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Music, The Listener Sep 14, 2020
Rediscovering New Zealand shoulda-beens Straitjacket Fits

Flying Nun Records has revived the band's catalog, giving it a second chance at the huge audience it deserved.
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: The Listener, Straitjacket Fits, Melt, Hail, Flying Nun, Shayne Carter, Andrew Brough, John Collie, David Wood, New Zealand, Down in Splendour, reissue

Music, Music Feature Jul 8, 2020
Video
The return of Captain Sky

Chicago’s funk superhero releases his first album in 40 years—and this time his mission includes mentoring Black teenagers on the south side.
- By Aaron Cohen
- Tags: Music Feature, Captain Sky, Daryl Cameron, funk, Captain Sky Cre8tive Conceptz, Cre8tive Conceptz, The Adventures of Captain Sky, Pop Goes the Captain, Concerned Party #1, The Whole 9, Mentoring and Leadership Essentials, MALE, Sugarhill Gang, Rapper’s Delight, South Side Movement, Bionic Band, Aura, Soul Train, Super Sporm, So So Good, I Wanna Praise Your Name, Washington Heights, south side, Sheryl Sawyer, Eddie Thomas, AVI, Donald Burnside, Rodney Clark, Danny Leake, Danny Leake, Vince Lawrence, Dexter Griffin, Bootsy Collins, Afrika Bambaataa, Planet Rock, Public Enemy, You’re Gonna Get Yours, Keith Stewart, Yvonne Gage, I Just Wanna Have Some Fun, If We Believe, Turn On tha’ Juice, Jerome Derradji, reissue, Still Music, Past Due, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Jul 7, 2020
Naperville teen punks Protagonists get reissued after 35 years

Plus: Indie-pop trio Gosh Diggity add a little muscle to their tender sound, and Le Tour posthumously release what didn’t quite become their third album.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Protagonists, Alona’s Dream, reissue, Phil Bonnet, Naperville, 1983-1985, Le Tour, S/T 2020, Gosh Diggity, Banana Brains, Bedtime for Bonzos, I’m Afraid of Hating Everyone, Patrick Campbell

Music, Music Feature Nov 27, 2019
Video
Gifts to teach hip-hop heads their history

Each of these reissues helps unfold a different chapter in the rich narrative of the Chicago scene.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, hip-hop, rap, Chicago hip-hop history, reissue, DaWreck, Triple Darkness, E.C. Illa, Live From the Ill, E.C. Illa Dissecting Live From the Ill, Big Herc Collections, Chicago Trax, Legendary Traxster, Kay-Tone, Dane Roewade, D 2 tha S, Funky Like This 94, Doomsday, It Don’t Stop, Common, TuneIn, Place in Sound, Anthony Valadez, chopper rapping, ghetto house, Chief Keef, drill, Wren Graves, Chance the Rapper, Coloring Book, Kanye West, LEP Bogus Boys, King Louie, GOOD Music, I Don't Like, Icy Palms, Cause 4 a Riot!, Wildstyle, Kevin Beacham, M.C Def Ski, Rap Tyrant, Rubberoom, Kevin Johnson, Fanum, Gothic Architecture, Nacrobats, Pugs Atomz, Closed Sessions, Ruby Hornet, Alex Fruchter, DJ RTC, Closed Sessions Vol. 1, Closed Sessions Vol. 2, vinyl, United Technique Studio, Lower Links, Rae Nimeh, Elastic Recordings, 3-2-1 Records, Architechnology, HHV, Boggie Cramb, Sterling Price, Offwhyte, Psalm One, Open Mike Eagle, Jugrnaut, Lyric District, Andre Vasquez, Optimus Prime, Infinito 2017, Culture Power45, A in the Square, A Love Supreme, Lava Lounge, Soundscape, Michael Kolar, Curren$y, Tony Baines, Bun B, Skyzoo, Fresh Academy, Kidz in the Hall, Mikkey Halsted, Fake Shore Drive, Dark Matter, Video

