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Music, Music Feature Sep 25, 2019
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Keeping the beat

Chicago’s beat scene has to do without the attention the city’s rappers get, but it’s a vital incubator for adventurous, ambitious instrumental hip-hop.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Open Beats, Push Beats, beat scene, Fess Grandiose, Raj Mahal, Cafe Mustache, Uncle El, open mike, live PA, instrumental hip-hop, Kevin Johnson, Mr. Echoes, the Opus, the Whistler, Makaya McCraven, International Anthem, King Hippo, Boombastic, Twilite Tone, Lokal, Sonotheque, Darkroom, Morseland, Subterranean, Rubberoom, Pugslee Atomz, Nacrobats, All Natural, Tone B. Nimble, Flying Lotus, Brainfeeder, Ras G, Gregory Shorter Jr., Low End Theory, lofi, Marcos Rivera, Cos, Needful Things, Cutoff, Innjoy, Choppin’ Block, Silver Room, Rodolfo, Obehko, Live Beats, Azarias, Kinky Yeti, Loony Is Normal, DJ Skoli, Ramon Norwood, Radius, ETC Records, Now U C Me?, Kenny Keys, Jamila Woods, Legacy! Legacy!, Marco Jacobo, Maker, Systematic Soul, Now-Again, Egon, J Dilla, Slot-A, Daddy Kev, Alpha Pup Records, Daedelus, Samiyam, Dibiase, Nosaj Thing, Alejandro Ayala, Madlib, Ninja Tune, Stones Throw, The Hip-Hop Project, Sev Seever, WLUW, DJ Scend, Jeff Parker, Raws, Junius Paul, Illiac, Brandon Murphy, Ableton, Push Tuesdays, Adam Bowsman, Abyss, Raj Malosh, Jeremiah Jae, House Shoes, MPC 2000, John Utsler, Elaquent, Knxwledge, Rodan, Door No. 3, Roland SP-404, Aaron Smith, Isle of Weight, Dance to the Drummer's DB, Tall Black Guy, ASR-10, Dover Crib, Molemen, Panik, No ID, Red Kiva, Face Melt, Tronic, Joshua Kleckner, Lokua, Moment Sound, Heartbeats, Fresh Roasted, Highly Rare, In the Moment Remix Tape, Timbuck2, Timothy Jones, Beat Lo-fi Social, Hameedullah, College Music, Chillhop Music, ChilledCow, Life in Lo-Fi . . . Vol. 1, Guilty Simpson, Video

Music, Music Feature Mar 28, 2019
The schedule for the 2019 Millennium Park Summer Music Series is here!

Its 11 shows can't make up for all the series DCASE has killed, but booking Jupiter & Okwess, Chucho Valdes, Car Seat Headrest, Lydia Loveless, and Los Amigos Invisibles helps a lot.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Millennium Park Summer Music Series, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, DCASE, Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, Mt. Joy, Rayland Baxter, Cory Henry & the Funk Apostles, Liniker e os Caramelows, Chucho Valdes & Jazz Batá, Fareed Haque and friends play the music of Frantz Casséus, Flora Cash, Susto, Car Seat Headrest, Naked Giants, Brent Cobb, Lydia Loveless, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson's J Dilla Orchestra, Kenny Keys, Los Amigos Invisibles, Natalie Prass, Rev. Sekou, Cha Wa, "Love Love Love": Chicago Celebrates the Music of Donny Hathaway, Jupiter & Okwess, Noura Mint Seymali

Music, Gossip Wolf Jul 10, 2018
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Transcontinental indie rockers Man’s Body celebrate their debut album in Chicago

Plus: Hardcore collective CB Radio Gorgeous throw a skateboard-centric benefit for detained immigrants, and the Whistler hosts battling beat makers at Fresh Roasted.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Man’s Body, Found, Put Your Family in It, J. Niimi, Rough Church, Debonair Social Club, Ashtray Boy, Greg Franco, Marco Obaya, Beautiful Workhorse, CB Radio Gorgeous, Forced Into Femininity, Big Zit, Red Delicious, Negative Scanner, Not Normal Tapes, Florence Project, benefit, Happy Gallery, Pardon My Thrashing, Vans, Unity Skateboarding, Roberto Clemente Community Academy, Fresh Roasted, the Whistler, King Hippo, Kten, John Simmons, Kenny Keys, Artie Do Good, Neruda, Video

Blogs, Bleader Nov 13, 2009
Rita J Finally Drops Her Debut

After two years of delays, Chicago native Rita J releases "Artist Workshop," and it's worth the wait.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, hip-hop, Rita J, Kid Sister, Diverse, Artist Workshop, All Natural Records, Darkroom, Kenny Keys, K Kruz, Guilty Simpson, Black Spade

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Keeping the beat

Chicago’s beat scene has to do without the attention the city’s rappers get, but it’s a vital incubator for adventurous, ambitious instrumental hip-hop.

The schedule for the 2019 Millennium Park Summer Music Series is here!

Its 11 shows can't make up for all the series DCASE has killed, but booking Jupiter & Okwess, Chucho Valdes, Car Seat Headrest, Lydia Loveless, and Los Amigos Invisibles helps a lot.

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Transcontinental indie rockers Man’s Body celebrate their debut album in Chicago

Plus: Hardcore collective CB Radio Gorgeous throw a skateboard-centric benefit for detained immigrants, and the Whistler hosts battling beat makers at Fresh Roasted.

Rita J Finally Drops Her Debut

After two years of delays, Chicago native Rita J releases "Artist Workshop," and it's worth the wait.

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Video Keeping the beat

Chicago’s beat scene has to do without the attention the city’s rappers get, but it’s a vital incubator for adventurous, ambitious instrumental hip-hop.

The schedule for the 2019 Millennium Park Summer Music Series is here!

Its 11 shows can't make up for all the series DCASE has killed, but booking Jupiter & Okwess, Chucho Valdes, Car Seat Headrest, Lydia Loveless, and Los Amigos Invisibles helps a lot.

Video Transcontinental indie rockers Man’s Body celebrate their debut album in Chicago

Plus: Hardcore collective CB Radio Gorgeous throw a skateboard-centric benefit for detained immigrants, and the Whistler hosts battling beat makers at Fresh Roasted.

Rita J Finally Drops Her Debut

After two years of delays, Chicago native Rita J releases "Artist Workshop," and it's worth the wait.

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Keeping the beat

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Transcontinental indie rockers Man’s Body celebrate their debut album in Chicago