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Blogs, Bleader Jan 2, 2018
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Peter Margasak’s 40 favorite albums of 2017, numbers 40 through 31

Veteran Reader critic Peter Margasak counts down his 40 favorite records of the year—this installment includes music by Arto Lindsay, Aldous Harding, and Joshua Abrams.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Year in Review, Favorite 40 albums of 2017, Negro Leo, Action Lekking, Dirty Songs, Play Dirty Songs, This is the Kit, Moonshine Freeze, Chuck Johnson, Balsams, Stephan Meidell, Metrics, Aldous Harding, Party, Arto Lindsay, Cuidado Madame, Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society, Simultonality, Raphael Roginski, Plays Henry Purcell, Agnes Hvizdalek, Index, Video

Music, Concert Preview Oct 12, 2017
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Vanguardist Arto Lindsay seamlessly blends Brazilian pop, noise, and sonic dichotomy on his first album in 13 years
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Concert Preview, Arto Lindsay, Cuidado Madame, Recommended

Music, In Rotation Sep 5, 2017
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Hideout talent buyer Sullivan Davis on a thriving new progressive community in Hyde Park

Plus: Ne-Hi guitarist Jason Balla on an album for looking out the window on a quiet morning, the Reader’s Luca Cimarusti on the underrecognized charms of Phil Collins-era Genesis, and more
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: In Rotation, The Defiant Ones, HBO, Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine, Remo, Felt Tone, drumheads, Genesis, Duke, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Jason Balla, Ne-Hi, Dehd, Earring, Tim Presley, The Wink, Drag City, White Fence, Crack Cloud, Anchoring Point, Sibylle Baier, Colour Green, Orange Twin, Sullivan Davis, Hideout, Arto Lindsay, Cuidado Madame, Northern Spy, DNA, Glyders, Lend a Hand, Enchanted Capsule, Josh Condon, The Corner, The Promontory, Sam Brown, Sasha Tycko, Mother Nature, Akenya, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 7, 2017
Video
Laptop improviser Ikue Mori explores new vistas in a dazzling collaboration with pianist Craig Taborn

Almost four decades after her tenure in New York no-wave band DNA, Ikue Mori brings her still-evolving music to Chicago for two rare appearances.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Jazz, Music, Post No Bills, Ikue Mori, DNA, Arto Lindsay, Phantom Orchard, Highsmith, Craig Taborn, Obelisk, Okkyung Lee, Sylvie Courvoisier, Jim Black, Ken Vandermark, Momentum 1: Stone, Video

Music, In Rotation Oct 7, 2015
Soul scholar Aaron Cohen on the forgotten history of Black Power TV

Plus: Drummer Charles Rumback on the indescribable Arto Lindsay, the Reader's Peter Margasak on Elyse Weinberg’s lost folk-rock treasure, and more
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: In Rotation, Aaron Cohen, Charles Rumback, Liam Noble, A Room Somewhere, Elyse Weinberg, Greasepaint Smile, Bérangère Maximin, Dangerous Orbits, Gayle Wald, It's Been Beautiful: Soul! and Black Power Television, Charles L. Hughes, Country Soul: Making Music and Making Race in the American South, The Lost Generation, Arto Lindsay, Uncle Paul's Jazz Closet, Steve Marquette, Macie Stewart, Charlie Kirchen

Music, Record Roundup Feb 18, 2014
Beck's half-awake Morning Phase and 15 more record reviews

Ten Reader writers can cover a lot of territory: Angel Olsen's otherworldly folk, Conan's "caveman battle doom," and David First's in-your-face analog synths, just for starters.
- By Peter Margasak, Leor Galil, Miles Raymer, Kevin Warwick, Monica Kendrick, Luca Cimarusti, Bill Meyer, Tal Rosenberg, Kim Kelly, and Philip Montoro
- Tags: Record Roundup, records, albums, compilations, Actress, Werkdiscs, Ninja Tune, post-IDM, grimestep, Timbaland, Beck, Capitol Records, record reviews, Black Mare, Human Jigsaw, Sera Timms, Conan, Napalm, David Frist, Dais, Buchla 100, Guardian Alien, Thrill Jockey, Anne Guthrie, Students of Decay, James Brandon Lewis, OKeh, Arto Lindsay, Paal Nilssen-Love, PNL, Lorelle Meets the Obsolete, Captcha, Lorena Quintanilla, Alberto Gonzales, Angel Olsen, Jagjaguwar, Rafi El, Dutty Artz, Slothrust, Ba Da ing!, Leah Wellbaum, Metal Blade, Slough Feg, Numero Group, The Weaks, Lame-O, Chris Baglivo, Evan Bernard

