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Music, Music Feature Mar 24, 2020
How to buy records during a pandemic

If you have the money to help Chicago’s record stores stay in business long enough to reopen, here are your options.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, COVID-19, coronavirus, pandemic, social distancing, shelter in place, record stores, shopping, closed, mail, pickup, delivery, records, vinyl, Tony Assimos, Tone Deaf Records, 606 Records, Beverly Records, Bob’s Blues & Jazz Mart, Bric-a-Brac Records, Bucket o’ Blood Books and Records, Conservatory Vintage & Vinyl, Reckless Records, Laurie’s Planet of Sound, Shuga Records, No Requests, Dave’s Records, Dorian’s, Dusty Groove, Electric Jungle, Gramaphone Records, Hyde Park Records, Interstellar Space, No Trend Records, Pinwheel Records, Purple Llama Coffee & Records, Rattleback Records, Record Breakers, Rolling Stones, Shady Rest Vintage & Vinyl, Squeezebox Books & Music, The Old School Records, Vintage Vinyl, Wild Prairie Vintage & Vinyl

Music, Concert Preview Aug 23, 2019
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Jon Spencer & the Hitmakers are here to rattle your skull
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Concert Preview, Jon Spencer, Jon Spencer & the Hitmakers, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Bob Bert, Demolition Doll Rods, Exile on Main St., Rolling Stones, Spencer Sings the Hits, Pussy Galore, Sam Coomes, M. Sord, Recommended, Video

Music, Concert Preview Jun 13, 2019
Recommended Video
Following Mick’s heart-valve surgery, the Rolling Stones kick off a U.S. tour in Chicago
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: Concert Preview, Rolling Stones, Keef, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Blue and Lonesome, Tattoo You, Ron Wood, Recommended, Video

Music, Music Feature Apr 9, 2019
Record Store Day 2019: how and where to celebrate

Details about discounts, giveaways, in-store performances, and more at three dozen shops—with an interactive map and alphabetized listings
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Record Store Day, Record Store Day 2019, Wild Prairie Vintage & Vinyl, Vintage Vinyl, Val's Halla Records, TechNoir & Raffe's Record Riot, Squeezebox Books & Music, Sputnik Books & Records, Shuga Records, Shady Rest Vintage & Vinyl, Rolling Stones, Record Breakers, Reckless Records, Rattleback Records, Purple Llama Coffee & Records, Pinwheel Records, The Old School Records, Numero Group, No Requests, Laurie's Planet of Sound, Hyde Park Records, Groovin' High, Gramaphone Records, Electric Jungle, Dusty Groove, Dorian's, Dave's Records, Cafe Mustache, Bucket o' Blood Books and Records, Bric-a-Brac Records, Bob's Blues & Jazz Mart, Bloodshot Records, Beverly Records, Audio Archaeology, 606 Records, Wax Trax

Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Feb 13, 2019
Video
Muddy Waters drummer Willie ‘Big Eyes’ Smith never escaped the sideman shadow

Even when Willie "Big Eyes" Smith won a Grammy at the end of his life, he shared it with pianist Pinetop Perkins.
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, blues, Winter Blues, Muddy Waters, Pinetop Perkins, Kenny "Beedy Eyes" Smith, Bo Diddley, Legendary Blues Band, King Biscuit Time, Club Zanzibar, Henry Strong, Diddy Wah Diddy, Arthur "Big Boy" Spires, Bobby Lee Burns, Clifton James, Big Bill Broonzy, Calvin “Fuzz” Jones, John Lee Hooker, The Blues Brothers, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Rolling Stones, Bag Full of Blues, Grammy, Joined at the Hip, Video

Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Jan 30, 2019
Video
Lefty Dizz was one of the greatest showmen in the blues

