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- Music, Music Review May 29, 2020
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Chicago rap duo Mother Nature evoke deferred summertime joy with Portalz
- 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 Aug 24, 2018
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In its ninth year the North Coast Music Festival shows why it’s one of Chicago’s most vital
- Music, Music Feature May 30, 2018
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Does Chicago have too many music festivals?
Lollapalooza’s ticket sales have slowed, and Reggae Fest and Chicago Open Air are canceled—are these the growth pangs of a healthy but crowded ecosystem, or is a crash on the way?
- Blogs, Bleader May 15, 2018
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The North Coast Music Festival announces its 2018 lineup
North Coast returns to Union Park late this summer, and its headliners include Jamiroquai.
- Music, Music Feature Oct 25, 2017
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Rapper Rich Jones gives a verse to the Chicago Mothman
The cryptid of the summer speaks for itself on Jones’s Halloween-season single.
- Music, Concert Preview Aug 24, 2017
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The North Coast Music Festival’s intimate DJ tent contains its collision of pop worlds in microcosm
- Music, Pitchfork Jul 12, 2017
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Pitchfork wants you to party without ignoring gun violence
The Beats Over Bullets partnership uses the festival to bring new converts to Everytown for Gun Safety, Mothers Against Senseless Killings, and the Wear Orange campaign.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 2, 2016
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North Coast Music Festival, a Labor Day clambake, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
The Great American Lobster Fest, Oddball Comedy Festival, and more happenings from September 2-5.
- Music, Summer Guide May 18, 2016
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Are music festivals a sound use of Chicago’s public parks?
The debate has never been so noisy.
- Music, Summer Guide May 18, 2016
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Summer 2016 Chicago music festivals for every sort of sound
Pitchfork, Lollapalooza, and Riot Fest are just the tip of the iceberg.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 22, 2014
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Common and Kanye West make Aahh! Fest a great end cap to festival season
Common, Kanye West, and a cast of friends helped make Aahh! Fest an excellent new edition to the overcrowded festival season.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 29, 2014
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Reader's Agenda Fri 8/29: Noir City, North Coast Music Festival, and Taste of Polonia
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, August 29
- Blogs, Bleader May 1, 2014
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Here's the 2014 North Coast Music Festival lineup
The end-of-summer bash enters its fifth year, and here's the lineup announcement.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 3, 2013
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North Coast 2013: Partying like summer will never come again
The North Coast Music Festival may look like it's basically about drugs, but it's really about enthusiasm.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 30, 2013
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Reader's Agenda Fri 8/30: North Coast Music Festival, boundary-less family portraits, and Internet art
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, August 30
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 29, 2013
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Best shows to see: Ty Segall, Mudhoney, the Chicago Jazz Festival, Chris Knight, the Rempis Percussion Quartet
Between now and Sunday, your live-music options include Ty Segall, Mudhoney, the Rempis Percussion Quartet, the Chicago Jazz Festival, the North Coast Music Festival, and the African Festival of the Arts.
- Music, Music Sidebar Aug 27, 2013
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Beats, jams, and rhymes at the 2013 North Coast Music Festival
Afrojack, Danny Brown, the Wu-Tang Clan, Purity Ring, Just Blaze, AlunaGeorge, and lots more.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 30, 2012
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Jazz Fest, North Coast Music Fest, Disappears, and more on the B Side
Tons of live music, outdoors and otherwise, plus the latest in air-guitar news
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 30, 2012
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Shows to see: Deep Heat, Altar of Plagues, Gatekeeper, and more
The unofficial final weekend of summer brings with it a dizzying variety of music
- Music, Music Feature Aug 28, 2012
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The North Coast Music Festival returns for round three
Four stages and a "silent disco" host loads of dance music, hip-hop, jam bands, and indie rock—read up on a few of the most interesting acts
- Music, Music Feature May 3, 2012
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How Chicago house got its groove back
Chicago house music is the sound of global pop today. In the 90s, though, it was on life support—until a new wave of producers, including Cajmere and DJ Sneak, got the city doing the Percolator.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 1, 2011
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This week on the B Side
Jazz Fest, cool tattoos, picks from guys who make cool t-shirts, and more
- Music, Music Sidebar Sep 1, 2011
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North Coast plays host to Common, Rusko, Fatboy Slim, and more
- Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife Jun 23, 2011
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Best music festival
Pitchfork voted best music festival