Music, Music Feature Nov 20, 2019
Slideshow Video
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.
- By Jack Riedy
- Tags: Music Feature, Prince, 1999, house music, house, reissue, influence, Warner Brothers, Felix da Housecat, We All Wanna Be Prince, the Revolution, Purple Rain, For You, WDAI, disco, Herb Kent, Punk Out, WXFM, Jesse Saunders, On and On, Soft and Wet, Sexy Dancer, Vince Lawrence, I Wanna Be Your Lover, Jack Your Body, Dirty Mind, Steve “Silk” Hurley, Farley “Jackmaster” Funk, Melvin Oliphant III, Traxx, Do Me, Baby, Let’s Pretend We’re Married, Head, Harold “Big Ed” Matthews, Paisley Park, Jamie Principle, Your Love, Frankie Knuckles, Adrienne Jett, Byron Walford, Jamie Starr, Warehouse, Muzic Box, Jermaine Stewart, The Word Is Out, queer, Controversy, Linn LM-1 Drum Computer, LinnDrum, Mattel Synsonics, Funk You Up, Love Can’t Turn Around, Real Love, It’s About House (Off Beat Acid Mix), Trax Records, J.R.’s House Co., Let’s Go Crazy, Cat Glover, The Black Album, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Oberheim OB-8, Dance Music Sex Romance, Per Nilsen, Lovesexy, J.M. Silk, Music Is the Key, Cindy C., Gett Off, Z Factor, Uptown Theatre, Park West, My Name Is Prince, The Future, Do Your Dance, Slideshow, Video

Music, In Rotation Sep 19, 2019
Video
Magic Ian of Maximum Pelt on mixtape releases that feel like personal gifts

Plus: Adam Schubert of Cafe Racer on a band that’s honest about the messiness of recovery, Reader staff writer Leor Galil on the song the Frogs gave to Billy Corgan, and more
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: In Rotation, Frogs, the Frogs, Pleasure, It’s Only Right and Natural, the End of All, reissue, Jimmy Flemion, Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins, 1979, Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, Champion Sound Band, Whatever, Anastasia Antoinette, Flesh of the Stars, Mercy, Mississippi Records, Magic Ian, Maximum Pelt, mixtape, tape series, Negative Scanner, Oozing Wound, Bricktown, Adam Schubert, Cafe Racer, Ruins, Husk, Crack Cloud, Bunny, Alexa Viscius, Ohtis, Pervert Blood, Curve of Earth, Tim Makowski, Jessica Viscius, Video

Music, In Rotation Jul 9, 2019
Video
Macie Stewart of Ohmme on a band to smile and dance to

Plus: Dave Collis of Slow Mass on a group you shouldn’t avoid for their name, Reader writer Leor Galil on a new reissue by long-gone Chicago postpunks Algebra Suicide, and more
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: In Rotation, Presenting, zine, Miranda Reinert, Retirement Party, Avery Springer, Algebra Suicide, Dark Entries, Lydia Tomkiw, Still Life, reissue, Ian Fink, The Order, Pt. 3, Dave Collis, Slow Mass, Macie Stewart, Ohmme, Big Brave, Ardor, Southern Lord, A Gaze Among Them, Tiny Desk Concert, Thou, Mannequin Pussy, Patience, Karen Meat, Pauline Oliveros, Anthology of Text Scores, Flipshot, Jurassic Park, Jeff Goldblum, remix, laugh, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf May 7, 2019
New postpunk label Chicago Research charges out of the gate

Plus: The Latin Rootz DJ crew remixes Chicago Afrobeat Project, and Alona’s Dream helps reissue the first two EPs from Chicago hardcore pioneers Articles of Faith.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Blake Karlson, Chicago Research, Bruised, Death Valley, Rotten Codex, Ariel Motto, Product KF, Songs of the Groves, postpunk, industrial, electronic, Chicago Afrobeat Project, What Goes Up, What Goes Up Remixed, Latin Rootz, Ron Trent, Maga Bo, DJ Sound Culture, Jose Marquez, Alona’s Dream, Alternative Tentacles, Articles of Faith, What We Want Is Free, Wait, reissue, Violent Pest, Pornography Glows, Porno Glows

Music, In Rotation May 2, 2019
Video
DJ King Hippo on the holy grail of Chicago spiritual jazz

Plus: Resavoir bandleader Will Miller on a fan-made mashup of Nas and MF Doom, Reader writer Leor Galil on raiding the discards pile at the library, and more
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: In Rotation, Harold Washington Library, Cambridge University Press, Popular Music, Marc Fischer, Library Excavations, Respire, Gravity & Grace, Middle-Man, Joshua Virtue, Free Snacks, Udababy, Eat Good Tape, Post Faith Dialogues, Loosey, Alejandro Ayala, King Hippo, Lumpen Radio, London, Sadiq Khan, Emma Warren, Night Czar, Make Some Space, Azymüth, Demos (1973-75), Infinite Spirit Music, Live Without Fear, Jazzman, reissue, Soji Adebayo, Will Miller, Resavoir, Whitney, Broadcast, Trish Keenan, Black Session, La Maison de la Radio, Come on Let’s Go, Nas, MF Doom, Nastradoomus, Nastradamus, Special Herbs, Video

