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Music, The Listener Jan 11, 2021
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Q: What do you listen to for self-care? A: Saxophone rock from 1981

The letter “Q” may be ruined, but the conspiracy can’t have Quarterflash.
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: The Listener, Quarterflash, Harden My Heart, Rindy Ross, Marv Ross, A Better World, QAnon, coup, Q and Not U, Quix*o*tic, Quazar, Queen Latifah, Tea Krulos, American Madness, Alex Jones Prison Planet, Eye 94, Lumpen Radio, Video

City Life, Public Service Announcement Sep 25, 2020
Just got paid

Upcoming events and distractions from our listings coordinator
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Public Service Announcement, listings, events, galleries, shopping, Buddy, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Lumpen Radio, Public Media Institute, art, visual art, Shi-an Costello, Constellation, Aspect/Ratio Gallery, livestream, concerts

Music, Chicagoans of Note Sep 16, 2020
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Sandra Treviño, DJ and founder of Latin-music site Enchúfate

“I love that I can share the music that I love, and that once people hear it they're gonna love it too.”
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Chicagoans of Note, Sandra Treviño, Echúfate, Lumpen Radio, Vocalo, Future Rootz, Stephanie Manriquez, Ponderers, rock en español, Descarga, Hector Ivan Garcia, Errores no Eliminados, Latin alternative, cumbia, Radio One Chicago, Video

Music, Music Feature Sep 3, 2020
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Andrew Kitchen’s boogie strikes back

The Soul Train veteran and host of Attack of the Boogie celebrates the reissue of his dance show’s 1984 theme song.
- By Jake Austen
- Tags: Music Feature, Andrew Kitchen, Attack of the Boogie, Soul Train, Attack of the Chicago Boogie, Star Creature Universal Vibrations, Dick Clark, American Bandstand, Don Cornelius, A Black’s View of the News, Kiddie A-Go-Go, Chic-a-Go-Go, Kitchen the Dancin’ Magician, Dancin’ Magicians, WCIU, WJYS, Red Hot & Blues, Big Bill Hill, Chicago Access Network Television, CAN TV, Clinton Ghent, Jacqueline Stewart, Kelly Kuvo, Elma and Company, Soul in the Hole, Avery R. Young, Filipino Bandstand, John Q. Adams, John Q’s Entertainment Scene, Pinball Wizard, Arthritis, Rheumatism, Bursitis, Cupcake, Sugar, Spice, Masquerader, the Kicks, Southside Equators, Hot Ice, the Puppets, Midnight Special, Wolfman Jack, Ten Commandments, Dancing Superheroes, High Chaparral, Flipside, Ron Briskman’s Hideout, Kitchen’s Dancin’ Magicians, Ray Rayner and His Friends, Kidding Around, Bozo, U Dance With B96, Panos Productions, Jerry Bryant, JBTV, Melvin Dunlap, Melvin “the Alexander” Dunlap, Power Dance Circle, Planet of the Little Boogies, Rhythm People, Mavis Staples, Ginuwine, Common, Tim Zawada, Hersh Singh, Hersh “Kool Hersh” Singh, Kool Hersh, Boogie Munsters, Mr. Peabody, Kstarke, Lumpen Radio, Mario Smith, Nieci Payne, Jerry Soto, Kitchen, the Dancin’ Magician (Master of Love), Fox Century Plaza, Boogie Down With Me, Super Sessions of the 80’s, Elayne Coleman, Ben Marcus, Rob Sevier, Conservatory Vintage & Vinyl, Attack of the Boogie Reloaded, Video

City Life, Public Service Announcement Jul 31, 2020
Not only in my dreams

What our listings coordinator is musing about this week
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Public Service Announcement, livestream, listings, concerts, artist talk, artists, dreams, sleeping, nightmares, Derrick Clifton, Mr. Clean, airplanes, Duchamp, Loser, sleep, Mike McPadden, Lumpen Radio, Eye 94, Mikki Kendall, books, My Bodyguard

City Life, Stay at Home Apr 25, 2020
The Reader’s stay-at-home chronicles: days 36 and 37

What we’re reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Stay at Home, animal adoptions, Beats in Space, cat rescue, cats, Chicago White Sox, Comiskey, coronavirus, COVID-19, DJ Hank, G.W. Sok, Guaranteed Rate Field, home, kittens, Lumpen Radio, Magin, Netherlands, pandemic, Pierogi, Pierogi Fest, punk rock, shelter, Sox Park, stay home, stay-at-home, the Ex, Twitch, Whiting, WNYU

