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Riot Fest announces its first wave of acts for 2018

by Leor Galil May 30, 2018August 18, 2021

Riot Fest got Blink-182! Cypress Hill! Blondie! The Jesus Lizard! Liz Phair! Atmosphere! Beck! Cat Power! And . . . the 82-year-old Jerry Lee Lewis?

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Moonlight, Major Lazer, and midwestern Devo heads: music stories making the rounds on the Web

by Austin Brown March 4, 2017August 18, 2021

The Reader‘s weekly look at music stories we didn’t publish ourselves

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Bands dress up as better bands for Halloween at Cole’s

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil October 25, 2016August 18, 2021

Bands dress up as better bands for Halloween at Cole’s, Gramps the Vamp celebrate their spooky, funky new LP, and more.

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Drake proves ghostwriters don’t matter with ‘Hotline Bling’

by Leor Galil July 30, 2015August 18, 2021

“Hotline Bling” is one of four new songs the Toronto rapper-singer debuted this past week, and though it hasn’t gotten as much attention as the dis tracks aimed at Meek Mill, it’s the best of the batch.

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Kanye West’s ‘All Day’ proves the value of strength in numbers

by Leor Galil March 4, 2015August 18, 2021

The Chicago hip-hop icon demonstrates some of the advantages of collaborating with more than a dozen songwriters at a time.

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Our photo recap of the Pitchfork Music Festival 2014

by Chicago Reader July 21, 2014August 18, 2021

Photos of Beck, Deafheaven, Kendrick Lamar, crowd surfing, dancing, and more from Pitchfork Music Festival 2014

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Recapping the beautiful first day of the Pitchfork Music Festival

by Reader staff July 19, 2014August 18, 2021

The festival’s first day belongs to the women, by a hair: Neneh Cherry is the Reader team’s consensus favorite, with Sharon Van Etten in third place behind Beck.

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