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- Arts & Culture, Dance Feb 22, 2017
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Boy wonder Justin Peck makes the Joffrey’s ‘Game Changers’ soar
Set to Sufjan Stevens, the dancer-choreographer’s Year of the Rabbit lives up to the program’s title.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 17, 2016
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Pitchfork Fest on Saturday was mostly a joy to behold
On Pitchfork's second day, RP Boo and Jlin inspired fancy footwork, while Sufjan Stevens and Brian Wilson served up different doses of sadness.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 16, 2016
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Photos of the Saturday crowd at Pitchfork Music Festival 2016
Portraits of the crowd at Union Park on July 16
- Music, Pitchfork Jul 1, 2016
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Pitchfork Music Festival 2016 preview
Reader writers round up the locals on the bill, guide fans of hip-hop and R&B into the rest of the roster, and discuss the fest’s softening antipathy to emo, the gender balance of its bookings, and Brian Wilson’s white privilege.
- Music, Pitchfork Jul 1, 2016
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Brian Wilson, Pet Sounds, and the categorical denial of the sensitive black genius
Fellow Pitchfork attractions Sufjan Stevens and FKA Twigs illustrate the racial coding that’s helped Wilson secure his crown.
- Music, In Rotation May 20, 2015
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Arvo Zylo of Blood Rhythms on songs the Cramps taught us
Plus: WZRD DJ Sarah Moskowitz on Bo Diddley’s leather-man LP, the Reader’s Leor Galil on wallowing in Sufjan Stevens, and more
- Arts & Culture, Book Review May 20, 2015
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A long-overdue collection of Jessica Hopper's music writing plants a flag for female rock critics
It also shows the evolution of a distinctive voice into a well-known byline.
- Music, In Rotation Jun 16, 2014
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In Rotation: Exit Ghost guitarist Michael Golas on Amen Dunes' embrace of collapse
Plus: Artist Elena Ailes on a cathartic electronic festival, the Reader's Peter Margasak on Ensemble dal Niente's ambitious debut, and more
- Music, Gossip Wolf May 29, 2013
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Gossip Wolf: Roctober throws Norton Records a post-Sandy benefit
Plus: Bedroom-pop artist J. Fernandez and synth-gaze duo New Canyons roll out new material.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 9, 2013
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Kitty Pryde and the benefits of cultural short-term memory loss
It's been less than a year since Kitty Pryde first captured the Internet's attention, which has been enough time for people to forget their most polarizing opinions of the teenaged rapper
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 28, 2012
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12 O'Clock Track: Paradise, "Psychic Returns"
Nedelle Torrisi of Cryptacize returns as Paradise
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 22, 2010
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Asthmatic Kitty's Love/Hate Thing With Amazon
What may be behind the indie label's attempts to steer you away from a three-dollar record.
- Music, Music Feature Jul 30, 2009
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The Passion of David Bazan
At the Cornerstone Christian rock festival, a fallen evangelical returns to sing about why he broke up with God.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 5, 2009
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Therapy for iPod Syndrome
Slow Listening in Sharp Darts
- Music, Music Column Mar 5, 2009
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Sharp Darts: The Slow Listening Movement
A former Reader contributor proposes an antidote for MP3 fatigue.