Music, In Rotation Nov 29, 2016
Video
The U. of C.’s Seth Brodsky on Kendrick Lamar’s instructions for resistance

Plus: SAIC assistant professor Seth Kim-Cohen on why it’s not time for pretty songs, Reader writer Peter Margasak on the epitome of Memphis roots music, and more
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: In Rotation, Andrew Cyrille, The Declaration of Musical Independence, ECM, Coltrane Time, drummer, Bill Frisell, Richard Teitelbaum, Ben Street, James Luther Dickinson, Jim Dickinson, Dixie Fried, Memphis, Mac Rebennack, Dr. John, Dixie Flyers, reissue, Laurence Crane, Asamisimasa, Sound of Horse, Hubro, Paul Robeson, Donald Trump, Joanna Newsom, Divers, Sapokanikan, Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly, The Blacker the Berry, Clover Hope, Igor Stravinsky, Le Sacre du Printemps, Video

Music, Music Feature Oct 26, 2016
Video
American Football: Accidental rock stars

This downstate band became heroes to the emo scene after breaking up in obscurity—and 17 years later, they’ve returned with a second album.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, American Football, emo, reunion, Polyvinyl, Polyvinyl Records, UIUC, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Steve Lamos, Steve Holmes, Mike Kinsella, Nate Kinsella, LP2, second wave, fourth wave, reissue, Cap’n Jazz, Tim Kinsella, Braid, Birthmark, Owen, Lake Zurich, University of Colorado, Pygmalion Festival, Wheeling High School, Friction, Gauge, Danville, One Up Downstairs, Tortoise, The Sea & Cake, Steve Reich, trumpet, The Cure, Red House Painters, The One With the Tambourine, The Summer Ends, For Sure, Never Meant, Victor Villarreal, Five Silent Miles, Jorge Ledezma, Allá, Private Studios, Matt Lunsford, I’ve Been So Lost for So Long, The King of Whys, Wrecking Ball Festival, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 18, 2016
Permanent Records celebrates its odds-defying tenth anniversary

Plus: Hobbyist release a lathe-cut single benefiting the Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women’s Network, Comfort Station hosts the inaugural ZINEmercado festival, and more.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Permanent Records, tenth anniversary, Empty Bottle, Running, Counter Intuits, Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments, Times New Viking, Ron House, Jared Phillips, Matchess, Rectal Hygienics, Bill Roe, Trouble in Mind, Nude Attitude, No Dreams, Ne-Hi, Shuga Records, Manic Static, reissue, Hobbyist, Suicide, Jim Croce, 2244, Precarian Cuts, Marc Mozga, Holly Prindle, Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women’s Network, ZINEmercado, Comfort Station, Wet Wallet, zines, Logan Square

Music, In Rotation Oct 5, 2016
Video
Eternals drummer Areif Sless-Kitain on Hieroglyphic Being’s futuristic house

Plus: I Kong Kult bassist Fred Wells on the song of Jupiter’s auroras, Reader critic Peter Margasak on a rare recording of music by neglected genius Julius Eastman, and more
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: In Rotation, Julius Eastman, composer, Femenine, Unjust Malaise, S.E.M. Ensemble, Frozen Reeds, Game Theory, The Big Shot Chronicles, reissue, Scott Miller, Mitch Easter, Negro Leo, Agua Batizada, Leonardo Campelo Goncalves, Areif Sless-Kitain, I Kong Kult, Eternals, Brokeback, Paul Bowles, Morocco, Library of Congress, Dust-to-Digital, Hieroglyphic Being, The Disco’s of Imhotep, Africans With Mainframes, K.M.T., Ben Ratliff, Every Song Ever, Popcast, Fred Wells, Equiknoxx, Bird Sound Power, Demdike Stare, DDS, Juno, Jupiter, auroras, radio, Soundscaper, app, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Aug 9, 2016
Kate Fagan of Heavy Manners reissues her sought-after 1980 new-wave single

Plus: Swimsuit Addition drops a razor-sharp cassette EP, and Reggae Fest Chicago keeps its party going at a few late club shows.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Kate Fagan, Heavy Manners, I Don’t Wanna Be Too Cool, Waiting for the Crisis, Manufactured Recordings, Debonair Social Club, reissue, Neo, Yoga for Recovery, Swimsuit Addition, Tall Pat Records, Killin Time, cassette, Double Door, Burlington, Reggae Fest Chicago, Addams/Medill Park, Hepcat, Subterranean, Double Door, Akasha, Simmer Down Sound, Mykol Orthodox, TJ Fiyah Sound, Kinky P, the Graduate, Rad Brian, Marcus Iyah, Midwest Ska Fest, Hub City Stompers, Crombies, reggae

