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Music, Music Feature, Sep 30, 2010
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The Real McCoys

A tribute to prewar bluesmen Joe and Charlie McCoy will help buy headstones for their unmarked south-side graves.
- by David Whiteis
- Tags: Music Feature, Joe McCoy, Charlie McCoy, Arlo Leach, Harlem Hamfats, Jed Davenport, Beale Street Jug Band, Memphis Minnie, Old Town School of Folk Music, Sule Greg Wilson, Video, Audio

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Music, Music Feature, May 31, 2012
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HoZac nation

The zine-turned-label that spawned the Blackout Fest and a healthy catalog of rock 'n' roll, garage, and scuzz
- by Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Music Feature, Chicago record labels, HoZac Records, Blackout Fest, Brett Cross, Todd Novak, Blank Dogs, Box Elders, Jacuzzi Boys, Davila 666, Smith Westerns, Dum Dum Girls, Volt, Spider, the Spits, Shit Sandwich, Criminal IQ, Audio

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Music, Music Column, Jun 26, 2012
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Pushing the radio forward

Supreme Cuts create the kind of beats that are making pop music sound like the underground
- by Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music Column, Supreme Cuts, Mike Perry, Austin Keultjes, experimental electronic music, Oxyconteen, Haleek Maul, Mishka, Main Attrakionz, Das Racist, ShowYouSuck, Holy Other, Wise Blood, pop music, Maroon 5, Audio

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Music, Music Feature, Sep 3, 2009
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The Reader's Guide to the 31st Annual Chicago Jazz Festival: Saturday

The Jazz Institute of Chicago has assembled an impressive slate of talent that broadens the traditional aesthetic scope of the festival.
- by Peter Margasak, John Corbett, and Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Feature, Grant Park, Greg Ward's Fitted Shards, Greg Ward, Occidental Brothers Dance Band International, Dan Cray Trio, Dan Cray, Geof Bradfield, Clark Sommers, Greg Wyser-Pratte, Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Strings, Nicole Mitchell, Tomeka Reid, Renee Baker, Josh Abrams, Shirazette Tinnin, Chicago Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble, Darwin Noguera, Victor Garcia, Renier Rosario, Lina Marie, Tito Carrillo, Greg Ward, Steve Eisen, Red Rose Ragtime Jazz Band, Joan Reynolds, William Parker, tribute to Benny Goodman, Eric Schneider, Ron Dewar, Fred Anderson, 80th Birthday Jam with Fred Anderson, Velvet Lounge, Hamid Drake, Josh Abrams, Amina Figarova Sextet, Amina Figarova, Misha Mengelberg, Han Bennink, Jeroen Vierdag, Chris Strik, Marc Mommaas, Ernie Hammes, Bart Platteau, William Parker, The Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield, Curtis Mayfield, Amiri Baraka, Leena Conquest, Dave Burrell, Dave Holland Big Band, Dave Holland,, Grant Park, Audio

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Music, Music Feature, Sep 3, 2009
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The Reader's Guide to the 31st Annual Chicago Jazz Festival: Friday

The Jazz Institute of Chicago has assembled an impressive slate of talent that broadens the traditional aesthetic scope of the festival.
- by Peter Margasak, John Corbett, and Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Feature, Grant Park, Ernie Adams Trio, Richie Cole, Al DiMeola, Ramsey Lewis, Henry Johnson, Stewart Miller, Fareed Haque, Flat Earth Ensemble, Flat Planet, Owl Studios, Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown, Jason Adasiewicz, Josh Berman, Aram Shelton, Jason Roebke, Frank Rosaly, 482 Music, Varmint, Cuneiform label, Esperanza Spalding, Milton Nascimento, Leo Genovese, Otis Brown III, Richard Vogt, Dudley Owens Quintet, Dudley Owens, David Young, Brandon Meeks, Keith Javors, Mark Lomax, Diane Delin Quartet, Bob Seeley, Bob Baldori, Jeff Parker Quartet, Jeff Parker, Sabertooth, Pete Benson, Scott Burns, George Fludas, Muhal Richard Abrams, George Lewis, Roscoe Mitchell, A Power Stronger Than Itself, Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, AACM, Madeleine Peyroux, Gary Versace, Johannes Weidenmueller, Pat Bergeson, Darren Beckett, Gonzalo Rubalcaba Quintet, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Yosvany Terry, Mike Rodriguez, Matt Brewer, Marcus Gilmore, Grant Park, Audio

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Music, Music Feature, May 31, 2012
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Improv/experimental label Peira packages the abstract

Forget turntables and a mike—how about three bass clarinets and a modular synthesizer?
- by Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Music Feature, Chicago record labels, Peira, CD-R, Brian Labycz, Jason Roebke, jazz improv, Umbrella Music, synth music, field recordings, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Guillermo Gregorio, Green Pasture Happiness, Nate Wooley, Jacob Wick, Katherine Young, Keefe Jackson, Mythic Birds, Audio

