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Music, Gossip Wolf Dec 8, 2020
Rapper Matt Muse runs a second Love & Nappyness Hair Care Drive

Plus: A new local compilation benefits Chicago Community Jail Support, and former youth poet laureate Kara Jackson releases a Christmas EP.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Matt Muse, Love & Nappyness Hair Care Drive, Silver Room, Trap House Chicago, Love & Nappyness, Chicago Community Jail Support, Warm Violet, Ohmme, Angel Bat Dawid, Ratboys, Into It. Over It., Half Gringa, Kara Jackson, Xmas Demos, A Song for Every Chamber of the Heart, youth poet laureate

Music, Music Feature Dec 2, 2020
Bandcamp Friday > Black Friday

How often can you be sure that so much of your money will reach the people who made what you’re buying?
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Blk Mgc, ShowYouSuck, Scissor Girls, 79rs Gang, Susan Alcorn Quintet, Pugs Atomz, Avenue Zero, William Basinski, Beabadoobee, Bless the Mad, Cabaret Voltaire, Shannon Candy, Cell Phones, Cleared, Chris Crack, Cursetheknife, Dark Buddha Rising, Daoui, Dos Santos, ESSO, G.I. Bill, A Grape Dope, Half Gringa, Hieroglyphic Being, Ìfé, Ilsa, Ian Iversen, Yves Jarvis, Jesu, Jucifer, Judson Claiborne, Shira Legmann, James Brandon Lewis Quartet, Macabre, Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra, Makaya McCraven, Merzbow, Molchat Doma, Nothing, Oui Ennui, Ovens, Jeff Parker, Jordan Reyes, Rhybadi, Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou, Season of Life, Si Dios Quiere, Luke Titus, Joyous Sounds!, Preliminaries of Silence, Vetus Supulcrum, Wrong War, Izzy Yellen, Your Arms Are My Cocoon, Bandcamp, Bandcamp Friday, Bandcamp day

Music, Gossip Wolf Nov 24, 2020
Hideout talent buyer Sullivan Davis steps down

Plus: CIVL launches a virtual concert series to push a new benefit fund for venues, artists, and staff.
- By J.R. Nelson
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Sullivan Davis, Sully Davis, Logan Hardware, Hideout, Tim Tuten, talent buyer, Chicago Independent Venue League, CIVL, CIVL SAVE Emergency Relief Fund, CIVLization, Giving Back Fund, ESSO, Dos Santos, Half Gringa

Music, Music Feature Sep 2, 2020
The pandemic is still with us, so Bandcamp day is too

And the Reader recommends 34 recent releases available through the online music retailer.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Alan Braufman, Angel Olsen, Aweful, Bandcamp, Bandcamp day, Bandcamp Friday, Bixiga 70, cut, Davis, Eiko Ishibashi, Eli Winter, End Result, Exotic Sin, Fantastic Negrito, Frank Okay, Ganser, Good Fuck, Greenmachine, Gulch, Half Gringa, Heavee, Hieroglyphic Being, High Spirits, J. Zunz, L.A. Witch, Matmos, Phony, Pig Destroyer, Primitive Man, revenue, sales, share, Spun Out, Steve Von Till, the Knees, Thumbscrew, Traxman, Ulcerate, waive, Wye Oak, Zeena Parkins and Jeff Kolar

Music, Music Review Sep 1, 2020
Recommended Video
Half Gringa’s empathetic alt-country harnesses the power of understatement
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Review, Half Gringa, Force to Reckon, alt-country, country music, singer-songwriter, Venezuela, Isabel Olive, Afraid of Horses, Recommended, Video

Music, Music Feature Mar 19, 2020
Friday is buy stuff from Bandcamp day

On March 20, the company responds to the pandemic by giving up its cut so that all your money supports musicians. Here are six local acts to start with.
- By Madeline Happold
- Tags: Music Feature, Bandcamp, Bandcamp day, Bandcamp Friday, cancellation, Change Is Bad, coronavirus, COVID-19, Gifts of Consciousness, Half Gringa, Izzy Olive, Josh Snader, Maggie Gard, Marguerite’s Novels, Nothing Blues, self-quarantine, Sick/Tired, social distancing, Sorespot, split, Stuck, support, Teased Pt. II: “Shockin’ and Rockin’ You”, Teggsas, Triac, Typesetter, Uma Boo, waiver

Blogs, Bleader May 2, 2018
Guess who’s coming to play at Taste of Chicago this year?

