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- Music, Music Review Nov 26, 2020
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Electronic innovators Cabaret Voltaire make a mind-bending return on Shadow of Fear
- Music, Music Review Oct 29, 2020
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New York label Freedom to Spend ventures into the field with the compilation New Neighborhoods
- Music, Music Review Sep 19, 2020
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Zora Jones’s Ten Billion Angels is an electronic fantasy inspired by tentacle porn
- Music, Gig Poster of the Week Jul 29, 2020
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Get in formation on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was created by Chicago artist Terrell Davis.
- Music, Gig Poster of the Week Jul 23, 2020
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A techno panopticon on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was designed by DJ M. Sylvia using visual elements from Andrew Panahon and Tima Fei.
- Music, Music Review Jun 5, 2020
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On Yannis Kyriakides and Andy Moor’s Pavilion, the musicians are also the exhibit
- Music, Music Review May 22, 2020
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Chicago experimental electronic producer K-Rad makes serenity now
- Music, Concert Preview Feb 14, 2020
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Dorian Electra’s Flamboyant is an ode to being extra
- Blogs, Bleader May 19, 2018
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Fever Ray’s erotically charged electro-pop dazzles at any time of night
Fever Ray added an early show at Metro after the late one sold out, raising the question of how well sexy dance parties mesh with evening commutes.
- Film, Artist on Artist Mar 27, 2018
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Minimal techno master Wolfgang Voigt returns to his ‘imaginary, misty forest’
On the eve of the first Chicago concert in nine years by his most beloved project, Gas, he answers questions from Whitney Johnson of Matchess.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 24, 2017
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Steve Mizek’s Argot label celebrates five years of top-shelf electronic music
Plus: Cole’s hosts a Halloween cover-band benefit for Mexico and Puerto Rico, and Mute Duo pair their taut, atmospheric sound with the art of Dmitry Samarov.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 18, 2017
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Electronic acts Black Hat and World War make beats for the space between your ears
This week eccentric Chicago label Hausu Mountain releases Black Hat's Impossible World and World War's Soundsystem.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 13, 2017
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Young M.A, a new series at Kusanya Cafe, Slo ’Mo’s fifth anniversary, and more music stories from around the Web
Over the past week the Reader has collected these music stories that are still worth your time today.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Dec 13, 2016
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FeelTrip launches a cold-blooded dance-music label
Plus: Ryan Ensley of Shiloh returns with the twangy new Sonny Falls, and Kweku Collins signs LPs at Shuga Records.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 11, 2016
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Chicago label Deep Space Objects compiles a constellation of diverse electronic tracks
Plus: Argot releases the serenely funky 90s house of Shifty Science, Lord Mantis drummer Bill Bumgardner dies at 35, and more.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 22, 2016
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Cook County doubles down: Rap, rock, country, and DJ sets are not ‘fine arts,’ not exempt from amusement tax
At Cook County's latest hearing on its small-venue amusement-tax exemption, the government dealt several businesses a blow that could eventually cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars apiece.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 4, 2016
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IPRA doesn't have records of six police-involved shootings, and other Chicago news
Also, the city will start testing tap water for lead on higher-risk streets.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 26, 2014
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Reader's Agenda Thu 6/26: Back Lot Bash, Burn the Black Dog, and Future Sound Fest
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, June 26
- Music, Record Roundup May 19, 2014
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Lily Allen's almost annoyingly catchy Sheezus and 15 more record reviews
Nine Reader writers sift through a musical farrago that includes Ben Frost's defibrillating body music, Dawn Golden's alchemical electro-pop, and Sleaford Mods' grimly minimalist postpunk.
- 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 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 Dec 12, 2013
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The People Issue: The B Side
Someone doesn’t have to be famous to be interesting—and that's just as true in the Chicago music scene as it is anywhere else.
- Music, In Rotation Nov 18, 2013
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In Rotation: Matt Clark of White/Light on Nile Rodgers's winterized boats
Plus: Reader writer Leor Galil on East of the Rock, Mark Greenberg of the Mayfair Workshop on Lucius's locked-in harmonies, and more
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Sep 4, 2013
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Vyto B
The scoop on the eclectic enigma behind First Chips and Tricentennial 2076, straight from the man himself
- Music, Music Feature Jul 30, 2013
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Sunday: Lollapalooza 2013 according to Reader writers
Our hour-by-hour itinerary of the bands most worth seeing on the festival's third day
