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Tag: Michaelangelo Matos
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Daisychain gives women and nonbinary DJs the platform they deserve
Alicia Greco’s weekly podcast has already posted 110 mixes, fostering a community that won’t stay marginalized much longer.
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Get moving to Phuture’s ‘Acid Tracks’ before the house group plays Grant Park
Phuture plays a free show Friday evening at the Spirit of Music Garden, and tonight two of the group’s members will talk about the rise of acid house at the Apple store on Michigan Avenue.
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How the USA fell for EDM, chapter one
In these excerpts from his lively and meticulous new book, The Underground Is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America, longtime Reader contributor Michaelangelo Matos chronicles the three-decade ascent of EDM.
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The return of Dance Mania Records
Dance Mania Records helped birth ghetto house, juke, and footwork music—now it’s back to court the EDM crowd.
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This week on the B Side
An in-depth look at house music in the 90s, an interview with Autopsy’s Chris Reifert, and much more
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This week on the B Side
Controversial punks, new DJ mixes of note, Lollapalooza gossip, and more
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This Week in Reader Music
Ian Mackaye opinions about album pricing, an 18-disc box set of African pop, Will Oldham’s Crocs, folky photos, and lots of concert recommendations
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What the Fuck Is a Jedward and Why Would It Cover “Ice Ice Baby”?
Tween pop, oldies rap, and ironic superpositions
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Sharp Darts: The Slow Listening Movement
A former Reader contributor proposes an antidote for MP3 fatigue.
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It’s like remembering to chew your food
Michaelangelo Matos’s Slow Listening Movement
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Pollapalooza
Idolator challenges the Village Voice’s Pazz & Jop with a new year-end critics poll.