Leor Galil

Leor Galil is a music journalist. Below are 300 of 436 articles datpiff.ink indexes across 2 publications. Each links out to the original at the publisher.

• Chicago native KeiyaA carves a new path through R&B with Hooke’s Law - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jun 17, 2026
• Shallowater and Cancer House bring new vitality to slowcore - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jun 17, 2026
• WHPK builds a digital archive to broadcast its place in music history - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jun 17, 2026
• Internet radio station Redux throws a party for its first birthday compilation - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jun 09, 2026
• Sparklmami steps into the spotlight with a debut album for Verve - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jun 02, 2026
• Chicago newcomers Ache play hardcore that can make you a believer - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jun 01, 2026
• Hyperpop standout Underscores makes music that can go toe-to-toe with the biggest pop acts - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · May 29, 2026
• Chicago sound artist Kikù Hibino collaborates with his noise hero Merzbow - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · May 27, 2026
• Pioneering underground pop act Worldpeace DMT will make you a laptop-twee believer - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · May 22, 2026
• Chicago indie-folk group Widemouth drop a debut that invites your closest listening - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · May 22, 2026
• The Save Our SNAP Block Party rallies musicians to fight food insecurity - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · May 12, 2026
• Australian indie rockers Armlock reinvent an old wheel with new polish - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · May 08, 2026
• Fire-Toolz levels up to Warp Records - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · May 05, 2026
• How does our shoegaze grow?  - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · May 01, 2026
• Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, and Macie Stewart form a trio of great Chicago string improvisers - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · May 01, 2026
• Chicago ambient-pop sensation Gia Margaret goes wide-screen with Singing - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · May 01, 2026
• Warm Love Cool Dreams builds the case for the Salt Shed as a hub for music fests - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Apr 29, 2026
• Weirdo dance night Hot on the Heels celebrates 20 years with its biggest bill ever - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Apr 28, 2026
• Alt-country progenitors Souled American drop their first album in 30 years - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Apr 21, 2026
• Chicago indie-rock darlings Friko go for broke with Something Worth Waiting For - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Apr 17, 2026
• The Messthetics continue their heavy jazz-punk explorations with saxophonist James Brandon Lewis - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Apr 17, 2026
• Rogers Park gets a new brick-and-mortar record store - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Apr 14, 2026
• Swedish cloud-rock pioneers Horse Vision bring their cheeky indie rock to Chicago - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Apr 10, 2026
• The Chicago underground rock community grieves engineer Simon Small - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Apr 08, 2026
• The Chicago Electronic Music Conference returns for year two - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Apr 07, 2026
• Dance Mania Legends Year 2 celebrates the past and future of ghetto house, footwork, and juke - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Apr 03, 2026
• Rami Gabriel makes music like no one else in Chicago - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Apr 03, 2026
• Lala Lala went west and emerged with the dramatically stripped-down Heaven 2 - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Apr 03, 2026
• Charles Joseph Smith brings his music aboveground  - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Apr 02, 2026
• DIY institution the VCR closes after nine years - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Mar 31, 2026
• The Hallogallo crew celebrate a scene-defining compilation at the Empty Bottle - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Mar 25, 2026
• Experimental bass clarinetist Emily Rach Beisel drops a new album of heavy winds - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Mar 25, 2026
• Stuck take a sleek turn on their third LP, Optimizer - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Mar 24, 2026
• Heavy Crownz aims for the Chicago rap canon with Trench Baby Turned Farmer - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Mar 18, 2026
• Footballhead prove that butt-rock nostalgia is real - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Mar 16, 2026
• The new Roadhouse Magazine comes with an OK Cool option - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Mar 10, 2026
• Chicago experimental duo Cleared make drone tracks for ambient dance heads - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Mar 06, 2026
• Chicago's Broken Left Foot draw from alt-rock's deep well on Adaptor - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Mar 06, 2026
• South siders Lost Legion make oi! for everyday people fighting back against the feds - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Mar 06, 2026
• Best ambient techno microlabel specializing in small-run lathe-cut records - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Mar 04, 2026
• Best emerging antifolk artist with a song built around a buzzing alarm clock - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Mar 04, 2026
• Memory Card releases an unforgettable album of patchwork indie rock - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Mar 03, 2026
• Chicago dream-pop group Snowcuffs celebrate their second EP at Beat Kitchen - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Feb 26, 2026
• Proggy Chicago metal project Dyslexicon brings Dracula at Seato Gman - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Feb 23, 2026
• Experimental skramz project Gingerbee say goodbye in Chicago with a 16-piece band - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Feb 23, 2026
• Tone Deaf Records owner Tony Assimos plays an in-store with his own band - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Feb 17, 2026
• No Sé Discos raises funds for a vinyl release of 80s postpunks Stations - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Feb 10, 2026
• Two Piece Fest returns to Chicago after a decade with a huge lineup of the smallest bands - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Feb 06, 2026
• Ratboys make you a sandwich - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Feb 03, 2026
• Ambient-dance mystics Purelink revisit the group’s native Chicago - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jan 30, 2026
• Breakout Chicago posthardcore band Latter take a victory lap at Lincoln Hall - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jan 30, 2026
• North Carolina DJ and dance producer Gum.mp3 wants you to be part of his set - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jan 30, 2026
• Angel Tapes helps emerging musicians take wing - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jan 22, 2026
• Chicago posthardcore band Mail deliver a toothy debut  - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jan 20, 2026
• Drama chart their course to the upper echelons of pop with Platonic Romance - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jan 16, 2026
• In-the-red local rockers Heet Deth make a great argument for earplugs - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jan 16, 2026
