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Music, Music Review Aug 21, 2020
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Matmos have 99 collaborators but a bore ain’t one
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Music Review, Matmos, The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form, Thrill Jockey Records, EDM, experimental music, sound art, Yo La Tengo, Pig Destroyer, Vicki Bennett, People Like Us, J. Lesser, BPM, collaboration, group work, Recommended, Video

Music, Music Review May 15, 2020
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The Soft Pink Truth traffics in revelations on Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase?
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Music Review, Thrill Jockey, The Soft Pink Truth, Drew Daniel, Matmos, Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase?, Romans, A Chance to Cut is a Chance to Cure, Why Do the Heathen Rage?, Horse Lords, Andrew Bernstein, Baltimore, Maryland, M.C. Schmidt, Jana Hunter, Colin Self, Angel Deradoorian, John Berndt, EDM, Recommended

Music, Concert Preview Mar 6, 2020
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Workaholic superstar DJ Steve Aoki exudes optimism at every turn
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Concert Preview, Steve Aoki, Dim Mak, Heartattack, EDM, Envy, Blue: The Color of Noise, St. Martin's Press, Neon Future IV, Backstreet Boys, Los Angeles, pop music, Aragon, Recommended, Video

Blogs, Bleader Oct 15, 2018
German pop princess Kim Petras gets dark and campy with a Halloween-themed mixtape

Kim Petras opens for South African singer-songwriter Troye Sivan at the Chicago Theatre this weekend.
- By Julia Hale
- Tags: Music, Do This, Kim Petras, Halloween, Elvira Mistress of the Dark, mixtape, Troye Sivan, spooky, EDM, pop, music, culture, art, techno, goth pop, bubblegum pop, Turn Off the Light Vol. 1

Blogs, Bleader Oct 4, 2018
Fulton Market venue the Mid announces its pending closure

You've got till February 2019 to say good-bye to the EDM-focused club.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music, Closing, The Mid, Lucas King, Nick Karounos, EDM, Skrillex, Kaskade, Derrick Carter, Green Velvet, React Presents, SFX

Blogs, Bleader May 1, 2017
Researchers are exhuming World’s Fair serial killer H.H. Holmes’s body to determine if he escaped execution, and other Chicago news

Also, CPD superintendent Eddie Johnson’s car was broken into over the weekend.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, H.H. Holmes, Devil in the White City, 1893 World’s Fair, Hyde Park, Chicago history, Eddie Johnson, Chicago Police Department, Jeff Sessions, Department of Justice, police reform, Barack Obama, Michael Pfleger, Richard M. Daley, Rahm Emanuel, City Hall, David Orr, cold cases, Lisa Stebic, Planfield, missing people, The Chainsmokers, EDM, Rosemont, Huntley High School

Blogs, Bleader Sep 16, 2016
An Evening of Dance With MacArthur Fellows puts genius onstage

In honor of the 35th anniversary of the MacArthur Fellowships, a free performance featuring five fellows from the dance world.
- By Matt de la Peña
- Tags: MacArthur Fellowship, genius grant, An Evening of Dance With MacArthur Fellows, Kyle Abraham, Abraham.in.Motion, Dearest Home, Michelle Dorrance, Dorrance Dance, tap, Nicholas Young, Boards and Chains, EDM, ETM: Double Down, MCASusan Marshall, Kiss, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Harris Theater, Merce Cunningham, Springweather and People, Erin Dowd, Forrest Hersey, Mark Morris, Pacific, Mark Morris Dance Group

Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Sep 2, 2016
Five best bets for fall dance 2016