Music, Gossip Wolf Apr 14, 2020
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Damon Locks’s Black Monument Ensemble drop a live video to buoy a locked-down city

Plus: Self-described “bohemian electronics” act Sip releases its first studio album, and masked darkwave duo None of Your Concern tease their debut full-length.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Damon Locks, Black Monument Ensemble, Stay Beautiful, Garfield Park Conservatory, Scrappers Film Group, Sip, Jimmy Lacy, Black Math, Population, Lumpen Radio, Live on Planet CatieO, Leos Naturals, Not Not Fun, Amitabul, None of Your Concern, Cinnamon, Primer, darkwave, Sleeping Village, Video

Arts & Culture, Calendar Mar 6, 2020
Belkis Ayón retrospective, the International Women's Day Festival, and more to do this weekend

Arts and culture happenings from Fri 3/6 to Sun 3/8.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Calendar, Tony Tasset, Kavi Gupta, Belkis Ayón, Chicago Cultural Center, Meshell Ndegeocello, Museum of Contemporary Art, Grey Gardens, Theo Ubique, Kate O'Connor, Hideout, International Women's Day Festival, FitzGeralds, Chicago Sex Workers Art Show, SWOP-Chicago, Agitator Gallery, School Girls; Or The African Mean Girls Play, Goodman Theatre, 90-Second Newbery Film Festival, Harold Washington Library, Fehinty African Theatre Ensemble, WORD DEY!, Green Line Performing Arts Center, Quiz-O, Lumpen Radio, Pleasant House Pub

City Life, Street View Mar 3, 2020
Form and function

A DJ and radio host takes a considered approach to style.
- By Isa Giallorenzo
- Tags: Street View, Kevin Hsia, DJ, street fashion, Lumpen Radio

Music, Music Feature Feb 5, 2020
Building on the pillars of Blue Groove Lounge

The history of DJ Jesse de la Peña’s foundational Chicago hip-hop series, in the words of the people who made it work
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Blue Groove Lounge, Elbo Room, anniversary, 25th anniversary, hip-hop, rap, Ang13, Kevin Coval, Jesse de la Peña, Dirty MF, Juice Rapper, SPO, Rubberoom, David "Cap D" Kelly, Cap D, All Natural, Iomos Marad, DJ Nonstop, Heavy Hitters, DMX, 104.3 Jams, Gravity, Grav, "Coolout Chris" Hawkins, Coolout Chris, Spalaney’s, Chicago Hip-Hop Initiative, Urbanized Music, Amina Norman-Hawkins, "Big Larry" Mondragon, Panik, Molemen, Pumpin' Pete, Rhymefest, Art of Culture Inc., Mario Smith, Lumpen Radio, Duro Wicks, Kingdom Rock, Blue Gargoyle, P-Lee Fresh, Steps, Lower Links, Wicker Park, Liquid Soul, Missy Elliott, Wyclef Jean, Fat Joe, Cypress Hill, Kanye West, Common, Lit-X, Triple X, Beat Parlor, Funky Buddha, Blue Note, Tone B. Nimble, Vocalo, Young Chicago Authors, Promontory, Metro, Winter Block Party, Silvia Rivera, Tommy Kline, John Litz, the Yard, Beat Street, Krush Groove, He Who Walks Three Ways, Crucial Conflict, Akbar, Mental Giants, D 2 tha S, East of the Rock, Infamous Syndicate, Shawnna, Ill State Assassins, Timbuck2, Another Level, Literary Explosion, Steady Serv, How We Chill Pt. 2, Twilite Tone, PNS, Switchblade, Riff-Raff, Ch’rewd Marketing, On the Street Promotions, Beatnuts, Da Brat, Caught in the Middle, B-Real, Tha Alkaholiks, Atmosphere, Lost Boyz, John Cusack, PNS, Rawkus, High & Mighty, 50 Cent, Redman, Shyne, Like Water for Chocolate

Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Dec 11, 2019
Eye 94 opens readers’ ears

Lumpen hosts the only terrestrial radio show in the midwest devoted to books and authors.
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Lit Feature, Eye 94, Lumpen Radio, Pilsen Community Books, Milt Rosenberg, Extension 720, Jac Jemc, Jamie Tracker, Jeremy Kitchen, Mike Sack, Shanna van Volt, Chicago Public Library, books, Eve Ewing, Gary Indiana

Music, In Rotation Aug 6, 2019
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Punk Rock and Donuts founder Jeremy Kitchen on a callback to when punk was smart

