For the first time since a pandemic hiatus, The Fly Honey Show is live for three days only of sparkle, sweat, and shimmy. Begun in 2010 with about 30 performers in the living room of the DIY venue The Inconvenience, The Fly Honey Show has since manifested through the bodies of hundreds of dancers, musicians, […]
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Spooky season begins with another Bandcamp Friday
Since the pandemic arrived in the U.S. in March 2020, Bandcamp has declared 15 Bandcamp Fridays, so forgive me if I truncate my usual spiel. If you’ve somehow found this post without being aware of Bandcamp Friday, I’ll just say this: for 24 hours, the digital retailer passes along its usual share of revenue to […]
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Jana Rush engineers her own empowerment
Experimental footwork producer Jana Rush recorded her breathtaking new album, Painful Enlightenment, while battling depression, but she’s careful not to romanticize that fact. “At that time, I couldn’t be consistent with anything. I could start something and good luck with finishing it,” Rush explains. “The loss of hope, it’s a strange and empty feeling, and […]
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Pioneering footwork producer RP Boo bares his soul on Established!
Footwork music’s whimsical, tempestuous take on house wouldn’t exist without Chicago producer Kavain Space, better known as RP Boo. In the mid-90s, he drew from his experience DJing for House-O-Matics dancers to devise skittish, hyperactive tracks that proved too puzzling for Dance Mania, a staple label of the scene that provided a home for the […]
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Psychedelic country collective the Keener Family drop a debut four years in the making
Psychedelic country collective the Keener Family drop a debut four years in the making, Dustin Laurenzi’s Snaketime helps Mississippi Records celebrate the music of Moondog, and more.
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Open the Circle teaches footwork because footwork saves lives
Chicago nonprofit Open the Circle works to spread a local Black dance culture that can knit together youth communities.
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Electronic musician Angel Marcloid drops a new collage barrage as Fire-Toolz
Electronic musician Angel Marcloid drops a new collage barrage as Fire-Toolz, Groove Cafe releases a compilation to benefit rebuilding efforts in Puerto Rico, and more.
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Chicago’s footwork community takes center stage at the MCA
The Era takes over the museum for a night for a demonstration of footwork, with a special focus on the women.
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Harold Washington Library celebrates the Reverend Clay Evans with a free gospel concert
Harold Washington Library celebrates the Reverend Clay Evans with a free gospel concert, the Hideout’s dance-centric new Midnight Resonance series books Bergsonist, and more.
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Chicago footwork producers Boylan and Pranas drop a transcendent track to hype Boylan’s imminent birthday bash
Boylan and Pranas’s “Pick It Up” samples the latest smash single from lightning-rod Chicago rapper Famous Dex.
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Reviewed: Twista’s disjointed but generous Crook County and 11 more new releases
Seven Reader writers tackle a dozen records, including the long-gestating debut from footwork producer Jana Rush, lost recordings from 60s garage-rock oddballs the Monks, and a riveting solo set from unsung improvising pianist Pat Thomas.
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Rapper Chris Crack breaks a yearlong silence with a single 36-minute track
Chicago rapper Chris Crack breaks a yearlong silence with a single 36-minute track, DJ Paypal invites ghetto-house innovator Jana Rush to East Room, and more.
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Chicago label Deep Space Objects compiles a constellation of diverse electronic tracks
Chicago label Deep Space Objects compiles a constellation of diverse electronic tracks, Lord Mantis drummer Bill Bumgardner dies at 35, and more.