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Posted inMusic

Beloved DIY space Situations signs off with a Halloween livestream

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil October 27, 2020August 18, 2021

Beloved DIY space Situations signs off with a Halloween livestream, and Angel Marcloid drops an album of fizzy jazz fusion as Nonlocal Forecast.

Posted inCity Life

Readings, livestreams, and drunk farmers

by Salem Collo-Julin September 11, 2020August 18, 2021

Upcoming events and distractions from our listings coordinator

Posted inMusic

Let the Reader help with your Bandcamp shopping list

by Leor Galil April 29, 2020August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inMusic

Spend quality time in quarantine with your new favorite Chicago albums

by Jamie Ludwig March 27, 2020August 18, 2021

Close your eyes and picture yourself at your favorite local venue while listening to these new releases.

Posted inMusic

Melkbelly’s juxtaposition of weird and pretty keeps getting more perplexing

by Luca Cimarusti March 27, 2020August 18, 2021

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 […]

Posted inMusic

The best Chicago albums of the 2010s: the critics’ ballots

by Reader staff and contributors January 30, 2020August 18, 2021

Here’s where to see who voted for what and how the points got divvied up.

Posted inMusic

The best Chicago albums of the 2010s

by Reader staff and contributors January 30, 2020September 30, 2021

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.

Posted inMusic

From basement shows to Pitchfork stages

by Leor Galil July 17, 2018August 18, 2021

Several veterans of Chicago’s multifaceted DIY scene have leveled up to play the Pitchfork Music Festival.

Posted inBlogs

The Pitchfork Music Festival announces its 2018 aftershows

by Tyra Nicole Triche June 25, 2018August 18, 2021

Headliners of Pitchfork’s 2018 aftershows include Japanese Breakfast, Girlpool, and Kweku Collins.

Posted inBlogs

The Pitchfork Music Festival reveals the final names of its 2018 lineup

by Leor Galil March 13, 2018August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inBlogs

The Pitchfork Music Festival announces its first wave of acts for 2018

by Leor Galil February 27, 2018August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inBlogs

Guitarist Randy Randall on how No Age have adapted to family time—and what their odd new album title means

by Jordan Reyes January 12, 2018August 18, 2021

To support the new Snares Like a Haircut, noise-punks No Age play Schubas during the Tomorrow Never Knows festival.

Posted inMusic

Stories from Chicago’s favorite rock ’n’ roll clusterfuck

by Leor Galil January 3, 2018August 18, 2021

Underground rock festival Ian’s Party is run mostly by volunteers, which helps it feel like a community instead of a branding exercise.

Posted inMusic

Let’s put it in writing: Melkbelly are Chicago’s most exciting rock band

by Kevin Warwick October 11, 2017August 18, 2021

On the new Nothing Valley, Pilsen four-piece Melkbelly have found a tense balance between delicate melody and frantic noise.

Posted inBlogs

Local noise-pop group Melkbelly release a video for the brand-new single ‘Middle Of’

by Luca Cimarusti August 17, 2017August 18, 2021

In Melkbelly’s new video they’re having all sorts of hangs in their practice space.

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