The Seldoms, the Joffrey Ballet, and more
- By Matt de la Peña
- Tags: Fall Preview, The Seldoms, The Fifth, Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, Joffrey Ballet, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare 400 Chicago, Krystoff Pastor, Silvio Berlusconi, Auditorium Theatre, Zephyr Dance, Valice 13, Defibrillator Gallery, Michelle Kranicke, Molly Strom, David Sundry, Dorrance Dance, ETM: Double Down, Michelle Dorrance, tap dancing, Chicago Humanities Festival, Ephrat "Bounce" Asherie, EDM, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Alejandro Cerrudo, Brian Brooks, Fall Series, Harris Theater, Alejandro Cerrudo, Sarabande, Falling Angels, Jiři Kylián, Steve Reich

Music, Pitchfork Jul 15, 2015
Electronic dance music shows its many faces at Pitchfork

Some look forward and some look back, and not all may benefit from the outdoors—but the genre's vigorous diversity can only be a good thing.
- By Tal Rosenberg and Sasha Geffen
- Tags: Pitchfork, Pitchfork Music Festival, electronic dance music, EDM, Caribou, Sophie, Todd Terje, Bitchin' Bajas, Shamir, Future Brown, Clark, Jamie XX, A.G. Cook

Film, Movie Review Jun 24, 2015
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The thrill of techno is alive in the French drama Eden

A young DJ spends 20 years chasing the euphoria of his first brush with garage techno in Mia Hansen-Løve's latest.
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Movie Review, Mia Hansen-Løve, Eden, Goodbye First Love, Félix de Givry, techno, house music, EDM, Laura Smet, Golshifteh Farahani, Recommended

Music, Music Feature Apr 29, 2015
How the USA fell for EDM, chapter one

In these excerpts from his lively and meticulous new book, The Underground Is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America, longtime Reader contributor Michaelangelo Matos chronicles the three-decade ascent of EDM.
- By Michaelangelo Matos
- Tags: Music Feature, The Underground Is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America, EDM, The Underground Is Massive, Michaelangelo Matos, The Power Plant, The Warehouse, Frankie Knuckles, Derrick May, Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson, house music, techno, Cybotron, Kraftwerk, Detroit, Roland TR-909, Importes Etc., Ron Hardy, Farley Keith, the Muzic Box, Farley "Jackmaster" Funk, Craig Loftis, Eddie Fowlkes, Jamie Principle, Robert Owens, Adonis, 7 Ways to Jack, Acid Tracks, Phuture, Chicago Trax, Steve "Silk" Hurley, Keith Nunnally, J.M. Silk, Music Is the Key, DJ Pierre, Jesse Saunders, Roland TB-303, Marshall Jefferson, Chicago Connection, Dance Mania, Mark Imperial, House Nation, Rocky Jones, D.J. International, the Rapping Lawyer, Larry Sherman, Screamin' Rachael, Lewis Pitzele, Trax Records, Michael Schiniou, DJ Jazzy M. Jefferson, Alfredo Fiorito, DJ Alfredo

Blogs, Bleader Jan 20, 2015
Former Chicagoan Brenmar's debut EP for Fool's Gold fulfills his dance-music promise

The DJ-producer returns to town tomorrow to celebrate the release of his new EP, Award.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Do This, Music, Bill Salas, Brenmar, Award, Fool's Gold, Miles Raymer, EDM, Primary Nightclub

Blogs, Bleader Oct 24, 2014
More than a dozen concertgoers were hospitalized at Skrillex's Navy Pier show last weekend

The latest drug-related concert incident furthers concerns about EDM's safety.
- By Sasha Geffen
- Tags: Broken, Music, skrillex, edm, drugs

Blogs, Bleader May 8, 2014
12 O'Clock Track: Breezy Montana melds regional dances on 'Strike a Pose'

One of the leaders of the bop sound instructs listeners to bop and drop that Nae Nae (among other things) with his new supercharged EDM tune.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Hip-Hop, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Breezy Montana, Strike a Pose, bop, hip-hop, EDM, Nae Nae

Blogs, Bleader Dec 30, 2013
Flosstradamus talks trap and the power of second chances

