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Music, Music Feature Apr 14, 2020
Nnamdï grows up on Brat

The prolific musical polymath uses his new solo album to teach himself something about work-life balance.
- By Tim Crisp
- Tags: Music Feature, Nnamdï, Nnamdi Ogbonnaya, Alfred Ogbonnaya, Brat, Drool, Sooper Swag Project, Sen Morimoto, Glenn Curran, Sooper Records, Kaina, Pitchfork, Swerp, Swerp Mansion, DIY, punk, math rock, hip-hop, Father/Daughter Records, Longface, Man Without a Head, Feckin Weirdo, Sit Tight, Para-Medics, Lansing, Monobody, Mother Evergreen, Lala Lala, Flowers to My Demons, Dylan Piskula, Lansing, Dastard, Erfert, Like Bats, Tommy Borst, Nnamdi’s Pancake Haus, Easter, Ratboys, Julia Steiner, Luscious Duncan, JD, ThrashKitten, Nnamdi’s Sooper Dooper Secret Side Project, Drop It in Some Water, Nervous Passenger, Teen Cult, Ittō, My Dad, Bootie Noir, Ice Cream, Art School Crush, Despondent, It’s OK, Wrong Numbers, Miranda Winters, Perfect in My Mind, Glass Casket, Salut

Music, Music Feature Jan 30, 2020
The best Chicago albums of the 2010s: the critics’ ballots

Here’s where to see who voted for what and how the points got divvied up.
- By Reader staff and contributors
- Tags: Music Feature, Chicago albums, best albums, best albums of the decade, best Chicago albums of the decade, best Chicago albums of the 2010s, poll, ballots, ranking, Katie Got Bandz, C.H.E.W., Salsa Boricua de Chicago, Ohmme, King Louie, Ono, DJ Taye, DJ Taye, Serengeti, La Armada, Cupcakke, Tink, Spektral Quartet, Bangs and Works, Third Coast Percussion, Rempis Percussion Quartet, Dead Rider, Willis Earl Beal, Tree, Ganser, Lord Mantis, Freakwater, Dustin Laurenzi, Nicholas Szczepanik, TALSounds, Cave, Melkbelly, Young Pappy, G Herbo, Toupee, Meat Wave, Vandermark, Marker, Living by Lanterns, Weekend Nachos, Slow Mass, DJ Rashad, Bruised, Robbie Fulks, Hieroglyphic Being, Mako Sica, Arriver, Damon Locks, Black Monument Ensemble, Disappears, Fire-Toolz, Tomeka Reid Quartet, Pastor Donald Gay, Kaina, Lala Lala, Coping, Charles Joseph Smith, Monobody, Saba, Noname, Chance the Rapper, Kanye West, Chief Keef, Jamila Woods

Music, Music Feature Jan 30, 2020
The best Chicago albums of the 2010s

The Reader polled dozens of critics to arrive at an absolutely indisputable ranked list of several hundred records that will definitely not start any arguments.
- By Reader staff and contributors
- Tags: Music Feature, Chicago albums, best albums, best albums of the decade, best Chicago albums of the decade, best Chicago albums of the 2010s, poll, ballots, ranking, Katie Got Bandz, C.H.E.W., Salsa Boricua de Chicago, Ohmme, King Louie, Ono, DJ Taye, Serengeti, La Armada, Cupcakke, Tink, Spektral Quartet, Bangs and Works, Third Coast Percussion, Rempis Percussion Quartet, Dead Rider, Willis Earl Beal, Tree, Ganser, Lord Mantis, Freakwater, Dustin Laurenzi, Nicholas Szczepanik, TALSounds, Cave, Melkbelly, Young Pappy, G Herbo, Toupee, Meat Wave, Vandermark, Marker, Living by Lanterns, Weekend Nachos, Slow Mass, DJ Rashad, Bruised, Robbie Fulks, Hieroglyphic Being, Mako Sica, Arriver, Damon Locks, Black Monument Ensemble, Disappears, Fire-Toolz, Tomeka Reid Quartet, Pastor Donald Gay, Kaina, Lala Lala, Coping, Charles Joseph Smith, Monobody, Saba, Noname, Chance the Rapper, Kanye West, Chief Keef, Jamila Woods

Music, Concert Preview Nov 8, 2018
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Chicago postrock artisans Monobody celebrate their wild second album, Raytracing
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Concert Preview, Monobody, Raytracing, Recommended

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

Blogs, Bleader Apr 20, 2016
Chicago rap trio Sooper Swag Project get loopy on the new Badd Timing

Chicago's Sooper Swag Project, which includes eccentric polymath Nnamdi Ogbonnaya, takes hip-hop where few other current artists try.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Hip-Hop, Music, Nnamdi Ogbonnaya, Sooper Swag Project, Luscious Duncan, JD, Monobody, Itto, Teen Cult, Badd Timing, hip-hop, Chicago hip-hop

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Nnamdï grows up on Brat

The prolific musical polymath uses his new solo album to teach himself something about work-life balance.

The best Chicago albums of the 2010s: the critics’ ballots

Here’s where to see who voted for what and how the points got divvied up.

The best Chicago albums of the 2010s

The Reader polled dozens of critics to arrive at an absolutely indisputable ranked list of several hundred records that will definitely not start any arguments.

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Chicago postrock artisans Monobody celebrate their wild second album, Raytracing

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.

Chicago rap trio Sooper Swag Project get loopy on the new Badd Timing

Chicago's Sooper Swag Project, which includes eccentric polymath Nnamdi Ogbonnaya, takes hip-hop where few other current artists try.

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Nnamdï grows up on Brat

The prolific musical polymath uses his new solo album to teach himself something about work-life balance.

The best Chicago albums of the 2010s: the critics’ ballots

Here’s where to see who voted for what and how the points got divvied up.

The best Chicago albums of the 2010s

The Reader polled dozens of critics to arrive at an absolutely indisputable ranked list of several hundred records that will definitely not start any arguments.

Recommended Chicago postrock artisans Monobody celebrate their wild second album, Raytracing

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.

Chicago rap trio Sooper Swag Project get loopy on the new Badd Timing

Chicago's Sooper Swag Project, which includes eccentric polymath Nnamdi Ogbonnaya, takes hip-hop where few other current artists try.

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Chicago postrock artisans Monobody celebrate their wild second album, Raytracing