- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 12, 2013
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End your week getting dumb with Mr. Carmack
New hip-hop/EDM hybrids from label that gave us "Harlem Shake"
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 12, 2013
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The hero of The Fountainhead on the Harlem Shake
Howard Roark takes Baauer to task.
- Music, Music Feature, Feb 27, 2013
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Who's really doing the Harlem Shake?
What this month's biggest meme says about cultural property and appropriation on the Internet.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 7, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: Electronic-pop duo Houses' wistful "The Beauty Surrounds"
LA-via-Chicago duo Houses return with "The Beauty Surrounds," a tune that brings out the loveliness in melancholy.
- Music, Music Feature, Nov 20, 2012
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Who owns trap?
Does music born of Dirty South drug wars have any place in squeaky-clean dance clubs?
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 17, 2012
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The Reader's guide to the Mad Decent Block Party
Moombahton, tribal guachero, electro-pop, hip-hop, and more—all for free on Saturday at Mad Decent's contribution to Chicago's street-fest season
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 13, 2012
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12 O'Clock Track: Phat Deuce, "Bubble Di Sistem"
Terrible name, killer Diplo-style beat
- Music, Music Column, Jul 24, 2012
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Don't just laugh at Riff Raff
If there's anything to learn from the new Fat Boys reissue, it's that funny rappers aren't necessarily unserious
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 21, 2012
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12 O'Clock Track: 5kinAndBone5 & Robert Jeffrey, "Penis Power (UZ & LOLGurlz remix)"
A new remix by a shadowy, typographically challenged trap producer
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 8, 2012
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Illinois rapper Ghetty, on the grind
A brief introduction to an Illinois rapper who's making all the right moves
- Music, Music Column, May 9, 2012
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No sale = no defense
From Flosstradamus to Kanye West, artists are learning the hard way that they can catch heat for an uncleared sample even if they give their songs away
- Music, Three Beats, Feb 16, 2012
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Three Beats: BBU talk about working with GLC: “Yeah, he’s a pimp”
Plus: A new EP might finally get Absolutely Not noticed, and cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm works well with Europe
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 14, 2012
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Dance producers wish you a happy V-Day
Freaky jams for a freaky holiday
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 7, 2012
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12 O'Clock Track: Po Po, "Let's Get Away"
Odd rock music from a dance label
- Music, Music Column, Mar 31, 2011
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Mad Decent’s Newest Curveball
First Houses, now Dawn Golden & Rosy Cross: pop auteur Dexter Tortoriello can’t turn around without landing a record deal.
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 26, 2010
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This Week in the Reader's Music Section
Epitonic 2.0, Sam Prekop listens to music, Karate's front man moves to town, and more
- Music, Music Sidebar, Aug 19, 2010
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Mad Decent Block Party
Diplo's Mad Decent label takes over the Hideout's annual block party with a lineup that includes Kid Sister, Blaqstarr, Bosco Delrey, Freddie Gibbs, Maluca, Po Po, and others.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 29, 2009
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Mix Hell Is Mix Heavenly
Free download from the DJ project of Sepultura's Igor Calavera
