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- Blogs, Bleader Oct 4, 2016
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An obscure Brazilian masterpiece gets another chance
The brilliant 1970 José Mauro album Obnoxius, never released in its day, gets reissued again.
- Music, Record Roundup Jul 1, 2014
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Robin Thicke's morbidly fascinating Paula and 15 more record reviews
Eight Reader writers take on 16 albums—including White Lung's witchy two-minute mantras, Monarch's crawling tectonic doom, and Sir Michael Rocks's bleakly sunny party rap.
- Music, Music Feature Jun 18, 2014
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Patrick Haggerty carries on the spirit of Lavender Country
Forty years later, the man behind the first gay country record has teamed up with a former Chicagoan to reach out to another marginalized population.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music May 29, 2014
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: The Chicago Triangle
Permanent Records is reissuing the long-lost debut LP from this oddball Latin-rock group.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Feb 20, 2014
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Epicycle
Their brief career ended more than 30 years ago, but this North Shore punk band is still inspiring reissues today.
- Music, Music Feature Dec 31, 2013
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Unlicensed to ill
Bootleg rap and R&B vinyl is thriving, even though most of the music is easy to buy or free to download.
- Music, In Rotation Oct 21, 2013
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In Rotation: Artist Heather Gabel on Lungfish's secret truths
Plus: The Reader's Kevin Warwick on Tweens' "nasty doo-wop" and artist Amanda Joy Calobrisi on Mazzy Star's consoling strength
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 12, 2013
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New jazz rarities from the tastemakers at Dusty Groove
A new partnership with reissue label Real Gone Music yields three terrific reissues from the vaults of Prestige.
- Music, Music Feature May 8, 2013
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What music's outsiders and oddballs got up to before the Internet
A new coffee-table book and CD set documents the weird bygone world of private-press records.
- Music, Music Feature Mar 25, 2013
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Getting back to Marcos Valle
This Brazilian singer-songwriter’s best records came out more than 40 years ago and just got their first U.S. release.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 30, 2013
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New goodies from the vaults of Bakersfield country legend Buck Owens
Omnivore Recordings uncovers some previously unreleased treasures of Bakersfield-style country.
- Music, Three Beats Nov 21, 2012
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Three Beats: Chance the Rapper pushes Acid Rap at Metro
Plus: Disappears play Rainbo for a bartender shot in the face, and Dusty Groove returns to the reissue biz with Real Gone
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 12, 2012
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The enduring soul of Julius Hemphill
Two albums featuring brilliant reedist Julius Hemphill made a deep impact in 2011
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 14, 2010
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More Musical Riches From West Africa's Seemingly Inexhaustible Supply
Analog Africa digs up another chest of West African treasure: "Afro-Beat Airways" demonstrates how far the genre could range from Fela Kuti's template.
- Music, Music Column Mar 4, 2010
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The Evangelist
Robert Manis—the record collector who brought Death to Drag City—starts his own reissue label.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 10, 2009
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Ain't You Heard About a Nightclub Called the Nice Nice?
The new Lifter Puller reissues, this week in Sharp Darts
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 25, 2009
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Herbert Wiley's second go-round
Wiley & the Checkmates serve up reconstituted old-school soul at the Hideout on Saturday night.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 2, 2009
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Adventures in minstrelsy with Polk Miller
A reissued artifact from one of the more ignominious chapters of America's musical past is up for a Grammy this weekend.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 22, 2009
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The Numero Group goes live
The Numero Group announces two new series in its ever expanding reissue universe--and an old-school soul revue in April at Park West.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 18, 2007
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Mingus from the vaults
A newly discovered 1964 concert by the Charles Mingus Sextet kicks serious ass.
- Music, Music Review Aug 2, 2001
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Heavy Meddling
