This summer UK dance-music singer-songwriter Aluna released her solo debut, Renaissance, whose lead track, “I’ve Been Starting to Love All the Things I Hate,” makes a case for pulling ourselves out of the collective malaise of 2020 to find our collective voice. In AlunaGeorge, her duo with producer George Reid, her soprano sometimes crosses into […]
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American Pleasure Club at the Beat Kitchen and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend
Post Animal at Lincoln Hall and more goings-on 4/27-4/29.
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Princess Nokia embraces her dualities and self-assurance on 1992 Deluxe
In conversation, Princess Nokia (born Destiny Nicole Frasqueri) is soft-spoken and thoughtfully tackles subjects like blackness and urban feminism. But get on her bad side, and she’s lethal. In February 2017, the underground rapper from Spanish Harlem punched an audience member for mouthing sexist obscenities and in October, she slapped another man for making racist […]
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Best shows to see: Princess Nokia, Lord Mantis, Loop
Best shows to see on Thu 4/24 through Sun 4/27
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Reader’s Agenda Thu 4/24: Demetri Martin, American Whiskey Affair, and Princess Nokia
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, April 24