Chicago DJ group bounces back to become the biggest thing in hip-hop-EDM hybrids.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Technology, Music, Flosstradamus, Casino, Chicago, EDM, trap music

Blogs, Bleader Dec 13, 2013
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Flosstradamus live from the Internet

Local trap duo previews their upcoming NYE gig via live stream.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Do This, Music, Flosstradamus, Casino, Future, Chicago, trap music, EDM, hip-hop, the Internet, Audio

Blogs, Bleader Nov 15, 2013
12 O'Clock Track: Kitty (Pryde) is back with the trippy and dreamy "Second Life"

Florida's best white-girl rapper Kitty has leaked a new song from her upcoming record.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Kitty, Kitty Pryde, Second Life, Okay Cupid, Danny Brown, trance, EDM, hip-hop, rap, Florida

Music, Record Roundup Oct 21, 2013
Ryan Hemsworth's cleaned-up, poppy Guilt Trips and 15 more record reviews

Nine Reader writers tackle 16 albums, including Omar Souleyman’s proper studio debut and the Dismemberment Plan's unembarrassing reunion record.
- By Peter Margasak, Leor Galil, Miles Raymer, Kevin Warwick, Monica Kendrick, Bill Meyer, Luca Cimarusti, Tosten Burks, and Philip Montoro
- Tags: Record Roundup, records, Daniel Bachman, Tompkins Square, acoustic guitar, Bardo Pond, CCR Headcleaner, Pizza Burglar, Circle, Mamiffer, Faith Coloccia, Aaron Turner, Isis, Diplo, twerking, rap, EDM, pop music, Dismemberment Plan, J. Robbins, Tim Hecker, sound artists, Ryan Hemsworth, tenor saxophone, Gilbert Holmström, jazz, Swedish jazz, Kranky, Last Gang, Moserobie, Jumalhamara, black metal, Ahdistuksen Aihio Productions, Ryan Muncy, Ensemble dal Niente, Anubis Quartet, saxophone, Oranssi Pazuzu, Pusha T, Svart, 20 Buck Spin, GOOD Music, Def Jam, Omar Souleyman, dabke singers, mejwiz, Rizan Sa'id, Linda Thompson, folk music, Anna McGarrigle, Will Yip, b-sides

Music, Music Sidebar Aug 27, 2013
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Beats, jams, and rhymes at the 2013 North Coast Music Festival

Afrojack, Danny Brown, the Wu-Tang Clan, Purity Ring, Just Blaze, AlunaGeorge, and lots more.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music Sidebar, North Coast Music Festival, EDM, hip-hop, jam bands, Passion Pit, Wu-Tang Clan, Afrojack, Big Gigantic, Queensbridge, Nas, Disco Biscuits, Laidback Luke, Mac Miller, A-Trak, Purity Ring, New Romantics, Danny Brown, Jay Z, AlunaGeorge, Just Blaze, Cam'ron, "Oh Boy", T.I., "Live Your Life", Brooklyn, Flatbush Zombies, Supreme Cuts, The-Drum, Video

Music, Record Roundup Aug 19, 2013
Earl Sweatshirt's humane, heartbreaking Doris and 14 more record reviews

