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ESS’s Option music salon returns for spring with Jim O’Rourke

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil February 23, 2021August 18, 2021

ESS’s Option music salon returns for spring with Jim O’Rourke, and Chicago rappers Saint Ripley and Osa North level up on new releases.

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Chicago rapper Jay Wood gives his hardest verses a pop polish on Trackstar

by Leor Galil September 17, 2020August 18, 2021

Three years ago Chicago rapper Jay Wood (a member of the Freesole collective) dropped his debut full-length, Self Doubt, where he made mincemeat of hard-edged beats while sharing the mike with more established MCs, including Ajani Jones and Femdot. Since then Wood has polished his skills and reconciled his fierce vocals with his interest in […]

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Ajani Jones taps into a familiar paradoxical love for Chicago on Dragonfly

by Leor Galil August 8, 2019August 18, 2021

After Chicago rapper Fredrick “Ajani” Jones left the University of Iowa in 2015 to focus on music, he picked up a warehouse gig in Rogers Park to help fund what he hoped would be his real career. On “Pluto,” off his recent debut album, Dragonfly (Ajani Jones/Closed Sessions), the 25-year-old talks about pursuing his dream […]

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Hip-hop site Ruby Hornet throws its first show in years

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil October 30, 2018August 18, 2021

Hip-hop site Ruby Hornet throws its first show in years, Lumpen Radio teams up with Sonorama for a bumping Día de los Muertos party, and more.

Posted inBlogs

The Pitchfork Music Festival announces its 2018 aftershows

by Tyra Nicole Triche June 25, 2018August 18, 2021

Headliners of Pitchfork’s 2018 aftershows include Japanese Breakfast, Girlpool, and Kweku Collins.

Posted inBlogs

‘I represent’: Rapper Ajani Jones on the city, his mother’s encouragement—and his fascination with dragonflies

by Leor Galil March 8, 2018August 18, 2021

Before the Chicago hip-hop label Closed Sessions released Jones’s Cocoons, he talked to the Reader at length about bugs, his high school speech team, and finding his voice.

Posted inMusic

Jordan Reyes of Moniker Records moves back to Chicago with a new tape label

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil January 9, 2018August 18, 2021

Jordan Reyes of Moniker Records moves back to Chicago with a new tape label, singer-songwriter Micha and hip-hop producer Nasim Willams drop singles, and more.

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