The Chicago Reader debuted October 1, 1971—almost two years before DJ Kool Herc threw the very first hip-hop party in the Bronx in August 1973, nearly three years before the Ramones made their first appearance onstage at CBGB in August 1974, and more than five years before Frankie Knuckles first spun at the Warehouse in […]
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Philip Montoro
Philip Montoro moved to Chicago on his 25th birthday in 1996, and the Reader had snatched him up by the end of that year. He started out as a substitute typesetter and worked his way through the ranks as a proofreader and associate editor, then became the paper’s full-time music editor in April 2004. As […]
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We’ve brought together twenty of Leor Galil’s best music features from the past ten years in one book
Best of Chicago Reader, Volume 1
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From the archive: When a Reader staffer dreamed of blue-faced superstardom
Inside the audition process for the Blue Man Group
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Irvine Welsh talks Trainspotting, the Secret History of Chicago Music live, and more things to do this week
Sauced Night Market, Empty Bottle Book Club returns, and more happenings from February 15-18
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Dating this Reader music editor won’t be an error
One of our readers’ awesome single friends is ready for his close-up.
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CHIRP Radio DJ Joy Merten on Japanese noise from 1984
Current musical obsessions of Ed B. from Black Metal of the Americas and CHIRP Radio DJ Joy Merten
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Call for submissions: The Reader’s 15th annual Pure Fiction issue
Who knows—a short story could be your debut novel’s first chapter.
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Ham, tapeworms, and shitty soup: A brief retrospective of The Kids in the Hall
A retrospective of comedy sketches from The Kids in the Hall in honor of the performance tonight at the Chicago Theatre, one of five stops on the troupe’s first tour together since 2008.
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Chicago craft beer explodes—and Chicago Craft Beer Week almost keeps up
The 11-day Chicago Craft Beer Week struggles to keep up with the city’s wild craft-beer boom.
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In Rotation: Metro publicist Jenny Lizak on a punk documentary to give teenage girls for Christmas
Current obsessions of Metro publicist Jenny Lizak, and Smart Bar booker Marea Stamper (aka the Black Madonna)
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12 O’Clock Track: Danish D-beat on Halshug’s “Skyd Eller Dø”
Today’s 12 O’Clock Track is a bit of Danish D-beat from Halshug titled “Skyd Eller Dø.”
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In Rotation: Jake Austen of Roctober on a sitar cover of the Banana Splits
Current musical obsessions of Roctober‘s Jake Austen and WHPK’s Mario Smith
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In Rotation: Reggie’s booker Elle Quintana on never regretting Tindersticks
Current musical obsessions of Reggie’s booker Elle Quintana and writer Robert Dean