THIS WEEK ONLY: support our Arts and Culture Fundraiser and
receive a hand-signed, limited-edition piece of art from Tony Fitzpatrick.

Become a member

ONE WEEK left to support the Arts and Culture — Become a member today!

  • Newsletters
  • Donate
  • NEWS
    • News & Politics
    • Investigations
    • En español
  • CITY LIFE
    • The To-Do
    • Street View
    • Community Calendar
    • Best of Chicago 2022: City Life
    • Best of Chicago 2022: Buy Local
    • Best of Chicago 2022: Sports & Recreation
  • COLUMNS & OPINION
    • Anthony Ehlers: On Prisons
    • Deanna Isaacs: On Culture
    • Ben Joravsky: On Politics
    • The Ben Joravsky Show
    • Dan Savage: Savage Love
    • Opinion
    • Podcasts
      • The Ben Joravsky Show
      • Chicago Queer & Now
  • MUSIC
    • Music Features
    • Gossip Wolf
    • World Music Festival Chicago
    • Jazz Festival
    • Chicagoans of Note
    • The Secret History of Chicago Music
    • Music Reviews
    • Concert Previews
    • City of Win
    • Early Warnings
    • Music listings community calendar
    • The Listener
  • ARTS & CULTURE
    • Features
    • Theater
    • Dance
    • Visual arts
    • Books
    • Ghost Light by Kerry Reid
    • Arts listings community calendar
    • Poetry Corner
    • Best of Chicago 2022: Arts & Culture
  • FILM
    • Best of Chicago 2022: Arts & Culture
    • Features
    • Reviews
    • Small Screen
    • Archives
  • FOOD & DRINK
    • The Food & Drink Issue 2023
    • Best of Chicago 2022: Food & Drink
    • Features
    • Reviews
    • Monday Night Foodball
    • The Drinks Issue (2021)
  • READER
    • About
    • — Reader Updates
    • — Contact
    • — Staff
    • — Careers
    • Newsletters
    • Advertise
      • Classifieds
    • Donate
    • Become a member
    • Nonprofit Guide
    • Reader 50
    • Reader events
      • Monday Night Foodball
    • Contests
    • Reader Store
    • Archives
    • Find a print copy
      • Distribution map and information
      • Print subscriptions
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS
Skip to content
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS
Chicago Reader

Chicago Reader

Chicago’s alternative nonprofit newsroom

  • Newsletters
  • Donate
Become a member
  • NEWS
    • News & Politics
    • Investigations
    • En español
  • CITY LIFE
    • The To-Do
    • Street View
    • Community Calendar
    • Best of Chicago 2022: City Life
    • Best of Chicago 2022: Buy Local
    • Best of Chicago 2022: Sports & Recreation
  • COLUMNS & OPINION
    • Anthony Ehlers: On Prisons
    • Deanna Isaacs: On Culture
    • Ben Joravsky: On Politics
    • The Ben Joravsky Show
    • Dan Savage: Savage Love
    • Opinion
    • Podcasts
      • The Ben Joravsky Show
      • Chicago Queer & Now
  • MUSIC
    • Music Features
    • Gossip Wolf
    • World Music Festival Chicago
    • Jazz Festival
    • Chicagoans of Note
    • The Secret History of Chicago Music
    • Music Reviews
    • Concert Previews
    • City of Win
    • Early Warnings
    • Music listings community calendar
    • The Listener
  • ARTS & CULTURE
    • Features
    • Theater
    • Dance
    • Visual arts
    • Books
    • Ghost Light by Kerry Reid
    • Arts listings community calendar
    • Poetry Corner
    • Best of Chicago 2022: Arts & Culture
  • FILM
    • Best of Chicago 2022: Arts & Culture
    • Features
    • Reviews
    • Small Screen
    • Archives
  • FOOD & DRINK
    • The Food & Drink Issue 2023
    • Best of Chicago 2022: Food & Drink
    • Features
    • Reviews
    • Monday Night Foodball
    • The Drinks Issue (2021)
  • READER
    • About
    • — Reader Updates
    • — Contact
    • — Staff
    • — Careers
    • Newsletters
    • Advertise
      • Classifieds
    • Donate
    • Become a member
    • Nonprofit Guide
    • Reader 50
    • Reader events
      • Monday Night Foodball
    • Contests
    • Reader Store
    • Archives
    • Find a print copy
      • Distribution map and information
      • Print subscriptions
  • >
  • Latest issue
  • UnGala Celebration
  • The People Issue
  • Best of Chicago 2022
  • Contests
  • Reader Updates
  • Reader Store
  • En español
  • Advertise
Home » Music » The Listener » Page 3

Category: The Listener

Tony Allen
Posted inMusic

Tony Allen, Skepta, and Ben Okri become one with the universe on ‘Cosmosis’

by Jamie Ludwig March 15, 2021August 18, 2021

A year after the death of pioneering Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen, a posthumous album highlights his work with younger generations.

