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Posted inMusic

The Reader’s guide to the 2018 Pitchfork Music Festival

by Leor Galil July 17, 2018August 18, 2021

For 2018, Pitchfork bolsters its usual smart bookings with a strengthened commitment to inclusiveness and community: the lineup has more locals than ever, and more than half the acts include women.

Posted inMusic

The Reader’s takes on the 2017 Pitchfork Music Festival

by Chicago Reader July 12, 2017August 18, 2021

Our preview package covers Solange and the breadth of black cultural expression, Jeff Rosenstock and Pitchfork’s relationship to DIY, Survive and music media’s infatuation with prestige TV, and much more.

Posted inMusic

Logan Bay loses half a leg to a driver, keeps programming WLPN from his hospital bed

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil April 4, 2017August 18, 2021

A badly injured Logan Bay keeps running WLPN from the hospital, Seth Vanek moves throws The Therapy Sessions a birthday party, and more.

Posted inMusic

Pitchfork Music Festival 2016 preview

by Leor Galil July 1, 2016August 18, 2021

Reader writers round up the locals on Pitchfork’s bill, guide fans of hip-hop and R&B into the rest of the roster, discuss the gender balance of the fest’s bookings, and much more.

Posted inMusic

Metal Haven rises again as restaurant and record shop Metal Haven Grill

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil April 12, 2016August 18, 2021

Metal Haven rises again as restaurant and record shop Metal Haven Grill, White Mystery release Outta Control on their favorite day, and more.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago Art Department’s Crystal Ball, CHIRP Record Fair, and more things to do this weekend

by Brianna Wellen April 8, 2016August 18, 2021

CAKE Art Auction, a Tremors lecture at Music Box, and more happenings from April 8-10

Posted inMusic

Teklife and Treated Crew bring their collaboration to the stage

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil June 3, 2015August 18, 2021

Teklife and Treated Crew bring their collaboration to the stage, Hausu Mountain erupts again with three oddball tapes, and more.

Posted inBlogs

Find your favorite new local rock LP at the Chicago Independent Labels Pop-Up Shop

by Leor Galil March 20, 2015August 18, 2021

The inaugural event celebrates new music made by small local labels.

Sky Ferreira, not at the Pitchfork Music Festival
Posted inMusic

Gossip Wolf: Fame spotting at the Pitchfork Music Festival

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil July 23, 2014August 18, 2021

The famous folks mingling at Pitchfork last weekend included Taylor Bennett, who’s playing an antiviolence fund-raiser for Kids Off the Block.

The Great Old Ones, Tekeli-Li
Posted inMusic

In Rotation: Metro publicist Jenny Lizak on a punk documentary to give teenage girls for Christmas

by Philip Montoro May 5, 2014August 18, 2021

Current obsessions of Metro publicist Jenny Lizak, and Smart Bar booker Marea Stamper (aka the Black Madonna)

Posted inMusic

How do record stores get such great used vinyl?

by Leor Galil April 16, 2014August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inMusic

Unlicensed to ill

by Leor Galil December 31, 2013August 18, 2021

Bootleg rap and R&B vinyl is thriving, even though most of the music is easy to buy or free to download.

My Disco, Paradise
Posted inMusic

In Rotation: Jim Dempsey of Corbett vs. Dempsey on Nardwuar the Human Serviette

by Kevin Warwick May 3, 2013August 19, 2021

Current musical obsessions of Julie Shapiro of Third Coast and Jim Dempsey of Corbett vs. Dempsey

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Sat 4/13: CHIRP Record Fair, History of Freestyle, and Phosphorescent

by Drew Hunt April 13, 2013August 19, 2021

What’s on the Reader’s Agenda for Saturday, April 13, 2013

Posted inMusic

The Reader’s Guide to the Pitchfork Music Festival

by Miles Raymer, Peter Margasak, Kevin Warwick, Liz Armstrong and Bill Meyer July 15, 2010August 19, 2021

Featuring Pavement, Big Boi, Freddie Gibbs, LCD Soundsystem, Robyn, the Smith Westerns, and more

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