Davis the Dorchester Bully isn’t rapping too fast—you’re listening too slow. As the Chicagoan says on “Virginia,” a track from his new album with Detroit producer Foule Monk, “Life is as simple as it seems.” And so are his rhymes, even when he serves them up with moments of head-whipping banter. That collaborative album is […]
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Experimental pop auteur Jitwam just wants you to dance
Born in India, raised in New Zealand and Australia, and based I’m not sure where, pop provocateur Jitwam might seem fickle—his outre style leapfrogs from sun-bleached, broken psychedelia (“Drowning in Tomorrow,” from 2017’s ज़ितम सिहँ) to sparkling, limber nu-funk (“Busstop,” from 2019’s Honeycomb), to minimal, mumbled soul (“Stronger,” from 2019’s Purple EP). But there’s a […]
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Keeping the beat
Chicago’s beat scene has to do without the attention the city’s rappers get, but it’s a vital incubator for adventurous, ambitious instrumental hip-hop.
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Pitchfork’s veteran acts confront the trap of the crowd favorite
Veteran Pitchfork acts LCD Soundsystem, PJ Harvey, and Ride have had mixed success evolving past the sounds that made them famous.
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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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Freddie Gibbs maintains his singular talent with ‘Careless’
It’s off the brand-new album by the great rapper from Gary, Indiana.
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12 O’Clock Track: Freddie Gibbs and Madlib’s frenetic “City”
Surprise—even the songs that didn’t make it onto Freddie Gibbs and Madlib’s upcoming Cocaine Piñata are great.
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This week in Bollywood screenings: Son of Sardaar
Notes on the latest Bollywood feature to play at the River East 21
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The Numero Group Turns the Tables on a Bootlegger
The shady origin of the Numero Group’s new “Eccentric Breaks and Beats.”
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Stones Throw in Chicago
Stones Throw, arguably America’s best hip-hop label, kicks off a new residency at Sonotheque.