A year after the death of pioneering Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen, a posthumous album highlights his work with younger generations.
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Chris Crack invites you to float down his river of consciousness on Might Delete Later
Chris Crack has released five albums of no-frills trash-talking hip-hop in 2020 alone, but he’s not worried about saturating the market. When he talked to Audiomack’s Matthew Ritchie upon the release of his first album of 2021, Might Delete Later, the west-side rapper quipped, “Did Aunt Jemima make too much syrup? Can Clorox ever make […]
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The Pitchfork Music Festival announces its 2020 lineup
For its 15th year, the famously eclectic fest has booked headliners the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Run the Jewels, and the National.
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Danny Brown is back with a record that combines all of his past personas into one
Danny Brown’s sophomore album, 2011’s XXX, put him on the map—its Adderall- and molly-fueled hyperdrive take on hip-hop merged head-rattling Detroit-techno-flavored production with Brown’s larger-than-life, vulgar-as-hell, over-the-top persona. His relentless, almost cartoonlike rapping helped him make his name, but he’s calmed down a bit over his subsequent albums: 2013’s Old showcases introspective lyrics on its […]
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Photos of everything we saw at Lollapalooza 2016
Seventy-one great photos from Chicago’s biggest for-profit music festival
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DJ Spinn, DJ Rashad, and Danny Brown bring Detroit closer to Chicago on ‘Dubby’
Two of the footwork’s greatest producers team up with raunchy Detroit rapper Danny Brown.
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Announcing the lineup for Afropunk Chicago
Here’s the breakdown for Afropunk’s one-off Chicago bash, plus all the info you need to see it.
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12 O’Clock Track: Why don’t Danny Brown and Rustie do a full-length LP together?
“Attak” is the latest example of the duo’s brilliance.
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Our photo recap of the Pitchfork Music Festival 2014
Photos of Beck, Deafheaven, Kendrick Lamar, crowd surfing, dancing, and more from Pitchfork Music Festival 2014
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The hits kept coming on day two of the Pitchfork Music Festival
The Reader team gives it up for St. Vincent, Tune-Yards, Danny Brown, Twin Peaks, Ka, and Wild Beasts, just for starters.
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Five honors students from Chicago rap’s freshman class
Five honors students from Chicago rap’s freshman class: Alex Wiley, Saba, Spenzo, Taylor Bennett, and ZMoney
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12 O’Clock Track: West-side rapper ZMoney connects with local beat makers the Odd Couple
Detroit’s Danny Brown recently cosigned west-side MC ZMoney, and we suggest checking out one of Z’s other recent tracks, “I Can’t Stop.”
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Gossip Wolf: Who’s gonna play Lollapalooza?
Lollapalooza lineup predictions, long-lost punk goodies from HoZac, and more
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12 O’Clock Track: Kitty (Pryde) is back with the trippy and dreamy “Second Life”
Florida’s best white-girl rapper Kitty has leaked a new song from her upcoming record.
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Halloween 2013: More than three dozen creepy happenings
Haunted houses, pumpkin-carving parties, costume contests featuring dogs in bumblebee costumes—we’ve got it covered.