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Matmos have 99 collaborators but a bore ain’t one

by Salem Collo-Julin August 21, 2020August 18, 2021

Baltimore experimental electronic duo Matmos have released a steady stream of albums over their 25 years, many of which feature guest artists, but on the new The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form they’ve brought in enough collaborators to fill a house party. They made the album in part from submissions by 99 musicians […]

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The Soft Pink Truth traffics in revelations on Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase?

by Salem Collo-Julin May 15, 2020August 18, 2021

The Soft Pink Truth’s new album, Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase? (Thrill Jockey), is a soundtrack for contemplation, discovery, and the seeking of truth. The solo project of Baltimore musician Drew Daniel, best known for his work in experimental duo Matmos, the Soft Pink Truth started in response to a […]

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Workaholic superstar DJ Steve Aoki exudes optimism at every turn

by Leor Galil March 6, 2020August 18, 2021

Is there any pop star with a career like Steve Aoki’s? How many other sons of business magnates got into hardcore in the 90s, wrote for radical punk zine Heartattack, led a screamo band that released a split with Japanese posthardcore legends Envy, and ran a DIY space that hosted the likes of Jimmy Eat […]

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German pop princess Kim Petras gets dark and campy with a Halloween-themed mixtape

by Julia Hale October 15, 2018August 18, 2021

Kim Petras opens for South African singer-songwriter Troye Sivan at the Chicago Theatre this weekend.

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Fulton Market venue the Mid announces its pending closure

by Leor Galil October 4, 2018August 18, 2021

You’ve got till February 2019 to say good-bye to the EDM-focused club.

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Researchers are exhuming World’s Fair serial killer H.H. Holmes’s body to determine if he escaped execution, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd May 1, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, CPD superintendent Eddie Johnson’s car was broken into over the weekend.

Posted inBlogs

An Evening of Dance With MacArthur Fellows puts genius onstage

by Matt de la Peña September 16, 2016August 18, 2021

In honor of the 35th anniversary of the MacArthur Fellowships, a free performance featuring five fellows from the dance world.

Posted inArts & Culture

Five best bets for fall dance 2016

by Matt de la Peña September 2, 2016August 18, 2021

The Seldoms and the Joffrey Ballet are among this fall’s best bets for dance.

Posted inMusic

Electronic dance music shows its many faces at Pitchfork

by Tal Rosenberg and Sasha Geffen July 15, 2015August 18, 2021

Some look forward and some look back, and not all may benefit from the outdoors—but the genre’s vigorous diversity can only be a good thing.

Posted inFilm

The thrill of techno is alive in the French drama Eden

by Ben Sachs June 24, 2015August 18, 2021

A young DJ spends 20 years chasing the euphoria of his first brush with garage techno in Mia Hansen-Løve’s latest.

Posted inMusic

How the USA fell for EDM, chapter one

by Michaelangelo Matos April 29, 2015August 18, 2021

In these excerpts from his lively and meticulous new book, The Underground Is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America, longtime Reader contributor Michaelangelo Matos chronicles the three-decade ascent of EDM.

Posted inBlogs

Former Chicagoan Brenmar’s debut EP for Fool’s Gold fulfills his dance-music promise

by Leor Galil January 20, 2015August 18, 2021

The DJ-producer returns to town tomorrow to celebrate the release of his new EP, Award.

Posted inBlogs

More than a dozen concertgoers were hospitalized at Skrillex’s Navy Pier show last weekend

by Sasha Geffen October 24, 2014August 18, 2021

The latest drug-related concert incident furthers concerns about EDM’s safety.

Posted inBlogs

12 O’Clock Track: Breezy Montana melds regional dances on ‘Strike a Pose’

by Leor Galil May 8, 2014August 18, 2021

One of the leaders of the bop sound instructs listeners to bop and drop that Nae Nae (among other things) with his new supercharged EDM tune.

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Flosstradamus talks trap and the power of second chances

by Miles Raymer December 30, 2013August 19, 2021

Chicago DJ group bounces back to become the biggest thing in hip-hop-EDM hybrids.

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