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City Life, Public Service Announcement Jan 15, 2021
A day of service

Upcoming events and recommendations from our listings coordinator
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Public Service Announcement, listings, events, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King, MLK, Hyde Park Arts Center, Public Narrative, Public Enemy, Chicago Children's Museum, African American Arts Alliance, Black Ensemble Theater, City Year, My Block My Hood My City, Love Fridge, Studio One, Afropunk

Music, Music Review Oct 7, 2020
Recommended Video
Public Enemy keep asking the hard questions on What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down?
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Music Review, Public Enemy, What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down?, Def Jam Recordings, hip-hop, BET, Fight the Power, Do the Right Thing, Chuck D, Rapsody, Flavor Flav, Nothing Is Quick in the Desert, DJ Premier, State of the Union (STFU), boombox, Smithsonian, Recommended, Video

Music, Music Feature Jul 31, 2020
Lightfoot hijacks Lollapalooza

A week after DCASE forbid Sen Morimoto from criticizing the mayor’s response to BLM protests, she’s all over the city’s biggest music festival.
- By Jessi Roti
- Tags: Music Feature, Lollapalooza, Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Lori Lightfoot, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, DCASE, Millennium Park at Home, Sen Morimoto, Tasha, Kaina, Kaina Castillo, Sooper Records, Perry Farrell, LL Cool J, City of Chicago, Boards of Change, Black Lives Matter, CPAC, Civilian Police Accountability Council, Jamila Woods, Peter Cottontale, the Era, the Era Footwork Crew, Heavy Steppers, Jamal Smallz, Emon Fowler, Rebirth Poetry Ensemble, Linda Sol, Thalia Hall, the Promontory, Year of Chicago Music, Arts for Illinois Relief Fund, Equal Justice Initiative, When We All Vote, Michelle Obama, Bryan Stevenson, Chuck D, Public Enemy, Mark Kelly, Next to the Sun, Pivot Gang, Femdot, Ric Wilson, Ohmme, Dehd, Black Lives Matter Chicago, Chi-Nations Youth Council

Music, Music Feature Jul 8, 2020
Video
The return of Captain Sky

Chicago’s funk superhero releases his first album in 40 years—and this time his mission includes mentoring Black teenagers on the south side.
- By Aaron Cohen
- Tags: Music Feature, Captain Sky, Daryl Cameron, funk, Captain Sky Cre8tive Conceptz, Cre8tive Conceptz, The Adventures of Captain Sky, Pop Goes the Captain, Concerned Party #1, The Whole 9, Mentoring and Leadership Essentials, MALE, Sugarhill Gang, Rapper’s Delight, South Side Movement, Bionic Band, Aura, Soul Train, Super Sporm, So So Good, I Wanna Praise Your Name, Washington Heights, south side, Sheryl Sawyer, Eddie Thomas, AVI, Donald Burnside, Rodney Clark, Danny Leake, Danny Leake, Vince Lawrence, Dexter Griffin, Bootsy Collins, Afrika Bambaataa, Planet Rock, Public Enemy, You’re Gonna Get Yours, Keith Stewart, Yvonne Gage, I Just Wanna Have Some Fun, If We Believe, Turn On tha’ Juice, Jerome Derradji, reissue, Still Music, Past Due, Video

Music, Music Feature Mar 7, 2019
Video
Brittney Carter discovers Chicago hip-hop—and vice versa

She thought she was just writing poems. Her classmates at Young Chicago Authors heard a great rapper in the making—and the rest of the city’s scene is starting to agree.
- By Matt Harvey
- Tags: Music Feature, Brittney Carter, rap, hip-hop, Young Chicago Authors, Louder Than a Bomb, Blue Island, Soundcloud, Beatrix Kiddo, Breakthrough, Hooligan, Kwynology, Lena Bands, Jay Rock, Top Dawg Entertainment, Bekoe, Sasha Go Hard, Illanoize, Terrence “Punch” Henderson, Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith, Fake Shore Drive, Blue Island, Parkland College, Kevin Coval, Jamila Woods, Add-2, Haven Studios, Andre Daniels, Disrupt, Loop Theory, EssieL, Set It Off, cypher, freestyle, Syd Shaw, Bella Bahhs, J Bambii, Freddie Old Soul, Mobb Deep, Survival of the Fittest, DJ Lisa Decibel, Chuck D, Public Enemy, Metro, Kenneth Clair, Rafael Navarro, Dre Izaya, Heir Porter, Ryen, Operation X, Dougy, AlifortheGo, Stark of Huey, Femdot, Queen Bars, 247HH, the Boy Illinois, Bump J, King Bars, Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X, Colum McCann, Letters to a Young Writer, Video

Blogs, Bleader Feb 23, 2018
What caused the melee outside a Public Enemy and Sonic Youth show at the Aragon in 1990?

