After a COVID gap year, the Frequency Festival returns on February 22. The six-day event is an outgrowth of the Frequency Series, which is programmed by former Chicago Reader staff music critic Peter Margasak and hosted by Constellation. Founded in 2013, shortly after drummer and promoter Mike Reed opened the north-side venue, the series presents […]
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Ratboys celebrate their tenth birthday in a virtual living room at Schubas
Ratboys celebrate their tenth birthday in a virtual living room at Schubas, Northwestern’s New Music Conference returns in online form, and more.
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Sui generis duo Beautifulish constructs alien sound worlds
Percussionist Samuel Scranton and bassoonist Katherine Young (who was, in the distant past, a Reader editorial staffer) combine improvised and composed material in the sui generis duo Beautifulish. Their name may sound tentative, and their preference for small-run cassettes may seem humble, but there’s nothing timid about their radical sounds. Beautifulish’s music arose from weekly […]
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Luftwerk’s Requiem: A White Wanderer, Lunar New Year on Marz, and more to do this weekend
Arts and culture happenings from Fri 1/31 to Sun 2/2.
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Luftwerk mourn the vanishing ice caps with a Pritzker Pavilion installation
Luftwerk mourn the vanishing ice caps with a Pritzker Pavilion installation, beat-scene series Kinky Yeti throws itself a birthday party, and more.
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Prog paragons Cheer-Accident drop an album that contains multitudes
Prog paragons Cheer-Accident drop an album that contains multitudes, Owen Ashworth’s Orindal Records hosts a showcase at the Landland print shop, and more.
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The Ear Taxi Festival tours Chicago’s rich contemporary classical scene
The Ear Taxi Festival presents more than 80 new works in its six-day tour of Chicago’s rich contemporary classical scene.
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Our favorite music of 2014
Six Reader music writers share their favorites from 2014 with year-end lists that do more than just put the same records in a different order.
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Remembering composer Lee Hyla
Students of the brilliant composer and music professor Lee Hyla share thoughts on his passing.
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Parlour Tapes knocks classical music off its high horse
Young Chicago label Parlour Tapes has hosted a fake job fair, but they’ve also released some of the city’s best new classical music.
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Reader’s Agenda Thu 12/5: Make, Medora, and Anne La Berge
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, December 5
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The immersive sound world of Katherine Young and Austin Wulliman
Hard-working violinist Austin Wulliman and bassoonist and composer Katherine Young debut a new, immersive set of compositions at Defibrillator Gallery on Friday
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Gossip Wolf: Forced Into Femininity pushes a new tape with an aboveground show
Forced Into Femininity plays an aboveground show, Templehead unveils its rock opera, and more
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In Rotation: Bassoonist Katherine Young on music from Malian cell phones
Current obsessions of bassoonist Katherine Young and Joan of Arc drummer Theo Katsaounis
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In Rotation: Bassoonist Katherine Young on music from Malian cell phones
Current obsessions of bassoonist Katherine Young and Joan of Arc drummer Theo Katsaounis