Plus: Udüsic vocalist Sarah Ryczek on three vital doses of short-and-fast hardcore, Reader listings coordinator Salem Collo-Julin on Rob Tyner’s sweet song for Detroit’s Grande Ballroom, and more
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: In Rotation, Cop Rock, Hill Street Blues, Let’s Be Careful Out There, Rob Tyner, MC5, Grande Days, Grande Ballroom, Dave Dixon, Jeremy Kitchen, Punk Rock and Donuts, Eye 94, Lumpen Radio, Sarah Ryczek, B.T.T.W., Udüsic, Midwest Live & Loud, Cobra Lounge, Victory, Fuerza Bruta, Brick Assassin, Law/Less, Crime Spree, Primitive Man, Full of Hell, Reggies’ Rock Club, Fontaines D.C., Dogrel, the Stutter, Game, No One Wins, Haircut, Shutting Down, hardcore, Video

Music, In Rotation May 2, 2019
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DJ King Hippo on the holy grail of Chicago spiritual jazz

Plus: Resavoir bandleader Will Miller on a fan-made mashup of Nas and MF Doom, Reader writer Leor Galil on raiding the discards pile at the library, and more
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: In Rotation, Harold Washington Library, Cambridge University Press, Popular Music, Marc Fischer, Library Excavations, Respire, Gravity & Grace, Middle-Man, Joshua Virtue, Free Snacks, Udababy, Eat Good Tape, Post Faith Dialogues, Loosey, Alejandro Ayala, King Hippo, Lumpen Radio, London, Sadiq Khan, Emma Warren, Night Czar, Make Some Space, Azymüth, Demos (1973-75), Infinite Spirit Music, Live Without Fear, Jazzman, reissue, Soji Adebayo, Will Miller, Resavoir, Whitney, Broadcast, Trish Keenan, Black Session, La Maison de la Radio, Come on Let’s Go, Nas, MF Doom, Nastradoomus, Nastradamus, Special Herbs, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 30, 2018
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Hip-hop site Ruby Hornet throws its first show in years

Plus: Local emo trio Mollow drop their debut on Worry Records, and Lumpen Radio teams up with Sonorama for a bumping Día de los Muertos party.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Ruby Hornet, Boathouse, Empty Bottle, Ajani Jones, Closed Sessions, Alex Fruchter, RTC, Jared Lanell, Lorde Fredd33, Worry Records, Rust Ring, Retirement Party, Regular Oatmeal, Mollow, Small, Subterranean, Calaveras y Palmeras, Día de los Muertos, Day of the Dead, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Lumpen Radio, Sonorama, Sonido Gallo Negro, Julian Donk, Peace & Rhythm, DJ Bongohead, DJ Garrincha, Tropical Diaspora Records, Marz Community Brewing, Sobremesa Supper Club, Video

Blogs, Bleader Nov 4, 2017
Hyde Park Art Center Gala showcases south-side art-world style

See some of the best-dressed folks who supported HPAC's yearly fund-raiser.
- By Isa Giallorenzo
- Tags: Arts, Style, fashion, Chicago street style, Hyde Park Art Center, Hyde Park Art Center Gala, Bad at Sports, Lumpen Radio, Jenny Kendler, Dana Bassett

Music, Music Feature Aug 16, 2017
CHIRP sees the transmitter at the end of the tunnel

Ten years after the Chicago Independent Radio Project recruited its first volunteers, it’s finally hitting the airwaves.
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Music Feature, CHIRP, Chicago Independent Radio Project, low-power FM, LPFM, Lumpen Radio, 107.1 FM, transmitter, broadcast, WLUW, Shawn Campbell, Jenny Lizak, Tony Breed, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Local Community Radio Act, North Center, Ravenswood, Uptown

Best of Chicago, Reasons to love Chicago Jun 22, 2017
Chicago radio thrives at the left of the dial

Corporate consolidation has flattened out the big commercial outlets, but low-power and college stations still have plenty of personality.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Reasons to love Chicago, WLUW, WZRD, WRME, WNUR, Northwestern University, Loyola University, MeTV, Northeastern Illinois University, Lumpen Radio, CHIRP, radio, college radio, community radio, low-power FM, LPFM

Music, Gossip Wolf Apr 4, 2017
Logan Bay loses half a leg to a driver, keeps programming WLPN from his hospital bed

