Switch to the mobile version of this page.

- Username
- View Profile
- Edit Profile
- Log Out
- Log in
- Create Account

The Chicago Reader

Articles

Loading...

Music, Music Feature Feb 10, 2021
Video
KeiyaA levels up even with live music shut down

The Chicago-born singer-songwriter beat the odds by turning her debut album, Forever, Ya Girl, into a multidimensional artwork.
- By Teresa Xie
- Tags: Music Feature, KeiyaA, Forever, Ya Girl, Work, Bandcamp, Soundcloud, Chicago Children’s Choir, Pitchfork, NPR, Complex, Vice, Vogue, Cottage Grove, Englewood, Kenwood Academy, Gerald Powell, Nicole Mitchell, University of Illinois at Chicago, Columbia College, Dusty Groove, Scienz of Life, MIKE, DJ BlackPower, Aviv, Cafe Erzulie, Hvnli, Do Yourself a Favor, For the Gworls Medical Fund, Free Black Women's Library Sister Outsider Relief Grant, Bushwick, On Returning My Quikest Language Back to My Mouth, Yusuf Hassan, Black Mass Publishing, The Natural Way to Fight Stress, Jefferson Harris, Rahim Fortune, Chris Currence, Negus Poem 1 & 2, Video

Music, Music Feature Nov 12, 2020
Bless the Mad share their private pantheon of Black Chicago music

The production duo discuss the classic hip-hop, soul, gospel, and jazz records that inspired the reverent sonic collage on their debut album.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Bless the Mad, Ibrahem Hasan, Matthew Rivera, Philip Cohran, Kelan Phil Cohran, Artistic Heritage Ensemble, Maxwell Street, gospel, soul, spiritual jazz, R&B, funk, hip-hop, Gaia Earthpeace, Stay the Course Records, Pastor T.L. Barrett & the Youth for Christ Choir, Like a Ship . . . (Without a Sail), Curtis Mayfield, Curtis, Common Sense, Resurrection, the Awakening, Mirage, Earth, Wind & Fire, Maurice White, Ken Chaney, Black Jazz Records, Zulu Records, Pharaohs, George Benson, Andrew Brearley, Meaty Ogre, Dusty Groove

Music, Music Feature Mar 24, 2020
How to buy records during a pandemic

If you have the money to help Chicago’s record stores stay in business long enough to reopen, here are your options.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, COVID-19, coronavirus, pandemic, social distancing, shelter in place, record stores, shopping, closed, mail, pickup, delivery, records, vinyl, Tony Assimos, Tone Deaf Records, 606 Records, Beverly Records, Bob’s Blues & Jazz Mart, Bric-a-Brac Records, Bucket o’ Blood Books and Records, Conservatory Vintage & Vinyl, Reckless Records, Laurie’s Planet of Sound, Shuga Records, No Requests, Dave’s Records, Dorian’s, Dusty Groove, Electric Jungle, Gramaphone Records, Hyde Park Records, Interstellar Space, No Trend Records, Pinwheel Records, Purple Llama Coffee & Records, Rattleback Records, Record Breakers, Rolling Stones, Shady Rest Vintage & Vinyl, Squeezebox Books & Music, The Old School Records, Vintage Vinyl, Wild Prairie Vintage & Vinyl

Arts & Culture, Calendar Feb 28, 2020
Hedda Gabler: A Play With Live Music, Charlie and the Hashbrown Factory Chili Cook-Off, and more to do this weekend

Arts and culture happenings from Fri 2/28 to Sun 3/1.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Calendar, The Joy: The Visibility Of Black Boy Childhood, W.D. Floyd, Semicolon Bookstore, Hedda Gabbler, Tuta Theatre, Her Honor Jane Byrne, Lookingglass, The Defunct Suits, RSVP Gallery, Golden Hour, Jessie Edelman, Leather Archives and Museum, Dusty Groove, Homo-entanglement, Western Exhibitions, Spudnik Press, Chili Cook-off, VHS: Leap to the Future, Lincoln Lodge

Music, Music Feature Feb 24, 2020
Video
A Dusty Groove documentary premieres in Chicago

Danielle Beverly’s Dusty Groove: The Sound of Transition tells intimate stories about our deep connection to music.
- By Aaron Cohen
- Tags: Music Feature, Dusty Groove, Dusty Groove America, Dusty Groove: The Sound of Transition, Rick Wojcik, Danielle Beverly, Chicago Cultural Center, premiere, documentary, movie, records, record store, vinyl, Grady Johnson, Jazz in the Alley, J.P. Chill, J.P. Schauer, High Fidelity, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Jul 15, 2019
Dusty Groove is selling off thousands of LPs for a dollar each

