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- City Life, Stay at Home May 30, 2020
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The Reader’s stay-at-home chronicles: days 71 and 72
What we’re reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.
- Music, Music Review May 22, 2020
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Chicago indie-pop upstart Damacy fits the serene vibe of the city’s young rock scene on Sun Spot EP
- Music, Concert Preview Nov 21, 2019
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Whitney proves that the kids love the soft stuff
- Music, Pitchfork Jul 16, 2019
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A streamable mixtape of Pitchfork’s Chicago sounds
This year the festival booked enough acts from in and around Chicago to fill one side of a 90-minute cassette.
- Music, In Rotation May 2, 2019
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DJ King Hippo on the holy grail of Chicago spiritual jazz
Plus: Resavoir bandleader Will Miller on a fan-made mashup of Nas and MF Doom, Reader writer Leor Galil on raiding the discards pile at the library, and more
- Music, Pitchfork Mar 6, 2019
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The 2019 Pitchfork Music Festival announces its lineup
Headliners Robyn, Haim, and the Isley Brothers are joined on the bill by the likes of Pusha T, Stereolab, and Mavis Staples.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jan 15, 2019
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Drone-song duo Mending near the halfway point of a 40-song narrative cycle
Plus: Top-notch Chicago rapper Tree decisively ends his release drought, and Whitney trumpeter Will Miller drops the debut by his psychedelic soul-jazz band.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Aug 21, 2018
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Art-rockers Ono commit to cassette the joyfully defiant noise of their live show
Plus: Brand-new label Fine Prints launches with a triple release party at the Empty Bottle, and Glyders front man Joshua S. Condon debuts as SPVD.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 3, 2018
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The Millennium Park Summer Music Series announces its 2018 lineup
This year's Millennium Park summer series has one-third fewer concerts than the 2017 version—but on the plus side, some of them are great.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 22, 2017
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Lollapalooza 2017 lineup: Chance the Rapper takes a victory lap with a bunch of predictable acts
The local rap hero is one of the few bright spots on an otherwise anemic Lollapalooza lineup that also includes Lorde, Migos, the XX, Run the Jewels, and, um, Liam Gallagher.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 16, 2016
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Carly Rae Jepsen was a ray of sunshine on Pitchfork's gray opening day
Pitchfork's first day included (sometimes surprisingly) great sets by the likes of Carly Rae Jepsen, Moses Sumney, and Twin Peaks.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 15, 2016
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Photos of the Friday crowd at Pitchfork Music Festival 2016
Portraits of the crowd at Union Park on July 15
- Music, Pitchfork Jul 1, 2016
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Pitchfork Music Festival 2016 preview
Reader writers round up the locals on the bill, guide fans of hip-hop and R&B into the rest of the roster, and discuss the fest’s softening antipathy to emo, the gender balance of its bookings, and Brian Wilson’s white privilege.
- Music, Pitchfork Jul 1, 2016
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Pitchfork’s hometown heroes
Get acquainted with the record-breaking nine Chicago acts at this year’s festival.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Mar 8, 2016
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Let the Lollapalooza lineup predictions begin
Plus: The Hideout throws its annual party for local acts heading to SXSW, and Century Media reissues thrashy Chicago death-metal band Sindrome.