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Home » Music » Record Roundup

Category: Record Roundup

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Chicago’s grassroots rock bands brighten the corners they’re in

by Leor Galil November 16, 2016August 18, 2021

New local rock releases from Bleach Party, Coaster, Fake Limbs, Lala Lala, Strawberry Jacuzzi, and Swimsuit Addition

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Anohni’s heartfelt but clumsy Hopelessness and 13 more record reviews

by Peter Margasak, Leor Galil, Philip Montoro, Kevin Warwick, Luca Cimarusti, Bill Meyer, Tiffany Walden, Annie Zaleski and Meagan Fredette May 3, 2016August 18, 2021

Nine Reader writers tackle new releases from otherworldly pop virtuoso Anohni, ambient wizard Brian Eno, self-proclaimed “Hood Pope” A$AP Ferg, and wintry folksinger Marissa Nadler, to name a few.

Posted inMusic

Majical Cloudz’ richly intimate Are You Alone? and 12 more record reviews

by Reader staff October 28, 2015August 18, 2021

Eight Reader writers recommend Vhol’s ambitious cosmic thrash, Boots’s ominous but danceable pop, Michael Pisaro’s thrillingly engrossing minimalism, and more.

Posted inMusic

Reviews of Mick Jenkins’s surprisingly friendly Wave[s] and nine more new records

by Reader staff August 11, 2015August 18, 2021

Five Reader writers take in a range of sounds that includes Ola Belle Reed’s rural roots music, Ahab’s “nautik funeral doom,” and Beach House’s newly modest dream pop.

Posted inMusic

Six of the month’s best Chicago releases in rock, rap, and dance

by Leor Galil June 2, 2015August 18, 2021

Reviews of new music by Flesh Panthers, J Fernandez, Lil Durk, the Singleman Affair, T.B. Arthur, and the Valenteens

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Swervedriver’s watered-down I Wasn’t Born to Lose You and 11 more record reviews

by Reader staff March 10, 2015August 18, 2021

Seven Reader writers tackle a dozen new releases, including comeback albums from Swervedriver and Cannibal Ox, Ata Kak’s oddball Ghanaian electro-rap, and Jack DeJohnette’s love letter to Chicago-born jazz.

Posted inMusic

Sleater-Kinney’s clear-eyed, open-hearted No Cities to Love and 11 more record reviews

by Reader staff January 12, 2015August 18, 2021

Eight Reader writers tackle a dozen new releases, including John Carpenter’s first music not for film, Aine O’Dwyer’s improvisations on pipe organ, and a reissue of Del Shannon’s 1968 psych-pop masterpiece.

Posted inMusic

Neil Young’s gaudy, reactionary Storytone and 15 more record reviews

by Reader staff November 4, 2014August 18, 2021

Reviews of 16 new albums, including Arca’s uncanny electronic mutations and T.I.’s unshakable street rap

Posted inMusic

Aphex Twin’s moments of bliss on Syro and 15 more record reviews

by Reader staff October 8, 2014August 18, 2021

Ten Reader writers take on 16 albums—including Aphex Twin, Godflesh, Johnny Marr, and more.

Posted inMusic

DJ Mustard’s lean, mean ratchet party 10 Summers and 14 more record reviews

by Reader staff August 19, 2014August 18, 2021

Ten Reader writers review 15 new records, including Pallbearer’s stately, mournful doom, Willis Earl Beal’s raw, mystical antipop, and Jack Ruby’s staggeringly savage no wave.

Posted inMusic

Robin Thicke’s morbidly fascinating Paula and 15 more record reviews

by Leor Galil, Peter Margasak, Monica Kendrick, Kevin Warwick, Luca Cimarusti, Bill Meyer, Kim Kelly and Erin Osmon July 1, 2014August 18, 2021

This month’s release roundup includes White Lung’s witchy two-minute mantras, Monarch’s crawling tectonic doom, and Sir Michael Rocks’s bleakly sunny party rap.

Posted inMusic

Lily Allen’s almost annoyingly catchy Sheezus and 15 more record reviews

by Peter Margasak, Leor Galil, Miles Raymer, Bill Meyer, Kevin Warwick, Luca Cimarusti, Kim Kelly, Tal Rosenberg and David Whiteis May 19, 2014August 18, 2021

This month’s stack of record reviews will get you better acquainted with Ben Frost’s defibrillating body music, Dawn Golden’s alchemical electro-pop, and lots more.

Posted inMusic

The Pixies’ deflating Indie Cindy and 15 more record reviews

by Luca Cimarusti, Leor Galil, Kim Kelly, Monica Kendrick, Peter Margasak, Bill Meyer, Philip Montoro, Erin Osmon, Miles Raymer, Tal Rosenberg and Kevin Warwick April 21, 2014August 18, 2021

Future’s conscience-stricken coke rap and 15 more reviews of recent releases

Posted inMusic

Kylie Minogue’s cheerfully lascivious Kiss Me Once and 15 more record reviews

by Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer, Leor Galil, Kevin Warwick, Monica Kendrick, Bill Meyer, Luca Cimarusti, Kim Kelly, Tal Rosenberg, Erin Osmon and Philip Montoro March 10, 2014August 18, 2021

Reader writers tackle Morbus Chron’s feral-to-cerebral death prog and 14 more new records.

Posted inMusic

Beck’s half-awake Morning Phase and 15 more record reviews

by Peter Margasak, Leor Galil, Miles Raymer, Kevin Warwick, Monica Kendrick, Luca Cimarusti, Bill Meyer, Tal Rosenberg, Kim Kelly and Philip Montoro February 18, 2014August 18, 2021

Ten Reader writers review 16 records, including Angel Olsen’s otherworldly folk, and more.

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