UTB mastermind Andre Gibson used years of free sessions with Columbia College audio engineering students to develop his far-reaching hybrid style.
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Brokedowns drummer Mustafa Daka on the greatest heavy-hitting drummer alive
Current musical obsessions of Brokedowns drummer Mustafa Daka, Rad Payoff guitarist Jason Smith, and Reader music listings coordinator Luca Cimarusti
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Sara McIntosh teaches shoemaking as a first step toward self-reliance
Here’s a look at how students at the Chicago School of Shoemaking craft custom footwear.
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Trump shades Cubs during White House visit: ‘Your team’s doing OK,’ and other Chicago news
Also, a GOP state representative says Rauner and Madigan need to “sit on the sidelines” to let lawmakers reach a compromise on the long-overdue state budget.
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Erin Osmon’s Jason Molina: Riding With the Ghost follows the rise and fall of the beloved singer-songwriter
On Saturday at Quimby’s, Reader writer Erin Osmon reads from her first book, Jason Molina: Riding With the Ghost.
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Tashi Dorji and Tyler Damon play Chicago behind the year’s most exciting improvised album
Guitarist Tashi Dorji and drummer Tyler Damon both came to free improv through punk, and their unpredictable, energetic music still bears its mark.
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Get the f*ck out of here: The Road Trips Issue 2016
Seven stories of midwest exploration
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What’s so funny about Indiana?
The Hoosier State makes a case for seeking comedy beyond Chicago.
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Haley Fohr bursts her own bubble in Circuit des Yeux
On the new In Plain Speech, the local singer-songwriter opens her hermetic music to the outside world—and brings on a bigger, more colorful cast of collaborators than ever before.
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I Think About You During Commercials
You have dance moves like Hammer but those are about the only moves your have.
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Fun with city ratings
Forget “best.” Break it down. Where in the Midwest are the places with the cheapest houses, skinniest people, and cleanest air?