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- Music, Music Review Nov 17, 2020
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Veteran pedal steel guitarist Susan Alcorn releases her first album as a bandleader
- Music, Music Review Jul 11, 2020
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Nicole Mitchell and Lisa E. Harris explore soulful Afrofuturist visions on EarthSeed
- Music, Music Review Jun 29, 2020
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Khruangbin make sophisticated sounds from far-flung places on their dynamic third album
- Music, Gig Poster of the Week Jun 10, 2020
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A tribute to Big Floyd on the (fantasy) gig poster of the week
This week’s featured fantasy gig poster was created by local illustrator and designer Teshika Silver.
- Music, Music Review Apr 24, 2020
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Texan interdisciplinary artist and guitarist Sandy Ewen releases her first solo LP
- Music, Concert Preview Nov 21, 2019
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Houston pop-punk miscreants Waterparks sound like the future of rock on Fandom
- Music, Concert Preview Oct 25, 2019
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Houston rapper Maxo Kream excavates his past for one of 2019’s best hip-hop releases
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Oct 22, 2019
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Remembering drummer, pharmacist, activist, and seeker Alvin Fielder
A charter member of the AACM and a longtime partner of saxophonist Kidd Jordan, he was an encyclopedia of jazz history with an eye on the future.
- Music, In Rotation Oct 15, 2019
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Curator Adia Sykes on a voice that takes you back to the golden age of soul
Plus: ESS codirector Olivia Junell on a sound she could listen to forever, Reader music editor Philip Montoro on a fusion of apocalyptic synths and ancient rhythms, and more
- News & Politics, Worst of Chicago Dec 21, 2017
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Stop complaining about Chicago’s weather
We get to experience the entire meteorological buffet—without the gristle of natural disasters.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 6, 2017
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Emanuel declares Chicago a ‘Trump-free zone’ after Sessions announces plan to end DACA, and other news
Also, Latino students are on pace to become the majority at CPS in a few years.
- Blogs, Bleader May 20, 2016
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Houston on track to unseat Chicago as the nation’s third-largest city, and other news
Also, former U.S. House speaker Dennis Hastert to report to prison in June.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 3, 2016
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Boogie over to the Texas Tiki Disco at Lost Lake before it's gone
The 1970s-inspired takeover of Lost Lake by Houston's Anvil Bar & Refuge runs through Friday.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 3, 2015
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A Texan Lolita is all keyed up
Isa Giallorenzo's Street View featuring a Lolita at the Menil Collection in Houston, TX.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 9, 2013
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Balanced and beautiful: Maine Beer Company's Zoe and Red Wheelbarrow
New to the Chicago market, the Maine Beer Company is a modest operation whose extraordinary beers tend to come and go.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 5, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: "You'll Cowards Don't Even Smoke Crack" is outsider-hip-hop brilliance
"You'll Cowards Don't Even Smoke Crack" by Viper is an excellent combination of oddball outsider art and Houston hip-hop.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 21, 2012
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Reader's Agenda, Fri 12/21: Drone for the End of Time, Riff Raff at Reggie's, and Everything Is Terrible!
What's on the Agenda for Friday, December 21, 2012
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 6, 2012
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12 O'Clock Track: Fat Tony, "Rap Babies"
Prepare for Fat Tony's show at the Burlington on Wednesday with the excellent "Rap Babies"
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 13, 2011
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An instant of silence at Soldier Field
Bear fans' 9/11 minute of remembrance Sunday fell 58 seconds short.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 23, 2011
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"Saggy pants under assault"
Lynwood's ban on sagging pants.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 23, 2010
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Sonic Orphans
Bill Daniel screens films of The Beatles, The Avengers, The Huns, Boy Problems, Sonic Youth and Butthole Surfers, Sunday at the Nightingale.