In 1991, Reader critic Bill Wyman hit the pavement to figure out how one of the biggest shows of the previous year ended in a brawl that resulted in 18 concertgoers behind bars.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Archive Dive, Music, Aragon Ballroom, Public Enemy, Sonic Youth, Bill Wyman, Flavor Flav, Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigade

Music, In Rotation Feb 23, 2015
Ono cofounder P. Michael on soul singer Billy Stewart

Plus: Lamont "Bim" Thomas of Obnox on Cleveland’s rock riches, the Reader's Luca Cimarusti on a bizarre record from the star of Teen Mom, and more
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: In Rotation, Turnstile, Nonstop Feelings, That Awful Sound, Aiden, Farrah Abraham, My Teenage Dream Ended, Backdoor Teen Mom, P. Michael, Ono, Billy Stewart, I Do Love You, Michel Legrand, Les Demoiselles de Rochefort, Public Enemy, La Lupe, Ghostface Killah, Method Man, Obnox, Miles Davis, Lamont "Bim" Thomas, Obnox, This Moment in Black History, the Bassholes, Funkadelic, Numero Group, Cleveland, Pagans, Dead Boys, Pere Ubu, La Cave, Rocket from the Tombs

Film, Artist on Artist Apr 8, 2014
Video
Artist on Artist: Justin Broadrick of Godflesh talks to producer Sanford Parker

"Big Black's drum machine was fucking awesome, but we wanted something much closer to Run-D.M.C."
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Artist on Artist, interviews, Justin Broadrick, Napalm Death, Head of David, Godflesh, drum machines, grindcore, industrial metal, Final, electronic music, Jesu, postmetal, G.C. Green, Metro, Wales, Abergele, Sanford Parker, Buried at Sea, Minsk, Corrections House, Twilight, Nachtmystium, Altered States, studios, Logic, Proo Tools, Alesis HR-16, layering, sound production, drum sound, kick drums, TL Audio, TLA, audio consoles, mixing boards, multi-channel recording, multi-track recording, preamps, Avalon, Avalon Vacuum Tube 737, sound processing, Eventide H3500, Skinny Puppy, Divid Ogilvie, live sound, Columbia Records, records, albums, Eventide, Purple Audio, limiters, SSL XLogic, channel strips, Neve, APIs, AnaMod ATS-1, AnaMod, equalization, Foel Studio, RADAR, digital recording, analog recording, analog tape, Digidesign, Session 8, Cubase, audio sequencing, beats, samplers, drummers, hip-hop, Big Black, Public Enemy, Eric B. & Rakim, Run-D.M.C., 1980s, 1970s, punk, Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, Whitehouse, industrial music, postpunk music, Crass, Discharge, Killing Joke, The Stranglers, riffs, noise, Swans, Celtic Frost, Video

Blogs, Bleader Sep 16, 2013
Riot Fest recap: Rain, the Replacements, and wrestling with nostalgia

Riot Fest's nostalgia party ended with lots of rain and a ripping Replacements set, but the weekend had its forward-looking moments too.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Mudville, 90s Nostalgia, Music, Riot Fest, Replacements, Pixies, Frank Black, Kim Deal, Flag, Guided By Voices, Peter Hook, Joy Division, Pet Symmetry, Radkey, Screeching Weasel, Mission of Burma, Public Enemy, Dinosaur Jr., Dismemberment Plan, Bob Mould, Husker Du, Chris Conley, Saves the Day, Davey Havok, AFI, Bad Books

Blogs, Bleader Sep 15, 2013
Riot Fest day two: White-haired front men and a little puke

No blood today, but there was vomit.
- By Mara Shalhoup
- Tags: Riot Fest, Whoa, Music, Riot Fest, Saturday, Humboldt Park, X, the Lillingtons, Dinosaur Jr, Guided by Voices, Flag, Blondie, Rancid, Public Enemy, Violent Femmes, Blink-182

Music, Music Feature Sep 10, 2013
Saturday: Five Riot Fest acts to see

Day two of the festival settles in with the LA punk legends in X, a Black Flag spin-off, and, hot damn, Public Enemy.
- By Leor Galil, Peter Margasak, Tal Rosenberg, and Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Music Feature, Riot Fest 2013, X, Exene Cervenka, Billy Zoom, John Doe, D.J. Bonebrake, The Lillingtons, Dinosaur Jr., J. Mascis, Lou Barlow, Murph, Flag, Black Flag, Keith Morris, Greg Ginn, Public Enemy, Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Against Me!, Rocket From the Crypt, Tight Phantomz, Humboldt Park

Blogs, Bleader May 16, 2013
This year's stacked Riot Fest lineup includes Public Enemy, Fall Out Boy, and Motorhead

Take a peek at some of our thoughts on the bill, see how Gossip Wolf's predictions panned out, and dig through old Reader features and write-ups on some of the bands.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Whoa, Music, Riot Fest, Humboldt Park, Public Enemy, Motorhead, Fall Out Boy, Blink-182, Violent Femmes, Motorhead, Rancid, Blondie, Public Enemy, Brand New, Sublime with Rome, Dismemberment Plan, Guided By Voices

