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Australian garage-punk luminaries the Scientists keep the scuzz rock going strong on Negativity

by Steve Krakow June 23, 2021August 18, 2021

It’s a common misconception that true, filthy rock ’n’ roll died in the early 80s after being eclipsed by new wave, whose shiny commercial sound piled on the gated reverb, drum machines, keytars, and New Romantic vocals. In fact, noisy rock and garage punk flourished underground during that era, thanks to the likes of the […]

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Bedroom boogie artist Layton Wu opens a portal to paradise

by Leor Galil February 1, 2021August 18, 2021

Chicago-based, Taiwan-born bedroom-pop auteur Layton Wu blurs boogie, yacht rock, and sun-kissed 60s pop into a calming sound that helps dial back my anxiety when every scrap of news cranks it to “high.” He released the luxuriant Summertime Mixtape (Sunset Music) four days after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, and since I first listened […]

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Local bluesman Toronzo Cannon is one of Chicago’s finest string-bending storytellers

by James Porter March 6, 2020August 18, 2021

Toronzo Cannon’s 2016 breakout debut album for Alligator is titled The Chicago Way, but it doesn’t include a song of the same name. Since that release, the homegrown bluesman has become so enamored with the phrase that he wrote a song around it in time for his next album, The Preacher, the Politician or the […]

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Star Creature Universal Vibrations starts 2020 with a bundle of boogie

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil January 22, 2020August 18, 2021

Star Creature Universal Vibrations starts 2020 with a bundle of boogie, Elastic Arts debuts a 16-channel overhead sound system, and more.

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Hip-hop producer Mike Jones on the young woman rocketing to the top of the reggae world

by Leor Galil February 25, 2019August 18, 2021

Current musical obsessions of hip-hop producer Mike Jones, rapper and producer Pete Sayke, and Reader staff writer Leor Galil

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The day has come: Quenchers hosts its final concert

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil June 12, 2018August 18, 2021

Plus: Bric-a-Brac celebrates five years with a stacked in-store show, prog-punk brothers Avantist keep the hits coming on a new EP, and more.

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Jared Brown of Central Air Radio on life-changing punk black women

by Leor Galil April 17, 2018August 18, 2021

Current musical obsessions of Sick Muse editor Sasha Tycko, Central Air Radio host Jared Brown, and Reader writer Leor Galil

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Mark Grusane has forgotten more about dance music than you’ll ever know

by Leor Galil January 24, 2018August 18, 2021

DJ and collector Mark Grusane, cofounder of defunct south-side shop Mr. Peabody Records, talks about the insanely rare and sought-after tracks he’s sharing on his new compilation.

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Star Creature Universal Vibrations transfigures boogie for the 21st century

by Leor Galil October 18, 2017August 18, 2021

Tim Zawada and Ben Van Dyke’s label, Star Creature Universal Vibrations, helps turn the far-flung fans of this resurgent postdisco dance music into an evolving community.

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A wide-ranging interview with Neil Michael Hagerty and Jennifer Herrema of Royal Trux

by John Dugan June 3, 2015August 18, 2021

The duo discuss their history and their 2001 album Pound for Pound for the album’s 15th anniversary; Hagerty also plays a free solo show at the Owl tonight.

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Gold Records and White Labels

by Michaelangelo Matos January 27, 2011August 19, 2021

An insightful box set reconciles disco’s old reputation as a popular plague with its new one as a mystery cult.

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