Movies, Movie Sidebar Sep 2, 2010
The Cremaster Cycle

This week the Music Box presents all five installments of Matthew Barney's "Cremaster" cycle of avant-garde features, plus the Chicago premiere of his latest, De Lama Lamina.
- By Jonathan Rosenbaum, Ted Shen, and Fred Camper
- Tags: Movie Sidebar, Matthew Barney, Music Box, Cremaster Cycle, De Lama Lamina, De Lama Lamina premiere, Marti Domination, Peter Strietmann, Adrienne Csengery, Arto Lindsay

Blogs, Bleader Jul 31, 2009
The Toy Killers: from Weasel Walter’s no wave archives to your ears
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Weasel Walter, UgExplode Records, Flying Luttenbachers, No Wave, Toy Killers, Charles K. Noyes, M.E. Miller, Arto Lindsay, John Zorn, Wayne Horvitz, Susie Timmons, Nicky Skopelitis, Aram Shelton, Josh Berman, Grant Calvin Weston, Elastic, Enemy

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Peter Margasak’s 40 favorite albums of 2017, numbers 40 through 31

Veteran Reader critic Peter Margasak counts down his 40 favorite records of the year—this installment includes music by Arto Lindsay, Aldous Harding, and Joshua Abrams.

Recommended
Vanguardist Arto Lindsay seamlessly blends Brazilian pop, noise, and sonic dichotomy on his first album in 13 years

Video
Hideout talent buyer Sullivan Davis on a thriving new progressive community in Hyde Park

Plus: Ne-Hi guitarist Jason Balla on an album for looking out the window on a quiet morning, the Reader’s Luca Cimarusti on the underrecognized charms of Phil Collins-era Genesis, and more

Video
Laptop improviser Ikue Mori explores new vistas in a dazzling collaboration with pianist Craig Taborn

Almost four decades after her tenure in New York no-wave band DNA, Ikue Mori brings her still-evolving music to Chicago for two rare appearances.

Soul scholar Aaron Cohen on the forgotten history of Black Power TV

Plus: Drummer Charles Rumback on the indescribable Arto Lindsay, the Reader's Peter Margasak on Elyse Weinberg’s lost folk-rock treasure, and more

Beck's half-awake Morning Phase and 15 more record reviews

Ten Reader writers can cover a lot of territory: Angel Olsen's otherworldly folk, Conan's "caveman battle doom," and David First's in-your-face analog synths, just for starters.

The Cremaster Cycle

This week the Music Box presents all five installments of Matthew Barney's "Cremaster" cycle of avant-garde features, plus the Chicago premiere of his latest, De Lama Lamina.

The Toy Killers: from Weasel Walter’s no wave archives to your ears

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Veteran Reader critic Peter Margasak counts down his 40 favorite records of the year—this installment includes music by Arto Lindsay, Aldous Harding, and Joshua Abrams.

Plus: Ne-Hi guitarist Jason Balla on an album for looking out the window on a quiet morning, the Reader’s Luca Cimarusti on the underrecognized charms of Phil Collins-era Genesis, and more

Almost four decades after her tenure in New York no-wave band DNA, Ikue Mori brings her still-evolving music to Chicago for two rare appearances.

Plus: Drummer Charles Rumback on the indescribable Arto Lindsay, the Reader's Peter Margasak on Elyse Weinberg’s lost folk-rock treasure, and more

Ten Reader writers can cover a lot of territory: Angel Olsen's otherworldly folk, Conan's "caveman battle doom," and David First's in-your-face analog synths, just for starters.

This week the Music Box presents all five installments of Matthew Barney's "Cremaster" cycle of avant-garde features, plus the Chicago premiere of his latest, De Lama Lamina.

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