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- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Jan 14, 2021
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A memorial to Alejandro Morales
His death doesn’t just leave a hole in Chicago’s DIY music scene—it’s a loss to community activists, to affordable housing advocates, and to countless friendships.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jan 5, 2021
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Chicago’s DIY rock scene mourns Alejandro Morales
With his generous spirit and boundless enthusiasm, Running’s drummer was the beating heart of a vibrant community.
- Music, Music Review Nov 18, 2020
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Jordan Reyes blends ritual, electronics, and western vibes on Sand Like Stardust
- Music, Music Review Jul 22, 2020
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Ben Baker Billington’s Quicksails builds whole worlds from serene synths
- Music, Music Review Jun 5, 2020
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Chicago industrial trio Civic Center streamline their surreal sound on The Ground Below
- City Life, Stay at Home May 12, 2020
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The Reader's stay-at-home chronicles: day 53
What we're reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.
- Music, Music Feature Apr 29, 2020
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Let the Reader help with your Bandcamp shopping list
In the past few weeks, we’ve recommended three dozen Bandcamp releases—and this Friday, the service will again pass its share of revenue along to artists.
- Music, Music Review Apr 10, 2020
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Legendary Chicago experimentalists Ono confront centuries of race-based violence on the transformative Red Summer
- Music, Music Feature Jan 30, 2020
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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.
- Music, Music Feature Jan 30, 2020
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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.
- Music, Concert Preview Dec 21, 2019
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Ian’s Party starts the year off right with three days of local bands
- Music, Gig Poster of the Week Oct 16, 2019
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A swan song on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was designed by local artist Kelly Quillin.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 15, 2019
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Metro hosts a memorial for musician and mensch Rob Warmowski
Plus: Jeremiah Meece of The-Drum teases an imminent album of spooky electro, and Flossmoor’s newest record store throws a release party with Black Pegasus.
- Music, Concert Preview Jun 26, 2019
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We’re going to make this wedding weird on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was designed by Chicago artist and musician Matthew Gladly for his band Glad Rags.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 4, 2019
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Death-metal crew Warforged drop a kaleidoscopic hurricane of an album
Plus: Jordan Reyes of Ono and American Damage launches another new label, and Temperance Beer Co. hosts a weekend-long record fair.
- Music, Concert Preview Nov 2, 2018
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Drone Activity Chicago drowns out the noise of the city with an all-encompassing barrage of sound
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 23, 2018
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Alessandro Cortini of Nine Inch Nails talks synths and sensibility with Jordan Reyes of Ono
Cortini is best known for making Trent Reznor sound even better, but in his solo practice he produces symphonies of sound with exotic analog synths.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Aug 28, 2018
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Electronic musician Angel Marcloid drops a new collage barrage as Fire-Toolz
Plus: Groove Cafe releases a compilation to benefit rebuilding efforts in Puerto Rico, the Chicago hip-hop scene remembers Henny B, and more.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Aug 21, 2018
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Art-rockers Ono commit to cassette the joyfully defiant noise of their live show
Plus: Brand-new label Fine Prints launches with a triple release party at the Empty Bottle, and Glyders front man Joshua S. Condon debuts as SPVD.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Feb 21, 2018
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Busy drummer Ben Billington releases music from two of his bazillion bands
Plus: Black digital media platform the TRiiBE crowdfunds new projects, and Pivot Gang cofounder Frsh Waters headlines this month’s All Smiles.
- Music, Music Feature Jan 3, 2018
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Stories from Chicago’s favorite rock ’n’ roll clusterfuck
Ian’s Party is a music festival, yes, but it’s run mostly by volunteers—which helps it feel like a community, not a branding exercise.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 9, 2017
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Psychedelic impresario Steve Krakow returns his eclectic Million Tongues Festival to the Empty Bottle
This year's Million Tongues includes Munehiro Narita of High Rise, fingerstyle guitarist Mark Fosson, and a few acts that played the first festival in 2004—Spires That in the Sunset Rise, Fursaxa, and Charalambides.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 2, 2017
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In their words: How the folks at Fed Up Fest help keep queer punk a ‘community of care’
Everything about this year's Fed Up Fest—the bystander intervention training, the panel discussions on aging in punk, the frenzied yet thoughtful music—manifested the spirit of resistance, hope, and direct action.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 30, 2017
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The radical queer punks at Fed Up Fest throw a fund-raising Rock Lotto show
Fed Up Fest fights for LGBTQ rights with an anarchic DIY concert where every band drew its lineup out of a hat six weeks ago.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 2, 2017
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Chicago music resists Trump: Static Switch Records, Lillerne Tapes, M. Sage, and more
A roundup of releases by Chicago artists and labels who are donating the proceeds of their music to nonprofits fighting the Trump administration