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- 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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Prolific Chicago rapper Adamn Killa makes his own fun in self-isolation on Hit the Adamn
- Music, Music Feature Mar 20, 2020
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COVID-19 can close venues, but it can’t stop Chicago’s music community
Concerts are all canceled, but you can still support artists by buying their music.
- Music, Music Feature Dec 22, 2016
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The ten best jazz records of 2016
The cream of this year’s crop includes a large-ensemble concept album about conspiracy theories, a tug-of-war between loops and live-band grooves, and an amazing hybrid of jazz and hip-hop.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jul 30, 2014
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Gossip Wolf: The Thalia Hall team launches the Promontory in Hyde Park
Plus: The Mopery's new identity, a release party for Novembers Doom, and more
- Music, Music Feature Jul 23, 2014
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Will Chicago's most daring and virtuosic jazz singer finally get the recognition she deserves?
Dee Alexander has earned international acclaim, but fame has eluded her. Her great new album, Songs My Mother Loves, might change that.
- Music, Music Feature Jun 18, 2014
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Patrick Haggerty carries on the spirit of Lavender Country
Forty years later, the man behind the first gay country record has teamed up with a former Chicagoan to reach out to another marginalized population.
- Film, Artist on Artist Apr 8, 2014
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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."
- Music, In Rotation Mar 24, 2014
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In Rotation: Cave's Cooper Crain on a mind-blowing Chilean DIY label
Plus: Scott McGaughey of Chandeliers on maligned prog jesters Gentle Giant, Reader writer Peter Margasak on the debut of cellist Chris Wild, and more
- Music, Record Roundup Mar 10, 2014
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Kylie Minogue's cheerfully lascivious Kiss Me Once and 15 more record reviews
Eleven Reader writers tackle a dizzying variety of new music, including Pharrell's expertly vacuous Ikea pop, Morbus Chron's feral-to-cerebral death prog, and Issue's blissed-out, goofy hip-hop about tea.
- Music, Record Roundup Feb 18, 2014
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Beck's half-awake Morning Phase and 15 more record reviews
Ten Reader writers can cover a lot of territory: Angel Olsen's otherworldly folk, Conan's "caveman battle doom," and David First's in-your-face analog synths, just for starters.
- Music, In Rotation Feb 10, 2014
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In Rotation: Jake Austen of Roctober on a sitar cover of the Banana Splits
Plus: WHPK's Mario Smith on a J Dilla orchestra, the Reader's Philip Montoro on microtonal black metal, and more
- Film, Artist on Artist Feb 3, 2014
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Artist on Artist: Boots Riley of the Coup talks to ShowYouSuck
"I like to say it's like Sly Stone and the Clash, without the cocaine."
- Music, In Rotation Jan 27, 2014
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In Rotation: Ayana Contreras of Vocalo's Reclaimed Soul on a softly stratospheric Andrew Hill LP
Plus: Primeridian's Simeon Viltz on Acid Rap, the Reader's Leor Galil on Elvis impersonators, and more
- Music, Record Roundup Jan 13, 2014
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Lil B's 101-track mixtape 05 Fuck Em and 15 more record reviews
Eight Reader writers recommend Don Cherry's joyful collectivist jazz, Against Me!'s transformative arena punk, and Murmur's inscrutable blackened prog, just for starters.
- Music, In Rotation Dec 30, 2013
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In Rotation: Rebecca Valeriano-Flores of Negative Scanner on time traveling with the Fall
Plus: Composer Estlin Usher on Spektral Quartet's classical cassette, the Reader's Kevin Warwick on Speedy Ortiz, and more
- Music, Record Roundup Dec 16, 2013
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Black Flag's not totally terrible What The . . . and 15 more record reviews
Eight Reader writers want you to hear Dam-Funk & Snoopzilla's house-party jams, Last False Hope's steel-toed bluegrass, and Spray Paint's paranoid noise-punk, just for starters.
- Music, In Rotation Dec 16, 2013
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In Rotation: The Reader's Tal Rosenberg on the only house musician in the Harper's Letters section
Plus: DJs and producers Ross Kelly and Samantha Roberts on the exact same collection of Patrick Cowley gay-porn disco
- Film, Artist on Artist Nov 19, 2013
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Artist on Artist: Fingerstyle guitarist William Tyler talks to Douglas McCombs of Brokeback and Tortoise
"There's definitely a way to be lyrical without lyrics."
- Music, In Rotation Oct 21, 2013
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In Rotation: Artist Heather Gabel on Lungfish's secret truths
Plus: The Reader's Kevin Warwick on Tweens' "nasty doo-wop" and artist Amanda Joy Calobrisi on Mazzy Star's consoling strength
- Music, Music Review Oct 7, 2013
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Time to actually listen to Miley Cyrus
Between her twerking and that tongue, she has everybody talking—but not about her new album. So what does Bangerz sound like?
- Music, Music Review Aug 12, 2013
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When folk music loses touch with "folks"
The old weird America is gone, but on the new Waterdrawn the Horse's Ha shows that hippies are just as scary.
- Music, In Rotation Aug 9, 2013
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In Rotation: Jeanine O'Toole of Bare Mutants on how to commemorate Jerry Garcia's deathiversary
Plus: Eternals front man Damon Locks on Shirley Bassey, the Reader's Miles Raymer on the Outsidaz, and more
- Music, Record Roundup Jul 23, 2013
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Robert Pollard's not-at-all-haphazard Honey Locust Honky Tonk and 14 more record reviews
Six Reader writers fan out to consider Author & Punisher's dystopian robot doom, Cüneyt Sepetçi's high-octane Turkish clarinet, and lots of music even more difficult to summarize.
- 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.