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- Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 23, 2020
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Reunion Chicago, Slo ’Mo, and Open Television throw a three-night virtual Pride party
Plus: Brent Gutzeit of TV Pow assembles a massive compilation to benefit the fight for racial justice, and rapper Roy Kinsey teases a new single with an all-star cast of Chicago women.
- Music, Music Feature Jun 3, 2020
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This Friday’s ‘Bandcamp day’ benefits more than the artists
Many musicians and labels will donate their cuts to support the fight for Black lives.
- Music, Music Review May 29, 2020
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Chicago rap duo Mother Nature evoke deferred summertime joy with Portalz
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jul 9, 2019
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Three-fourths of Ne-Hi switch gears as Spun Out
Plus: J Bambii’s Brown Skin Lady Show throws an anniversary party on a boat, and acid-house veteran Terry Mullan plays his final Chicago show.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 11, 2019
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Bodymilk Tapes invites a crowd of queer and trans musicians to Noise Prom II
Plus: The Chicago Humanities Festival hosts a discussion of Jim DeRogatis’s new R. Kelly book, and rapper Pete Sayke drops a guest-studded full-length album.
- Music, Music Feature Feb 20, 2019
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Mother Nature rep hip-hop as a culture, a calling, and a career
The Chicago duo have already carried their message of self-reliance and self-realization into schools and overseas—and they’re raising their own bar with the EP Pressure.
- Music, Concert Preview Feb 1, 2019
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Winter Block Party X showcases Chicago hip-hop for kids of all ages
- Music, Music Feature Dec 3, 2018
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New Trash make videos with flash, panache, and not much cash
The young Chicago production duo demonstrate how to make an asset of a low budget on a shoot with local rappers Mother Nature.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 30, 2018
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Cardi B and Nicki Minaj are feuding—and these women in Chicago rap don’t see the point
Psalm One, Akenya, Sisi Dior, Chimeka, and Mother Nature talk about sisterhood, mutual support, and the pernicious notion that hip-hop has room for only one female star at a time.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 23, 2018
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The Cool Kids hit Temperance to celebrate the tenth birthday of their first EP
Plus: An all-star Chicago crew plays Black Sabbath and Abba at the same Halloween show, and the Cultural Center gives local musicians a showcase in front of industry bigwigs.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Sep 5, 2018
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Chicago hardcore bruisers Uglybones celebrate a new album by opening for Subhumans
Plus: Arts incubator AMFM throws a free festival to address food deserts, and Comfort Station presents its annual Beer & Bands fund-raiser.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 12, 2018
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The day has come: Quenchers hosts its final concert
Plus: Bric-a-Brac celebrates five years with a stacked in-store show, prog-punk brothers Avantist keep the hits coming on a new EP, and more.
- Music, In Rotation Sep 5, 2017
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Hideout talent buyer Sullivan Davis on a thriving new progressive community in Hyde Park
Plus: Ne-Hi guitarist Jason Balla on an album for looking out the window on a quiet morning, the Reader’s Luca Cimarusti on the underrecognized charms of Phil Collins-era Genesis, and more
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jan 17, 2017
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This weekend’s No Walls benefit helps Chicagoans help the people in Trump’s crosshairs
Plus: Bobby Conn answers the inauguration with two sets at the Hideout, and the Whistler launches a free music service.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 2, 2016
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Diverse artists and activists come together at weekly Hyde Park series the Corner
Every Monday at the Promontory, Sam Brown and Sasha Tycko nurture a democratic, welcoming creative community.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 19, 2010
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Sweet Little 16
Heather McAdams screens vintage music films including George McKelvey's "My Radiation Baby (My Teenage Fallout Queen," in "Sweet Little 16," Saturday at Chicago Filmmakers.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 10, 2010
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Nicole Mitchell Premieres a New Suite, With Guest Edmar Castaneda
Thursday at the Cultural Center, flutist Nicole Mitchell premieres the new suite "Mother Nature" in a free concert with guest harpist Edmar Castaneda.
