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The Bird Names: Experimentation Without Affectationnew
The band's new album, Wooden Lake Sexual Diner, is too good to have come from a band that wastes energy fronting.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
09-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Clash of the Digital Music Titansnew
In a bid for leverage in the digital marketplace, Universal unlocks some of its catalog -- and cuts iTunes out of the action.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
08-27-2007 |
Music
Tags: DRM
In R&B, Get Big or Go Homenew
Brooke Valentine's innovative major-label debut posted numbers any indie would kill for -- so who wants to put out her next record?
Chicago Reader |
Noah Berlatsky |
08-20-2007 |
Music
Mano is the Man With the Plansnew
The 23-year-old is thinking up a million ways to get his beats into your ears.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
08-20-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mano
The CD Bootleggersnew
One night in the life of two Chicago street hustlers.
Chicago Reader |
Tasneem Paghdiwala |
08-20-2007 |
Music
Tags: bootlegging
Yakuza's Liquid Metalnew
In a rigid genre, the band goes its own way.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
08-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Yakuza
Nicole Mitchell's Improvised Lifenew
Her path has been anything but straightforward, but now she's on her way to becoming the greatest living flutist in jazz.
Chicago Reader |
Peter Margasak |
08-06-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Nicole Mitchell
Indie Rock's Not Deadnew
The Pitchfork Music Festival's high points prove there's hope yet.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
07-23-2007 |
Music
Quick, Before They Sober Upnew
They've only got six songs and they're not likely to write any more, but you don't want to miss White Savage.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
07-16-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: White Savage
The Singles of Summernew
Mixtape Yoda, the power of lip gloss, tomorrow's Beyonce today, and more.
Chicago Reader |
Jessica Hopper |
07-09-2007 |
Music
Where the Cool Kids Arenew
To hear the new sound of Chicago hip-hop, it helps to be on MySpace.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
07-09-2007 |
Music
Cealed Kasket Get Medieval on Rock 'n' Rollnew
It'd be easy to write this band off, especially since the joke they're pushing is older than Spinal Tap -- but they make me laugh.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
07-02-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cealed Kasket
In Praise of Selling Outnew
More corporate involvement might be just what the music industry needs.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
06-25-2007 |
Music
The Hood Internet's Monster Mash-Upsnew
Breathing new life into a tired form.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
06-19-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Hood Internet
The Fountain of Sonic Youthnew
Buying the whole new Daydream Nation nostalgia package, and the late-80s/early-90s nostalgia fest in general, feels pathetic -- like sandbagging against encroaching obsolescence with our wallets.
Chicago Reader |
Jessica Hopper |
06-19-2007 |
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