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Home » Dark Matter

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Posted inMusic

Gifts to teach hip-hop heads their history

by Leor Galil November 27, 2019August 18, 2021

Each of these reissues helps unfold a different chapter in the rich narrative of the Chicago hip-hop scene.

Posted inMusic

Chicago shoegaze saviors Panda Riot bring their album Infinity Maps to vinyl

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil February 13, 2018August 18, 2021

Chicago shoegaze saviors Panda Riot bring their album Infinity Maps to vinyl, Dark Matter pairs its monthly limited coffee blend with a cassette of instrumental hip-hop, and more.

Posted inMusic

On the new Coma Noir, the Atlas Moth name our foe—and find a reason to fight

by Monica Kendrick February 7, 2018August 18, 2021

Chicago metal monarchs the Atlas Moth imagine a cosmic criminal cabal that’s depressingly easy to recognize in the real world.

Posted inMusic

Randy Newman is still scathing after all these years

by Tal Rosenberg October 5, 2017August 18, 2021

By now it’s common knowledge that Randy Newman’s sweet, Pixar-accompanying musical style is a facade for lyrics infused with sardonic, acerbic social commentary—much in the same way that Steely Dan’s gleaming jazz-rock is a veneer for profiles of losers, outcasts, and hucksters. In fact, in his use of American tropes for populist purposes that both […]

Posted inMusic

Dark Matter and Jump Up Records throw a party for Pressure Drip coffee

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil August 5, 2015August 18, 2021

Dark Matter and Jump Up Records throw a party for Pressure Drip Jamaican-inspired coffee, Absolutely Not and Rat Hammer celebrate a new split LP, and more.

Posted inMusic

Best of Chicago winners Melkbelly drop a new single

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil July 1, 2015August 18, 2021

Best of Chicago winners Melkbelly drop a new single, the Velcro Lewis Group makes an album with John Forbes, and more.

Posted inBlogs

Elastic returns! Photos of the arts nonprofit’s handsome new home

by Philip Montoro March 18, 2015August 18, 2021

Elastic Arts christens its new space with concerts on Thursday and Friday—and augments its preexisting programming with some ambitious new series.

Posted inBlogs

Riot Fest started out chilly, rainy, and muddy, but it had its highlights

by Reader staff September 13, 2014August 18, 2021

Field reports from Riot Fest’s inclement opening day—highlights include Slayer, the Hotelier, Mastodon, the Offspring, and Stiff Little Fingers.

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Sat 3/1: NHL Stadium Series, Music Frozen Dancing, and a Mardi Gras bar crawl

by Jillian Sandler March 1, 2014August 18, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Saturday, March 1

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Tue 1/21: Winter Bike to Work Day, Conversation on Grace, and Ishmael Beah

by Drew Hunt January 21, 2014August 18, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Tuesday, January 21

Posted inBlogs

Recapping the Pitchfork Music Festival’s storm-shortened opening day

by Philip Montoro July 20, 2013August 19, 2021

Trash Talk kicked up dust, Bjork got rained on, and Angel Olsen seems to have enchanted just about everybody.

Posted inMusic

Gossip Wolf: Parasol folds halfway

by Jessica Hopper and J.R. Nelson November 29, 2011August 19, 2021

Parasol shutters its store and distro, Pancho’s goes upmarket, and more

Posted inBlogs

Professor, beware

by J.R. Jones May 16, 2008August 19, 2021

Dark Matter brings the seamy side of academics to the screen.

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