Local postpunk label Chicago Research quickly became a locus for bizarre, depraved sounds after launching in February 2019, in part…
Few indie-rock artists are more prolific than singer-songwriter Mike Kinsella, who's been playing in Illinois bands since the late 80s,…
With all the unrest and pain in the U.S. right now, it can feel strange or wrong to listen to…
Englewood MC Darrel Mckinney makes music as DaWeirdo, which is a pretty obvious clue that his approach is unusual. He…
On their new self-titled debut album, Muzz simultaneously challenge listeners and envelop them in gentle, sublime atmospheres. The New York-based…
Cypriot composer and electronic musician Yannis Kyriakides uses polyphonic vocal arrangements, string sections, glitchy beats, and found-sound collages to articulate…
Chicago singer, producer, and rapper Thomas DaVinci is a chameleon, able to adapt his supple voice and fluid flow to…
Just one week after Chicago Public Schools (CPS) went remote, the Chicago Poetry Center (CPC), a not-for-profit 501c3 arts organization…
When William Nathaniel Jackson arrived in Philadelphia in the early 1900s, he became a new man. He was fleeing from…
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