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Femdot pauses his rap career to help feed Chicago

Run through his nonprofit, Delacreme Scholars, the Scholars Slide By has delivered groceries to hundreds of people in need this summer.

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Chicago rapper Jay Wood gives his hardest verses a pop polish on Trackstar

By Leor Galil | 09.17.20
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Workaholic Chicago MC Vic Spencer raps like he’s got the funnest gig around

By Leor Galil | 09.16.20
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Chilean psych group Vuelveteloca highlight the beauty of resistance on Contra

By Jamie Ludwig | 09.16.20
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Bill Callahan has a couple dad jokes for you

By Bill Meyer | 09.15.20

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Cradle of Electronica

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Duet for Guitar and Feet

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Noise-rock masters Uniform get even bigger, better, and darker on Shame

By Luca Cimarusti | 09.15.20
Phew’s harrowing synth-and-voice experiments on Vertical KO channel the dread of living in our world

By Joshua Minsoo Kim | 09.14.20
Synth-pop trio Le Couleur explore beauty through tragedy on Concorde

By Salem Collo-Julin | 09.14.20
Eclectic Chicago-based jazz unit the JuJu Exchange contemplate grief on The Eternal Boombox

By Leor Galil | 09.11.20
Big Branch make rock music with an underground-rap mindset

By Jack Riedy | 09.11.20
Frank Leone’s hip-hop experiments make for a beautifully bizarre debut album

By Leor Galil | 09.10.20
Peter Berkow has spent five decades traversing at least that many genres

By Steve Krakow | 09.10.20
Jazz musicians turn an Old Town porch into a stage

By Jamie Ludwig | 09.10.20
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Throwing Muses evolve their version of alt-rock on Sun Racket

By Salem Collo-Julin | 09.09.20
Thank You, I’m Sorry harnesses midwestern emo to conquer unyielding malaise on I’m Glad We’re Friends

By Leor Galil | 09.09.20
Fire safety tips from Troubled Hubble on the gig poster of the week

By Salem Collo-Julin | 09.09.20
Johari Noelle addresses 2020’s overlapping crises with a socially distanced new video

By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil | 09.08.20
Malian guitarist Sidi Touré dials it back on an all-acoustic, digital-only album

By Bill Meyer | 09.08.20
Death-metal powerhouse Necrot show they’re as ferocious in the studio as onstage on Mortal

By Monica Kendrick | 09.08.20

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Instigation Festival Five Year Retrospective featuring Mars Williams, Marie Casimir, Felicia Holman, Keisha Janae, Kristal Jones, Jasmine Mendoza, Maritza Mercado-Narcisse, Cristal Sabbagh & Shannon Stewart, and more

September 18

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