Guitarist Lefty Dizz toured abroad for decades, but even in his home base of Chicago he was never the star he played like.
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Lefty Dizz, blues, Winter Blues, Hound Dog Taylor, Houserockers, Earl Hooker, Junior Wells, Lacy Gibson, Sonny Thompson, guitar, John Lee Hooker, Shock Treatment, Somebody Stole My Christmas, Ain't It Nice to Be Loved, Checkerboard Lounge, Muddy Waters, Rolling Stones, Buddy Guy's Legends, Louisiana Red, Kingston Mines, Big Moose Walker, Video

Arts & Culture, Art Review May 2, 2017
‘Exhibitionism—The Rolling Stones’ is an exile on lame street

A new exhibit at Navy Pier doesn’t add much to the band’s legacy.
- By Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Art Review, Rolling Stones, Exhibitionism, Navy Pier, Saatchi Gallery, David Bowie Is, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood, Charlie Watts, Mick Taylor, Brian Jones, Street Fighting Man

Blogs, Bleader Feb 17, 2017
Video
Former Obama adviser David Plouffe fined for illegally lobbying Rahm on behalf of Uber, and other Chicago news

Also, an 18,000-square-foot Rolling Stones exhibit will open at Navy Pier in April.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Chicago Board of Ethics, Uber, ride-sharing, Rahm Emanuel, David Plouffe, Barack Obama, Obama campaign, immigration issues, protests, Rick Bayless, restaurants, The Berghoff, Union Park, Obama Foundation, Obama presidential library, Valerie Jarrett, Joe Moreno, gentrification, Logan Square, Rolling Stones, exhibits, rock music, Navy Pier, bakeries, vegan restaurants, Video

Music, Music Feature Nov 23, 2016
Music gifts you can actually wrap

Digital downloads haven’t yet driven box sets extinct—and this year the best include Paul Bowles’s Moroccan field recordings, vintage Ray Charles in mono, a 50-year NRBQ retrospective, and ten discs of foundational 40s bebop from Savoy Records.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, Bobo Yéyé: Belle Époque in Upper Volta, Numero Group, Classic Savoy Be-Bop Sessions 1945-49, Mosaic, Lou Reed, The RCA & Arista Album Collection, Sony Legacy, Rolling Stones, The Rolling Stones in Mono, ABKCO, Frank Sinatra, World on a String, UMe, Music of Morocco: From the Library of Congress, Recorded by Paul Bowles, 1959, Dust-to-Digital, Ray Charles, The Atlantic Years: In Mono, Rhino, NRBQ, High Noon: A 50-Year Retrospective, Omnivore, Charles Munch, The Complete RCA Album Collection, Sony Classical, Gidon Kremer, Complete Concerto Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon, Deutsche Grammophon, Transformer, Berlin, Metal Machine Music, Wacky Tobacky, Kremerata Baltica, Sofia Gubaidulina, Offertorium, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Get That Gasoline Blues, Terry Adams, Pure Genius, What’d I Say, Come Fly With Me, Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, The Blue Mask, Legendary Hearts, Stan Getz, Tadd Dameron, Leo Parker, Fats Navarro, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, J.J. Johnson, Brew Moore, Howard McGhee, Neil Tesser, Steve Marlow, Jonathan Horwich, Volta Jazz, Coulibaly Tidiani et L’Authentique Orchestre Dafra Star, Sory Sanlé, Idrissa Koné, Bobo-Dioulasso, Malick Sidibé

Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Nov 15, 2016
Audio
Overlooked guitar god Harvey Mandel borrows Ryley Walker’s band for his new album

Forty-seven years after Harvey Mandel played Woodstock with Canned Heat, Snake Pit could be the record that finally gets the guitarist his due.
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Harvey Mandel, Canned Heat, Snake Pit, Tompkins Square, guitar, Josh Rosenthal, Rolling Stones, John Mayall, Ryley Walker, Brian Sulpizio, Ben Boye, Anton Hatwich, Ryan Jewell, Jose Najera, Sara Gossett, Baby Batter, Cristo Redentor, cancer, Audio

Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Feb 2, 2016
Luther Allison was the Jimi Hendrix of blues guitar

