Food Issue: A Chicago rapper on the peace of pizza
Tag: ShowYouSuck
Win a Closed Sessions CIMMfest prize pack
Try your hand at rap-related movie trivia and win a pair of tickets to Closed Sessions’ CIMMfest showcase and a limited label T-shirt.
Chicago rap’s big day out at SXSW
Chance the Rapper’s ascendance continues at SXSW, and more.
DJ and editor Alex Fruchter on leaving Ruby Hornet to focus on Closed Sessions
The man known as DJ RTC: “Curren$y, he sent me an e-mail, just three words: ‘I’m with you.'”
Best shows to see: Baauer, Cody Chesnutt, Iris DeMent, Mikal Cronin
Eccentric neosoul, endearingly obnoxious EDM, and two very different but very good singer-songwriters
Reader’s Agenda Thu 2/7: The Encyclopedia Show, local hip-hop at the Bottom Lounge, and Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, February 7, 2013.
Reader’s Agenda Sat 1/12: Turkey Bowl, Atomic Sketch + AG47, and ShowYouSuck
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Saturday, January 12, 2013
Best shows to see: Meat Wave, the Faint, King Dude, and Starlicker
Between now and Wednesday you can see Meat Wave, the Faint, King Dude, Starlicker, ShowYouSuck, the Polyphonic Spree, and more
12 O’Clock Track: Mig Mora, Scheme, and Chandler London, “Kingdom”
The stylish and artsy video for “Kingdom,” a track from local rappers Mig Mora, Scheme, and Chandler London
Pushing the radio forward
Supreme Cuts create the kind of beats that are making pop music sound like the underground
12 O’Clock Track: ShowYouSuck, “All Rad Everything”
Mea culpa and let’s all watch BioDome
Scratch and stitch
The well-tailored line between hip-hop artists and the streetwear companies that promote them
This week on the B Side
Challenges of music journalism, plus news on local hip-hop, garage rock, and synthy experiments
Three Beats: Alex White and Righteous Love repay a favor from God
A one-man hip-hop pizza party, and more