fest on Saturday was mostly a joy to behold

On Pitchfork's second day, RP Boo and Jlin inspired fancy footwork, while Sufjan Stevens and Brian Wilson served up different doses of sadness.

Photos of the Saturday crowd at Pitchfork Music Festival 2016

Portraits of the crowd at Union Park on July 16

Pitchfork Music Festival 2016 preview

Reader writers round up the locals on the bill, guide fans of hip-hop and R&B into the rest of the roster, and discuss the fest’s softening antipathy to emo, the gender balance of its bookings, and Brian Wilson’s white privilege.

Don't overlook Shabazz Palaces' Lese Majesty

Today's 12 O'Clock Track is "Forerunner Foray," off of the duo's underrated follow-up to 2011's Black Up.

Artist on Artist: Shabazz Palaces

Ishmael Butler of the Seattle rap collective talks to the GTW about hometown hip-hop, signing to Sub Pop, and Chief Keef.

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Ryan Segedi’s portraits of the festival's artists, taken with portable lights in front of a simple white backdrop in the corner of the press tent, provide a more intimate look at people we’re used to seeing under colored spotlights.

Only one of these records never needs to get played again—and it’s not Suicidal Tendencies’ thrash landmark, Cypress Hill’s dark trip, or Bad Religion’s brainy skate-punk masterpiece.

Riot Fest got Blink-182! Cypress Hill! Blondie! The Jesus Lizard! Liz Phair! Atmosphere! Beck! Cat Power! And . . . the 82-year-old Jerry Lee Lewis?

Funny Grabs Back, the Pilsen Art Expo, and more happenings from February 3-5

The Reader set up a temporary studio in Union Park to take intimate black-and-white shots of Pitchfork festival artists.

On Pitchfork's second day, RP Boo and Jlin inspired fancy footwork, while Sufjan Stevens and Brian Wilson served up different doses of sadness.

Portraits of the crowd at Union Park on July 16

Reader writers round up the locals on the bill, guide fans of hip-hop and R&B into the rest of the roster, and discuss the fest’s softening antipathy to emo, the gender balance of its bookings, and Brian Wilson’s white privilege.

Today's 12 O'Clock Track is "Forerunner Foray," off of the duo's underrated follow-up to 2011's Black Up.

Ishmael Butler of the Seattle rap collective talks to the GTW about hometown hip-hop, signing to Sub Pop, and Chief Keef.

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