Beloved DIY space Situations signs off with a Halloween livestream, and Angel Marcloid drops an album of fizzy jazz fusion as Nonlocal Forecast.
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Readings, livestreams, and drunk farmers
Upcoming events and distractions from our listings coordinator
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Let the Reader help with your Bandcamp shopping list
In the past few weeks, the Reader has recommended three dozen Bandcamp releases—and this Friday, the service will again pass its share of revenue along to artists.
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Spend quality time in quarantine with your new favorite Chicago albums
Close your eyes and picture yourself at your favorite local venue while listening to these new releases.
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Melkbelly’s juxtaposition of weird and pretty keeps getting more perplexing
Chicago four-piece Melkbelly are best known for playing what you might call noise pop. Though they employ guitarists with a knack for wiry, minor-key interplay, a drummer who pays homage to Brian Chippendale, and a singer who can flip the switch in an instant from sweet Kim Deal croons to blood-curdling screams, they also inject […]
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The best Chicago albums of the 2010s: the critics’ ballots
Here’s where to see who voted for what and how the points got divvied up.
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The best Chicago albums of the 2010s
The Reader polled dozens of critics to arrive at an absolutely indisputable ranked list of several hundred records that will definitely not start any arguments.
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From basement shows to Pitchfork stages
Several veterans of Chicago’s multifaceted DIY scene have leveled up to play the Pitchfork Music Festival.
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The Pitchfork Music Festival announces its 2018 aftershows
Headliners of Pitchfork’s 2018 aftershows include Japanese Breakfast, Girlpool, and Kweku Collins.
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The Pitchfork Music Festival reveals the final names of its 2018 lineup
It took three weeks, but Pitchfork has now announced the names of all the artists performing at its 13th festival, including headliners Fleet Foxes and Lauryn Hill.
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The Pitchfork Music Festival announces its first wave of acts for 2018
Tame Impala was the first Pitchfork performer revealed on a mural outside the Violet Hour this morning—and this post will be updated throughout the day.
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Guitarist Randy Randall on how No Age have adapted to family time—and what their odd new album title means
To support the new Snares Like a Haircut, noise-punks No Age play Schubas during the Tomorrow Never Knows festival.
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Stories from Chicago’s favorite rock ’n’ roll clusterfuck
Underground rock festival Ian’s Party is run mostly by volunteers, which helps it feel like a community instead of a branding exercise.
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Let’s put it in writing: Melkbelly are Chicago’s most exciting rock band
On the new Nothing Valley, Pilsen four-piece Melkbelly have found a tense balance between delicate melody and frantic noise.
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Local noise-pop group Melkbelly release a video for the brand-new single ‘Middle Of’
In Melkbelly’s new video they’re having all sorts of hangs in their practice space.