Guitarist Luther Allison learned his craft in Chicago, but he spent much of his career in Europe when American interest in the blues waned.
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Luther Allison, guitar, blues, Winter Blues, Widener, Arkansas, Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, Howlin' Wolf, Freddie King, Walton's Corner, Jimmy Dawkins, Rolling Stones, Four Jivers, Otis Rush, Magic Sam, Jimi Hendrix, Sweet Home Chicago, Love Me Mama, Delmark, Motown, Alligator Records

Blogs, Bleader Dec 22, 2015
Audio
The early output of Red Red Meat sees its first vinyl release

The new reissues of Red Red Meat's first two albums sound as great as ever.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, Post No Bills, Red Red Meat, Califone, Friends of Betty, Tim Rutili, Glynis Johnson, Ben Massarella, Brian Deck, Glenn Girard, Tim Hurley, John Rowan, Blackie Onassis, Urge Overkill, Jimmywine Majestic, "Snowball, " "Stained & Lit, " 12 O'Clock Track, Rolling Stones, Jealous Butcher Records, Audio

Music, Music Feature Apr 16, 2014
How do record stores get such great used vinyl?

When record stores aren't buying used vinyl directly from the public, they might find a carload of goodies at the Chicagoland Record Collectors Show.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Permanent Records, Dave McCune, record stores, Record Store Day, Chicagoland Record Collectors Show, Hillside, record collecting, rare vinyl, used vinyl, used records, Laurie's Planet of Sound, Saki, Logan Hardware, Reckless Records, LPs, seven-inches, Lance Barresi, J&M Tap, dive bars, Luca Cimarusti, Chicago Reader, Basic Cable, bands, Zipcar, Logan Square, Brian Eno, driving, Silver Apples, John Govi, CHIRP Record Fair, Thrill Jockey, Jonathan Willinger, record dealers, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Naperville Sun, Illinois Entertainer, Crossroads, private-press records, Muddy Waters, Chess Records, Shangri-Las, Chicago soul, Brothers of the Ghetto, Rolling Stones, bootlegs, Trade Mark of Quality, genres, Jawbreaker, Talking Heads, Bob Dylan, Devo, Fleetwood Mac, Hawkwind, Bruce Springsteen, compilations, Joyride Records

Blogs, Bleader Apr 19, 2013
Reader's Agenda Fri 4/19: CIMM Fest and Bizarro hour

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, April 19, 2013.
- By Hannah Lorenz
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Chicago International Movies & Music Festival, CIMM, Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me, Logan Theatre, Muddy Waters, Rolling Stones, Checkerboard Lounge, Music Box, Pontiak, Burlington, Lydia Loveless, Luke Winslow-King, Hideout, KnockBox Café, Bizarro Hour, Michael Allen Rose, Party Wolves in My Skull, Justin Grimbol, The Crud Masters, MP Johnson, The After-Life Story of Pork Knuckles Malone

Blogs, Bleader Dec 28, 2012
Video
The best, the worst, and the rest of this week's movies

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Opening, Film, John Magaro, Not Fade Away, The Big Picture Eric Lartigau, The Guilt Trip, Seth Rogen, Barbara Streisand, Not Fade Away, Rolling Stones, The Sopranos, David Chase, Parental Guidance, Billy Crytal, Bette Midler, Promised Land, Gus Van Sant, Matt Damon, John Krasinski, Dave Eggers, David Lean, Lawrence of Arabia, Michael Roemer, Nothing But a Man, Pim de la Parra, One People, F.W. Murnau Sunrise, Anthony Mann, Winchester '73, Chicago movies, Video

Music, In Rotation Dec 27, 2012
Video
In Rotation: Vocalo's Jesse Menendez on the Internet Radio Fairness Act

