Lollapalooza brought the big names on its 2019 lineup, but could it do more to engage the Chicago fans and artists who make this such a great city for music?
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Lollapalooza announces its 2019 lineup
This year’s headliners include Ariana Grande, Childish Gambino, and Twenty One Pilots—but to get tickets, you have to pay a company owned by Live Nation, which remains an undefined part of the Lincoln Yards development.
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America is a junkyard on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was designed by Dan Black of Landland.
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Donald Glover’s musical endeavors finally reflect his artistic power
Donald Glover has emerged as one of the most talented forces in entertainment this century, but by and large the music he’s created under the name Childish Gambino has landed awkwardly. As an actor, writer, director, and comedian, Glover has proved that he can express poignant, hard-to-define emotions through several works of art, including his […]
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Groundbreaking Chicago drill rapper Fredo Santana died this weekend
Six years ago Fredo Santana helped make Chicago the epicenter of the rap world, and on Friday he passed away at age 27.
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Karissa Talanian of Eye Vybe Records on a new online mecca for Chicago underground music
Current musical obsessions of Eye Vybe Records founder Karissa Talanian, singer-songwriter Drea Smith, and Reader associate editor Kevin Warwick
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Lollapalooza’s rainy and radiant final day, starring Chance the Rapper
The festival ends with triumphant set from the hometown hero, featuring a surprise R. Kelly cameo and an ocean of mud.
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More on bootleg LPs: An official LP and an unauthorized record inspired by old-school bootlegs
A deeper look at Childish Gambino’s recent official “bootleg” LP and a bootleg of an old Kurt Cobain demo
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Unlicensed to ill
Bootleg rap and R&B vinyl is thriving, even though most of the music is easy to buy or free to download.
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Chance the Rapper drops Acid Rap
Chance the Rapper drops Acid Rap—and it’s going to take him to places he’s only imagined.
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Chance the Rapper on Obama, LSD, and being pigeonholed as a high school MC
An interview with the local MC, who headlines at the Metro on Friday, November 23rd
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Three Beats: Chance the Rapper pushes Acid Rap at Metro
Three Beats: Chance the Rapper pushes Acid Rap, Disappears play Rainbo, and more
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Soundboard: May 12-18
Recommended and notable shows, including Cola Freaks, Woods of Ypres, James Blake, Childish Gambino, and more