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- Music, Music Feature Sep 3, 2020
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Andrew Kitchen’s boogie strikes back
The Soul Train veteran and host of Attack of the Boogie celebrates the reissue of his dance show’s 1984 theme song.
- Music, Music Feature Jun 17, 2020
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Why do indie musicians put up with penny payouts?
Streaming your favorite artists’ music is the least helpful way to support them. But they can’t abandon those platforms, because we won’t.
- Music, Concert Preview Sep 19, 2019
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Plantasia celebrates the music of Mort Garson—and plants
- Music, Music Feature Jul 5, 2018
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Chicago label Still Music rescues decades of house history from a south-side storage locker
Jerome Derradji is restoring dozens of decaying reel-to-reel tapes and releasing their contents—including unissued tracks and DJ mixes from some of the genre’s early giants.
- Music, Music Feature Apr 18, 2018
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Jessica Risker sharpens her sweet songs on a hazy new album
I See You Among the Stars is the Deadbeat front woman’s first solo record under her own name—and her most confident and consistent effort yet.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 14, 2017
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Laura Callier of Gel Set makes a return visit from LA to support the new Body Copy
On Gel Set's Body Copy, Laura Callier tackles loneliness and alienation with her usual wit and sophistication—and lots of goofy puns.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 11, 2016
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A photo tour of the Numero Group's new brick-and-mortar shop
Peerless archival label the Numero Group opened a factory outlet in its headquarters on Friday.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jul 6, 2016
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The Numero Group opens a factory outlet
Plus: Bay Area artist Lucien Shapiro hosts a ritual at Silent Funny, and new pop duo Vesper play Lincoln Hall.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 5, 2016
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The latest soul anthology from the Numero Group is a love letter to DJ, collector, and historian Bob Abrahamian
The newest Eccentric Soul compilation focuses on the Chicago vocal music that soul historian Bob Abrahamian devoted his life to.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 15, 2016
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Chicago underground rap pioneers Stony Island play a rare show to celebrate their Numero Group reissue
The surviving members of Stony Island reconvene Saturday to celebrate their Numero Group reissue at the label's Record Store Day pop-up shop.
- Music, Music Feature May 18, 2015
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Haley Fohr bursts her own bubble in Circuit des Yeux
On the new In Plain Speech, the local singer-songwriter opens her hermetic music to the outside world—and brings on a bigger, more colorful cast of collaborators than ever before.
- Music, Music Feature Dec 31, 2013
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Unlicensed to ill
Bootleg rap and R&B vinyl is thriving, even though most of the music is easy to buy or free to download.
- Music, Music Feature Jun 26, 2013
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The long game of soul singer Doug Shorts
He's been a doorman, a karate instructor, even an extra in an Adam Sandler movie—and now, after decades of trying, he might finally make it in the music business.
- Music, In Rotation Apr 27, 2012
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In Rotation: The Numero Group's Rob Sevier on Richard Feynman's Safecracker Suite
Plus: Reader staff writer Peter Margasak on early Cramps, and Hideout talent buyer Michael Slaboch on Mazzy Star
- Arts & Culture, Culture Vultures Jan 5, 2012
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This week's Culture Vultures recommend . . .
The Warmth of Other Suns, The Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists, and Bento Box on Armitage
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 27, 2011
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This week on the B Side
Thomas Boddie's small-batch soul
- Music, Music Feature Sep 10, 2009
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The Jackson Find
This was supposed to be the story of the Jackson Five’s first single, cut in Chicago in 1967. But while writing it, Jake Austen picked up the trail of a tape nobody knew existed: the earliest known studio recording of Michael Jackson and his brothers.