Plus: CHIRP holds its 15th annual Record Fair, and Seth Vanek moves The Therapy Sessions to Constellation for a one-off birthday party.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Logan Bay, Gutter Butter DJs, Lumpen Radio, WLPN, station director, injury, accident, Cook County Hospital, Ed Marszewski, fund-raiser, CHIRP Record Fair, CHIRP Radio, Plumbers Hall, Beat Drun Juel, Flesh Panthers, Avery Young, Seth Vanek, The Therapy Sessions, anniversary, Hungry Brain, Constellation, The Seth Show, Tonight!, Roommate, Kent Lambert, Ameya Pewar, Rebecca O’Neal, Akenya

Music, Gossip Wolf Feb 7, 2017
Instrumental prog-fusion wizards Monobody celebrate a new split album

Plus: The Co-Prosperity Sphere hosts 32 DJs in 24 hours to benefit Lumpen Radio, and Savage Sister guitarist Michael Tenzer returns with the synth-forward Soft Lashes.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Monobody, prog, Pyramid Scheme, Nnami Ogbonnaya, Slow Mass, Great Deceivers, Beat Kitchen, 32x24, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Logan Bay, Joe Bryl, WLPN, Lumpen Radio, K Sity, Mixtress Annie, Mykol, In-Between, Savage Sister, Michael Tenzer, Wild Patterns, Lazy Legs, Soft Lashes, Hypersensuality, Chain of Pink

Music, Music Feature Jan 18, 2017
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Lumpen Radio amplifies voices from the margins

This Bridgeport-based low-power station provides an on-air home for diversity and dissent.
- By Erin Osmon
- Tags: Music Feature, Lumpen Radio, WLPN, WLPN 105.5 FM, Lumpen magazine, Public Media Institute, Mash Tun, Co-Prosperity Sphere, low-power FM, community radio, LPFM, Version festival, Ed Marszewski, Edmar, Logan Bay, Bridgeport, Marz Community Brewing, Local Community Radio Act, WCYC 90.5 FM, Melanie Adcock, Tech Scene Chicago, Divisive, Yollocalli Arts Reach, Wattz Up!, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DACA, Democracy Now!, Sandra Treviño, Stephanie Manriquez, the Ponderers, DJs, Craig Harshaw, Leah Gipson, Keith Brown, Radio Arte, noncommercial educational, FCC, CHIRP, Video

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Dec 12, 2016
People Issue 2016: Chris Quinn, the high priest of the Beer Temple
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, expansion, freshness, Half Acre, Insiders Roundtable, Lumpen Radio, Margaret Quinn, Mikerphone, Phil Kuhl, podcast, relocation, Revolution Brewing, video podcast, Avery Brewing, beer, Beer Temple, Chris Quinn, cicerone, craft beer, De Bier Tempel, distribution, Donn Bichsel, education, Elston

Music, Gossip Wolf Sep 13, 2016
Beat Kitchen hosts a panel to confront sexual harassment in music

Plus: Avant-weirdo local label No Index celebrates two new releases at the Hideout, and 606 Records books 24 hours of DJs to benefit Lumpen Radio.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Between Friends, Rape Victim Advocates, Our Music My Body, OurMusicMyBody, Beat Kitchen, Corin Tucker, Sleater-Kinney, Jes Skolnik, Britt Julious, Monica Trinidad, For the People Artists Collective, Beat Kitchen, panel, sexual harassment, Kate Grube, Kittyhawk, No Index, El Is a Sound of Joy, Sapropelic Pycnic, Spires That in the Sunset Rise, Michael Zerang, Hideout, Barn Duet, Wei Zhongle, Rob Jacobs, Phillip Sudderberg, Flak, Jake Lingan, ASMR, Upheaval, Good Willsmith, Max Allison, Mukqs, Ben Baker Billington, Mark Shippy, Daniel Wyche, 606 Records, Pilsen, 24x24, Big Once, Shazam Bangles, Boogie Munsters, Exit, Steve Silver, Lumpen Radio

Music, Gossip Wolf May 20, 2015
Lumpen Radio raises funds to build a low-power FM station in Bridgeport

Plus: Francophone pop group the Ye-Ye's lose a member to Berlin, and Jim Magas launches a new record label.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Public Media Institute, Ed Marszewski, Lumpen, Marz Community Brewing, Bridgeport, WLPN, Lumpen Radio, the Ye-Ye's, Heather Perry, Subterranean, Rachele Eve, Rambos, Fee Lion, Jim Magas, Asia Argento, Midwich, Moon Pool, Dead Band, MEQ, Heads Plus

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