On “Upset My Girlfriend,” from Metronomy’s 2019 album, Metronomy Forever (Because), Joseph Mount moans, “I used to play drums in a rock ’n’ roll band / But they kicked me out / ’Cause I used to feel it / And so I would speed up.” The song’s sparse, strummy indie pop and ambient keyboard flourishes […]
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Less club-ready than Body Talk, Honey shows why Robyn remains a global dance-pop star
There’s never much debate about whether or not a new Robyn album is a party—it’s rather about what kind of party it is. With her 2010 trio of Body Talk releases, the Swedish dance-pop phenomenon unleashed a rank of futuristic club bangers, several of which, including “Dancing on My Own” and “Call Your Girlfriend,” are […]
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Film on fire
A 1983 science fiction film fuels ongoing discussion on racial and gender justice.
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Renegade Holiday Craft Fair, Marc Maron, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
The Nutcracker, Krampusfest, and other happenings from December 2-4
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Tanoshii Sushi Mike’s measures up to the original—plus it has cocktails
The West Loop’s Tanoshii Sushi Mike’s offers a similar menu to its original Andersonville location, but with sake and cocktails.
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Joe Fish, Rosebud Restaurants’ new seafood house, is for ballers
Joe Fish, Rosebud Restaurants’ new seafood house, is for ballers.
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Key Ingredient: Jeremy Brutzkus of Longman & Eagle updates a favorite of the sultan’s harem
Pastry chef Jeremy Brutzkus of Longman & Eagle updates a favorite of the Sultan’s harem.
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Key Ingredient: Thomas Raquel deslimes a “weird martian fruit”
Acadia pastry chef Thomas Raquel deslimes horned melon.
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Beer Hoptacular, south-side edition
Beer Hoptacular moves to the Lacuna Artist Loft Studios in Pilsen for its fourth year.
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Essential versus arbitrary mystery in contemporary art house cinema
Reflections on trends in contemporary art house movies, as observed in this year’s Chicago International Film Festival and Doc Films’ ongoing Hou Hsiao-Hsien retrospective
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Dillman’s is Brendan Sodikoff’s blintz-krieg
With Dillman’s, Brendan Sodikoff brings a haute (and fabulous) “deli-style American brasserie” to River North.
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Does Aqui y Allà (Here and There) take you anywhere?
Considering the similarities of three recent art films from Mexico, Turkey, and Israel
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Seriously, hold the honey: Should vegans stick to their guns?
Honey fuels the vegan flexitarian debate.
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Natural History
Following up on the Reader’s November 18, 1977 “The Essence of Beeing” cover story and urban beekeeping events in March and April, 2011.
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Don’t Baby, Baby
What do you say? Yeah, I think that just turning and leaving is a pretty good answer