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The Jeff Mangum Effect
Once an indie-rock messiah makes his second coming, what's left for him to do?
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The RIAA's most wanted
Did the feds shut down Megaupload at big content's bidding—to keep the site from launching an iTunes competitor?
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, Jan 12, 2012
The week seapunk broke
A fast-evolving Internet-born dance-music microscene puts down roots in Chicago
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, Jan 5, 2012
King Louie: he's arrogant
The southeast-side MC brings a dose of southern swagger to Chicago hip-hop
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, Dec 8, 2011
Bon Iver, the Grammys, and indie Stockholm syndrome
Justin Vernon may have exactly the right idea when he downplays his four nominations.
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, Nov 23, 2011
Sampling’s not dead
Legitmix puts legal appropriation back on hip-hop's table
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Drake charts a course for pop
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Local release roundup
Owen drags emo into adulthood, Flosstradamus makes footwork music friendlier, Golden Birthday weirds up bubblegum pop, and more
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Sich Mang psychedelically escalates footwork music
Chicago duo mixes footwork with brain work to form something called “wurkstep”
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, Oct 13, 2011
What's the newspaper equivalent of crate digging?
Rummaging the archive of
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, Oct 6, 2011
Making digital music social
Spotify and Turntable.fm try to turn the cloud into a listening lounge
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, Sep 22, 2011
MP3 fatigue: there’s an app for that
Groovebug turns the iPad into a next-gen LP cover
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, Sep 8, 2011
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Still alive at five
Permanent Records may not be permanent yet, but Lance Barresi and Liz Tooley are celebrating an anniversary that nobody would’ve guessed they’d see
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, Aug 25, 2011
Rodeo straddles the fence between reviewed and reviewer
"'Listen to it,' says drummer George Nisbett. "That doesn't take 140 characters."
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, Aug 18, 2011
Local release roundup
DJ Diamond brings nuance to footwork's frenzy, Tiny Fireflies rough up twee pop, Tony Baines leads a hip-hop Bible Study, and more
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, Aug 11, 2011
Drawing swastikas on shit: Odd Future, Iceage, and Cult of Youth
Shock art is hardly new, but the engine that drives it keeps changing
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, Jul 7, 2011
The Cool Kids make a break for it
Can their first album, long delayed by legal wrangling, galvanize hip-hop the way their early releases did three years ago?
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, Jun 30, 2011
Local release roundup
New stuff from Chicago Stone Lightning Band, Squat the Condos, No I.D.'s Cocaine 80s, and more
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, Jun 16, 2011
Mickey polish their nasty glam till it shines
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