Not Normal Tapes gives itself a year to live, Rabble Rabble reunite to benefit Resilience, and more.
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Keeping the beat
Chicago’s beat scene has to do without the attention the city’s rappers get, but it’s a vital incubator for adventurous, ambitious instrumental hip-hop.
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Chicago producer Radius feeds the beat scene’s growth with Embrace the Circle
Over the past few years, Chicago has steadily grown its beat scene, and producers dedicated to instrumental hip-hop have a few monthly showcases to check out their peers, chief among them the Whistler’s Push Beats and Cafe Mustache’s Open Beats. And late in 2018, the Fresh Roasted series (also usually at the Whistler) held a […]
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Chicago shoegaze saviors Panda Riot bring their album Infinity Maps to vinyl
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.
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I Kong Kult end a three-year hiatus to release their ass-shaking debut
I Kong Kult end a three-year hiatus to release their ass-shaking debut, Mako Sica hold a benefit to push back against cycling deaths, and more.
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Producer and DJ Fess Grandiose on the local beat scene he loves and the hip-hop boom in Logan Square
Beat maker Fess Grandiose talks about the Logan Square scene and his new self-titled instrumental debut for Chicago’s ETC Records.