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Music, Concert Preview Nov 29, 2018
Recommended
The Internet put a friendly foot forward on Hive Mind
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Concert Preview, The Internet, Hive Mind, Recommended

Music, In Rotation Jul 24, 2018
Video
R&B artist Jordanna on burning down the patriarchy, then getting a manicure

Plus: Violinist and composer Lucy Little on French-Cuban twins who’ll get you moving, Reader music editor Philip Montoro on a posthumous reissue by an amazing Senegalese griot, and more
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: In Rotation, Aby Ngana Diop, Liital, Senegal, taasukat, taasu, mbalax, Awesome Tapes From Africa, Body Void, I Live Inside a Burning House, Will Ryan, Old Town School, Old Town School of Folk Music, workshops, percussion, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, Lucy Little, Sampha, Process, Blood on Me, (No One Knows Me) Like the Piano, Ibeyi, River, Ólafur Arnalds, Eulogy for Evolution, Thalia Hall, Jordanna, Kari Faux, Insecure, Lost en Los Angeles, Nai Palm, Needle Paw, Hiatus Kaiyote, Jason Guwanbal Gurruwiwi, the Internet, Ego Death, Special Affair, Video

Blogs, Bleader Mar 6, 2018
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The Pitchfork Music Festival announces its second wave of acts for 2018

Reader intern Rachel Yang returns to the Violet Hour to see who will join the 14 previously announced performers at this summer's Pitchfork Music Festival.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music, Pitchfork Music Festival, Rachel Yang, Violet Hour, Shelby Rodeffer, Camilo Medina, Pitchfork, War on Drugs, Chaka Khan, Courtney Barnett, Earl Sweatshirt, Big Thief, Mount Kimbie, Moses Sumney, Smino, Girlpool, Syd, the Internet, Kweku Collins, Zola Jesus, Julie Byrne, Berhana, Video

Blogs, Bleader Feb 12, 2018
Chicago R&B singer Ravyn Lenae brings her heavenly voice closer to earth on the new Crush EP

Ravyn Lenae reaches outside her Zero Fatigue crew to work with Odd Future-affiliated R&B guitarist and producer Steve Lacy.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Hip-Hop, Music, Ravyn Lenae, Zero Fatigue, Smino, Crush, Moon Shoes, The Night Song, Steve Lacy, Pride, Kendrick Lamar, Damn., The Internet

Blogs, Bleader Sep 16, 2016
Artist Larry Achiampong finds inspiration in Grand Theft Auto V and The Simpsons

He appears tonight at the Stony Island Arts Bank.
- By Kate Sierzputowski
- Tags: Arts, Visual Art, The Internet, Larry Achiampong, Open Season, David Logan Center for the Arts, University of Chicago, Sunday's Best, David Blandy, Finding Fanon, Frantz Fanon, Ghana, Grand Theft Auto V, The Simpsons, the Internet, memes

Blogs, Bleader Nov 10, 2014
Is Interstellar better when you're stoned?

Christopher Nolan's sci-fi epic has a few things in common with 2001: A Space Odyssey, you say? Let's put it to the test.
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Science, The Reefer, Moviegoing, Film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Andrew Sarris, cannabis, Christopher Nolan, Interstellar, Jonathan Rosenbaum, marijuana, Moviegoing, Olaf Stapledon, Ray Bradbury, science fiction, Stanley Kubrick, the Internet

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Jul 28, 2014
A new show from ComedySportz mixes social media and musical improv

The Social Musical hits high and low notes.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Performing Arts Review, ComedySportz Theatre, The Social Musical, social media, improv comedy, the Internet, Twitter, Facebook

Blogs, Bleader Jun 3, 2014
Can the Billboard Twitter Real-Time Charts separate signal from noise?

Billboard and Twitter go halves on a baby.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: On the Charts, Music, On the Charts, Billboard, Twitter, Billboard Twitter Real-Time Charts, the Internet

Blogs, Bleader May 27, 2014
Video
Paramore against the trolls and psychopaths

"Ain't It Fun" might be the cure for the Internet's toxicity.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: On the Charts, Music, Paramore, On the Charts, John Gary, Twitter, the Internet, Video

Blogs, Bleader Mar 25, 2014
Reader's Agenda Tue 3/25: James Adomian, the Internet, and "Just Yell"

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Tuesday, March 25
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Do This, Arts, James Adomian, Zanies, Syd the Kyd, the Internet, Odd Future, Matt Martians, neosoul, Bottom Lounge, Museum of Contemporary Art, Just Yell, Cheryl Pope

Blogs, Bleader Mar 24, 2014
Best shows to see: Children of Bodom, the Internet, Susanna

Best shows to see on Mon 3/24 through Wed 3/26
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Do This, Music, Best shows to see, Children of Bodom, the Internet, Susanna

Blogs, Bleader Mar 11, 2014
Video
The Chainsmokers' paint-by-numbers virality

"#SELFIE" makes a thoroughly engineered attempt at memedom
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: On the Charts, Music, The Chainsmokers, #SELFIE, On the Charts, Baauer, the Internet, memes, Steve Aoki, theAudience, Video

Blogs, Bleader Dec 13, 2013
Audio
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 Oct 10, 2013
Don Jon and Chloe in the Afternoon: Rare movies that successfully illustrate habitual action