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Music, Artist on Artist, Apr 30, 2013
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Artist on Artist: Brian Chippendale of Black Pus and Lightning Bolt talks with Seth Sher of Zath and Psychic Steel

"I like to listen to stuff and then go play. I'll watch the latest Rihanna video and then go play drums."
- by Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Artist on Artist, interviews, drummers, thrash, Philip Montoro, Brian Chippendale, Ben McOsker, Load Records, Coughs, Thrill Jockey, Black Pus, bands, solo projects, Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou, Lightning Bolt, noise rock, videos, MoHa!, Seth Sher, Dan Friel, Parts & Labor, Zath, Ruins, Psychic Steel, Yoshimi P-We, The Boredoms, Kevin Shea, Audio

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Music, Music Feature, Sep 3, 2009
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The Reader's Guide to the 31st Annual Chicago Jazz Festival: Afterfest Shows

Chicago Jazz Festival Afterfest Shows
- by Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, Chicago Jazz Festival, Chicago Jazz Festival Afterparties, Chicago Jazz Festival Aftershows, Jazz Showcase, Ira Sullivan, Joe Segal, Velvet Lounge, Henry Grimes, Harrison Bankhead, Avreeayl Ra, 8 Bold Souls, Edward "Kidd" Jordan, Fred Anderson, Hamid Drake, Heaven Gallery, Hereafter Fest, David Boykin, Parallel Process, Ben Boye, Joel Wanek, Jayve Montgomery, David Boykin Expanse, Alex Wing Group, Nicole Mitchell, Renee Baker, Sherazette Tinnin, Karl E.H. Seigfried, Mike Reed, Micro/Macrocosmic Sound Orchestra, House of Trend, Underground Fest, Corey Wilkes, Abstrakt Pulse, Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio, Hamiet Bluiett, Ernest Dawkins Ensemble, Experimental Band, Katerina's, Willie Pickens, Kurt Schweitz, Bradley Parker-Sparrow, Joanie Pallatto, Hungry Brain, Jeff Albert, Jeb Bishop, Lucky 7s, Velvet Lounge, Jazz Showcase, Heaven Gallery, House of Trend, Katerina's, Hungry Brain, Audio

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Music, Music Feature, May 31, 2012
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Chocolate Industries bridges
Miami to the midwest

An early education in IDM leads to a label that fuses hip-hop, rock, and soul
- by Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Music Feature, Chicago record labels, Chocolate Industries, Marvin "Seven" Bedard, Edgar Farinas, Push Button Objects, Kraftwerk, Autechre, Aphex Twin, Rephlex Records, Isophlux, Schematic, IDM, intelligent dance music, Shad T. Smith, Cool Kids, Lady Sovereign, Diverse, Ghislain Poirier, Electronic Soul, Audio

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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
- by Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Den, Adam Harris, Ian Piirtola, Ray Keenan, Cole Mason, Neurons, hardcore music, DIY music, noise rock, posthardcore, Retrograde Tapes, electronic music, Will Jarrot, Cold Lovers, BLVD Records, Melissa Geils, poop mike, genre segregation, Audio

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A tribute to prewar bluesmen Joe and Charlie McCoy will help buy headstones for their unmarked south-side graves.

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The cigar-box guitar is undergoing a renaissance. In Chicago its most passionate proponent may be art teacher Diane Sutliff.

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A tribute to the president brought together Chicago's Occidental Brothers Dance Band International and their new front man: African superstar Samba Mapangala.

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The Jazz Institute of Chicago has assembled an impressive slate of talent that broadens the traditional aesthetic scope of the festival.

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Tremaine Johnson proves there's more to the new generation of Chicago hip-hop than Chief Keef and the drill scene

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A man, a woman, and a mission to document the midwest's hardcore-punk scene

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The Jazz Institute of Chicago has assembled an impressive slate of talent that broadens the traditional aesthetic scope of the festival.

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The zine-turned-label that spawned the Blackout Fest and a healthy catalog of rock 'n' roll, garage, and scuzz

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Supreme Cuts create the kind of beats that are making pop music sound like the underground

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The Jazz Institute of Chicago has assembled an impressive slate of talent that broadens the traditional aesthetic scope of the festival.

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The Jazz Institute of Chicago has assembled an impressive slate of talent that broadens the traditional aesthetic scope of the festival.

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Forget turntables and a mike—how about three bass clarinets and a modular synthesizer?

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"I like to listen to stuff and then go play. I'll watch the latest Rihanna video and then go play drums."

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Chicago Jazz Festival Afterfest Shows

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An early education in IDM leads to a label that fuses hip-hop, rock, and soul

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Den are too weird for the hardcore scene that nurtured them, but they don't have anywhere else to go