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Five local labels that had excellent years in 2016
These modest Chicago imprints have gotten so good at what they do that they’re shaping music scenes far and wide.
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FeelTrip launches a cold-blooded dance-music label
FeelTrip launches a cold-blooded dance-music label, Ryan Ensley of Shiloh returns with the twangy new Sonny Falls, and more.
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Veteran Chicago hip-hop producer DJ Rude One on leaving music making—and coming back to make his new album
DJ Rude One, formerly of Single Minded Pros, returns after a decade away from music making with Closed Sessions’ release of the full-length Onederful.
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Dividing Chicago hip-hop into ‘Chance and friends’ and ‘the drill scene’ insults its richness and variety
Stereogum’s recent survey of Chicago hip-hop gets a lot of things wrong, but it also serves as a reminder of how much there is to discover here.
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Soul singer Jamila Woods makes music about black womanhood that speaks to everyone
Jamila Woods’s stunning solo debut, Heavn, offers a healing elixir of “black girl magic” to help us imagine a path through troubled times.
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Kweku Collins celebrates a great freshman year at Closed Sessions
Thoughtful young Evanston rapper and producer Kweku Collins celebrates a great freshman year at Closed Sessions with the release of his first album.
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From Kanye’s new album to Closed Sessions’ latest release in a few simple steps
There’s a link between Hibernation, the new EP by Closed Sessions producer Boathouse, and Kanye West’s seventh album.
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Alexander Fruchter of Closed Sessions on a musical Band-Aid in a fucked-up world
Current musical obsessions of hip-hop songwriter Kweku Collins, Alex Fruchter of Closed Sessions, and the Reader’s Kevin Warwick
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Poet and soul singer extraordinaire Jamila Woods signs with Closed Sessions
The new “Blk Girl Soldier” is the first single from Jamila Woods’s debut solo mixtape.
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Remembering DJ Timbuck2, a guiding force in Chicago hip-hop
A nightclub party starter, WGCI radio personality, and scene linchpin, DJ Timbuck2 died Saturday at age 34.
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Get to know local rapper Kweku Collins at his first headlining show tomorrow
The young Evanston MC follows a string of thoughtful, promising tracks with a show at Subterranean.
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Closed Sessions throws cofounder Alex Fruchter one last party as a single man
Plus: Troubled Hubble reunite after a ten-year hiatus, and Varsity and Lord Snow release new music.
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Carve out some ‘Me Time’ for the Odd Couple’s new album
The soul-heavy single “Me Time” is one of the finer moments from the producer’s new debut full-length.
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Best-dressed DJs
Sundays With the Tigers at East Room 2828 W. Medill 773-276-9603 eastroomchicago.com In the past year, Logan Square’s cash-only speakeasy lite emerged as a Chicago hip-hop hotbed, hosting DJ nights by Grammy-nominated flattop Stefan Ponce, rising Adult Swim affiliate Thelonious Martin, and Closed Sessions cofounder RTC; Vic Mensa premiered “U Mad” there during a set […]