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Music, Music Review Mar 20, 2020
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On the new Who Sent You? Irreversible Entanglements are more political and potent than ever
- By Joshua Minsoo Kim
- Tags: Music Review, Irreversible Entanglements, International Anthem, Don Giovanni, Moor Mother, Camae Ayewa, Keir Neuringer, Aquiles Navarro, Luke Stewart, Tcheser Holmes, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Who Sent You?, Musicians Against Police Brutality, Recommended, Video

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Nov 19, 2019
On a bountiful opera weekend, Chicago Opera Theater climbs a peak

Everest is a stunning adventure; plus the return of Don Giovanni at the Lyric
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Performing Arts Review, Chicago Opera Theater, Everest, Aleko, Joby Talbot, Gene Scheer, Lidiya Yankovskaya, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Don Giovanni, Aleksey Bogdanov, Andrew Bidlack, Rachael Willis-Sorensen, Into Thin Air, Robert Falls, Zoie Reams, Zachary Nelson

Blogs, Bleader Aug 29, 2018
Five opera films that hit the high notes

If the Gene Siskel FIlm Center's screening of The Magic Flute has you longing for more opera films, here are five that hit the high notes.
- By Patrick Friel
- Tags: Arts, Film, Foreign, History, Moviegoing, Music, Opera, Performing Arts, Theater, Gene Siskel Film Center, Ingmar Bergman, The Magic Flute, opera, Chuck Jones, Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, What's Opera Doc?, Carmen Jones, Otto Preminger, Dorothy Dandridge, CinemaScope, Dave Kehr, Bluebeard's Castle, Peeping Tom, Michael Powell, Bela Bartok, Bela Balazs, Leni Riefenstahl, Hein Heckroth, The Red Shoes, The Tales of Hoffman, Norman Foster, Anna Raquel Satre, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Moses and Aaron, Jean-Marie Straub, Daniele Huillet, Arnold Schoenberg, Don Giovanni, Joseph Losey, Mozart, Freud, Marx, The Boy With Green Hair, Mr. Klein, Parsifal, Hans Jurgen Syberberg, King Ludwig, Karl May, Richard Wagner, Edith Clever, Yvonne Minton, Reiner Goldberg, Robert Loyd, Wolfgang Schone, Aage Haugland

Music, Gossip Wolf Aug 14, 2018
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Wild bear rapper Big Dipper comes home to tease his long-awaited debut album

Plus: Rock iconoclasts Blizzard Babies, gnarly glam band Lollygagger, and brand-new boogie label Leisure Records all celebrate fresh releases.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Big Dipper, Late Bloomer, Shea Couleé, ShowYouSuck, Steppenwolf, 1700 Theatre, Drip Drop, Blizzard Babies, Missing Time, Don Giovanni, Sleeping Village, Chicago Period Project, Lollygagger, Life on Terminus, Midwest Action, Cole’s, Andrew Joseph, Paid Time Off, Leisure Records, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Drinks, Casual Friday, Video

Blogs, Bleader Sep 26, 2017
MC and sound artist Moor Mother sets her powerful words to free jazz in Irreversible Entanglements

Philadelphia poet Camae Ayewa, aka Moor Mother, reveals herself as a formidable improviser on the new debut album by Irreversible Entanglements.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Moor Mother, Camae Ayewa, Irrerversible Entanglements, Keir Neuringer, Luke Stewart, Achiles Navarro, Tcheser Holmes, International Anthem, Don Giovanni

Music, Record Roundup Nov 16, 2016
Chicago’s grassroots rock bands brighten the corners they’re in

Reviews of new releases by Bleach Party, Coaster, Fake Limbs, Lala Lala, Strawberry Jacuzzi, and Swimsuit Addition
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Record Roundup, Bleach Party, Endless Bender, Coaster, Deuces, Fake Limbs, Matronly, Lala Lala, Sleepyhead, Strawberry Jacuzzi, Watch the Clock, Swimsuit Addition, Killin Time, Tall Pat Records, Cuddlestock, Patrick Sullivan, Dana Horst, Meghan MacDuff, Bart Pappas, Richard Giraldi, Loud Loop Press, Single Summer, Velocicopter, Montrose Man, Rodeo, Susan Volbrecht, Kaylee Preston, Rabble Rabble, Seth Engel, Matt Kissinger, Fetch, Options, Lifted Bells, Bathing Resorts, Dillon Kelley, Marcus Nuccio, Pet Symmetry, Mountains for Clouds, Michael Byrnes, Tom Graham, Community, Sooper, Don Giovanni, Stephen Sowley, Bryan Gleason, Mat Biscan, Nick Smalkowski, Man Feelings, The Power of Patrician Upbringing, Karla Bernasconi, Lillie West, Abby Black, Lyla Taube, Grabbing Clouds, Some Weird Sin, Nikita Word, Shannon Candy, Ross Tasch, Devon Press, Love Is for Suckers, Jen Dot, Dumb Dora, Brett Manning, Sam Westerling, Becca Nisbet, Mike Signal, Kittyhawk

