- Music, Music Feature, Apr 23, 2013
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Chance the Rapper drops Acid Rap
The local MC's second mixtape is about to take him to some places he's only imagined.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 29, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: "Kush Coma," a sneak peek from Danny Brown's upcoming record
Danny Brown gives us a preview of his new record, Old.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 13, 2013
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Are the graphics in the new Danny Brown and Purist video seapunk or vaporwave?
A new video for "Jealousy" includes some noxious and outdated 3-D graphics that have some similarities with seapunk and vaporwave.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 13, 2013
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I can't stop obsessing over Kevin Gates's new Luca Brasi Story mixtape
Some mixtapes are so great they demand to be replayed before you finish listening to the entire thing; Kevin Gates's new The Luca Brasi Story is one of those mixtapes.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 24, 2013
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The Danny Brown song I should have heard last August
"The Black Brad Pitt" video issues a late pass.
- Music, Gossip Wolf, Jan 23, 2013
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Gossip Wolf: Teith drops a posthumous debut LP
Plus: Tree and Danny Brown talk collaboration, and the sunny Desert Soap launches a winter residency.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 11, 2012
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The Reader's Agenda: Thu 10/11
What's on the Agenda for Thursday, October 11, 2012
- 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
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 7, 2012
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12 O'Clock Track: Big Sean, "How It Feel"
The soulful, trunk-rattling lead single from Sean's new mixtape
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 16, 2012
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Pitchfork: the festival in review
The good, the bad, and the disturbingly Freudian at the 2012 Pitchfork Music Festival
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 16, 2012
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Video: Pitchfork Music Festival in the words of the people
"Pitchfork 2012: The Beginning," a video of interviews with staff and fans at the beginning of the Pitchfork Music Festival
- Music, Gossip Wolf, Jun 21, 2012
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Gossip Wolf: Another Shoes finally drops
The power-pop legends return with their first album in 18 years. Plus: new releases from Geronimo and MC Open Mike Eagle
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 13, 2012
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On the road to SXSW
So it begins.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 12, 2012
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Q&A with Danny Brown: "I could possibly die from music"
What makes Detroit rappers special, and how much weed got smoked during that one video shoot
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 5, 2012
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My year in music photos
Village on a downtown rooftop, backstage with Tyler, the Creator, and ten more
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 29, 2011
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The year in music: top 50 albums
My favorite half-hundred records of 2011
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 28, 2011
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The year in music: best free albums
The best in no-cost rock, R&B, and rap
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 2, 2011
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Kembe X, Spin magazine, and hip-hop's new underground
Spin says there's a new hip-hop underground shaking things up; it doesn't mention Chicago rapper Kembe X, but it should have.
- Music, Gossip Wolf, Nov 23, 2011
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Gossip Wolf: An indie-rock mix tape?
Moritat steal a move from hip-hop. Plus: Herculaneum drummer Dylan Ryan has more on his plate than the group’s new album, and local funk bands get down with Occupy Chicago
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 15, 2011
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Today in Twitter magic
Random Internet dude accomplishes amazing artistic hookup
