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Music, Music Feature Jun 26, 2019
Rap that asks the right questions

The fledgling Why? Records crew—Davis, Malci, Joshua Virtue, and Ruby Watson—are already making some of the city’s most compelling and idiosyncratic hip-hop.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Why? Records, Free Snacks, Udababy, Davis, Davis Blackwell, Hair Trigger, Columbia College, Joshua Virtue, Alex Singleton, Ruby Watson, Sam Keefe, Malci, Malci Atkinson, Post Faith Dialogues, Milo, Hideout, DIY, Sullivan Davis, Mykele Deville, Nnamdi Ogbonnaya, Sooper Records, Jovan Landry, Eat Good Tape, Papaya!, Do Division Street Fest, PM, Open Mike Eagle, Will Wisniewski, Joe Olson, Hundred Heads, Dojo, Para-Medics, Sooper Swag Project, Bryan Fielder, Jack Clements, Palace of Auburn Hills, Jordan Year, Wilco, EKG, Not Lovely, Santomo, Dolan, Dirty til I Hit the Dirt, Hell Is Here, Probly, Frances Farlee, Miles Hogerty, Rich Jones, Not Normal Tapes, Ralph Rivera, Sex No Babies, Rahim Salaam, Balance, Malaya Harris, Side Action

Music, Gossip Wolf Nov 14, 2017
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Underrated young rapper Charlie Curtis-Beard drops his ambitious second album

Plus: LGBTQ prisoner-advocate group Black and Pink throws a benefit show at Elastic, and weirdo beat project Spa Moans celebrates a new tape at the Hideout.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Charlie Curtis-Beard, Childish, Existentialism on Lake Shore Drive, rap, hip-hop, Fried Chicken, Can’t See Clear, Nebraska, Columbia College, Black and Pink, Elastic Arts, benefit, LGBTQ, prison, re-entry, Plus Sign, Rahim Salaam, Polish Gifts, Cyber Pink, Negative Scanner, Porno Glows, Dianetics, Drag City, Hide, Melissa Almandina, Nancy Sanchez, Brown & Proud Press, Grace Mattingly, Spa Moans, Jenny Polus, Jenny Pulse, Obedient Vibrations, Drop Medium Recording Technologies, Empty Bottle, Video

Music, In Rotation Oct 3, 2017
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Strawberry Jacuzzi’s Shannon Candy on bratty punks who love drag and snacks

Plus: Rahim Salaam of the What About Chicago?! podcast on three labels documenting the city’s diverse DIY scene, Reader staff writer Leor Galil on the music magazine he wants for his birthday, and more
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: In Rotation, The Wire, Wire magazine, Jlin, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Little Axe Records, Black Editions, P.S.F. Records, G Herbo, Street, Humble Beast, Thelonious Martin, Jawbreaker, Riot Fest, reunion, Shannon Candy, Strawberry Jacuzzi, Bernice Records and Tapes, Bev Rage & the Drinks, Peach Fuzz, Laundry EP, Elijah, Coffee & Donuts, Coffee & Donuts podcast, Tim Quinlan, Beverly, Honk If Yer Hungry, Rahim Salaam, What About Chicago?! podcast, Grandpa Bay, DIY, Nate Amos, Ryan Murphy, Marc Drake, Zach Wilson, Young Camelot, Chris Lee, Eye Vybe Records, Karissa Talanian, Sex No Babies, Video

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