Blogs, Bleader Oct 8, 2014
Reader's Agenda Wed 10/8: FashionBar Chicago, Lyric Opera's Don Giovanni, and Mark Bailey and Ed Hemingway

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, October 8
- By Francesca Gattuso
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Music, FashionBar Chicago, The Drake Hotel, Gabrielle Zwick, Prina Bagia, Satoko Mizuno, Lyric Opera, Don Giovanni, Civic Opera House, Book Stall at Chestnut Court, Mark Bailey, Ed Hemingway, Of All the Gin Joints: Stumbling Through Hollywood History

Blogs, Bleader Oct 6, 2014
Best shows to see: Don Giovanni, Suffocation, Steve Gunn

The best shows to see on Mon 10/6 through Wed 10/8
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Do This, Music, best shows to see, Don Giovanni, Suffocation, Steve Gunn, Schubas, Reggie's Rock Club, Lyric Opera, Civic Opera House

Blogs, Bleader Sep 30, 2014
Tonight: Lyric Opera's Don Giovanni

Lyric Opera's Don Giovanni has been tweaked, not transformed, by Robert Falls.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Opera, Theater, Arts, Music, Don Giovanni, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Lyric Opera, Sir Andrew Davis, Mariusz Kwiecien, Antonio Poli, Marina Rebeka, Ana Maria Martinez, Andriana Chuchman, Robert Falls, Colin Ure

Blogs, Bleader Sep 30, 2014
Reader's Agenda Tue 9/30: Fall Dinner Crawl, Il Sogno del Marinaio, and Don Giovanni

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Tuesday, September 30
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Fall Dinner Crawl, Il Sogno del Marinaio, Mike Watt, Minutemen, Schubas, Lyric Opera, Don Giovanni, Goodman Theatre, Robert Falls

Music, Record Roundup Apr 21, 2014
The Pixies' deflating Indie Cindy and 15 more record reviews

A dozen far-flung Reader writers cover Future's conscience-stricken coke rap, Todd Terje's playfully colorful nu-disco, Triptykon's lightless armor-plated epics, and points further afield.
- By Luca Cimarusti, Leor Galil, Kim Kelly, Monica Kendrick, Peter Margasak, Bill Meyer, Philip Montoro, Erin Osmon, Miles Raymer, Tal Rosenberg, and Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Record Roundup, Kent Burnside, Crime & the City Solution, My World Is So Cold, Lucky 13, R.L. Burnside, Cuddle Magic, Phyllis Chen, FYO, Brian Eno, Karl Hyde, Someday World, Warp, Underworld, Fushitsusha, Peter Brotzmann, Nothing Changes No One Can Change Anything I Am Ever-Changing Only You Can Change Yourself, Keiji Haino, Utech, Future, Honest, Epic, Alexander Hawkins Ensemble, Step Wide Step Deep, Dylan Bates, Otto Fischer, Shabaka Hutchings, Neil Charles, Tom Skinner, Ibn Inglor, New Wave 2, JACK Quartet, Helmut Lachenmann: Complete String Quartets, Mode, Kelis, Ninja Tune, Dave Sitek, TV on the Radio, Lord Mantis, Death Mask, Profound Lore, Charlie Fell, Pixies, Indie Cindy, Black Francis, Screaming Females, Live at the Hideout, Don Giovanni, The Hideout, Steve Albini, Marissa Paternoster, Todd Terje, It's Album Time, Olsen, Bryan Ferry, Triptykon, Melana Chasmata, Prowling Death, Hellhammer, Celtic Frost, Thomas Gabriel Fischer, V. Santur, Simone Vollenweider, The Space Project, Lefse, Antlers, Blues Control, Beach House, Jesu, Zomes, Spiritualized, Jason Pierce, Wovenhand, Refractory Obdurate, Deathwish Inc., David Eugene Edwards

Blogs, Bleader Jan 29, 2014
Porgy's coming back and other great news from Lyric Opera

Highlights of Lyric's just-announced 60th-anniversary season
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Theater, Arts, Music, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Porgy and Bess, Andrew Davis, Anthony Freud, Renee Fleming, Robert Falls, Goodman Theatre, Amber Wagner, Stephanie Blythe, Eric Owens, Adina Aaron, Eric Greene, Tatiana Serjan, Denyce Graves, Ana Maria Martinez, The Magic Victrola, El Pasado Nunca Se Termina, Don Giovanni, Capriccio, Il Trovatore, Tosca, Tannhauser, The Passenger, Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, mariachi opera, George and Ira Gershwin, Puccini, Carousel, Rodgers & Hammerstein

Music, Pitchfork Jul 17, 2013
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Sunday: Previews and live coverage of every band at Pitchfork

