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Music, Music Feature Apr 17, 2019
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Natural Information Society make the stage a home—and vice versa

Joshua Abrams and Lisa Alvarado help give this Chicago collective’s transcendent minimalism a family feeling.
- By Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Feature, Natural Information Society, Joshua Abrams, Mandatory Reality, Simultonality, guimbri, gimbri, guembri, sintir, Gnawa, Lisa Alvarado, Eremite Records, Drag City, Thrill Jockey, Don Cherry, Hamid Drake, Nicole Mitchell, Mike Reed, Prefuse 73, Roots, Dave Rempis, Will Oldham, Steve James, Kartemquin Films, The Interrupters, Life Itself, America to Me, Bridget Donahue, Ari Brown, Monika Cherry, Moki Cherry, Ornette Coleman, Organic Music Society, Bitchin Bajas, Jason Stein, Ben LaMar Gay, Mikel Patrick Avery, Frank Rosaly, Emmett Kelly, Ben Boye, Nick Mazzarella, Fred Anderson, From the River to the Ocean, Bindu, Natural Information, Jason Adasiewicz, Nori Tanaka, harmonium, Represencing, Magnetoception, Jeff Parker, Autoimaginary, Constellation, Finite, Electrical Audio, In Memory’s Prism, Simon Starling, Project for a Rift Valley Crossing, Frieze New York, Video

Music, Pitchfork Jul 16, 2018
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Pitchfork outflanks its festival competition with left-field bookings

Circuit des Yeux, Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society, Irreversible Entanglements, and This Is Not This Heat don’t sell tickets like Fleet Foxes, but they help keep Pitchfork interesting.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Pitchfork, Pitchfork, Pitchfork Music Festival, 2018, 2018 Pitchfork Music Festival, Union Park, Circuit des Yeux, Haley Fohr, Reaching for Indigo, Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society, Joshua Abrams, guimbri, Gnawa, Simultonality, Ben Boye, Lisa Alvarado, Emmett Kelly, Frank Rosaly, Mikel Avery, Ari Brown, Irreversible Entanglements, Moor Mother, Camae Ayewa, Keir Neuringer, Luke Stewart, Tcheser Holmes, Aquiles Navarro, This Heat, This Is Not This Heat, Charles Hayward, Deceit, Health and Efficiency, Gareth Williams, Charles Bullen, Thurston Moore, Alexis Taylor, Hot Chip, Chris Cutler, Video

Music, Music Feature May 9, 2017
International Anthem brings punk idealism to progressive jazz

This Chicago label puts in the sweat to get its artists the audiences they deserve.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, International Anthem, Scott McNiece, David Allen, Uncanned Music, Jaimie Branch, Jeff Parker, Makaya McCraven, Rob Mazurek, Hear in Now, Tomeka Reid, jazz, improvised music, The New Breed, Fly or Die, Not Living in Fear, Mazz Swift, Silvia Bolognesi, In the Moment, Rob Mazurek, Emmett Kelly, Alien Flower Sutra, A.M. Frison, Tommaso Moretti, Ben Lamar Gay, Bottle Tree, Gilt Bar, Curio, Trio in Curio, Ian Springer, Brendan Sodikoff, Hogsalt Hospitality, the Bedford, Bar Deville, Prizzy Prizzy Please, Hungry Brain, Nick Mazzarella, Skylark, Elastic, Hideout, Anton Hatwich, Dylan Ryan, Frank Rosaly, Matt Lux, Mikel Avery, Rob Jacobs, Wei Zhongle, Bambi Kino Duo, Brian Case, Justin Walter, Ahleuchatistas, Irreversible Entanglements, Keir Neuringer, Luke Stewart, Camae Ayewa, Moor Mother, Ohmme, Junius Paul, Dave Vettraino, Natalie Joy, Alternate Moon Cycles, Jamire Williams, Josh Johnson

Blogs, Bleader Jun 1, 2015
Check out the first single from the Cairo Gang's forthcoming album

Today's 12 O'Clock Track is "Ice Fishing," from the latest Emmett Kelly missive.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, Post No Bills, Emmett Kelly, Cairo Gang, Gone Missing, "Ice Fishing, " 12 O'Clock Track, Bonnie "Prince" Billy

Blogs, Bleader Mar 6, 2014
Video
Cairo Gang play a rare show at Rainbo Club this Sunday

The Ukrainian Village bar hosts a welcome-home show for one of Chicago's best rock bands.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Do This, Music, Cairo Gang, Famous Laughs, Rainbo Club, free show, free, Emmett Kelly, Bill Satek, Jake Acosta, Teen River, Lake Paradise, Video

Blogs, Bleader Dec 25, 2013
12 O'Clock Track: "Song My Love Can Sing," a preview from Doug Paisley's forthcoming album

A tender gem from the singer-songwriter's forthcoming album Strong Feelings
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, Doug Paisley, Strong Feelings, Song My Love Can Sing, Emmett Kelly, Garth Hudson, 12 O'Clock Track, Colin Stetson, Mary Margaret O'Hara, folk-rock, No Quarter Records

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

Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife Jun 19, 2013
Critics' Picks
Best Rock Band

