Leor Galil
Bio:
I'm the editor of the local music scene column Gossip Wolf and a contributing writer for the Reader. I also freelance for the Reader's sister publication in DC, The A.V. Club Chicago, and Forbes.com. Before that, I freelanced for places like the Boston Phoenix, Esquire.com, PopMatters, Rock Sound, Thought Catalog, True/Slant, and Wired's Underwire blog. My preoccupation with flyers eventually led to the (formerly) "super unknown" antifolk musician Willis Earl Beal landing a record deal with XL imprint Hot Charity. I've been called anything but Leor by people who can't pronounce my name.
I'm the editor of the local music scene column Gossip Wolf and a contributing writer for the Reader. I also freelance for the Reader's sister publication in DC, The A.V. Club Chicago, and Forbes.com. Before that, I freelanced for places like the Boston Phoenix, Esquire.com, PopMatters, Rock Sound, Thought Catalog, True/Slant, and Wired's Underwire blog. My preoccupation with flyers eventually led to the (formerly) "super unknown" antifolk musician Willis Earl Beal landing a record deal with XL imprint Hot Charity. I've been called anything but Leor by people who can't pronounce my name.
- Music, Music Feature, Jan 14, 2013
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Catching up with Mister Lies
Chicago producer Nick Zanca has had a whirlwind year, and his debut album doesn’t even come out till next month
- Music, Music Feature, Dec 31, 2012
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Snacking on J Dilla’s Donuts
Four Chicago producers talk about Dilla’s influence as Stones Throw releases a seven-inch box set reissue of the Detroit producer’s 2006 masterpiece
- Music, Music Feature, Dec 26, 2012
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The Year in Review: Music
Reader writers tackle the past 12 months from six different directions
- Music, Music Feature, Nov 28, 2012
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Unmaking themselves at home
Den are too weird for the hardcore scene that nurtured them, but they don't have anywhere else to go
- Music, Music Feature, Oct 24, 2012
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Blood, glitter, and jizz
Outrageous gay synth-pop band Daan have reinvented themselves as Baathhaus—but they haven't forgotten where they came from
- Music, Music Feature, Sep 26, 2012
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Chief Keef: Chicago's most promising antihero
It might sound crazy, but the notorious, teenage, gun-waving rapper could be a solution for a city struggling with violence
- Music, Music Feature, Aug 28, 2012
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The North Coast Music Festival returns for round three
Four stages and a "silent disco" host loads of dance music, hip-hop, jam bands, and indie rock—read up on a few of the most interesting acts
- Music, Music Feature, Aug 15, 2012
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Tree grows his own way
Tremaine Johnson proves there's more to the new generation of Chicago hip-hop than Chief Keef and the drill scene
- Music, Music Feature, Aug 1, 2012
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How to make it through Lollapalooza
Grant Park is going to look like a hypercapitalist refugee camp all weekend, but our hour-by-hour itinerary will lead you to so much great music that you'll hardly mind
- Music, Music Feature, Mar 21, 2012
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Memories of Summer Camp
The defunct DIY venue immortalizes its final show with a live seven-inch and DVD
- Music, Music Feature, Jan 26, 2012
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It takes the Village
With the help of his crew, Kembe X has gone from high school dropout to hashtag hip-hop hustler
- Music, Music Feature, Aug 4, 2011
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Lollapalooza Survival Guide
Twenty nine acts to see—even if you have to fight the crowds
- Music, Music Feature, Jul 28, 2011
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Willis Earl Beal: super unknown
This below-underground Chicago songwriter wants something that might be impossible to get on purpose: a cult following
- Music, Music Feature, Jan 20, 2011
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Synthesizers con Carne
An unusual cook-off pairs experimental music and experimental chili.
- Music, Music Feature, Nov 25, 2010
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The Buddy System
In a bad economy for musicians and everybody else, emo troubadour Evan Thomas Weiss finds salvation in collaboration.
- Music, Music Feature, Oct 14, 2010
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Everything's Coming Up Kittens
His duo Houses got signed on the strength of one song, and next week they'll play their first show—at CMJ in New York. But things weren't always this easy for Dexter Tortoriello.
- Music, Music Feature, Jun 24, 2010
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Making Friends and Losing Money
Matt and John Harmon run the Logan Square DIY space Strangelight, which hosts a 40-vendor record fair this weekend.
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