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- Music, Music Review Apr 17, 2020
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Dua Lipa channels disco clubs and Jazzercise on Future Nostalgia
- Music, Music Feature Nov 20, 2019
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Life was just a party: Prince’s 1999 and Chicago house music
The Purple One could hardly have avoided influencing a genre whose earliest, most ardent fans were queer Black and Brown kids.
- Music, Gig Poster of the Week Oct 23, 2019
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Trying out a new bat signal on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was created by local artist Chris Day.
- Music, Concert Preview Sep 20, 2019
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French disco legend Cerrone touches down at Smart Bar
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Jun 4, 2019
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Disco diva Loleatta Holloway got a second wind from house music
She had her biggest hits in the late 70s, but the rise of sampling helped keep her on the charts for decades longer.
- Music, Music Feature Jan 24, 2018
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Mark Grusane has forgotten more about dance music than you’ll ever know
The cofounder of defunct south-side shop Mr. Peabody Records talks about the insanely rare and sought-after tracks he’s sharing on The Real Sound of Mark Grusane.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Dec 30, 2017
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Wow, man, that Beatnik has seen some places . . .
But now the Ukrainian Village clubstaurant would do well to settle down.
- Music, Music Feature Oct 18, 2017
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Star Creature Universal Vibrations transfigures boogie for the 21st century
Tim Zawada and Ben Van Dyke’s label helps turn the far-flung fans of this resurgent postdisco dance music into an evolving community.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Sep 11, 2017
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Master Plan fused Chicago house music with Latin freestyle in the mid-80s
Pepper Gomez and Tom O'Callaghan got their start as Master Plan by winning a Columbia College contest, and three years ago Still Music reissued their biggest track.
- Arts & Culture, Book Review Jul 6, 2016
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Disco Demolition Night according to its ringmaster, Steve Dahl
A new book is a patchy, occasionally biased portrayal of the infamous promotional stunt.
- Best of Chicago, Reasons to love Chicago Jun 23, 2016
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V103 is too good for FM radio
If it didn’t have commercials it would also be better than most satellite stations.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 7, 2016
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How the Numero Group tracked down obscure Chicago disco-funk outfit Universal Togetherness Band
Watch an "instruction manual for how to make a Numero Group release."
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 19, 2014
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Soul Jazz's encyclopedia of disco-record cover art will make crate diggers swoon
Soul Jazz releases the drool-worthy Disco: An Encyclopedic Guide to the Cover Art of Disco Records.
- 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
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 1, 2013
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Disco once again finds a place on the pop charts
Drake and the Arcade Fire revive a darkly funky sound.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 3, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: Tiger & Woods's disco cut-up of Escort's disco single "Barbarians"
The mysterious disco-edit team take their approach directly to the Brooklyn band's original track.
- Music, Music Feature May 23, 2013
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The return of Dance Mania Records
Twelve years after it folded, the Chicago label that helped birth ghetto house, juke, and footwork music makes a play for the new EDM crowd.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 11, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: The Dismemberment Plan, "The Dismemberment Plan Gets Rich"
Today's 12 O'Clock Track is "The Dismemberment Plan Gets Rich," from the dancy postpunks in the Dismemberment Plan.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 18, 2013
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Deep into disco with a Tom Moulton mix
A legendary relic from dance-music history turns up for free.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 23, 2012
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A Q&A with Midnight Magic
Brooklyn neo-disco at Schubas this weekend
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 14, 2011
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Ads From the Past: April 23, 1976
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 10, 2011
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Ads From the Past: February 6, 1976
- Music, Music Feature Jan 27, 2011
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Gold Records and White Labels
An insightful box set reconciles disco’s old reputation as a popular plague with its new one as a mystery cult.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 16, 2009
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Los Amigos Invisibles: Whither South America?
Venezuelan expats Los Amigos Invisibles add another layer of slick to their already disposable neo-disco.
- Music, Music Column Aug 19, 2009
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Chrissy Murderbot Has Dance Music in His DNA
Under that plaid blazer is one of the midwest's sharpest dance-music vectors.
