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"Art is what I'm meant to do," KeiyaA says. "But I also want this to be a way for me to build a strong foundation and legacy that doesn't have to be attached to me working for somebody else."
Posted inMusic

KeiyaA levels up even with live music shut down

by Teresa Xie February 10, 2021August 18, 2021

Chicago-born singer-songwriter KeiyaA beat the odds by turning her debut album, Forever, Ya Girl, into a multidimensional artwork.

Posted inCity Life

The Reader’s stay-at-home chronicles: days 71 and 72

by Reader staff May 30, 2020August 18, 2021

What we’re reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.

Posted inCity Life

The Reader’s stay-at-home chronicles: days eight and nine

by Reader staff March 28, 2020August 18, 2021

What we’re reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.

Posted inMusic

With Piece of Mind, Hxry brings a laid-back vibe to Chicago’s R&B scene

by Leor Galil January 31, 2020August 18, 2021

Chicago R&B artist Hxry got his start as a producer—at least as far back as 2016, he was releasing stylistically scattershot instrumental tracks on Soundcloud—but he got his first real taste of success as a vocalist, with his 2018 song “Reasons.” Atop a fluttering synth melody and a suave, minimal rhythm section, Hxry gently sings […]

Posted inMusic

Florida rapper Dominic Fike makes Soundcloud rap for people who don’t like Soundcloud rap

by Leor Galil August 29, 2019August 18, 2021

Last year Florida rapper Dominic Fike landed a multimillion-dollar deal with Columbia Records on the strength of a string of songs totaling just shy of 15 minutes. The label wasn’t wrong to see Fike as a Soundcloud-rap star in the making: his music is about as transgressive as jaywalking, but his tracks are great at […]

Posted inMusic

Brittney Carter discovers Chicago hip-hop—and vice versa

by Matt Harvey March 7, 2019August 18, 2021

Brittney Carter thought she was just writing poems. Her classmates at Young Chicago Authors heard a great rapper in the making—and the rest of the city’s scene is starting to agree.

Posted inMusic

Marcus Mixx has lost his home, but he still has house

by Leor Galil February 28, 2019August 18, 2021

Marcus Mixx’s early records fetch hundreds of dollars apiece from a cult of collectors, but he just wants a space of his own to make his new tracks.

Posted inMusic

Why little rappers still believe in big radio

by Tiffany Walden November 2, 2016August 18, 2021

Little rappers still believe in big radio thanks to DJs like Nehpets at Power 92.

Posted inBlogs

Warm up for this weekend’s Chosen Few Music Festival with DJ Alan King’s latest late-night mix

by Leor Galil June 29, 2016August 18, 2021

Between working as a partner at a law firm and helping the Chosen Few Picnic expand to two days, Alan King found the time to make his monthly Late Night Sessions mix for June.

Posted inMusic

Alexander Fruchter of Closed Sessions on a musical Band-Aid in a fucked-up world

by Kevin Warwick February 5, 2016August 18, 2021

Current musical obsessions of hip-hop songwriter Kweku Collins, Alex Fruchter of Closed Sessions, and the Reader’s Kevin Warwick

Posted inBlogs

What’s the story behind the old-school Chicago house track that Aphex Twin recently remixed?

by Leor Galil November 11, 2015August 18, 2021

Aphex Twin gives “I Want to Be With You” a new life, though the details behind the original’s creation aren’t easy to find.

Posted inBlogs

Madonna siphons PC Music into the mainstream with her first Rebel Heart singles

by Sasha Geffen January 9, 2015August 18, 2021

The PC Music sound was always going to find its way onto the charts, but Madonna is the first to bring it there.

Posted inBlogs

Who thought up a Lana Del Rey-Rae Sremmurd mashup? Local SPF420 cofounder Chaz Allen

by Leor Galil January 9, 2015August 18, 2021

A month-old mashup created by local producer Chaz Allen has garnered a lot of attention this week—could it be a tipping point for his web-based concert series?

Posted inMusic

Victor Nwankwo of DJ duo We Theory on his Nigerian parents’ old records

by Tal Rosenberg November 25, 2014August 18, 2021

Current musical obsessions of Rob Garmer and Victor Nwankwo (both halves of DJ duo We Theory)

Posted inBlogs

Spotify, Soundcloud, and the web’s leaky music infrastructure

by Sasha Geffen November 7, 2014August 18, 2021

Taylor Swift just sold more than a million albums the same week she yanked all her music from Spotify. What’s the state of streaming for everyone else?

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