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- Music, Music Review May 22, 2020
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Rosebud Allday showcases its sunny sound on its first label compilation, Buds Volume 1
- Music, Music Review May 8, 2020
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Spanish quartet Melenas channel a half-century of pop goodness on Dias Raros
- Music, Music Review May 1, 2020
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Eccentric Chicago musician Zango the Third warps soul, pop, and lounge into strangely magnetic songs
- Music, Music Review Apr 17, 2020
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Dua Lipa channels disco clubs and Jazzercise on Future Nostalgia
- Music, Concert Preview Feb 14, 2020
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Dorian Electra’s Flamboyant is an ode to being extra
- Music, Concert Preview Feb 1, 2020
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Metronomy makes a success of pop failure
- Music, Concert Preview Nov 8, 2019
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Chicago pop artist Jack Larsen enlisted even the mold in his apartment for his huge, trippy debut album
- Music, Pitchfork Jul 16, 2019
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Pitchfork finally makes its own pop moment
Robyn, Sky Ferreira, Haim, and Charli XCX aim a little to the left of the Top 40—and give the Union Park crowd something to dance about.
- Music, Music Feature Jun 25, 2019
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Photos from Ruido Fest’s dazzling opening day
Last weekend this ambitious festival brought together several generations and even more genres of Latinx music.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 15, 2018
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German pop princess Kim Petras gets dark and campy with a Halloween-themed mixtape
Kim Petras opens for South African singer-songwriter Troye Sivan at the Chicago Theatre this weekend.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Sep 11, 2018
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If you don’t know Megon McDonough, blame the maleness of Chicago’s 70s folk scene
Folk singer Megon McDonough made her 1972 debut LP while still in high school and in 1990 joined Christine Lavin's Four Bitchin' Babes.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 23, 2018
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Chicago R&B artist Jordanna combines the vulnerability of performance art with the defiance of punk
Jordanna has left behind the riot-grrrl trio Glamour Hotline to make her bodacious new solo EP Sweet Tooth.
- Music, Music Feature Nov 1, 2017
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Knox Fortune learned his trade in hip-hop, but he wants to make his name in pop
The producer also known as Kevin Rhomberg headlines his first show as a solo artist to celebrate his debut album, Paradise.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Oct 10, 2017
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Decades after Stumpwater put out their only single, the Aurora folk-pop group ride again
Dan Berg, Dan Haligas, and Joe Gloor released two songs in 1975 and split up in '80, but now they're back to writing, recording, and gigging.
- Music, Music Feature May 30, 2017
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TALsounds steps into the same river twice
To support Love Sick, her biggest album yet, Natalie Chami has learned to replay the beautiful ambient pop songs she improvised to record it.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 7, 2017
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In case the weather doesn’t already have you thinking about summer, here’s Tennis
Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley of Tennis offer summery sounds on the catchy new Yours Conditionally.
- Music, Music Feature Feb 1, 2017
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ShowYouSuck builds on his omnivorous hip-hop with a free-form TV show
In just a few months, the eager collaborator has launched Air Credits with the Hood Internet and Good Luck Hunting on JBTV.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 27, 2016
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A Prince and Bowie Tribute, The SpongeBob Musical, and more things to do this week in Chicago
Isaac Oliver, Cash Levy, and more happenings from June 27-30
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 24, 2016
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Fuzzy Chicago power trio Basement Family share an exclusive stream of their upcoming self-titled 12-inch
Stoner-pop trio Basement Family drop their first vinyl next week—and play a release party next month.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 22, 2015
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Brand-new music from Absolutely Not offshoot the Iceberg
Donnie Moore dials back the fury in his new project.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 18, 2015
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Ryan Adams covers Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood,' and it's actually really good
It's also today's 12 O'Clock Track.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 14, 2015
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Dan Auerbach's new project the Arcs released a music video
The Black Keys front man goes psych-pop with his new project.
- Blogs, Bleader May 8, 2015
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Girlpool bring their minimal, fractured pop to Beat Kitchen tonight
The Los Angeles duo open for Waxahatchee.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 20, 2015
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Toronto slacker-rocker Marvelous Mark releases a new video for the catchy-as-hell 'I Don't Mind'
An outstanding track from his latest release for Burger Records.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 14, 2014
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Taylor Swift's 'Out of the Woods' inverts the anatomy of the power ballad
The second single from 1989 flips the script on the typical heartbreak song to create a simmering tension that never resolves.