How movies get us into a habit
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Foreign, The Internet, Film, Don Jon, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Eric Rohmer, Chloe in the Afternoon, Alain Resnais, La Guerre est Finie, habitual action, image, Afterschool, Disconnect, the Internet

Music, Record Roundup Sep 20, 2013
Danny Brown's thoughtfully raunchy Old and 15 more record reviews

Eight Reader writers take on 16 albums—including the Dirtbombs' bubblegum garage, Glasser's peculiar electro-pop, and Traxman's user-friendly footwork.
- By Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer, Leor Galil, Luca Cimarusti, Kevin Warwick, Tal Rosenberg, Bill Meyer, and Philip Montoro
- Tags: Record Roundup, Daníel Bjarnason, composers, pianists, Reykjavik Sinfonia, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Ben Frost, Valgeir Sigurdsson, Danny Brown, Fool's Gold, Bedroom Community, rappers, rap, Connections, Anyway, Adam Elliott, Times New Viking, Kevin Elliott, The Dirtbombs, In the Red, Mick Collins, Glasser, True Panther Sounds, Cameron Mesirow, Arve Henriksen, Rune Grammofon, trumpeters, oboists, Jan Bang, Erik Honoré, Ingar Zach, Lars Danielsson, The Internet, Odd Future, Syd the Kyd, beat makers, Matt Martians, Pi, Matt Mitchell, Ches Smith, Nohome, Trost, F.M Einheit, Marino Pliakas, Michael Wertmüller, Caspar Brötzmann, Warp, Oneohtrix Point Never, Daniel Lopatin, synthesizers, samples, library science, Parquet Courts, What's Your Rupture?, Iannis Xenakis, Decca, Universal Music, 20th-century classical music, tape delay, Touche Amore, Deathwish Inc., emo, screamo, Traxman, Lit City Trax, footwork, TV Ghost, Tim Gick, Charles Waters Quartet, Amish, jazz, Chris McIntyre, Andrew Barker, George Rush, mixtapes

Blogs, Bleader Jul 30, 2013
Video
Why I hope Karmin's "Acapella" flops

Ironic novelty act aims for authentic pop success and misses.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: On the Charts, Music, Karmin, YouTube, the Internet, pop music, On the Charts, irony, Video

Columns & Opinion, On Media Jul 17, 2013
On Mohamed Morsi, Al Jazeera, and censorship

There's nothing uniquely Middle Eastern about a news medium that hears one voice much more clearly than another.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, David Brooks, New York Times, Egypt, President Mohamed Morsi, Egyptian Brotherhood, Islam, George Zimmerman, Afghanistanism, satellites, the Internet, social media, CNN, Trayvon Martin, Middle East, Al Jazeera, Facebook, Cairo, Qatar, Reporters Without Borders, Abdelfatah Fayed, Britain, Guardian UK, Doha, Foreign Policy magazine, Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, Dubai, Economist, Libya, Syria, Bahrain, Al Qassemi, Egypt's Interior Ministry, Arabic, Tribune

Blogs, Bleader Jul 9, 2013
Video
12 O'Clock Track: Chippy Nonstop's hyphy single "Pimpin"

Weirdo hyphy from an Internet superstar
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, Chippy Nonstop, 12 O'Clock Track, Twitter, the Internet, Video

Blogs, Bleader May 23, 2013
Tim Dog: Dead or alive?

Is a recently deceased old-school rapper actually alive and on the lam?
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Whoa, Music, Tim Dog, hip-hop, the Internet, the Source

Blogs, Bleader Apr 22, 2013
Ignore the troll, feed the Boards of Canada mystery

Let's do something fun instead of being trolled.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Whoa, Music, Boards of Canada, Boston Marathon, Amanda Palmer, the Internet, trolls, Record Store Day

Blogs, Bleader Apr 18, 2013
Twitter #Music's finally here and it's not bad at all

Social networking's killer music app may be here.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: The Internet, Music, Twitter, Twitter #Music, Facebook, MySpace, Soundtracking, Ping, Froggy Fresh, the Internet, Katie Got Bandz, Fitz & the Tantrums, NAILS, Eleanor Friedberger, Azealia Banks, Iggy Azalea, Deadmau5

Blogs, Bleader Apr 10, 2013
Video
Fake Asian Rolex eludes the spam filter and steals my heart

Hilarious new powerviolence from France
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music, Fake Asian Rolex, the Internet, lulz, Jesse Keeler, powerviolence, Video

Blogs, Bleader Mar 5, 2013
The White Mandingos are today's weirdest rap supergroup

An underground rapper, a hilarious rap critic, and a guy from Bad Brains walk into a studio . . .
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Swag, Whoa, Music, White Mandingos, Bad Brains, Murs, Darryl Jennifer, Sacha Jenkins, Ego Trip, Three Loco, Riff Raff, Simon Rex, Andy Milonakis, hip-hop, the Internet, lulz

Blogs, Bleader Feb 27, 2013
John Campbell introduces us to his idea of Michael Keaton

The Pictures for Sad Children artist unveils his latest project.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Arts, The Internet, Comedy, John Campbell, Pictures for Sad Children, comics, Chicago, Michael Keaton, Superbad, the Internet

Blogs, Bleader Feb 25, 2013
Say hello to the Copyright Alert System

It's going to be a pain in the ass and it's not going to stop intellectual property piracy.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crime, The Internet, Technology, Music, News, Copyright Alert System, Center for Copyright Information, RIAA, MPAA, Michael Bay, the Internet, piracy, the War on Drugs

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