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Music, Music Feature Mar 15, 2019
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How did the 'industry plant' take root?

Hip-hop’s favorite conspiracy theory is now used to discredit breakout successes in other genres—and it’s no more plausible there.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, industry plant, rap, hip-hop, conspiracy, conspiracy theory, YouTube, Reddit, Twitter, DJ Akademiks, Alex Jones, Complex, Everyday Struggle, Russ, Exposed, XXL, Columbia, There’s Really a Wolf, Clairo, Pretty Girl, Fake Shore Drive, Andrew Barber, Blueface, the Coli, IGN, Trinidad James, Def Jam, Chance the Rapper, Raury, Freshman Class, Shins, New Slang, McDonald’s, Avery Springer, Retirement Party, Phoebe Bridgers, Billie Eilish, Lorde, Dua Lipa, Halsey, In Sight Out, Ric Wilson, Stevie Wonder, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, Trippie Red, Baby Goth, Bria Bueno, Republic, A Love Letter to You 3, No Jumper, Video

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Nov 3, 2016
Resolution, The Trump Card, and nine more new theater reviews

A drama from Pride Films and Plays and Mike Daisey's election monologue are among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Chagrin Falls, Mia McCullough, Sommer Austin, Agency Theatre Collective, Jennifer Cheung, Killadelphia, Sean Christopher Lewis, Philadelphia, Graterford Prison, Dogs of Rwanda, The Mars Assignment, Collaboraction, National Alliance on Mental Illness Chicago, Ronan Marra, Elsa Hiltner, clinical depression, Matt and Ben, Theatre Above the Law, Mindy Kaling, Brenda Withers, Octagon, Kristiana Rae Colón, Jackalope Theatre, Tara Branham, the Conspirators, The Resistible Rise of Herr Helmut Drumpf, Bertolt Brecht, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Wm. Bullion, New Criminals, Ryan Hake, Lindsey Graham, Resolution, Pride Films and Plays, Tiffany Mitchenor, Aneisa Hicks, Amber Snyder, Diana Raiselis, MPAACT, Starting Over, Kejuan Darby, Siera Buffum, Jerico Bleu, Keith Surney, Shepsu Aakhu, Tympanic Theatre, Sweet Analytics, Hayes Borkowski, Joshua Ellison, Tony n' Tina's Wedding, Chicago Theater Works, Resurrection Lutheran Church, Vinnie Black's Coliseum, The Trump Card, Election Day, 2016 election, Donald Trump, Mike Daisey, This American Life, "Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory", Denise Hoeflich, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Good Will Hunting, Miley Cyrus, Malala Yousafzai, American Association of University Women

Blogs, Bleader Dec 14, 2015
A Very Murray Christmas is one twisted holiday special

Bill Murray's Netflix show is bizarre, melancholy, and entertaining.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Small Screen, Comedy, Television, A Verry Murray Christmas, Netflix, Bill Murray, George Clooney, Jenny Lewis, Rashida Jones, Jason Schwartzman, Miley Cyrus, Maya Rudolph, Phoenix, holiday, Christmas, Chris Rock

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.
- By Sasha Geffen
- Tags: On the Charts, Music, taylor swift, out of the woods, 1989, big machine, pop, sky ferreira, miley cyrus, wrecking ball, Video

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar Aug 13, 2014
Fringe theater goes on parade with the 26th annual Abbie Fest

Mary-Arrchie's Yippie tribute features 72 hours of performances starting with a march from Daley Plaza.
- By Kerry Cardoza
- Tags: Performing Arts Sidebar, Abbie Hoffman Died for Our Sins Theatre Festival, Daley Plaza, Mary-Arrchie Theatre, Angel Island, Lakeview, Yippie, Abbie Hoffman, Chicago Seven, NSA, Miley Cyrus, alternative theater, theater festival, Arlene Cook, Gas Mask 101, Vietnam, Matt Borczon, Wild Dogs, Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble, T.S. Eliot, The Wasteland, Hellish Half-Light, Jennifer Markowitz, Steal This Urine Test, Revolution for the Hell of It

Blogs, Bleader Feb 11, 2014
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Getting buzzed on frat country

Jerrod Niemann and Jon Pardi want to party with you.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: On the Charts, Music, Jerrod Niemann, Jon Pardi, Miley Cyrus, Kenny Chesney, On the Charts, Video

Blogs, Bleader Dec 24, 2013
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2013 ends with an "eh"

A landmark year ends in a flurry of limp ballads and fake folk.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: On the Charts, Music, On the Charts, Lorde, Miley Cyrus, Pitbull, Eminem, Rihanna, Ke$ha, One Direction, Passenger, Avicii, Imagine Dragons, OneRepublic, A Great Big World, Christina Aguilera, seasonal affective disorder, Video