Plus: Anonymous local dark-ambient producer Faithful drops a free EP, and the Better Yet podcast raises funds for the AIDS Foundation of Chicago with a Wilco tribute compilation.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Dusty Groove, Dusty Groove America, sale, discount, dollar LPs, marked down, Faithful, Timed Imaginations, Prehistoric Silence, Cornerz, Better Yet, Better Yet podcast, All of God’s Money, Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Meat Wave, Slow Mass, Lifted Bells, Ratboys, AIDS Foundation of Chicago

Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 17, 2019
Video
Local producers Tensei create an electronic canvas of astral soul

Plus: Chicago house producer Derrick “Sleezy D” Harris passes away, and Philip Bailey of Earth, Wind & Fire plays two shows behind his new solo album.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Tensei, Constellate, A. Billi Free, I Luma, Midas Wells, Chris Kramer, Open Beats, Cafe Mustache, Queen!, Smart Bar, Derrick Harris, acid house, Sleezy D, Marshall Jefferson, Ron Hardy, Trax, house, obituary, funeral, wake, I’ve Lost Control, Earth, Wind & Fire, Maurice White, Philip Bailey, Love Will Find a Way, Dusty Groove, Verve, City Winery, Easy Lover, Video

Music, Music Feature Apr 10, 2019
Video
Remember resale shops this Record Store Day

Thrift and vintage stores are among the best places to find vinyl that nobody’s even thought of reissuing yet.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Record Store Day, Light in the Attic, Dreamin’ Wild, Donnie Emerson, Joe Emerson, Searching for Sugar Man, Rodriguez, Ariel Pink, Jack Fleischer, thrift, vintage, resale, secondhand, Dusty Groove, Goodwill, Brown Elephant, Brown Elephant Resale Shop, Village Discount, Village Discount Outlet, Pilsen Vintage & Thrift, Paul Guizar, Charly Garcia, Sonorama, Discos Joey, Niteskool Project, Howard Brown Health, Party Bat, Kokorokoko, Ross Kelly, Sasha Hodges, Newbury Comics, Delle Del & Jamin Jack Starling, DJ International, Basement Records, Chicago Lawn, Back of the Yards, Andersonville, Wicker Park, Pilsen, Lola Dee, Bel-Aire, Downtown Sound, Music Company, Another Man’s Treasure, Another Man’s Treasure Resale, Wilburn Green, Ambrosia Room, MFSB, Full Force, U-Haul, Video

Music, Music Feature Apr 9, 2019
Record Store Day 2019: how and where to celebrate

Details about discounts, giveaways, in-store performances, and more at three dozen shops—with an interactive map and alphabetized listings
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Record Store Day, Record Store Day 2019, Wild Prairie Vintage & Vinyl, Vintage Vinyl, Val's Halla Records, TechNoir & Raffe's Record Riot, Squeezebox Books & Music, Sputnik Books & Records, Shuga Records, Shady Rest Vintage & Vinyl, Rolling Stones, Record Breakers, Reckless Records, Rattleback Records, Purple Llama Coffee & Records, Pinwheel Records, The Old School Records, Numero Group, No Requests, Laurie's Planet of Sound, Hyde Park Records, Groovin' High, Gramaphone Records, Electric Jungle, Dusty Groove, Dorian's, Dave's Records, Cafe Mustache, Bucket o' Blood Books and Records, Bric-a-Brac Records, Bob's Blues & Jazz Mart, Bloodshot Records, Beverly Records, Audio Archaeology, 606 Records, Wax Trax

Blogs, Bleader Apr 17, 2018
Record Store Day 2018: here's what Chicago area shops are doing to celebrate

Check out our interactive map and listings detailing the area's festivities, including discounts, giveaways, in-store performances, and more.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music, Do This, Record Store Day, Reckless, 606 Records, Pinwheel Records, Shuga Records, Bucket o' Blood, Numero Group, Bloodshot, Wild Prairie, Vintage Vinyl, Record Breakers, Val's Halla, Bric-a-Brac Records, Shady Rest, Raffe's, Purple Llama, Groovin' High, Beverly Records, Bob's Blues & Jazz Mart, Dave's Records, Dusty Groove, Gramaphone, the Old School Records, the Music Experience, Logan Hardware, Hyde Park Records, Audio Archaeology, Joyride Records, Laurie's Planet of Sound, specials, releases, giveaways, in-stores, vinyl, performances, record stores, discounts

Music, Music Feature Apr 19, 2017
Video
Record Store Day 2017: Sales, giveaways, in-store performances, and more