A Cabrini-Green hip-hop anomaly, a collaboration "as perfect as it was unexpected," one of the "deepest, strongest back catalogs in rock 'n' roll," and . . . Kells!
- By Tal Rosenberg, Leor Galil, Kevin Warwick, Tosten Burks, Luca Cimarusti, Shannon Nico Shreibak, Bill Meyer, and Drew Hunt
- Tags: Pitchfork, DJ Rashad, mixtapes, MC Tree, Johnny Jewel, Tremaine Johnson, hip-hop, Run the Jewels, Closed Sessions, Creative Control, soul trap, Foxygen, Tree, Jagjaguwar, Jonathan Rado, Sam France, Autre Ne Veut, Arthur Ashin, Software, Killer Mike, Big Boi, El-P, rap, Blood Orange, Lightspeed Champion, Dev Hynes, Solange Knowles, Solange, El-P, Fat Possum, Katie Crutchfield, Waxahatchee, Don Giovanni, Yo La Tengo, Matador, Sky Ferreira, Capitol, Lil B, Chairlift, Toro y Moi, Chaz Bundick, Joshua Leary, Evian Christ, Tri Angle, M.I.A., Virgin, R. Kelly, Glass Candy, Italians Do It Better, covers, WBEZ, Jim DeRogatis, Chicago Sun-Times, Hudson Mohawke, Lunice, TNGHT, Union Park, Video

Blogs, Bleader May 8, 2008
"Don Giovanni" for the masses

Live broadcast of "Don Giovanni" under the stars
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Free Shit, Swag, Chicago Opera Theater, Don Giovanni

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On the new Who Sent You? Irreversible Entanglements are more political and potent than ever

On a bountiful opera weekend, Chicago Opera Theater climbs a peak

Everest is a stunning adventure; plus the return of Don Giovanni at the Lyric

Five opera films that hit the high notes

If the Gene Siskel FIlm Center's screening of The Magic Flute has you longing for more opera films, here are five that hit the high notes.

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Wild bear rapper Big Dipper comes home to tease his long-awaited debut album

Plus: Rock iconoclasts Blizzard Babies, gnarly glam band Lollygagger, and brand-new boogie label Leisure Records all celebrate fresh releases.

MC and sound artist Moor Mother sets her powerful words to free jazz in Irreversible Entanglements

Philadelphia poet Camae Ayewa, aka Moor Mother, reveals herself as a formidable improviser on the new debut album by Irreversible Entanglements.

Chicago’s grassroots rock bands brighten the corners they’re in

Reviews of new releases by Bleach Party, Coaster, Fake Limbs, Lala Lala, Strawberry Jacuzzi, and Swimsuit Addition

Reader's Agenda Wed 10/8: FashionBar Chicago, Lyric Opera's Don Giovanni, and Mark Bailey and Ed Hemingway

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, October 8

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Tonight: Lyric Opera's Don Giovanni

Lyric Opera's Don Giovanni has been tweaked, not transformed, by Robert Falls.

Reader's Agenda Tue 9/30: Fall Dinner Crawl, Il Sogno del Marinaio, and Don Giovanni

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The Pixies' deflating Indie Cindy and 15 more record reviews

A dozen far-flung Reader writers cover Future's conscience-stricken coke rap, Todd Terje's playfully colorful nu-disco, Triptykon's lightless armor-plated epics, and points further afield.

Porgy's coming back and other great news from Lyric Opera

Highlights of Lyric's just-announced 60th-anniversary season

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Everest is a stunning adventure; plus the return of Don Giovanni at the Lyric

If the Gene Siskel FIlm Center's screening of The Magic Flute has you longing for more opera films, here are five that hit the high notes.

Plus: Rock iconoclasts Blizzard Babies, gnarly glam band Lollygagger, and brand-new boogie label Leisure Records all celebrate fresh releases.

Philadelphia poet Camae Ayewa, aka Moor Mother, reveals herself as a formidable improviser on the new debut album by Irreversible Entanglements.

Reviews of new releases by Bleach Party, Coaster, Fake Limbs, Lala Lala, Strawberry Jacuzzi, and Swimsuit Addition

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, October 8

The best shows to see on Mon 10/6 through Wed 10/8

Lyric Opera's Don Giovanni has been tweaked, not transformed, by Robert Falls.

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Tuesday, September 30

A dozen far-flung Reader writers cover Future's conscience-stricken coke rap, Todd Terje's playfully colorful nu-disco, Triptykon's lightless armor-plated epics, and points further afield.

Highlights of Lyric's just-announced 60th-anniversary season

A Cabrini-Green hip-hop anomaly, a collaboration "as perfect as it was unexpected," one of the "deepest, strongest back catalogs in rock 'n' roll," and . . . Kells!

Live broadcast of "Don Giovanni" under the stars

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