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Music, Music Review Feb 24, 2021
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Mogwai celebrate 25 years of postrock exploration with As the Love Continues
- By Shannon Nico Shreibak
- Tags: Music Review, Mogwai, As the Love Continues, Temporary Residence Ltd., postrock, Scotland, Tuner, Lower, Mercury Rev, Dave Fridmann, Come on Die Young, Rock Action, Rave Tapes, Stuart Braithwaite, Atticus Ross, Colin Stetson, Recommended

Music, Music Review Feb 23, 2021
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Roscoe Mitchell and Mike Reed unearth the sonic alchemy of a live duo set from 2015
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: Music Review, Mike Reed, Roscoe Mitchell, The Ritual and the Dance, Astral Spirits, live-music, jazz, Wisconsin, Hungry Brain, Constellation, Oorstof, Belgium, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Recommended

Music, Music Review Feb 22, 2021
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R&B wizard Pink Sweat$ will take over the galaxy with his Pink Planet
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Music Review, Pink Sweat$, Pink Planet, Atlantic Records, R&B, pop music, Philadelphia, David Bowden, Sigma Sound Studios, Tierra Whack, Volume 1, Human Resources, Honesty, At My Worst, Recommended, Video

Music, Music Review Feb 19, 2021
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German indie veterans the Notwist draw from Chicago’s jazz community for the new Vertigo Days
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Review, The Notwist, Vertigo Days, Morr Music, Germany, jazz, indie rock, Messier Objects, Superheroes, Ghostvillains & Stuff, Angel Bat Dawid, Ben LaMar Gay, Markus Acher, Recommended

Music, Music Review Feb 18, 2021
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Chicago’s Waltzer reinvigorates antique rock sounds on Time Traveler
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Review, Waltzer, Side Hustle Records, Time Traveler, Sophie Sputnik, Killmama, Fort Lauderdale, Meghan Remy, U.S. Girls, leukemia, Recommended

Music, Music Review Feb 17, 2021
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Chicagoland prog-metal band Mechina spin a vast interstellar saga almost 15 years in the making
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Review, Mechina, Siege, prog-metal, prog, sci-fi, intergalatic, Joe Tiberi, Empyrean, Mel Rose, David Holch, Recommended

Music, Music Review Feb 16, 2021
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Englewood B.U. raps with a flair for complex storytelling
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Review, Matthew Mason Music, Englewood B.U., 99 B.U., rap, hip-hop, Jabba, Recommended

Music, Music Review Feb 15, 2021
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Aki Takase, Christian Weber, and Michael Griener advance the language of piano jazz with a collective approach
- By Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Review, Intakt Records, Auge, Aki Takase, Christian Weber, Michael Griener, jazz, Berlin, Germany, piano, contemporary composition, Lok 03, Aki, Michael Griener, Christian Weber, Switzerland, Recommended

Music, Music Review Feb 11, 2021
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Mukqs documents pandemic living on My Most Personal Album to Date
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Review, Mukqs, My Most Personal Album to Date, experimental music, Maxwell Allison, Max Allison, Good Willsmith, Hausu Mountain, Jeopardy!, Recommended

Music, Music Review Feb 10, 2021
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Rotterdam’s Rats on Rafts show off some global swagger on their new album
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Music Review, Rats on Rafts, Excerpts From Chapter 3: The Mind Runs A Net of Rabbit Paths, Fire Records, Rotterdam, Netherlands, postpunk, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, The Moon is Big, David Fagan, Franz Ferdinand, Recommended, Video

Music, Music Review Feb 9, 2021
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David Grubbs, Rob Mazurek, and Mats Gustafsson take a musical road trip as the Underflow
- By Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Review, Blue Chopsticks, Drag City, The Underflow, Instant Opaque Evening, David Grubbs, Rob Mazurek, Mats Gustafsson, Marfa, Austria, Brooklyn, improvisational music, jazz, Recommended, Video

Music, Music Review Feb 8, 2021
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The Body kick off 2021 with the their heaviest, noisiest, and bleakest record yet
- By Brad Cohan
- Tags: Music Review, The Body, Thrill Jockey, I've Seen All I Need To See, Providence, Rhode Island, Chip King, Lee Buford, doom music, sludge, noise music, Lingua Ignota, I Have Fought Against It, but I Can't Any Longer, Ben Eberle, Max Goldman, Seth Manchester, Recommended

Music, Music Review Feb 5, 2021
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Brazilian thrashers Nervosa reemerge with a powerful multinational lineup
- By Monica Kendrick
- Tags: Music Review, Nervosa, Napalm Records, Perpetual Chaos, Brazil, thrash metal, Fernanda Lira, Luana Dametto, Prika Amaral, Downfall of Mankind, Diva Satanica, Spain, Eleni Nota, Greece, Mia Wallace, Italy, Martin Furia, Artesonao Casa de Grabación, Flotsam & Jetsam, Destruction, Entombed A.D., Recommended

Music, Music Review Feb 4, 2021
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Japan’s Coffins share their stench on rarities compilation Defilements
- By Dave Cantor
- Tags: Music Review, Defilements, Coffins, HPGD, Horror Pain Gore Death Productions, Japan, death metal, doom metal, cover songs, Craving to Eternal Slumber, Sewage Sludgecore Treatment, Asakusa Deathfest, Recommended

Music, Music Review Feb 3, 2021
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Harry James of Chandeliers draws from soul, jazz, and ambient on his solo debut
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Review, Harry James, Harry James Brenner, Chandeliers, Songs for Gods, Buy the Numbers, Potions Music NYC, jazz, soul music, ambient music, Recommended

