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Pitchfork’s Midwinter brings Kamasi Washington, Slowdive, Laurie Anderson, and dozens more to the Art Institute
Midwinter runs February 15 through 17 and also includes Oneohtrix Point Never, Grouper, Perfume Genius, DJ Koze, two William Basinski performances, and Tortoise playing all of TNT.
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Brandon Lamar Rials is elevating jeans, one personalized pair at a time
The Pilsen-based designer crafts uniquely distressed pants.
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Joey Purp and ZMoney are only getting better, to the benefit of Chicago
If Joey Purp hasn’t already convinced you he’s one of Chicago rap’s best stylists, his new Quarterthing (self-released) should do the job. He bares his teeth on “Godbody Pt. 2” (which supersizes grimy 90s beats and features the RZA) before draping his AutoTuned voice with screams on “Karl Malone,” a minimal callback to—and evolution of—the […]
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Towkio is officially Chicago’s highest rapper
Towkio’s balloon trip to the stratosphere wasn’t just to promote his first album for Rick Rubin—the Chicago rapper also wants to talk about inspiration, perspective, and togetherness.
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Vic Mensa revisits his vanishing Hyde Park
Rising rapper Vic Mensa considers his old Hyde Park neighborhood home, even though gentrification has killed his favorite hangouts.
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Chicago rapper Kami has a big hit in the making with ‘Payload’
The standout single from Kami’s June EP, Superstar, gets the party-video treatment for the new year.
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Fake Shore Drive founder Andrew Barber on ten years of blogging and the evolution of the Chicago hip-hop scene
Fake Shore Drive has grown alongside Chicago rap, becoming an institution in its own right—and it celebrates its tenth anniversary by reuniting Big Tymers for a show at the Portage.
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Knox Fortune learned his trade in hip-hop, but he wants to make his name in pop
Producer Knox Fortune, aka Kevin Rhomberg, headlines his first show as a solo artist to celebrate his debut album, Paradise.
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Chicago rapper Vic Mensa forgot to bring his punk punch to Riot Fest
Vic Mensa’s ferocious anti-authoritarian energy should’ve made him a good fit for Riot Fest, but he often seemed to lose track of it onstage.
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The Reader’s takes on the 2017 Pitchfork Music Festival
Our preview package covers Solange and the breadth of black cultural expression, Jeff Rosenstock and Pitchfork’s relationship to DIY, Survive and music media’s infatuation with prestige TV, and much more.
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Chicago summers according to the Chicagoans at Pitchfork
The locals playing Pitchfork—including Jamila Woods, Derrick Carter, and Mike Kinsella—talk about the city’s best summer music.
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Kami and Kweku Collins join a young hip-hop revolution with their new releases
Kami’s Just Like the Movies and Kweku’s Grey EP partake in a movement that’s stretching the vocal language of hip-hop.
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Amazing, dreamlike photos of Saba, Noname, Ne-Hi and more at SXSW
Photographer Brittany Sowacke uses double exposures and prisms to give her concert shots an otherworldly beauty.
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The Pitchfork Music Festival announces its complete 2017 lineup
PJ Harvey, the Avalanches, George Clinton, and Priests (among dozens of others) join previously announced Pitchfork headliners LCD Soundsystem, A Tribe Called Quest, and Solange.