The Cairo Gang
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music & Nightlife, Best of Chicago 2013, rock band, The Cairo Gang, Emmett Kelly, Will Oldham, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Ryan Weinstein, Sam Wagster, Ben Babbitt, The Corner Man, Empty Cellar, Susanna Wallumrod, Twyxt Wyrd, Tiny Rebels, Critics' Picks

Blogs, Bleader Feb 14, 2013
Audio
An overlooked Cairo Gang recording gets another chance

Twyxt Word, an obscure chapter in the story of Emmett Kelly's group, is uncovered for wider consumption.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Cairo Gang, Emmett Kelly, Corner Man, Twyxt Wyrd, Susanna Wallumrød, Coyote, Ben Vida, Robert A.A. Lowe, Joshua Abrams, Nori Tanaka, Chris Rodahaffer, SusannaSonata, If Grief Could Wait, Wild Dog, Audio

Blogs, Bleader Jan 15, 2013
My favorite albums of 2012, numbers 30 through 21

The countdown of my favorite albums of 2012, part two
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Year in Review, Music, Post No Bills, Fay Davis-Jeffers, Mika Vainio, Kevin Drumm, Axel Dörner, Lucio Capece, Deerhoof, Josh Berman, Oren Ambarchi, António Zambujo, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Eli Keszler, Cate Le Bon, Cairo Gang, Avishai Cohen, Triveni, Emmett Kelly, Year in Review 2012, favorite records 2012, Variations on a Theme

Music, Music Feature Dec 19, 2012
People Issue 2012:
Angel Olsen, the singer

"I just kind of had to find something that I could hold onto."
- Tags: Music Feature, Will Oldham, Emmett Kelly, Angel Olsen, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Cairo Gang, Bathetic Records, songwriting, Half Way Home, Pillars & Tongues, Static Films, Kerry Couch, Ottoman Empire, Sac House, Marissa Nadler, The Babblers, Cafe Mustache, Miko's Italian Ice, Ronny's

Blogs, Bleader Jun 25, 2012
Audio
Norwegian singer Susanna Wallumrød reaches a new apex

Wild Dog, the new album by Norwegian singer Susanna Wallumrød, may be her best yet
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Susanna Wallumrod, Giovanna Pessi, Wild Dog, Imagine, Emmett Kelly, Jeremy Gara, If Grief Could Wait, Audio

Music, Gossip Wolf May 16, 2012
Gossip Wolf: The Braid reunion sticks

The emo granddaddies have big plans. Plus: Love blooms in Bonnie "Prince" Billy's band, and more
- By Jessica Hopper and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Braid, Angel Olsen, Emmett Kelly, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Will Oldham, Coping, Tyler Jannsen, Tom Kenneally

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Natural Information Society make the stage a home—and vice versa

Joshua Abrams and Lisa Alvarado help give this Chicago collective’s transcendent minimalism a family feeling.

Video
Pitchfork outflanks its festival competition with left-field bookings

Circuit des Yeux, Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society, Irreversible Entanglements, and This Is Not This Heat don’t sell tickets like Fleet Foxes, but they help keep Pitchfork interesting.

International Anthem brings punk idealism to progressive jazz

This Chicago label puts in the sweat to get its artists the audiences they deserve.

Check out the first single from the Cairo Gang's forthcoming album

Today's 12 O'Clock Track is "Ice Fishing," from the latest Emmett Kelly missive.

Video
Cairo Gang play a rare show at Rainbo Club this Sunday

The Ukrainian Village bar hosts a welcome-home show for one of Chicago's best rock bands.

12 O'Clock Track: "Song My Love Can Sing," a preview from Doug Paisley's forthcoming album

A tender gem from the singer-songwriter's forthcoming album Strong Feelings

Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival 2013

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

Critics' Picks
Best Rock Band

The Cairo Gang

Audio
An overlooked Cairo Gang recording gets another chance

Twyxt Word, an obscure chapter in the story of Emmett Kelly's group, is uncovered for wider consumption.

My favorite albums of 2012, numbers 30 through 21

The countdown of my favorite albums of 2012, part two

People Issue 2012:
Angel Olsen, the singer

"I just kind of had to find something that I could hold onto."

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Norwegian singer Susanna Wallumrød reaches a new apex

Wild Dog, the new album by Norwegian singer Susanna Wallumrød, may be her best yet

Gossip Wolf: The Braid reunion sticks

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Joshua Abrams and Lisa Alvarado help give this Chicago collective’s transcendent minimalism a family feeling.

Circuit des Yeux, Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society, Irreversible Entanglements, and This Is Not This Heat don’t sell tickets like Fleet Foxes, but they help keep Pitchfork interesting.

This Chicago label puts in the sweat to get its artists the audiences they deserve.

Today's 12 O'Clock Track is "Ice Fishing," from the latest Emmett Kelly missive.

The Ukrainian Village bar hosts a welcome-home show for one of Chicago's best rock bands.

A tender gem from the singer-songwriter's forthcoming album Strong Feelings

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

The Cairo Gang

Twyxt Word, an obscure chapter in the story of Emmett Kelly's group, is uncovered for wider consumption.

The countdown of my favorite albums of 2012, part two

"I just kind of had to find something that I could hold onto."

Wild Dog, the new album by Norwegian singer Susanna Wallumrød, may be her best yet

The emo granddaddies have big plans. Plus: Love blooms in Bonnie "Prince" Billy's band, and more

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