Film, Artist on Artist Mar 12, 2013
Artist on Artist: John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants nerds out with Abraham Levitan of Shame That Tune

"For somebody who grew up on a healthy diet of five hours of TV a day, it’s just an interesting show."
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Artist on Artist, John Flansburgh, Adele, the Fall, Stephen Malkmus, Glee, Kalamazoo, Iowa City, Lansing, East Village, The New Yorker, The New York Times, MySpace, GarageBand, John Linnell, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Pyramid Club, Mick Jagger, They Might Be Giants, Canada, Grimes, I've Got a Match, They'll Need a Crane, Nanobots, Idlewild, Megaforce, Abraham Levitan, Yale Whiffenpoof, Baby Teeth, The Last Waltz, Shame That Tune, Brian Costello, Hideout, Piano Power, Barbara Bush, Lebanon, Lindsay Lohan, Public Enemy, Flavor Flav, Australia, Flavor Flav, New Kids on the Block, Fear of a Black Planet, John Linnell, The S1Ws, New York City, Eric "Vietnam" Sadler, Bomb Squad, Apollo 18, Milli Vanilli, East Village, Mary Boone, Tony Shafrazi, Steve Buscemi, CBGB, Danceteria, Violent Femmes, R.E.M., 10,000 Maniacs, Replacements, Husker Du, Our Band Could Be Your Life, the Polyphonic Spree, Spin, Louisville, Kentucky, Almost Famous, Kim's Video, Car and Driver, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, No Regrets, Eartha Kitt, Jonathan Coulton, Midnight Train to Georgia, the Vic

Blogs, Bleader Dec 3, 2012
Best shows to see: MusicNow, Public Enemy, and Stacian

The best shows to see Monday through Wednesday include MusicNow, Public Enemy, and Stacian
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Do This, Music, Public Enemy, MusicNow, Stacian, Moniker Records, NPR, Austin Cooper, Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Sofia Gubaidulina, Peter Margasak, Leor Galil, Natasha Khan, Karin Dreijer Andersson, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Blogs, Bleader Apr 1, 2010
Early Warnings Roundup

This week's Early Warnings include the Buzzcocks, Cyndi Lauper, Gary Louris, Public Enemy, Bassekou Kouyate, and Tinariwen.
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Early Warnings, Buzzcocks, Cyndi Lauper, Public Enemy, Music Without Borders, Tinariwen, Bassekou Kouyate

Blogs, Bleader Aug 14, 2009
You must chill I have hidden your keys*
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Media, Food & Drink, Phil Vettel, Teresa Puente, Chicago Now, Chicanisma, Rick Bayless, Public Enemy, Chuck D

Blogs, Bleader Jul 9, 2008
Film Center announces Black Harvest lineup

The Black Harvest Film Festival returns to the Film Center.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago filmmakers, Elvis Mitchell, The Black List, Vol. 1, Black Harvest International Festival of Film and Video, 'Bama Girl, Faubourg Treme, Public Enemy, Trouble the Water, African-American filmmakers, midwestern filmmakers

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Upcoming events and recommendations from our listings coordinator

A week after DCASE forbid Sen Morimoto from criticizing the mayor’s response to BLM protests, she’s all over the city’s biggest music festival.

Chicago’s funk superhero releases his first album in 40 years—and this time his mission includes mentoring Black teenagers on the south side.

She thought she was just writing poems. Her classmates at Young Chicago Authors heard a great rapper in the making—and the rest of the city’s scene is starting to agree.

In 1991, Reader critic Bill Wyman hit the pavement to figure out how one of the biggest shows of the previous year ended in a brawl that resulted in 18 concertgoers behind bars.

Plus: Lamont "Bim" Thomas of Obnox on Cleveland’s rock riches, the Reader's Luca Cimarusti on a bizarre record from the star of Teen Mom, and more

"Big Black's drum machine was fucking awesome, but we wanted something much closer to Run-D.M.C."

Riot Fest's nostalgia party ended with lots of rain and a ripping Replacements set, but the weekend had its forward-looking moments too.

No blood today, but there was vomit.

Day two of the festival settles in with the LA punk legends in X, a Black Flag spin-off, and, hot damn, Public Enemy.

Take a peek at some of our thoughts on the bill, see how Gossip Wolf's predictions panned out, and dig through old Reader features and write-ups on some of the bands.

"For somebody who grew up on a healthy diet of five hours of TV a day, it’s just an interesting show."

The best shows to see Monday through Wednesday include MusicNow, Public Enemy, and Stacian

This week's Early Warnings include the Buzzcocks, Cyndi Lauper, Gary Louris, Public Enemy, Bassekou Kouyate, and Tinariwen.

The Black Harvest Film Festival returns to the Film Center.

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