After a COVID gap year, the Frequency Festival returns on February 22. The six-day event is an outgrowth of the Frequency Series, which is programmed by former Chicago Reader staff music critic Peter Margasak and hosted by Constellation. Founded in 2013, shortly after drummer and promoter Mike Reed opened the north-side venue, the series presents […]
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New-music feast the Frequency Festival returns after taking a COVID year
Former Reader staff writer Peter Margasak has been programming the Frequency Series at Constellation since 2013, bringing in artists from across the wide spectrum of experimental and new music for weekly showcases. Since 2016 Margasak has also booked the annual Frequency Festival, which skipped 2021 for obvious reasons; the festival will return for its sixth […]
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Let the Reader help with your Bandcamp shopping list
In the past few weeks, the Reader has recommended three dozen Bandcamp releases—and this Friday, the service will again pass its share of revenue along to artists.
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COVID-19 can close venues, but it can’t stop Chicago’s music community
Concerts are all canceled, but you can still support artists by buying their albums.
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Bill Nace uses his guitar to make unguitarlike sounds on Both
Until COVID-19 laid waste to his and everyone else’s touring schedule, Bill Nace was looking forward to a splendid spring. Not only would the Philadelphia-based guitarist have opened in Chicago for the Gunn-Truscinski Duo and Mdou Moctar; he’d also have joined Gunn, Truscinski, and Kim Gordon (his bandmate in Body/Head) at a couple festivals in […]
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Body/Head continue to push boundaries and champion the Sonic Youth spirit on The Switch
Kim Gordon always struck me as the Sonic Youth member most rooted in a primal punk foundation. Her no-frills bass lines anchored the chaos surrounding them, and the songs she sang lead on always packed a streamlined gut punch. That makes it all the more interesting that in our post-Sonic Youth landscape, she’s the only […]
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Versatile percussionist Chris Corsano plays a rare solo show Monday
The relentlessly curious, restless improviser has shown his range on a number of recent recordings.
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Reader’s Agenda Tue 9/24: Body/Head and Gate, Old Jews Telling Jokes, and Black Vocality
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Tuesday, September 24