The Flaming Lips, Black Star, and George Clinton are among the big names at the Grant Park festival in July.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music, Taste of Chicago, George Clinton, Yasiin Bey, Talib Kweli, Black Star, Flaming Lips, Half Gringa, Juanes, Matt Muse, Boy Illinois, BJ the Chicago Kid

Music, Gossip Wolf Mar 27, 2018
Emily Jane Powers writes pop songs fit for a Pushcart anthology

Plus: Paul Cherry finally fills a full-length with his sweet yacht rock, and post-Disappears trio Facs drop their debut album.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Emily Jane Powers, Restless, Part of Me, Erik Hall, In Tall Buildings, Beat Kitchen, Half Gringa, Jessica Risker, Fran, Paul Cherry, Olive Garden, FeelTrip, Flavour, Pitchfork, Virgin Hotels, Anna Burch, Divino Niño, Facs, Disappears, Trouble in Mind, Negative Houses, Empty Bottle, Ethers, Dim

Music, Gossip Wolf Aug 15, 2017
Video
Izzy Olive’s Half Gringa celebrate their intimate but hard-hitting debut album

Plus: Slippery Slope throws itself a third birthday party, Metro hosts a 25th-anniversary concert for the American Ska-thic series, and more.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Half Gringa, Izzy Olive, Gruñona, Empty Bottle, Latinx, Slippery Slope, third birthday, White Mystery, the Hood Internet, Tony Trimm, Yawn, Jump Up Records, Chuck Wren, American Ska-thic, Metro, reggae, ska, two-tone, 25th anniversary, MU330, Skapone, Coolidge, Eclectics, Detroit Rude Boy Society, Tango Wedding Band, Dark Matter Coffee, Perk It Up! Perk It Up!, Zinemercado, Comfort Station, Wet Wallet, Video

Music, In Rotation Aug 8, 2017
Video
Singer-songwriter Micha on an old song for Puerto Rico’s new struggle

Plus: Izzy Olive of Half Gringa on the Weather Station’s growing pains, the Reader’s Leor Galil on Midwife’s mercurial dream-pop, and more
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: In Rotation, Midwife, Like Author, Like Daughter, Madeline Johnston, Rhinoceropolis, Newberry Book Fair, Reckless Records, Iconoclast, Groundlessness of Belief, Ebullition, I Like You Less Than Apple Pie, Izzy Olive, Half Gringa, The Weather Station, Thirty, Tamara Lindeman, Ratboys, GN, Julia Steiner, Sasha Geffen, wet boys, Harry Styles, Mark McGrath, Michelle J. Rodriguez, Micha, Preciosa, Dida Pelled, Postock, Sima Cunningham, Marc Anthony, Rafael Hernández, Puerto Rico, Barbra Streisand, The Way He Makes Me Feel, Yentl, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand, Video

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Rapper Matt Muse runs a second Love & Nappyness Hair Care Drive

Plus: A new local compilation benefits Chicago Community Jail Support, and former youth poet laureate Kara Jackson releases a Christmas EP.

Bandcamp Friday > Black Friday

How often can you be sure that so much of your money will reach the people who made what you’re buying?

Hideout talent buyer Sullivan Davis steps down

Plus: CIVL launches a virtual concert series to push a new benefit fund for venues, artists, and staff.

The pandemic is still with us, so Bandcamp day is too

And the Reader recommends 34 recent releases available through the online music retailer.

Recommended Video
Half Gringa’s empathetic alt-country harnesses the power of understatement

Friday is buy stuff from Bandcamp day

On March 20, the company responds to the pandemic by giving up its cut so that all your money supports musicians. Here are six local acts to start with.

Guess who’s coming to play at Taste of Chicago this year?

The Flaming Lips, Black Star, and George Clinton are among the big names at the Grant Park festival in July.

Emily Jane Powers writes pop songs fit for a Pushcart anthology

Plus: Paul Cherry finally fills a full-length with his sweet yacht rock, and post-Disappears trio Facs drop their debut album.

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Izzy Olive’s Half Gringa celebrate their intimate but hard-hitting debut album

Plus: Slippery Slope throws itself a third birthday party, Metro hosts a 25th-anniversary concert for the American Ska-thic series, and more.

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Singer-songwriter Micha on an old song for Puerto Rico’s new struggle

Plus: Izzy Olive of Half Gringa on the Weather Station’s growing pains, the Reader’s Leor Galil on Midwife’s mercurial dream-pop, and more

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Plus: A new local compilation benefits Chicago Community Jail Support, and former youth poet laureate Kara Jackson releases a Christmas EP.

How often can you be sure that so much of your money will reach the people who made what you’re buying?

Plus: CIVL launches a virtual concert series to push a new benefit fund for venues, artists, and staff.

And the Reader recommends 34 recent releases available through the online music retailer.

On March 20, the company responds to the pandemic by giving up its cut so that all your money supports musicians. Here are six local acts to start with.

The Flaming Lips, Black Star, and George Clinton are among the big names at the Grant Park festival in July.

Plus: Paul Cherry finally fills a full-length with his sweet yacht rock, and post-Disappears trio Facs drop their debut album.

Plus: Slippery Slope throws itself a third birthday party, Metro hosts a 25th-anniversary concert for the American Ska-thic series, and more.

Plus: Izzy Olive of Half Gringa on the Weather Station’s growing pains, the Reader’s Leor Galil on Midwife’s mercurial dream-pop, and more

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