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Posted inArts & Culture

Brandon Lamar Rials is elevating jeans, one personalized pair at a time

by Isa Giallorenzo November 13, 2018August 18, 2021

The Pilsen-based designer crafts uniquely distressed pants.

Posted inMusic

Towkio is officially Chicago’s highest rapper

by Leor Galil February 28, 2018August 18, 2021

Towkio’s balloon trip to the stratosphere wasn’t just to promote his first album for Rick Rubin—the Chicago rapper also wants to talk about inspiration, perspective, and togetherness.

Posted inMusic

Vic Mensa revisits his vanishing Hyde Park

by The TRiiBE, Tiffany Walden and Morgan Elise Johnson February 14, 2018August 18, 2021

Rising rapper Vic Mensa considers his old Hyde Park neighborhood home, even though gentrification has killed his favorite hangouts.

Posted inMusic

The year Chicago hip-hop beat the haters

by Leor Galil December 22, 2016August 18, 2021

For ages, Chicago rappers tore each other down, as though the city could produce only one star at a time—but in 2016 the whole scene seemed to grasp the value of community.

Posted inMusic

The Era move footworking into the spotlight

by Leor Galil August 17, 2016August 18, 2021

Footwork crews often end up as sideshows to DJs or rappers—but Chicago dancers the Era hope to change that with their first stage production.

Posted inBlogs

Photos of everything we saw at Lollapalooza 2016

by Reader staff August 1, 2016August 18, 2021

Seventy-one great photos from Chicago’s biggest for-profit music festival

Posted inMusic

Can Vic Mensa radicalize Lollapalooza?

by Leor Galil July 27, 2016August 18, 2021

Chicago rapper Vic Mensa publicly supports Black Lives Matter and LGBT rights, while Lollapalooza tries to please everyone—so it’ll be interesting to see how his festival set goes down.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago singer the Mind makes romance sound huge and feel intimate on his debut mixtape

by Leor Galil June 30, 2016August 18, 2021

After adding his voice to music by the likes of Mick Jenkins, Chance the Rapper, and Joey Purp, the Mind steps out on his own with Summer Camp.

Posted inMusic

How Chicago made Joey Purp

by Leor Galil May 25, 2016August 18, 2021

Joey Purp’s new iiiDrops comes from a perspective shaped by neighborhoods on both sides of Chicago’s racial and economic divides.

Posted inMusic

The happy return of Mad Decent Block Party

by Leor Galil September 9, 2015August 18, 2021

The last time record label Mad Decent brought its annual block party to town was in 2012, and even though the free blowout hit capacity in the afternoon, that didn’t stop people from showing up and trying to get in. Enough successfully crashed—the gates that organizers were forced to end the event early due to […]

Posted inBlogs

Take a breather with hip-hop duo BoneLang’s short and sweet Pleasure Palace

by Leor Galil April 29, 2015August 18, 2021

The new EP from this local pair is short enough to play several times in a row without making a dent in your day, and good enough that you’ll want to keep listening.

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