Blogs, Bleader Dec 23, 2015
Video
Bruce and Vlady's zoned-out psychedelic soul gets a badly needed reissue

Bruce and Vlady's 1970 album The Reality was reissued in September, and original copies still go for nearly $1,000 on Discogs.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, Bruce and Vlady, Blue Variations, 12 O'Clock Track, The Reality, reissue, Video

Blogs, Bleader Feb 12, 2015
Local art-rockers Ono reissue more of their long-lost catalog

Priority Male and Galactic Archive team up once again for a reissue.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Music, Ono, Ennui, Machines That Kill People, art rock, Chicago, Priority Male, Galactic Archive, State of the Arts, reissue, vinyl, Steve Krakow, Plastic Crimewave, Matthew Hord

Blogs, Bleader Jun 5, 2014
Video
Numero Group introduces Cities of Darkscorch, their first-ever board game

The local archival label's newest album packaging comes in the form of an elaborate Dungeons & Dragons-style RPG.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Do This, Things I Love, Music, Numero Group, Cities of Darkscorch, Warfaring Strangers: Darkscorch Canticles, metal, hard rock, board game, RPG, Dungeons & Dragons, reissue, Dustin Drase, Ken Shipley, Robert Soden, Video

Blogs, Bleader Oct 25, 2012
More Ono! Releases, reissues, and shows from the art-rock locals

Resurrected art-rock locals Ono not only have a new LP coming, but reissues of their first records are on the way too
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Whoa, Music, Ono, Priority Male, Plastic Crimewave, Steve Krakow, reissue, LP, Cooper Crain, Machines That Kill People

Blogs, Bleader Oct 8, 2012
Rancid to offer 2012's most ridiculous reissue set

All of the legendary punk band's music and all of the thrill of turning a record over every five minutes
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Seriously?, Whoa, Music, Rancid, Operation Ivy, Pirate Press, punk rock, vinyl, seven-inches, reissue, Rancid Essentials, Let's Go, And Out Come the Wolves, ridiculous

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Flying Nun Records has revived the band's catalog, giving it a second chance at the huge audience it deserved.

Chicago’s funk superhero releases his first album in 40 years—and this time his mission includes mentoring Black teenagers on the south side.

Plus: Indie-pop trio Gosh Diggity add a little muscle to their tender sound, and Le Tour posthumously release what didn’t quite become their third album.

Each of these reissues helps unfold a different chapter in the rich narrative of the Chicago scene.

The Purple One could hardly have avoided influencing a genre whose earliest, most ardent fans were queer Black and Brown kids.

Plus: Adam Schubert of Cafe Racer on a band that’s honest about the messiness of recovery, Reader staff writer Leor Galil on the song the Frogs gave to Billy Corgan, and more

Plus: Dave Collis of Slow Mass on a group you shouldn’t avoid for their name, Reader writer Leor Galil on a new reissue by long-gone Chicago postpunks Algebra Suicide, and more

Plus: The Latin Rootz DJ crew remixes Chicago Afrobeat Project, and Alona’s Dream helps reissue the first two EPs from Chicago hardcore pioneers Articles of Faith.

Plus: Resavoir bandleader Will Miller on a fan-made mashup of Nas and MF Doom, Reader writer Leor Galil on raiding the discards pile at the library, and more

Plus: SAIC assistant professor Seth Kim-Cohen on why it’s not time for pretty songs, Reader writer Peter Margasak on the epitome of Memphis roots music, and more

This downstate band became heroes to the emo scene after breaking up in obscurity—and 17 years later, they’ve returned with a second album.

Plus: Hobbyist release a lathe-cut single benefiting the Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women’s Network, Comfort Station hosts the inaugural ZINEmercado festival, and more.

Plus: I Kong Kult bassist Fred Wells on the song of Jupiter’s auroras, Reader critic Peter Margasak on a rare recording of music by neglected genius Julius Eastman, and more

Plus: Swimsuit Addition drops a razor-sharp cassette EP, and Reggae Fest Chicago keeps its party going at a few late club shows.

Bruce and Vlady's 1970 album The Reality was reissued in September, and original copies still go for nearly $1,000 on Discogs.

Priority Male and Galactic Archive team up once again for a reissue.

The local archival label's newest album packaging comes in the form of an elaborate Dungeons & Dragons-style RPG.

Resurrected art-rock locals Ono not only have a new LP coming, but reissues of their first records are on the way too

All of the legendary punk band's music and all of the thrill of turning a record over every five minutes

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