Current musical obsessions of Mako Sica bassist Brent Fuscaldo, guitarist and sound experimenter Mark Shippy, and Reader associate editor Jamie Ludwig
Tag: Brian Eno
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24 Frames, the final feature from Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami, may send you into a trance
Digitally altered scenes of animals, weather, and natural landscapes reveal the hidden complexity behind simple images.
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Sons of the Silent Age honored David Bowie’s life and death by playing his Berlin trilogy
Saturday at Metro, actor Michael Shannon joined Sons of the Silent Age for yet another demonstration of the lasting impact of Bowie’s work.
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Gifts that sing—are you listening?
The best best box sets of 2017 include 11 CDs from David Bowie’s Berlin period, 529 tracks of live vintage country from Louisiana Hayride, Roland Kayn’s 14-hour electronic masterwork, and the most complete portrait yet of Hüsker Dü’s early years.
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Steve Reidell of the Hood Internet on an overlooked R&B wizard
Current musical obsessions of Steve Reidell from the Hood Internet, Metro publicist Shannon Shreibak, and the Reader’s Leor Galil
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Anohni’s heartfelt but clumsy Hopelessness and 13 more record reviews
Nine Reader writers tackle new releases from otherworldly pop virtuoso Anohni, ambient wizard Brian Eno, self-proclaimed “Hood Pope” A$AP Ferg, and wintry folksinger Marissa Nadler, to name a few.
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RIP Dieter Moebius, electronic-music composer and minor house-music influence
Today’s 12 O’Clock Track is “The Belldog,” off of Eno Moebius Roedelius’s album After the Heat.
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Haki get as punk as they ever will on a new EP
Gossip Wolf: Haki get as punk as they ever will on a new EP, the Deep Kutz series signs off with one last outlandish covers show, and more
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Listen to one of Robert Fripp’s greatest guitar solos (and one of the greatest guitar solos, period)
Today’s 12 O’Clock Track is “I’ll Come Running,” off of Brian Eno’s 1975 album Another Green World.
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The Pixies’ deflating Indie Cindy and 15 more record reviews
Future’s conscience-stricken coke rap and 15 more reviews of recent releases
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How do record stores get such great used vinyl?
When record stores aren’t buying used vinyl directly from the public, they might find a carload of goodies at the Chicagoland Record Collectors Show.
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Best Spot for Hyper-Curated DJ Nights
Some programs hit the mark, while others might fail to draw much of a crowd into the cozy space. But the best part is that doesn’t even seem to matter.
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12 O’Clock Track: Spend the weekend with side A of Eno’s Discreet Music
A half hour of poignant inertia
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12 O’Clock Track: Rjyan Kidwell’s ambient electro-black-metal opus “Necromonks”
Black metal meets Steve Reich to beautifully unsettling ends
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12 O’Clock Track: an ambient Kraut collabo from Harmonia & Eno ’76 on “Welcome”
Today’s 12 O’Clock Track is “Welcome,” from the Harmonia & Eno ’76 album Tracks and Traces.