Chicago in Tune is a difficult festival to describe, since it includes basically all live music happening in the city from August 19 till September 19. How that looks to you depends heavily on which shows are on your radar. The Reader has provided you with a number of assists: a show calendar spanning the […]
Tag: experimental
Neptunian Maximalism deliver a funeral rite for the human species
Neptunian Maximalism’s recent triple album, Éons, imagines a future Earth dominated by hyperintelligent elephants.
Serena Isioma has an antidote for election anxiety
Chicago bedroom-pop songwriter Serena Isioma can give your brain a 15-minute vacation with the Sensitive EP.
The Chicago Underground Quartet bottle their lightning again
For 19 years, the Chicago Underground Quartet’s first album was their only album—but now longtime collaborators Rob Mazurek, Jeff Parker, and Chad Taylor have recaptured the group’s freewheeling jazz spirit.
Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation
Curated by filmmakers (and former Chicagoans) Alexander Steward and Lilli Carré, this two-program mini festival includes new work and selected retrospective titles. Filmmakers featured this year include Janie Geiser, Barbara Hammer, Allison Schulnik, Kevin Eskew, and Sebastian Buerkner.