Catherine Ringer onstage in 2016
Posted inMusic

Catherine Ringer keeps Les Rita Mitsouko’s music alive

by Salem Collo-Julin March 8, 2021August 18, 2021

Catherine Ringer’s famous duo, Les Rita Mitsouko, are no more—but she performed their punky, jazzy synth-pop songs for a recent live release.

Posted inMusic

Time to dissolve your brain with ridiculous noise rock

by Philip Montoro March 1, 2021August 18, 2021

The new album from Austin “supergroup” USA/Mexico is the musical antidote to consciousness.

Posted inMusic

Dale Jenkins’s private-press postpunk finally gets a proper reissue

by Leor Galil February 22, 2021August 18, 2021

Dale Jenkins’s 1985 oddity was released last week in an expanded version by Spanish label Guerssen and Chicago-based label Got Kinda Lost.

Posted inMusic

James Brown’s “Funky President (People It’s Bad)” is unfortunately relevant again

by Jamie Ludwig February 15, 2021August 18, 2021

Written shortly after Nixon’s resignation, James Brown’s “Funky President (People It’s Bad)” speaks to today’s political corruption too.

Black Country, New Road
Posted inMusic

Black Country, New Road bring the heat to the polar vortex

by Salem Collo-Julin February 8, 2021August 18, 2021

Rowdy UK postpunk band Black Country, New Road dropped their eagerly awaited debut album on Friday.

This isn't the right carousel. It's a picture I took of the carousel at the House on the Rock in 2007, because that's all I have on me.
Posted inMusic

This carousel calliope has a message for you—and you’re not going to like it

by Philip Montoro February 1, 2021August 18, 2021

Sometimes you learn more from a machine when it stops working.

Take that, CGI porpoise with Guy Fieri hair!
Posted inMusic

Chicago rapper Monster Mike takes on the porpoise police

by Leor Galil January 25, 2021August 18, 2021

Monster Mike’s new video, by local crew New Trash, may be your only chance to see a rapper duel a cetacean with katanas.

Posted inMusic

Battle Hag capture the sound of an ascent from the underworld

by Jamie Ludwig January 18, 2021August 18, 2021

On the new Celestial Tyrant, Sacramento metal Battle Hag look to Greek mythology for a story of renewal.

Rindy and Marv Ross of Quarterflash in 2010
Posted inMusic

Q: What do you listen to for self-care? A: Saxophone rock from 1981

by Salem Collo-Julin January 11, 2021August 18, 2021

The letter “Q” may be ruined, but the conspiracy can’t have Quarterflash.

Posted inMusic

A music poll to start 2021

by Philip Montoro January 4, 2021August 18, 2021

Did 2020 set the bar low enough that it’s safe to hope this year will be better?

Posted inMusic

A new Chicago punk and metal compilation benefits local music venues

by Jamie Ludwig December 21, 2020August 18, 2021

A new two-disc compilation from Angry Peasants hopes to help “save CIVL-zation.”

Posted inMusic

Neptunian Maximalism deliver a funeral rite for the human species

by Philip Montoro December 14, 2020August 18, 2021

Neptunian Maximalism’s recent triple album, Éons, imagines a future Earth dominated by hyperintelligent elephants.

Posted inMusic

Daniel Knox’s new single holds up a mirror to a year of unraveling

by Salem Collo-Julin December 7, 2020August 18, 2021

“Fall Apart” will appear on Daniel Knox’s next album, Won’t You Take Me With You, which is due in January.

Posted inMusic

Fringe Christmas music is the best Christmas music

by Leor Galil November 30, 2020August 18, 2021

Chicago singer-songwriter Ian Iversen does his part to redeem Christmas music with the cheeky retro new wave of “Santa.”

Posts navigation

Newer posts 1 2 3 4 5 Older posts

📩 Get our free daily newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Monday through Friday. Dive into our most recent stories and exclusive insights from our editors and staff.

Processing…
Success! We'll be sending you The Daily Reader starting soon.
Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again.

READER
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS

Best of Chicago 2022

About the Chicago Reader
Reader Staff
Reader Careers
Freelance Information
Contact Us

Donate

Advertise

Submit/promote your event

Find the Paper
Subscribe
Shop the Reader Store
Contests/Giveaways/Promotions

Reader Classifieds

Reader Matches

Chicago Reader Nonprofit Guide

Get our free newsletters

Privacy Policy | Terms of Use

© 2023 Chicago Reader. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic