Chicago duo Drazek Fuscaldo continue their enlightening musical journey
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by Steve Krakow
2M ago
Przemyslaw Krzysztof Drazek and Brent Fuscaldo have been on an exploratory musical journey since 2008. They conceived the Chicago group as a relatively rock-oriented unit called Mako Sica, but several drummers later, the two core multi-instrumentalists decided to have a go under their surnames. Since last year, they’ve officially operated as a duo with a […] The post Chicago duo Drazek Fuscaldo continue their enlightening musical journey appeared first on Chicago Reader ..read more
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Machine Girl straddles the line between hardcore punk and hardcore rave music
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by Micco Caporale
2M ago
Machine Girl makes rave music for weebs who’ve read American Hardcore. Long Island producer and vocalist Matt Stephenson launched the project as a solo effort in 2012, and its 2014 debut, WLFGRL, has aged like decadent toilet wine. The cover art features a close-up of a snarling prop werewolf head and Japanese text that translates […] The post Machine Girl straddles the line between hardcore punk and hardcore rave music appeared first on Chicago Reader ..read more
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Cass Cwik takes folk tradition to the Calumet River and beyond
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by Noah Berlatsky
2M ago
Cass Cwik and his band the Small Gas Engines specialize in an engaging variety of folk music that recalls Bob Dylan and retro Nashville pop. This is well-trodden territory, but the Chicago singer-songwriter keeps the tradition fresh with a sure hand and strong ear for melody and arrangement. “Under Your Spell,” which opens Cwik’s self-released […] The post Cass Cwik takes folk tradition to the Calumet River and beyond appeared first on Chicago Reader ..read more
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 Microplastique synthesize traditions of toy-instrument experiments on their debut
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by Bill Meyer
2M ago
Playfulness and purposeful converge in the music of Microplastique. The quartet’s membership includes some of Chicago’s busiest and most engaged rising improvisers. Percussionist and composer Adam Shead leads his own bands, plays in a collaborative free-improv trio with Jason Stein and Damon Smith, and runs the Irritable Mystic label—which just released Microplastique’s debut album, Bare […] The post  Microplastique synthesize traditions of toy-instrument experiments on their debut appeared first on Chicago Reader ..read more
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Japanese producer Foodman creates eclectic tracks as inventive as they are playful
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by Joshua Minsoo Kim
2M ago
Takahide Higuchi is drawn to simple pleasures. The Japanese producer also known as Foodman first created music in a PlayStation game called Depth, and his rudimentary experiments with the technology sparked an understanding that anyone can be an artist, regardless of skill or expertise. That notion in turn informed a guiding principle of his creative […] The post Japanese producer Foodman creates eclectic tracks as inventive as they are playful appeared first on Chicago Reader ..read more
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Local death-metal bands Molder and Primal Code celebrate new albums at Reggies
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by Jamie Ludwig
2M ago
Chicago’s metal scene has a well-deserved reputation as one of the country’s most eclectic and prolific. As 2024 comes to a close, local fans can celebrate their good fortune with a stacked double album-release show headlined by two of the area’s grimiest death-metal purveyors. Joliet four-piece Molder released Engrossed in Decay in 2022 and have […] The post Local death-metal bands Molder and Primal Code celebrate new albums at Reggies appeared first on Chicago Reader ..read more
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Dee Clark bridged doo-wop, rock ’n’ roll, R&B, and soul
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by Steve Krakow
2M ago
For nearly 20 years, the Secret History of Chicago Music has shined a light on musical underdogs. Some acts didn’t get the recognition they deserved because they had bad managers or made uncommercial music, but other times the reason isn’t so obvious—and I’m still scratching my head as to why multifaceted singer Dee Clark isn’t […] The post Dee Clark bridged doo-wop, rock ’n’ roll, R&B, and soul appeared first on Chicago Reader ..read more
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Lily Glick Finnegan and gabby fluke-mogul improvise the intimacies of survival
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by Bill Meyer
2M ago
First dates can be fraught and awkward. But in improvised music, where the word “date” means something different, they’re mostly opportunities for discovery and excitement. That’s why violinist gabby fluke-mogul particularly relishes them. “A lot of my recordings include first meetings,” they say over video chat from their home in New York. “There’s something very […] The post Lily Glick Finnegan and gabby fluke-mogul improvise the intimacies of survival appeared first on Chicago Reader ..read more
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Detroit techno legend Robert Hood brings the spirit of resistance to Smart Bar
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by Micco Caporale
2M ago
The Reader has spilled plenty of ink over the years in celebration of Robert Hood, who cofounded Detroit techno collective Underground Resistance in 1989. Alongside fellow founders Jeff Mills and “Mad” Mike Banks (who’s also played bass in Parliament), Hood helped create a counterculture by and for Black people that expanded listeners’ political imaginations through […] The post Detroit techno legend Robert Hood brings the spirit of resistance to Smart Bar appeared first on Chicago Reader ..read more
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Pharmakon revels in human-made havoc on Maggot Mass
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by Micco Caporale
2M ago
Pharmakon embraces duality through sound. For 17 years, power-electronics artist Margaret Chardiet has been making bristling, textural chaos under the name Pharmakon—a Greek word that can mean remedy and poison. Deconstructionist philosopher Jacques Derrida introduced the concept “pharmakon” as a container for binaries central to Western logic traditions, like good/bad and internal/external. Chardiet has composed […] The post Pharmakon revels in human-made havoc on <i>Maggot Mass</i> appeared first on Chicago Reader ..read more
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