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They Like That Old-Time Rock 'n' Roll Catfish Haven moves past indie rock to 1978.
Sharp Darts by Miles Raymer
Short Takes on Recent Releases Hybrid street music from Kinshasa, meticulous jazz from Norway, and a lavish tribute to a neglected country pioneer
By Peter Margasak
The List This week's best live bets, including Eliectric Kulintang, the Silver Jews, Christopher Taylor, Cold War Kids, and more
Festivals this Week: Dan Deacon's Baltimore Round Robin, featuring Cex, Beach House, and more; the Chicago Calling Arts Festival; Riot Fest; the Chicago Country Music Festival.
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The Reader's Fall Arts Guide: the Umbrella Music Festival, Riot Fest, Jonita Lattimore, and more
The Secret History of Chicago Music by Plastic Crimewave
On the Blogs
Peter Margasak's Post No Bills
Crickets, from the Reader's music staff
Recently in Music
Soul Train Local The show that put black music on TVs across America got its start in Chicago—and even after it moved to LA, Chicago kept its own version running daily for nearly a decade.
By Jake Austen
Metal Shop Seventh Rule releases punishing music in beautiful packages.
Sharp Darts by Miles Raymer
Chill the Funk Out The latest from Shape Shoppe: Chandeliers' The Thrush. Plus: Metallica: The Loud Album
Sharp Darts by Miles Raymer
A Hole in the Shape of "All Summer Long"
How Kid Rock’s rejection of iTunes let anonymous session musicians beat him on the charts with his own song.
Local Release Roundup
Anthemic synth-punk, sweet sneaker hip-hop, bearable bummer rock, and more
The Chicago Way
Now that he's been dubbed one to watch, DJ-producer Willy Joy wants to help the next guy in line.
A Blast From Blaxploitation's Past
A Chicago band you never heard of recorded a smokin' soundtrack for a movie that never got made.
Pagan Death Cult
What could Greenwich Village folk and South Korean black metal possibly have in common?
Reviews of Karen Dalton's Green Rocky Road and Pyha's The Haunted House by Noah Berlatsky
Rooting for the Big Guy
Why local music fans should be glad Jam won the battle for the Uptown Theatre
Sharp Darts by Miles Raymer
Africa on the Ground
Tiny reissue labels dig past the canon to the undiscovered treasures of the continent’s golden age.
By Peter Margasak
The Man Who Makes It Happen
Mike Reed’s best known as the guy who assembles the Pitchfork Music Festival, but in his spare time he performs miracles for the local jazz scene.
By Peter Margasak
It's All World Music Now
How technology is turning the tables on the Westernization of pop
Sharp Darts by Miles Raymer
Best of Chicago Readers' and the Reader's picks best rock act, best MC, best DJ, and more.