Plus: The Reader's Leor Galil on Bargain Bin Blasphemy, Richard Giraldi of Loud Loop Press on James Bond theme songs, and more
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: In Rotation, Lukach, Liel Liebovitz, Tablet magazine, Biz Markie, Get on Down label, Fat Boys pizza box, Wu Tang Clan, The Biz Never Sleeps, Bargain Bin Blasphemy, Wayne Newton, While We're Still Young, Jesse Menendez, Vocalo, P.O.S., We Don't Even Live Here, Doomtree, Internet Radio Fairness Act, Pandora, We Appreciate Your Enthusiasm: The Oral History of Q101, James VanOsdol, Richard Giraldi, Loud Loop Press, Rolling Stones, Sympathy for the Devil, Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, The Meters, James Bond, Skyfall, Thomas Conner, Nancy Sinatra, You Only Live Twice, Shirley Bassey, Goldfinger, Sheryl Crow, Tomorrow Never Dies, Tina Turner, Goldeneye, Video

Blogs, Bleader Dec 8, 2012
Video
How old is too old to rock?

What does "old" even mean, anyway?
- Tags: We're Old, Band Life, Music, Rolling Stones, Kim Gordon, aging, band life, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jun 12, 2012
Welcome to Zamrock

Stones-y 70s psych pop from Zambian band Witch
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Do This, Music, Witch, Rolling Stones, J Mascis, Zombies, Saki Records, Zamrock

Blogs, Bleader Mar 7, 2012
Obsolescence Week: reel-to-reel tape

The king of outdated audio formats
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Obsolescence Week, Music, Obsolescence Week, reel-to-reel, Moog, ARP, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Leonard Cohen, Eddie Harris, Variations on a Theme

Blogs, Bleader Mar 2, 2012
Opening tonight: Nellcôte

Nellcôte, Jared Van Camp's opulent Randolph Street restaurant, opens tonight
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Jared Van Camp, Nellcôte, Rolling Stones, Randolph Street, Exile on Main Street

Blogs, Bleader Jan 2, 2012
Bears: So respectable, so what?

The Chicago Bears achieve respectability—whatever that means—with a season-ending victory.
- By Ted Cox
- Tags: Mudville, Sports, Chicago Bears, Brian Urlacher, Jay Cutler, Minnesota Vikings, Rolling Stones, Zola

Blogs, Bleader Nov 17, 2011
Google Music leaves beta

Free Google cloud music, with a cheap Stones bootleg
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music, Google, Google Music, the biz, Sharp Darts, Rolling Stones, iTunes, gMusic

Blogs, Bleader Oct 21, 2011
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This week's movie action

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, William Colby, Steve Bogira, The Man Nobody Knew, Phoenix Program, Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Margin Call, Fireflies in the Garden, Ryan Reynolds, Willem Dafoe, Julia Roberts, The Mill and the Cross, Lech Majewski, Pieter Bruegel, The Way to Calgary, The Skin I Live In, Pedro Almodovar, Texas Killing Fields, The Three Musketeers, With or Without Love, Festival of New Spanish Cinema, Woody Allen, Bananas, University of Chicago Doc Films, Edgar G. Ulmer, The Black Cat, Jerry Blumenthal, Gordon Quinn, Golub movie, The Last Pullman Car, Pullman State Historic Site, Jules Dassin, Rififi, Roman Polanski, The Tenant, Robert Aldrich, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, Beverly Arts Center, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, World on a Wire, Universal Horror!, Cinema Borealis, Rolling Stones, Charlie Is My Darling, film festivals, movies, Video

News & Politics, Chicagoans Sep 1, 2011
Michael Reed, rigger

This week's Chicagoan: Michael Reed, rigger
- By Anne Ford
- Tags: Chicagoans, rigging, lighting, Park West, Oak Park, Barry Manilow, Aragon, Joe Cocker, Van Morrison, James Brown, Tom Waits, Rolling Stones, Prince, U2, Michael Jackson, Azteca Stadium

Blogs, Bleader Jul 27, 2011
Video
Jesse Lortz unveils his Case Studies

New music from the guy behind the Dutchess & the Duke
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Jesse Lortz, Case Studies, the Dutchess and the Duke, Ponys, Empty Bottle, video, Rolling Stones, Leonard Cohen, garage rock, indie rock, video, MTV, Stereogum, My Old Kentucky Blog, Sacred Bones, Video

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