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- City Life, Public Service Announcement Nov 6, 2020
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Music makes the people come together
Upcoming events and distractions from our listings coordinator
- Music, Music Feature Oct 26, 2020
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Remembering Benji Espinoza, champion of Chicago house music
His work for Quantum Distributors and the D.J. International label helped boost house into its exalted place in the global pop pantheon.
- Music, Music Review Oct 12, 2020
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After influencing pop for decades, veteran Chicago producer the Twilite Tone drops his solo debut
- Music, Gig Poster of the Week Sep 2, 2020
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Roll up for the percolator on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was created by singer, DJ, and producer Green Velvet, aka Cajmere.
- Music, Music Feature Aug 14, 2020
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Dave ‘Medusa’ Shelton was a fairy godmother to Chicago’s club scene
He didn’t just found the legendary Medusa’s—he also helped everyone in his orbit shine like a star.
- Music, Music Review Jul 7, 2020
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Park Hye Jin’s house music transforms your room into an emotive, prismatic dance floor
- Music, Music Feature Jul 3, 2020
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Cadien Lake James’s greatest moment in Chicago music history
The Twin Peaks guitarist honors the lessons that the city’s early house scene taught today’s DIY garage rockers.
- Music, Music Feature Jun 9, 2020
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Vince Lawrence’s greatest moment in Chicago music history
The house-music pioneer remembers the huge scene-defining parties he helped throw as a teenager.
- Music, Music Review May 8, 2020
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Chicago footwork master DJ Taye invokes the rapid pace of our changing times on Pyrot3k
- Music, Gossip Wolf Nov 26, 2019
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Forest Management drops an ambient record made from Debussy vinyl
Plus: The Chosen Few celebrate the legacy of Sauer’s with a Thanksgiving house and disco party, and Twin Peaks bring their big band to the Riviera.
- 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, Music Feature Sep 16, 2019
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The B-52s gave Chicago one last gift at Riot Fest
Even if they really are retiring from the road, they’ve left a permanent mark on the city through their influence on house music.
- Music, Music Feature Aug 19, 2019
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Photos from the 3 Yards Bangin’ House Fest
The three backyards where this party started aren't big enough for Chicagoans' love of house—so now the festival happens on a blocked-off street next to a high school.
- Music, Gig Poster of the Week Jul 24, 2019
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A very simple rebus on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was designed by Chicago-based artist Crystal Zapata.
- Music, Music Feature Jul 9, 2019
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Photos: The grill masters of the Chosen Few Picnic
More music festivals should let fans cook for each other.
- Music, Concert Preview Jun 27, 2019
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The Chosen Few Picnic is the homegrown festival every Chicagoan should attend
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jun 26, 2019
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Urban Theater Company re-creates the house music scene from Back in the Day
But the dance sequences undermine the attempts to address serious issues.
- Music, Music Feature May 21, 2019
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Plugging into Chicago’s forgotten house venues
For decades, house music has shaped pop worldwide—but many of the spaces that birthed it here disappeared so quickly they barely left a trace.
- Music, Concert Preview May 17, 2019
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The 2019 Chicago House Music Conference and Festival goes deep on local dance culture
- Music, Music Feature Feb 28, 2019
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Marcus Mixx has lost his home, but he still has house
While his early records fetch hundreds of dollars apiece from a cult of collectors, he just wants a space of his own to make his new tracks.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Aug 28, 2018
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Chicago producer Larry Sturm worked with Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley and Naked Raygun—just for starters
His influential career took him from house and punk to gigs for the likes of Prince, Destiny's Child, and Michael Jackson.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Aug 7, 2018
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Steve Hauschildt of Emeralds celebrates a new album of crystalline ambient techno
Plus: Thirsty Ears Festival brings classical to the streets, while My House Music Festival makes with the beats.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jul 17, 2018
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RIP to beloved Chicago house DJ and producer Sean Haley
Plus: Punk Rock and Donuts throws a Pilsen Reads! benefit, local pop-rock band Bike Cops celebrate their debut full-length, and more.
- Music, Music Feature Jul 5, 2018
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Chicago label Still Music rescues decades of house history from a south-side storage locker
Jerome Derradji is restoring dozens of decaying reel-to-reel tapes and releasing their contents—including unissued tracks and DJ mixes from some of the genre’s early giants.
- Music, Music Feature Apr 19, 2018
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Entertainment lawyer Jay B. Ross fought for the people who made the music he loved
An expert negotiator, he went to bat for stars as big as James Brown and Muddy Waters, but he also clawed back royalties for countless forgotten artists who’d never gotten their due.
