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Dec 28, 2020 · On Red Summer, Chicago-based jazz-funk-experimental collective ONO uses their uninhibited sound to tell the story of the race-driven violence of 1919’s Red Summer, with a particular eye to the history of their hometown. The band, which formed in 1980, is a mainstay of Chicago’s underground avant-garde; their choice of centering Chicago’s history, then, is no surprise.
Feb 15, 2024 · To ring in the release, Friko named several of the best bands from the city’s sprawling scene. The Courts. The Courts are a ripping, “melt your face off” kind of rock band. Korgan, Nick, and ...
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Calboy, 20, became a surprise national success in 2019 with his melancholy ballad “Envy Me,” which helped win him a deal with Meek Mill’s Dream Chasers Records. But as he steps onto the national stage, Calboy remains focused on repping his hometown, even while trying to push hip-hop in new directions. “I feel like we’re just gonna move a little dif...
Twin Peaks, with their approachable garage-pop sound and sunny psychedelic vibe, are pillars of the local indie scene. (Start with their 2014 breakthrough LP, Wild Onion, then head next to 2019’s Lookout Low.) Among their fans: indie-rock elder statesman Stephen Malkmus, who pronounced Twin Peaks “fuckin’ rad” in 2015.
New rap artists can often be found performing at strip clubs in the city’s southern suburbs, like Red Diamond (Megan Thee Stallion performed there last year). Elsewhere, 606 Open Mic Hip Hop has taken overSubterranean — one of the few nightclubs that routinely books rappers — regularly for the past two decades. And Jam Night, led by Stix, a drummer...
Dorian’s Through the Record Shopis a speakeasy located, as the name suggests, in the back of a record store. There’s a casual atmosphere, but never a dearth of great music — recent performers include up-and-coming saxophonist Isaiah Collier and local-legend guitarist George Freeman, who is 92 years old. “It’s not the kind of jazz club where you fee...
On the South Side, the AACM Great Black Music Ensemble perform on the first Sunday of every month at the Stony Island Arts Bank. The group, connected to a long-running collective devoted to experimental takes on black music, finds ways to push reggae and African sounds forward each week. On the North Side, try the Green Mill, particularly its Sunda...
Nov 20, 2019 · Highlights of the 2020 Frequency Festival include a fusion of Carnatic music and jazz, a solo vocal piece for Diamond Reynolds, and programs of work by Eliane Radigue and Annea Lockwood.
Feb 15, 2024 · To ring in the release, Friko named several of the best bands from the city’s sprawling scene. The Courts. The Courts are a ripping, “melt your face off” kind of rock band. Korgan, Nick, and Shravan are some of the nicest guys on the scene as well. They recently released their EP is a place, and it’s one of our fave Chicago rock records ...
Jul 5, 2019 · Chicago is home to lots of technically savvy rock weirdos obsessed with unconventional song structures, odd time signatures, and controlled chaos. I’ve wondered often why London four-piece Black ...
Dec 21, 2023 · Leor Galil (he/him) started writing for the Chicago Reader in 2010. He joined the staff in 2012 and became a senior staff writer in 2020. Galil mainly covers music, with a singular focus on ...
