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In the wake of controversy, Chicago Human Rhythm Project adds new leadershipCatey Sullivanon August 25, 2020 at 5:30 pm
Emmanuel Neal joins CHRP as interim managing director, but the founder’s comments on Black Lives Matter spark outrage.
Add the Chicago Human Rhythm Project (CHRP) to the list of noted Chicago performing arts organizations undergoing a major leadership shift during a historic summer marked by upheaval, reflection, and the seismic financial/existential crisis of season cancellations due to the COVID-19 virus. Emmanuel Neal, 47, has been named new interim managing director at CHRP.…Read More
Punk lifer Neil Berthier considers his all-time lows on a hopeful new album as PhonyLeor Galilon August 24, 2020 at 1:00 pm
When punk musician Neil Berthier sat down for a Better Yet Podcast interview at the beginning of 2019, he was halfway through a yearlong stint in Chicago; he’d moved here after a short stay in Nashville following the 2017 dissolution of his rambunctious, stylistically slippery New Orleans indie-punk band Donovan Wolfington. Berthier was still coming to terms with his band’s breakup when he talked to Better Yet host (and Reader contributor) Tim Crisp, even though he already had an established solo project, originally called Neil O’Neil.…Read More
Ulcerate confront the inevitably of death and tragedy on their latest albumJamie Ludwigon August 24, 2020 at 9:20 pm
New Zealand metal trio Ulcerate look into the face of tragedy through a beautifully constructed, unrelentingly dark haze.
I’d never claim to have more than an armchair interest in psychology, but I posit that the chronic pandemic/election/existential-crisis fatigue that Americans are living through in 2020 has resulted in some level of mass anhedonia.…Read More