- Food & Drink, Key Ingredient, May 23, 2013
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Tony Diaz of Maude's Liquor Bar works with cactus, the Slimer of succulents
The pads of the prickly pear, transformed into a paillard
- Music, Music Feature, May 23, 2013
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The return of Dance Mania Records
Twelve years after it folded, the Chicago label that helped birth ghetto house, juke, and footwork music makes a play for the new EDM crowd.
- You Are Here, Space, May 23, 2013
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Lauren Viera's Logan house of spirits
The cocktail writer guides us through her library of booze.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 22, 2013
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Yeezus, everyone has something to say about Kanye West's new music
The unexpected pop-up screenings of Kanye West's "New Slaves" video didn't look great, but it turned out to be a great way to invite fans and even outsiders to give the song a closer look.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 21, 2013
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The summer jam that's about to rewrite the Billboard record books
Mariah and Miguel make #beautiful music.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 17, 2013
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A soulful country cut from the woman who sang "Harper Valley P.T.A."
A sneak preview of Soul Jazz's upcoming compilation Country Soul Sisters Vol. 2
- Blogs, Bleader, May 17, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: Noisy shoegaze on No Joy's "Slug Night"
"Slug Night" is a beautiful and lush shoegaze track from Canada's No Joy.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 17, 2013
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Incest, adultery, and the rest of this week's screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- Blogs, Bleader, May 16, 2013
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Robbie Fulks revisits a scorned gem by Bob Dylan
For the latest installment of his peripatetic Hideout residency Robbie Fulks and his band play Bob Dylan's reviled Street-Legal.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 16, 2013
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Stream new collaborations starring The-Dream and French Montana
Sexy new jams by two artists with overdue albums
- Blogs, Bleader, May 16, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: Roomrunner's burning new grunge tune, "Bait Car"
Check out the live version of "Bait Car," the latest ripper from Baltimore sludge-punk outfit Roomrunner.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 15, 2013
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MC Tree shows his roots on Sunday School II
Reflecting on Tree's Cabrini-Green roots and rap career as he drops the next big local mixtape, Sunday School II: When Church Lets Out.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 14, 2013
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Why you won't see rap mixtapes on the charts
Billboard, the RIAA, and the big mixtape snub
- Blogs, Bleader, May 14, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: Jan Hammer Group's deeply funky "Don't You Know"
I had been hearing the wrong version of this song, and it was very wrong.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 13, 2013
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Ballast Point beers—including Yellowtail, Big Eye, and Sculpin—arrive in Chicago
A three-way Ballast Point APA/IPA shootout flops when "Yellowtail Pale Ale" turns out to be a Kölsch, but excellent beer is nonetheless had.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 13, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: Mudhoney's ripper about shitty white wine, "Chardonnay"
Today's 12 O'Clock Track is "Chardonnay," from the new Mudhoney album, Vanishing Point.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 10, 2013
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This week in Indian cinema: Wadala, Goa, and Gatsby,
Briefly noting three recent Indian films playing in Chicago this week
- Blogs, Bleader, May 10, 2013
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And the Key Ingredient Cook-Off winners are . . .
Six chefs from last week's event will have donations made to Healthy Schools in their names. And bragging rights.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 10, 2013
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Paul Kahan brings home a Beard and other food news bites
Myron & Phil's on fire, Green City Market outside, crime and vegans from Next Restaurant, and more
- Blogs, Bleader, May 10, 2013
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Joyce, Fitzgerald, and the rest of this week's screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
