TALsounds and Matchess braid their music together on the debut of Damiana, Chi-ROCK Nation celebrate hip-hop heritage with a monthlong exhibit, and more.
Tag: Sam Prekop
Listen to an overlooked 1993 classic from Chicago’s Shrimp Boat
Pitchfork and New City both recently tackled Chicago’s music scene in 1993, but neither gave much love to the beautiful, eclectic art-pop of Shrimp Boat.
Sam Prekop of the Sea and Cake on a reissued minimalist classic
Current musical obsessions of the Sea and Cake front man Sam Prekop, artist David Hartt, and Reader critic Peter Margasak
Gossip Wolf: More one-take split cassettes from Hausu Mountain
More one-take split cassettes from Hausu Mountain, a new long-distance LP from Slushy, and more
Reader’s Agenda Sun 1/5: Too Much Light, Here’s the Story, and Sam Prekop
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Sunday, January 5
Best shows to see: DonChristian & Rahel, Otis Clay, Sam Prekop
The best shows to see through Sunday include DonChristian & Rahel, Otis Clay, and Sam Prekop.
Chicago Film Archives posts this year’s Media Mixer films
Check out the collaborations created for Chicago Film Archives’s 2013 Media Mixer
Gossip Wolf: The Owl makes silver apples for its Silver Apples show
Silver apples for the Owl’s Silver Apples show, the CFA’s second annual media mixer, and more.
More Neon Marshmallow music
Even more recommendations for this weekend’s Neon Marshmallow Music Festival: Daniel Lopatin (aka Oneohtrix Point Never), Mountains, Bill Orcutt, and Sonic Celluloid.
Neon Marshmallow gets smaller, stronger; remains strange
A collaboration between Dan Smith (who runs the Neon Blossom cassette label) and Matt Kimmell (who maintains the concert-video site acid-marshmallow.com), the Neon Marshmallow Music Festival showcases notable names in experimental music, from drone to noise to ambient to electronic. For its second edition, the fest moves from the Viaduct Theater to the Empty Bottle […]
Synth pioneer Morton Subotnick chats with the Sea and Cake’s John McEntire and Sam Prekop
The electronic musicians discuss the Buchla, music tech, and infinity.
Gossip Wolf: The Blackout’s Back
A first look at HoZac’s lineup for the party you won’t remember. Plus: Tyler Jon Tyler on Shameless, David Daniell’s comp for Japan, and more
This Week in the Reader’s Music Section
Epitonic 2.0, Sam Prekop listens to music, Karate’s front man moves to town, and more