Seven Reader writers want you to hear Sich Mang's seizure-inducing psychedelic EDM and No Age's experimental two-chord punk—and that's just for starters.
- By Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer, Leor Galil, Kevin Warwick, Luca Cimarusti, Bill Meyer, and Philip Montoro
- Tags: Record Roundup, records, Dewey Balfa, The Bug, Ace, Ninja Tune, Kevin Martin, EDM, EPs, anthologies, Danny Brown, dubstep, dancehall, Flowdan, The Dead C, Ba Da Bing!, Destruction Unit, Sacred Bones, R. Rousseau, Earl Sweatshirt, Columbia, Tan Cressida, Nathan Abshire, Odd Future, rap, mixtapes, Complex, The New Yorker, RZA, Frank Ocean, The Neptunes, M. Geddes Gengras, Thrill Jockey, experimental music, Moog, improvisations, Albert Heath, Ethan Iverson, Ben Street, Albert "Tootie" Heath, Sunnyside, Bad Plus, Smalls, accordian, swing, free jazz, jazz, bossa nova, Kandodo, Simon Price, The Heads, The Mallard, Castle Face, No Age, Sub Pop, noise punk, garage rock, postpunk, Sich Mang, Rainbow Body, Eric Lee Gale, Rand Sevilla, wurkstep, Dobrinka Tabakova, ECM, Cajun music, cello, strings, concertos, Vattnet Viskar, black metal, Venom P. Stinger, Drag City, Century Media, Mick Turner, Jim White, Alan Secher-Jensen, Dugald MacKenzie, Chelsea Wolfe, Sargent House, folk music, Pine Grove Boys, Balfa Brothers, BLuebird Records, Rayne-Bo Ramblers, Will Balfa

Music, Music Feature Aug 1, 2013
Video
Saturday: Lollapalooza 2013 according to Reader writers

Our hour-by-hour itinerary of the bands most worth seeing on the festival's second day
- By Kevin Warwick, Peter Margasak, Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer, and Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Shovels & Rope, Cary Ann Hearst, Michael Trent, Darcelo D2, Skunk, Planet Hemp, Jordan Cook, Reignwolf, Court Yard Hounds, The Dixie Chicks, Martie Maguire, Emily Robinson, Baauer, EDM, Eric Church, Heartless Bastards, Kendrick Lamar, hip-hop, Supreme Cuts, pop, R&B, dance music, ShowYouSuck, Yen Tech, Tree, The Postal Service, Ben Gibbard, Jimmy Tamborello, Video

Music, Music Feature Jul 30, 2013
How to make the most of Lollapalooza 2013

Our top 29 acts to take you from gates open to lights-out—and photos and video recaps of our favorite performances, too.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Music Feature, Lollapalooza, lollapalooza.com, 1990s, alternative rock, Grant Park, Grant Park, Nine Inch Nails, The Cure, New Order, Perry Farrell, Steve Agnello, Major Lazer, EDM, Baauer, Green Street, Chow Town, food, Graham Elliot, Farmers Market, tents, corporate sponsors, tickets, Platinum Pass

Blogs, Bleader Jul 9, 2013
Video
Avicii goes (sorta) folk

EDM megastar bites beardos for new single
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: On the Charts, Music, Avicii, Tiesto, Lumineers, Mumford & Sons, on the charts, folk music, EDM, Video

Blogs, Bleader May 24, 2013
Reader's Agenda Fri 5/24: Electric Daisy Carnival, Irish Fest, and Carol Horton

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, May 24
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Electric Daisy Carnival, EDM, Joliet, David Guetta, Nadastrom, Tiesto, Empire of the Sun, Chicago Gaelic Park, Irish Fest, 57th Street Books, Carol Horton, 21st Century Yoga: Culture Politics and Practice, Yoga Ph.D.: Integrating the Life of the Mind and the Wisdom of the Body

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.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, EDM, Gant-Man, Spin, David Quam, dance music, DJ Funk, DJ Slugo, electronic dance music, ghetto house, house music, juke, Duane Buford, Trax Records, Larry Sherman, Vince Lawrence, disco, Bright Star, footwork music, record labels, Dance Mania Records, Ray Barney, Victor Parris Mitchell, Paul Johnson, Traxman, Cornelius Ferguson, DJ Funk, Charles Chambers, Robert Armani, Michaelangelo Matos, Chicago Reader, books, history, raves, rave history, Midwest Raves, Daft Punk, Wax Master, Steve Mizek, Argot, Tasteful Nudes, Little White Earbuds, Barney's Records, Willie Barney, Barney's Swing Shop, record distribution, record stores, Jesse Saunders, Bradley University, Video

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