Music, Music Review Feb 2, 2021
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Casper McFadden’s breakcore fuels optimistic dreams
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Review, Casper McFadden, Statis (Log), breakcore, pandemic, synth, breakbeat, footwork, Recommended

Music, Music Review Feb 2, 2021
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Sleaford Mods stir up dark energy on the focused new Spare Ribs
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Music Review, Sleaford Mods, Spare Ribs, Rough Trade, Nottingham, United Kingdom, UK, Jason Williamson, Andrew Fern, English Tapas, Recommended, Video

Music, Music Review Feb 1, 2021
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On their new Blame Game, Beach Bunny take aim at deadbeat dudes
- By Jack Riedy
- Tags: Music Review, Beach Bunny, Blame Game, Mom+Pop, Lili Trifilio, TikTok, Prom Queen, Jonathan Alvarado, Matt Henkels, Anthony Vaccaro, Recommended, Video

Music, Music Review Feb 1, 2021
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Bedroom boogie artist Layton Wu opens a portal to paradise
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Review, Layton Wu, Layton Wu 雷頓狗, Summertime Mixtape, Sunset Music, bedroom-pop, pop music, boogie, Taiwan, surf guitar, Recommended

Music, Music Review Jan 29, 2021
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Efterklang’s Casper Clausen steps out on his own on the dreamy Better Way
- By Jamie Ludwig
- Tags: Music Review, Better Way, Casper Clausen, City Slang, Efterklang, Denmark, indie rock, Liima, Portugal, Peter Kember, Sonic Boom, Recommended, Video

Music, Music Review Jan 28, 2021
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Wardruna’s runes ain’t made for Nazis
- By Monica Kendrick
- Tags: Music Review, Wardruna, Kvitravn, By Norse, prog, neo-prog-folk, Norway, Gorgoroth, Einar Selvik, Gaahl, Vikings, History Channel, runes, Runaljod-Ragnarok, pagan, Recommended, Video

Music, Music Review Jan 27, 2021
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Emerging rapper the Third angles for a place in Chicago’s hip-hop pantheon with The Director’s Cut
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Review, The Third, rap, hip-hop, Young Chicago Authors, Harold Washington Library, Chicago Public Library, YouMedia, Aurelius "Trey" Raines III, Trey Raines, Cursive, John Walt Foundation, The Director's Cut, Recommended

Music, Music Review Jan 26, 2021
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Shame do some soul searching and take an eclectic turn on Drunk Tank Pink
- By Jamie Ludwig
- Tags: Music Review, Shame, Drunk Tank Pink, Dead Oceans, Charlie Steen, Sean Coyle-Smith, postpunk, United Kingdom, Songs of Praise, Recommended

Music, Music Review Jan 25, 2021
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Percussionist Jon Mueller finds a new way of working by digging through his past
- By Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Review, Family Secret, Jon Mueller, American Dreams, COVID-19, pandemic, Wisconsin, Pandemic Response Division, Spectral Electric, We Hovered With Short Wings, gongs, Door County, Harry Bertoia, Recommended, Video

Music, Music Review Jan 22, 2021
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Crazy Doberman take us on unwieldy free-improvised journeys with Two Tales of Lost Witness Marks
- By Joshua Minsoo Kim
- Tags: Music Review, Crazy Doberman, Two Tales of Lost Witness Marks, Aguirre Records, Tim Gick, Indiana, free-improvisation, jazz, Drew Davis, Doberman, John Olson, Tyler Damon, This Land God Has Abandoned, --- / Haunted, Non / Haunted, Recommended

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Mogwai celebrate 25 years of postrock exploration with As the Love Continues

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Roscoe Mitchell and Mike Reed unearth the sonic alchemy of a live duo set from 2015

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R&B wizard Pink Sweat$ will take over the galaxy with his Pink Planet

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German indie veterans the Notwist draw from Chicago’s jazz community for the new Vertigo Days

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Chicago’s Waltzer reinvigorates antique rock sounds on Time Traveler

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Chicagoland prog-metal band Mechina spin a vast interstellar saga almost 15 years in the making

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Englewood B.U. raps with a flair for complex storytelling

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Aki Takase, Christian Weber, and Michael Griener advance the language of piano jazz with a collective approach

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Mukqs documents pandemic living on My Most Personal Album to Date

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Rotterdam’s Rats on Rafts show off some global swagger on their new album

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David Grubbs, Rob Mazurek, and Mats Gustafsson take a musical road trip as the Underflow

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The Body kick off 2021 with the their heaviest, noisiest, and bleakest record yet

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Brazilian thrashers Nervosa reemerge with a powerful multinational lineup

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Japan’s Coffins share their stench on rarities compilation Defilements

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Harry James of Chandeliers draws from soul, jazz, and ambient on his solo debut

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Casper McFadden’s breakcore fuels optimistic dreams

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Sleaford Mods stir up dark energy on the focused new Spare Ribs

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On their new Blame Game, Beach Bunny take aim at deadbeat dudes

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Bedroom boogie artist Layton Wu opens a portal to paradise

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Efterklang’s Casper Clausen steps out on his own on the dreamy Better Way

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Wardruna’s runes ain’t made for Nazis

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Emerging rapper the Third angles for a place in Chicago’s hip-hop pantheon with The Director’s Cut

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Shame do some soul searching and take an eclectic turn on Drunk Tank Pink

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Percussionist Jon Mueller finds a new way of working by digging through his past

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