- 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, Jan 7, 2013
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Music of the hemispheres
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Katinka Kleijn premieres a duet for cello and brain waves
- 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, Dec 19, 2012
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People Issue 2012:
Dave Matta, the educator"I feel a great deal of responsibility as a DJ in this town."
- Music, Music Feature, Dec 19, 2012
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People Issue 2012:
Angel Olsen, the singer"I just kind of had to find something that I could hold onto."
- Music, Music Feature, Dec 19, 2012
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People Issue 2012:
Million Dollar Mano, the producer"I didn't know I was ever gonna DJ for Jay-Z."
- Music, Music Feature, Dec 19, 2012
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People Issue 2012:
Teen Witch, the DJ"The whole reason of going to school is networking, but I realized I could do that with partying."
- Music, Music Feature, Dec 19, 2012
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People Issue 2012:
Dee Alexander, the singer"There was a freedom in jazz and all of the different chances you could take."
- Music, Music Feature, Dec 19, 2012
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People Issue 2012:
Vern Hester, the photographer"I wanna be a dirty old man and I wanna shoot rock 'n' roll."
- Music, Music Feature, Dec 5, 2012
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Gifts for hungry ears
The cream of the year-end crop of box sets and reissues: Coleman Hawkins, Bessie Smith, Tunji Oyelana, Bill Withers, and more
- 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, Nov 20, 2012
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Who owns trap?
Does music born of Dirty South drug wars have any place in squeaky-clean dance clubs?
- Music, Music Feature, Nov 6, 2012
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The Reader's guide to the 2012 Umbrella Music Festival
Chicago's bravest jazz fest features Sven-Ake Johansson, William Parker, Fred Van Hove, Joe Morris, and many more
- 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, Oct 16, 2012
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Caroline Davis, a saxophonist 20 years in the making
And now that she's playing full-time, it's spectacular
- Music, Music Feature, Oct 3, 2012
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Please don't stare
Outsider musicians like David Liebe Hart are a sort of litmus test for fans of the bizarre
- 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, Sep 18, 2012
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The World Music Festival: Down but not out
Bureaucratic fumbling has diminished its lineup, but some greatness remains—including Fatoumata Diawara, Slavic Soul Party!, and Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto
- Music, Music Feature, Sep 12, 2012
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Our ten best bets for fall music
Thee Oh Sees and Ty Segall, A$AP Rocky with Schoolboy Q and Danny Brown, the Umbrella Music Festival, and more
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