Chicago hip-hop mourns musician and designer Quincy ‘Q’ Easton Kelly, and Joyride Records throws its first plugged-in show.
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Hxlt’s hip-hop past lingers on his punk debut
This Friday, GOOD Music drops the first album the former Hollywood Holt is releasing in his postpunk incarnation Hxlt.
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Gossip Wolf: Jimmy Whispers throws a basketball tournament to benefit CeaseFire
Jimmy Whispers’s basketball tournament for CeaseFire, suburban death metal from Starkill, and Fred Schneider of the B-52s at the Fall Ball
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Gossip Wolf: Hollywood Holt joins Beyonce and Andre 3000 on the Great American Soundtrack
Hollywood Holt produces Beyonce and Andre 3000, Fielded shares a track, and more
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This rap video guide to Chicago restaurants will kill Yelp
Real rappers. Real reviews.
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Closed Sessions opens up Chicago hip-hop
Local studio to release its third compilation
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A Hornet’s Nest at South by Southwest
Chicago hip-hop blog Ruby Hornet filled an Austin mansion with rappers to make the new comp Closed Sessions: ATX.
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Fresh Freakiness From Da Phedz
Hollywood Holt, Mic Terror, Million Dollar Mano, and John James get together for “Freak Ass Playa.”
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Lollapalooza: From the Mud Fields
Missed Bon Iver by a matter of minutes, having forgotten how damn long it takes to walk across the park and also because I stopped to grab a cheese-stuffed pretzel. Graham Elliot has a booth at the food court that’s offering, among other items, “buffalo chicken, bleu cheese foam,” which has to be the most […]
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Monday-afternoon almost-spring playlist
Today’s playlist: alt-pop, gore grind, ambient hardcore, and more
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Superstar in Training: Hollywood Holt
Hollywood Holt does party rap the way other people get in shape for triathlons.