The music lovers' retail holiday celebrates its tenth year.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Music Feature, 606 Records, Pinwheel Records, Audio Archaeology, Beverly Records, Bric-a-Brac Records, Bucket o' Blood Books and Records, Dave's Records, Dusty Groove, Reckless, Laurie's Planet of Sound, Shuga Records, Val's Halla Records, Hyde Park Records, The Music Experience, Gramaphone Records, Fletcher's 1 Stop Records, Groovin' High, Kstarke Records, Logan Hardware, Numero Group, Old School Records, Permanent Records, Raffe's Record Riot, Record Breakers, Vintage Vinyl, Record Store Day, tenth anniversary, Video

Music, Music Feature Apr 13, 2016
Video
Record Store Day 2016: Sales, giveaways, in-store performances, and more

This year’s special releases leave a lot to be desired, but the full slate of in-stores should make shop hopping worth it anyway.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Record Store Day, Shaggs, Green River, Sun Ra, Cannots, Charles Rumback, Ryley Walker, Kevin Gates, Stony Island, 606 Records, Pinwheel Records, Audio Archaeology, Beverly Records, Bric-a-Brac Records, Bucket o' Blood Books and Records, Dave's Records, Dusty Groove, FeelTrip, Reckless, Saki, Laurie's Planet of Sound, Shuga Records, Val's Halla Records, Hyde Park Records, The Music Experience, Fletcher's 1 Stop Records, Gramaphone Records, Groovin' High, Kstarke Records, Logan Hardware, Numero Group, Old School Records, Permanent Records, Raffe's Record Riot, Record Breakers, Shake Rattle & Read, Vintage Vinyl, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 28, 2015
A look inside Shuga Records, a new Wicker Park record store

Shuga is set to open its doors next month, and CEO Adam Rosen gave the Reader a tour of the new digs.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Opening, Neighborhoods, Music, Shuga Records, Adam Rosen, Wicker Park, Reckless Records, Dusty Groove, Nice One, Minneapolis

Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 18, 2014
Gossip Wolf: Anatomy of Habit signs to Relapse

Plus: A mixed-media mixer from the Chicago Film Archives and a history lesson on house at Northwestern
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Anatomy of Habit, Indian, Tortoise, Bloodyminded, Joan of Arc, shoegaze, Relapse Records, Mark Solotroff, Pieter Schoolwerth, The Limits of a Sequence, Chicago Film Archives, Hideout, Latham Zearfoss, Bastardgeist, Darling Shear, Lori Felker, Cheer-Acc, Deborah Stratman, Olivia Block, Arcade Fire, Pitchfork, Dusty Groove, WBEZ, Tony Sarabia, Northwestern's Dittmar Memorial Gallery, The Beat Goes On: The Evolution of House Music in Chicago, Frankie Knuckles, House Music in the Continuum of African American Music Forms

Blogs, Bleader Jun 9, 2014
Sweet soul: The generosity and tragedy of soul historian Bob Abrahamian

A personal farewell to Chicago soul historian and WHPK deejay Bob Abrahamian, who died at age 35 last week
- By Jake Austen
- Tags: RIP, Music, News, Bob Abrahamian, WHPK, University of Chicago, Sitting in the Park, soul, doo-wop, R&B, Roctober, Dusty Groove, radio, obituary, RIP, suicide, depression, death

Blogs, Bleader Jul 12, 2013
Audio
New jazz rarities from the tastemakers at Dusty Groove

A new partnership with reissue label Real Gone Music yields three terrific reissues from the vaults of Prestige.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Jazz, Music, Post No Bills, Dusty Groove, Real Gone Music, jazz, George Braith, Ahmed Abdul-Malik, Stan Hunter, Sonny Fortune, Sonny's Mood, Embraceable You, Cinema Blues, reissues, Audio

Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 5, 2013
Gossip Wolf: The Owl makes silver apples for its Silver Apples show

Plus: The CFA's second annual media mixer and Nnamdi Ogbonnaya's schizo new pop album
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Logan Square, the Owl, Bloodiest, Basic Cable, Bitchin Bajas, Silver Apples, Wicker Park, Permanent, Logan Hardware, Saki, the Hideout, Chicago Film Archives Media Mixer, Cauleen Smith and the Eternals, Jesse McLean, Sich Mang, Alexander Stewart, Sam Prekop, WBEZ, Alison Cuddy, Bobby Conn & Monica Boubou, Peter Margasak, Pitchfork, Roctober, Dusty Groove, Bootie Noir, Nnamdi Ogbonnaya, Love of Everything, My Dad, Spanglish, Bobby Burg, Love of Everything, Nate Kinsella, Birthmark, Dave Reminick, Dave Davison, Maps & Atlases, Alicia Walter, Oshwa, Ice Cream (Banana Split)

