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Constructive interference on the gig poster of the week

by Salem Collo-Julin July 14, 2021August 18, 2021

This week’s featured gig poster was designed by Stylin’ Out Network and includes an image by Chicago artist Ricardo Mondragon.

Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Posted inCity Life

Out there, around here

by Salem Collo-Julin June 11, 2021August 18, 2021

Upcoming events and recommendations for the next seven days

Rosé (left) and Gottmik are two of the performers on the roster for Drive 'n' Drag this weekend.
Posted inCity Life

Time to press play

by Salem Collo-Julin May 28, 2021August 18, 2021

Upcoming events and recommendations for the next seven days

Posted inMusic

Skulls support self-publishing on the gig poster of the week

by Salem Collo-Julin September 30, 2020August 18, 2021

This week’s featured gig poster was created by Chicago artist Chema Skandal.

Posted inMusic

A techno panopticon on the gig poster of the week

by Salem Collo-Julin July 23, 2020August 18, 2021

This week’s featured gig poster was designed by DJ M. Sylvia using visual elements from Andrew Panahon and Tima Fei.

Posted inCity Life

The Reader’s stay-at-home chronicles: days 71 and 72

by Reader staff May 30, 2020August 18, 2021

What we’re reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.

Posted inMusic

Daisychain gives women and nonbinary DJs the platform they deserve

by Leor Galil February 19, 2020August 18, 2021

Alicia Greco’s weekly podcast has already posted 110 mixes, fostering a community that won’t stay marginalized much longer.

Posted inMusic

Dangerous DJ rigs on the gig poster of the week

by Salem Collo-Julin January 8, 2020August 18, 2021

This week’s featured gig poster was designed by Chicago artist Bill Connors.

Posted inMusic

La Armada return with an overdue album of Dominican-born hardcore

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil April 10, 2018August 18, 2021

La Armada return with an overdue album of Dominican-born hardcore, awesomely trashy Indiana punks the Fritz celebrate their debut record, and more.

Posted inMusic

Lumpen Radio amplifies voices from the margins

by Erin Osmon January 18, 2017August 18, 2021

Bridgeport-based low-power station Lumpen Radio provides an on-air home for diversity and dissent.

Posted inBlogs

Cook County doubles down: Rap, rock, country, and DJ sets are not ‘fine arts,’ not exempt from amusement tax

by Lee V. Gaines August 22, 2016August 18, 2021

At Cook County’s latest hearing on its small-venue amusement-tax exemption, the government dealt several businesses a blow that could eventually cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars apiece.

Posted inBlogs

There’s a happy crab on the gig poster of the week

by Luca Cimarusti January 27, 2016August 18, 2021

This week’s gig poster was created by designer Chema Skandal.

Posted inBlogs

WHPK’s Summer Breeze returns this weekend with a huge bill of local weirdos

by Luca Cimarusti May 14, 2015August 18, 2021

Ono headlines this outdoor festival in the U of C quad.

Kelis
Posted inMusic

Kelis keeps stirring the pot 15 years on

by Miles Raymer June 2, 2014August 18, 2021

Kelis didn’t become the star she should have 15 years ago, but she’s still one of modern R&B’s most consistently inventive artists.

Posted inMusic

The Secret History of Chicago Music: The Chicago Triangle

by Chicago Reader May 29, 2014August 18, 2021

The long-lost debut LP from oddball Latin-rock group the Chicago Triangle is getting reissued by Permanent Records.

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