Blogs, Bleader Nov 26, 2013
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Pitbull prepares us for the country-EDM boom of 2014

What "Timber" says about pop's immediate future
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: On the Charts, Music, Pitbull, Ke$ha, Dr. Luke, Pharrell, Miley Cyrus, Avicii, On the Charts, Video

Music, Music Review Oct 7, 2013
Time to actually listen to Miley Cyrus

Between her twerking and that tongue, she has everybody talking—but not about her new album. So what does Bangerz sound like?
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music Review, Miley Cyrus, albums, singles, RCA, cultural appropriation, twerking, Amanda Palmer, Sinead O'Connor, sexuality, hip-hop, Mike Will Made It, Will.i.am, Pharrell, pop music, pop stars, Rami Afuni, celebrities

Blogs, Bleader Aug 20, 2013
What this week's top ten has to say about the year in pop

The 2013 pop charts in a nutshell
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: On the Charts, Music, Pharrell, Daft Punk, Robin Thicke, Bruno Mars, Imagine Dragons, Zedd, Anna Kendrick, Capital Cities, Jay Z, Justin Timberlake, Mike Will Made It, Miley Cyrus, Maroon 5

Blogs, Bleader Jun 25, 2013
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Ciara's "Body Party" deserves better

The sappy, corny flipside to Miley Cyrus
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: On the Charts, Music, Ciara, Future, Mike Will Made It, Miley Cyrus, One Million Moms, On the Charts, "Body Party, " "We Can't Stop", Video

Music, In Rotation Jun 21, 2013
In Rotation: Rafa Alvarez, aka Different Sleep, on Miley Cyrus twerking in a frog suit

Plus: Tyler Andere of Portals on moody German techno, the Reader's Leor Galil on Anti-Gravity Bunny, and more
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: In Rotation, Lemuria, emo, punk, Anti-Gravity Bunny, Justin Snow, Parts & Labor, Mamaleek, Wreck & Reference, Ragana, experimental music, blogs, house music, Breach, techno, Smallville Records, Robag Wruhme, Christopher Rau, DJ Koze, Pampa Records, Young Thug, MCs, Becky G., Becky Gomez, Leor Galil, Rafa Alvarez, Different Sleep, Drake, Trippy Turtle, Cashmere Cat, Twitter, Soundcloud, Miley Cyrus, Paris Hilton, Amanda Bynes, Mike Will Made It, J. Robbins

Blogs, Bleader Apr 1, 2010
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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, Hot Tub Time Machine, Asian American Showcase, Gene Siskel Film Center, Children of Invention, Treeless Mountain, Tze Chun, Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden, Half Nelson, Sugar movie, City Island, Andy Garcia, Clash of the Titans, Head On, Last Song movie, Hannah Montana, Miley Cyrus, Mid-August Lunch, To Die for Tano, University of Chicago Doc Films, Richard Brooks, Blackboard Jungle, Music Box, Clue movie, Northbrook Public Library, Otto Preminger, Leon Uris, Exodus movie, Laurence Olivier, Henry V, Jean Eustache, Mother and the Whore, River of No Return, Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe, John Hughes, Sixteen Candles, Fritz Lang, Woman in the Window, film festivals, Chicago movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Mar 8, 2010
This Is Not an Oscar Fashion Post

Why Oscar fashion recaps are boring.
- By Heather Kenny
- Tags: Style, Oscar fashion, Academy Awards, red carpet fashion, Miley Cyrus, Elisabetta Canalis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Meryl Streep, Kathryn Bigelow, Penelope Cruz, Zoe Saldana, Charlize Theron, Tilda Swinton

Blogs, Bleader Aug 13, 2009
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Jessica Hopper meets Steve Doocy
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Music, Jessica Hopper, Steve Doocy, Miley Cyrus, short shorts, Karl Rove, Newt Gingrich, Fox News, Video

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Hip-hop’s favorite conspiracy theory is now used to discredit breakout successes in other genres—and it’s no more plausible there.

A drama from Pride Films and Plays and Mike Daisey's election monologue are among this week's best bets.

Bill Murray's Netflix show is bizarre, melancholy, and entertaining.

The second single from 1989 flips the script on the typical heartbreak song to create a simmering tension that never resolves.

Mary-Arrchie's Yippie tribute features 72 hours of performances starting with a march from Daley Plaza.

Jerrod Niemann and Jon Pardi want to party with you.

A landmark year ends in a flurry of limp ballads and fake folk.

What "Timber" says about pop's immediate future

Between her twerking and that tongue, she has everybody talking—but not about her new album. So what does Bangerz sound like?

The 2013 pop charts in a nutshell

The sappy, corny flipside to Miley Cyrus

Plus: Tyler Andere of Portals on moody German techno, the Reader's Leor Galil on Anti-Gravity Bunny, and more

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.

Why Oscar fashion recaps are boring.

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