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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
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: In Rotation, Harold Washington Library, Cambridge University Press, Popular Music, Marc Fischer, Library Excavations, Respire, Gravity & Grace, Middle-Man, Joshua Virtue, Free Snacks, Udababy, Eat Good Tape, Post Faith Dialogues, Loosey, Alejandro Ayala, King Hippo, Lumpen Radio, London, Sadiq Khan, Emma Warren, Night Czar, Make Some Space, Azymüth, Demos (1973-75), Infinite Spirit Music, Live Without Fear, Jazzman, reissue, Soji Adebayo, Will Miller, Resavoir, Whitney, Broadcast, Trish Keenan, Black Session, La Maison de la Radio, Come on Let’s Go, Nas, MF Doom, Nastradoomus, Nastradamus, Special Herbs, Video

Music, Pitchfork Mar 6, 2019
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.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Pitchfork, Pitchfork, Pitchfork Music Festival, HAIM, Mavis Staples, Earl Sweatshirt, Jeremih, Sky Ferreira, Low, Soccer Mommy, Julia Holter, Grapetooth, Rico Nasty, Valee, Standing on the Corner, MIKE, Great Black Music Ensemble, The Isley Brothers, Belle & Sebastian, Stereolab, Kurt Vile, Pusha T, Parquet Courts, Freddie Gibbs, Amber Mark, Jay Som, Cate Le Bon, Tirzah, CHAI, Ric Wilson, Lala Lala, Robyn, Charli XCX, Whitney, Khruangbin, Clairo, Snail Mail, Neneh Cherry, Ibeyi, Amen Dunes, JPEGmafia, Flasher, Black Midi, Dreezy, Tasha

Music, Gossip Wolf Jan 15, 2019
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.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Mending, Kate Adams, Joshua Dumas, We Gathered at Wakerobin Hollow, Homeward, Chapter 04: Homeward, ChiCityLives, Que4 Radio, Tree, MC Tree, Tremaine Johnson, Sunday School, I.B.C.L.A.S.S.I.C., Vic Spencer, GOAT, Nothing Is Something, Daupe, Will Miller, Whitney, Chance the Rapper, trumpet, Resavoir, Akenya Seymour, Twin Peaks, Co-Prosperity Sphere, International Anthem, Escalator

Music, Gossip Wolf Aug 21, 2018
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.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Ono, Your Future Is Metal, American Damage, Jordan Reyes, cassette, Albino, Hideout, Fine Prints, Robby Haynes, Strange Magic Recording, Ziyad Asrar, Whitney, Smith Westerns, Apologue, Mayor Daley, Desert Liminal, Wage, Empty Bottle, Eye Vybe, SPVD, Glyders, Logan Square Food Truck Social, Joshua S. Condon

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.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Free Shit, Music, Post No Bills, Millennium Park Summer Music Series, Pritzker Pavlion, Sons of Kemet, the Sea and Cake, Moonrise Nation, Whitney, Ne-Hi, Bahamas, Aimee Mann, This Is the Kit, The Kingston All Stars featuring Sister Nancy, Funkadesi, Willie Colón, Canalón de Timbiquí, Anoushka Shankar, Hollie Cook, Melissa Laveaux, the Aces, New Respects, Kahil El'Zabar Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, José James, Video

Blogs, Bleader Mar 22, 2017
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.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music, Lollapalooza, Lollapalooza 2017, Grant Park, Chance the Rapper, Coloring Book, Muse, Arcade Fire, the Killers, Lorde, Migos, the XX, Run the Jewels, Spoon, Liam Gallagher, Blink-182, Ryan Adams, the Shins, 21 Savage, Rae Sremmurd, Noname, the Walters, Kweku Collins, Whitney, the O'My's, Big Sean

Blogs, Bleader Jul 16, 2016
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.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Music, Pitchfork Day One, Pitchfork, Pitchfork Music Festival, Carly Rae Jepsen, Beach House, Twin Peaks, Natural Villain, Broken Social Scene, Shamir, Mick Jenkins, Julia Holter, Moses Sumney, Whitney, Car Seat Headrest

Blogs, Bleader Jul 15, 2016
Photos of the Friday crowd at Pitchfork Music Festival 2016

Portraits of the crowd at Union Park on July 15
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Music, Pitchfork Music Festival, photos, audience, crowd shots, Friday, Beach House, Shamir, Broken Social Scene, The Range, Carly Rae Jepsen, Mick Jenkins, Twin Peaks, Moses Sumney, Julia Holter, Whitney, Car Seat Headrest

Music, Pitchfork Jul 1, 2016
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.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Pitchfork, Pitchfork Music Festival, 2016, preview, Union Park, FKA Twigs, Brian Wilson, Beach House, The Pitchfork Review, 826CHI, Girls Rock! Chicago, Voter Engagement and Mobilization Project, Public Action Foundation, Old Town School of Folk Music, Wiggleworms, Kids Area, RP Boo, Jlin, CHIRP Record Fair, Flatstock, Coterie Chicago Craft Fair, Book Fort, Sufjan Stevens, Pet Sounds, Carly Rae Jepsen, Royal Headache, Digable Planets, Sun Ra Arkestra, Whitney

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.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Pitchfork, Haley Fohr, Jackie Lynn, Circuit des Yeux, Pitchfork Music Festival, 2016, Jlin, RP Boo, Jeremih, Mick Jenkins, BJ the Chicago Kid, Twin Peaks, Whitney, Light Upon the Lake, Godzilla, Buzilla, Fingers Bank Pads and Shoe Prints, Free Fall, Down in Heaven, The Water[s], Wave[s], In My Mind, Late Nights: The Album, footwork, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Mar 8, 2016
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.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Lollapalooza, lineup, predictions, LCD Soundsystem, Kendrick Lamar, Radiohead, Fetty Wap, Future, Parquet Courts, Miike Snow, Wild Belle, Marrow, Meat Wave, Hxlt, the 1975, Modern Baseball, Grimes, Orwells, South by Southwest, Hideout, SXSW Send Off Party, Whitney, Al Scorch, Crown Larks, Waco Brothers, Matchess, Sindrome, Century Media, Devestation, Terminal Death, Resurrection: The Complete Collection, death metal, thrash

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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

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.

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.

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.

Video
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.

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.

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.

Photos of the Friday crowd at Pitchfork Music Festival 2016

Portraits of the crowd at Union Park on July 15

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.

Video
Pitchfork’s hometown heroes

Get acquainted with the record-breaking nine Chicago acts at this year’s festival.

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.

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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

Headliners Robyn, Haim, and the Isley Brothers are joined on the bill by the likes of Pusha T, Stereolab, and Mavis Staples.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Pitchfork's first day included (sometimes surprisingly) great sets by the likes of Carly Rae Jepsen, Moses Sumney, and Twin Peaks.

Portraits of the crowd at Union Park on July 15

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.

Get acquainted with the record-breaking nine Chicago acts at this year’s festival.

Plus: The Hideout throws its annual party for local acts heading to SXSW, and Century Media reissues thrashy Chicago death-metal band Sindrome.

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