The notorious international pop-up party brings the two midwestern cities together with a four-show series beginning tomorrow night at Evil Olive.
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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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Reviews of Mick Jenkins’s surprisingly friendly Wave[s] and nine more new records
Five Reader writers take in a range of sounds that includes Ola Belle Reed’s rural roots music, Ahab’s “nautik funeral doom,” and Beach House’s newly modest dream pop.
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Teklife and Treated Crew bring their collaboration to the stage
Teklife and Treated Crew bring their collaboration to the stage, Hausu Mountain erupts again with three oddball tapes, and more.
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Treated Crew and Teklife further DJ Rashad’s legacy on Live From Your Mama’s House
Treated Crew rapper Mic Terror leads the charge on this collaborative EP, a blend of hip-hop and footwork that can be traced back to his coming-of-age in Chicago’s south suburbs.
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Our favorite music of 2014
Six Reader music writers share their favorites from 2014 with year-end lists that do more than just put the same records in a different order.
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DJ Rashad is gone, but his influence on footwork lives on
The Chicago producer died before the music he helped define could break out, but he’s still inspiring his Teklife crew—which is releasing a compilation to benefit his young son.
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Gossip Wolf: The Thalia Hall team launches the Promontory in Hyde Park
The Thalia Hall team’s new Hyde Park venue, the Mopery’s new identity, and more
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Follow DJ Spinn as he shops for records at Pitchfork
DJ Spinn talks about DJ Rashad and Michael Jackson in Pitchfork’s record fair.
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Reader’s Agenda Fri 7/25: Newberry Book Fair, Critical Mass, and Juke Fest
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Friday, July 25
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12 O’Clock Track: If you liked DJ Spinn’s Pitchfork set, you might like Acen
The darkcore standard “Trip II the Moon” could have been played in Spinn’s set.
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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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A fond farewell to the last day of the Pitchfork Music Festival
The Reader team share their thoughts on Sunday’s entertainment at Pitchfork, which included memorable sets by Kendrick Lamar, Deafheaven, Perfect Pussy, Slowdive, and DJ Spinn.
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Tonight: The Era and Teklife bring footwork to the art-gallery world
Prepare for DJ Spinn’s Pitchfork performance and head to Lab Sessions to hear footwork tunes by his Teklife crew and watch footwork dancers battle.
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Remembering footwork master DJ Rashad
The influential footwork producer passed away at the age of 35 on Saturday.