- Music, Music Review, May 14, 2013
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Deerhunter's dreamily scuzzy Monomania and 14 more record reviews
Nine Reader writers fan out across the world of music, with stops at RP Boo's spastic but accessible footwork tracks, Altar of Plagues' dead-planet black metal, and points beyond.
- Music, Music Review, Apr 18, 2013
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Record Store Day special releases that are extra special
Charlie Poole's pre-Depression banjo, the GZA's chess set, "Gay Fish," and more
- Music, Music Review, Apr 1, 2013
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Wire's gooey-sweet Change Becomes Us and 15 more record reviews
Eight Reader writers range all over the musical map, from Milk Music's revivalist take on early-90s "alternative" to Jace Clayton's irreverent tribute to minimalist composer Julius Eastman.
- Music, Music Review, Feb 5, 2013
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The 53rd annual University of Chicago Folk Festival
Blues-guitar scion Elmore James Jr., bluegrass greats Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass, and more
- Music, Music Review, Jul 17, 2012
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Short takes on recent releases from Don Cherry, the Sham Palace label, and Anna Ternheim
Proto-world music from trumpeter Don Cherry, relentless dance tracks from Syria, and a welcome rustic turn from Swedish singer Anna Ternheim
- Music, Music Review, Dec 1, 2011
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Filling out the fringes of African music and black gospel
Multidisc sets Opika Pende and This May Be My Last Time Singing
- Music, Music Review, Oct 20, 2011
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Roctober’s stubborn eccentricity
The new book Flying Saucers Rock ’n’ Roll anthologizes the under-the-radar zine and its underappreciated subjects
- Music, Music Review, Jul 28, 2011
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DJ Khaled and the hip-hop illuminati vs. Danny Brown
The Miami-based producer has a team of crazy millionaires, but the Detroit MC only needs himself
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Review, Jul 21, 2011
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Chicago Folks Operetta cultivates The Rose of Stambul
With a new translation and a run at Chopin Theatre, Chicago Folks Operetta cultivates Leo Fall's 1916 blossom, The Rose of Stambul
- Music, Music Review, Mar 17, 2011
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A Homemade Canon
Loud Family front man Scott Miller picks his favorites from a half century of pop, and his choices are fun to read about even when the're hard to agree with.
- Music, Music Review, Mar 9, 2011
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Short Takes on Recent Releases
A Hawk and a Hacksaw’s lessons from Budapest, 3/4HadBeenEliminated's mysterious Italian unrock, and improvised German postdub from the Moritz von Oswald Trio
- Music, Music Review, Dec 9, 2010
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A Half Century, a Whole Continent
Africa: 50 Years of Music: Eighteen CDs full of reasons to stop comparing everything that sounds African to Graceland.
- Music, Music Review, Dec 2, 2010
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I Am Woman, Hear Me Meow
Can Nicki Minaj break the bitch-ho barrier? On her debut LP, Pink Friday, not quite.
- Music, Music Review, Oct 28, 2010
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Short Takes on Recent Releases
Vintage folk in a new package, plus a grab bag of great music you probably missed this summer
- Music, Music Review, Jul 22, 2010
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What the Phuck?
Liz Phair's last defenders confront the indefensible.
- Music, Music Review, Jul 1, 2010
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Making Pop for Capitalist Pigs
M.I.A.'s tangled relationship with the consumer culture
- Music, Music Review, Jun 10, 2010
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The 27th Annual Chicago Blues Festival
Our guide to notable acts
- Music, Music Review, May 27, 2010
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A Violent Happiness
Ben Chasny, best known for the psych-folk of Six Organs of Admittance, cuts loose with Chris Corsano and Sir Richard Bishop.
- Music, Music Review, May 20, 2010
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Colorblind Soul
Does Sharon Jones need to care that her audience is full of white hipsters?
- Music, Music Review, Apr 29, 2010
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Waiting for the Cut
In Cleric's long-form metal, the tension just keeps building.
