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Marching Band Madnessnew
Mucca Pazza started out as goofy communal fun -- and then the 30-piece band starting getting gigs.
Chicago Reader |
Jason Crock |
02-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mucca Pazza
Not Even Music Execs Still Think They Can Stop Piracynew
Steve Jobs bucks the Big Four, who are losing the digital rights management battle.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
02-26-2007 |
Music
A Gift Horsenew
Daytrotter.com records top-shelf indie bands live in the studio -- and gives away the MP3s for free.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
02-20-2007 |
Music
All by Themselvesnew
The Eternals' most out-there album yet was made entirely at home.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
02-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Eternals
Freestyle, Meet Improvnew
Chicago rapper Juice, who beat Eminem in a 1997 rhyming battle and has been trying to make it pay ever since, takes a new tack.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
02-06-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: juice
Old Man Rockingnew
You-know-what's not dead and neither is Caetano Veloso.
Chicago Reader |
Peter Margasak |
02-06-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Caetano Veloso, Ce
Two the Hard Waynew
For such a small band, Aleks & the Drummer aren't easy to put in a box.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
01-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Aleks & the Drummer
Heroin Hellnew
After five years lost in the wilds of addiction, Chamber Strings front man Kevin Junior tries to pick up where he left off.
Chicago Reader |
Bob Mehr |
01-22-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Chamber Strings
A Challenger Appearsnew
Sony BMG wades into podcasting's indie free-for-all.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
01-22-2007 |
Music
Ridiculed and Belittlednew
Is contemporary R & B the best American music ever made?
Chicago Reader |
Noah Berlatsky |
01-22-2007 |
Music
The Master of Breaksnew
Murry the Magnificent has a way with the vinyl, and it's beginning to gain him wider notice.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
01-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Murry the Magnificent
The Artist's Waynew
Gwen Stefani and Ciara try to prove they're not just perfect pop stars.
Chicago Reader |
Jessica Hopper |
01-17-2007 |
Reviews
Doing It for the Kidsnew
There are lots of reasons for a venue like Chicago's Subterranean to host all-ages shows, and money isn't all of them.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
01-08-2007 |
Music
The Good Kind of Awkwardnew
The Fake Fictions make refreshingly unpolished power pop.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
01-03-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Fake Fictions
Unburied Treasurenew
Plenty of great Chicago hip-hop is hidden in plain sight.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
12-19-2006 |
Music