Music, Music Feature Apr 17, 2013
Record Store Day 411

The stores, in-stores, discounts, and goodies
- Tags: Music Feature, Beverly Records, Cafe Mustache, Dave's Records, Dusty Groove, Gramaphone Records, Hyde Park Records, Jazz Record Mart, Laurie's Planet of Sound, Logan Hardware, Old School Records, Comfort Station, Permanent Records, Reckless Records, Reckless Records, Reckless Records, Forest Park, Record Breakers, Saki, 2nd Hand Tunes, Val's Halla Records, Village Records, Vintage Vinyl

Music, Three Beats Nov 21, 2012
Image
Three Beats: Chance the Rapper pushes Acid Rap at Metro

Plus: Disappears play Rainbo for a bartender shot in the face, and Dusty Groove returns to the reissue biz with Real Gone
- By Leor Galil, Luca Cimarusti, and Peter Margasak
- Tags: Three Beats, Chance the Rapper, Donald Pullen, Rockie Fresh, Rick Ross, Childish Gambino, LSD, Disappears, Danny Zaretsky, reissues, Gordon Anderson, Real Gone Music, record labels, Rainbo Club, Dusty Groove

Blogs, Bleader Sep 6, 2012
Kickstarter, more Kickstarter, singing twins, and more on the B Side

Crowdfunding, metal tours, hip-hop against violence, and more
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music, Kickstarter, My My My, Dusty Groove, Lil JoJo, Alyce and Rhae Andrece, Amon Tobin, Ghostface, Turbo Fruits, California Wives, Peter Brotzmann and Jason Adasiewicz, Murder by Death, Storm Thorgerson, Pelican, Nachtmystium

Music, Three Beats Sep 4, 2012
Three Beats: Local nonprofit the Lost Childhoods uses hip-hop against youth violence

Plus: Dusty Groove clears out its basement with a 50-cent sidewalk sale, and Storm Thorgerson of Hipgnosis opens his show at Public Works
- By Leor Galil, Peter Margasak, and Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Three Beats, G.o.D. Jewels, Lost Childhoods, youth violence, Chicago rap, Chief Keef, WGN, Rick Wojcik, Record Store Day, Storm Thorgerson, Hipgnosis, Chris Eichenseer, Dusty Groove

Music, Three Beats May 21, 2012
Three Beats: A live Empty Bottle compilation gets a proper release party

Plus: Corbett vs. Dempsey sprouts a full-grown reissue label, and a Yakuza documentarian turns to Kickstarter after a decade of work
- By Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer, and Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Three Beats, John Corbett, Dusty Groove, Unheard Music Series, free jazz, Joe McPhee, Hat Hut records, Sun Ra, Yakuza, Justin Baron, Mark Sultan, garage rock, Davila 666, Outer Minds, Ty Segall, Mickey, Best Coast, The Fresh & Onlys, Anthony McCreery, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Empty Bottle

Music, Music Feature Apr 18, 2012
And of course the stores (and in-stores)

Record Store Day sales, promotions, giveaways, and in-store performances
- Tags: Music Feature, Record Store Day, vinyl, in-stores, Record Store Day sales, Record Store Day giveaways, Cafe Mustache, Cyclopx Records, Dusty Groove, Favorite Records, Gramaphone Records, Hyde Park Records, Hyde Park Records, Jazz Record Mart, Laurie's Planet of Sound, Logan Hardware, Old School Records, Permanent Records, Reckless Records, Reckless Records, Reckless Records, Record Breakers, Saki, Vintage Vinyl, Reckless Records, Forest Park

Blogs, Bleader Feb 7, 2012
Video
The five best covers of "The Tracks of My Tears"

The five best takes on Smokey Robinson & the Miracles' "The Tracks of My Tears"
- By Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Soul Week, Music, Variations on a Theme, soul week, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, The Tracks of my Tears, Dusty Groove, Billy Bragg, Pat Kelly, Pama, Trojan records, Martha & the Vandellas, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Susan Cadogan, Linda Ronstadt, Half Japanese, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 26, 2012
This week on the B Side

Joe Henry talks to Steve Dawson of Dolly Varden, Kembe X and his crew go from high school dropouts to hashtag hip-hop hustlers, and more
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Kimbe X, the Village, Joe Henry, Steve Dawson, Dolly Varden, Dusty Groove, Los Campesinos!, Guilty Pleasures, Cass McCombs, Amen Dunes, Chiddy Bang, Jordan Baskin, Kathleen Edwards, A Place to Bury Strangers, Red Hot Chili Peppers, M. Ward, St. Vincent, Behemoth, Yo Gabba Gabba!

1 2 next »

Issue Cover

Browse by Issue

Other Searches