• Local shoegazers Griefeater celebrate one of the great unsung albums of 2025 - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jan 13, 2026
• One-day festival Several States spotlights underappreciated emo bands of yore without cheap nostalgia - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jan 10, 2026
• This House Is Creaking want you to have as much fun with their indie-rock experiments as they do - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jan 10, 2026
• Pinwheel Records holds a sale to help with its imminent move - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jan 07, 2026
• Indie rocker Joe Glass celebrates an early candidate for your list of the year’s best Chicago albums - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jan 02, 2026
• Sam Prekop ties together ambient pulsations and traditional club rhythms on Open Close - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jan 02, 2026
• Transitions lights up local clubs with a weeklong dance blowout - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Dec 19, 2025
• DeffJam honors its late founder with its biggest fest yet  - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Dec 17, 2025
• Underground hip-hop crew Tomorrow Kings hit Schubas to celebrate their first album in 12 years - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Dec 12, 2025
• Alabama indie label Earth Libraries hosts a Chicago benefit and showcase - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Dec 10, 2025
• The best overlooked Chicago records of 2025 - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Dec 10, 2025
• The Chicago Hip Hop Heritage Museum loses its home - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Dec 03, 2025
• Virginia rapper $ilkMoney is fast becoming a pillar in the underground - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Nov 21, 2025
• Rest in peace to Arthur Banks of Jugrnaut - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Nov 20, 2025
• The reunited Algernon Cadwallader are ready for today’s fights - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Nov 17, 2025
• Torn Light Records reopens after a month of mopping up - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Nov 12, 2025
• Pixel Grip make dangerous dark electro to thrill the pop set on Percepticide - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Nov 07, 2025
• What happens when a teen rock scene grows up? - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Nov 06, 2025
• The Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Nov 05, 2025
• M. Sage conjures autumnal wilderness with peaceful ambient jazz - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Oct 31, 2025
• Jeff Tweedy makes the long road sound inviting - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Oct 24, 2025
• J.T. IV’s wild horror trash joins the Blu-ray canon - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Oct 22, 2025
• Dewey Burtker, hardcore-scene artist and musician - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Oct 22, 2025
• Indie rockers Cusp celebrate their first album as a fully functional five-piece - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Oct 21, 2025
• Hannah Frances returns to celebrate a new album with an eight-piece Chicago band - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Oct 15, 2025
• Home Is Where let their rage smolder on Hunting Season - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Oct 10, 2025
• New York indie rockers Frog are on a roll with their second album of 2025 - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Oct 10, 2025
• Adventurous local label Amalgam throws itself a tenth birthday party - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Oct 07, 2025
• Kumo 99 help the frenzied crush of digital hardcore go down easy - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Oct 06, 2025
• The Blessed Madonna blurs dance-music history into a whimsical autobiography - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Sep 19, 2025
• Albums Runs loads up on goodies for run number 25 - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Sep 17, 2025
• Menace4Hire is one of Chicago's best young underground rappers - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Sep 12, 2025
• Rising rapper Kaicrewsade throws his own festival at Beat Kitchen - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Sep 09, 2025
• Chicago indie rockers Discus make sweet, cozy tunes for fans To Relate To - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Sep 05, 2025
• Mykele Deville celebrates his first album as a dad - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Sep 03, 2025
• Beach Bunny maintain their spot atop Chicago rock with another Pool Party - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Aug 28, 2025
• Cybergrinders Blind Equation change a key variable on A Funeral in Purgatory - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Aug 26, 2025
• Philadelphia shoegaze band Bleary Eyed create a classic sound with a futuristic approach - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Aug 25, 2025
• Case Oats celebrate a debut seven years in the making - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Aug 20, 2025
• Time to dump Spotify - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Aug 13, 2025
• Chicago indie duo OK Cool keep their big sound under expert control on their debut album - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Aug 10, 2025
• Bay Area screamo pioneers Portraits of Past regroup to rage again - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Aug 10, 2025
• Chicago rock act Options makes subtle shifts to go into Beast Mode - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Aug 01, 2025
• Jessica Risker returns after seven years with a dreamy new album - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jul 29, 2025
• Australian psych-rock bruisers King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard meet the Chicago Philharmonic - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jul 28, 2025
• Mississippi band MSPaint make synth-sational outsider punk - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jul 18, 2025
• Will this be the night Cocojoey finally plays a keyboard solo while crowd-surfing? - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jul 16, 2025
• Chicago native Tom Henry can brighten your tomorrow with old-fashioned guitar pop - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jul 11, 2025
• Modern shoegaze masters Whirr play Chicago for the first time since their banishment a decade ago - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jul 11, 2025
• The compact disc isn’t going quietly - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jul 10, 2025
• CHIRP mourns a pillar of its volunteer community - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jul 08, 2025
• Aria Pedraza launches the Midwest Rave Culture Archive with a Ping Tom Park party - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jul 01, 2025
• The Chicago House Run debuts with six DJ stations along a 5K route - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jun 24, 2025
• Prize Horse leave unique fingerprints on their familiar moody posthardcore - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Nov 23, 2024
• Chicago indie rockers Spun Out build beyond their promising debut - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Nov 15, 2024
• Grandpa Bay planted seeds that are still sprouting - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Nov 06, 2024
• Heavy New York art-rockers Extra Life twist themselves into brilliant new shapes - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Nov 01, 2024
• Berlin experimental producer Jan Jelinek turns phishing emails into serene soundscapes - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Nov 01, 2024
• Foxing scream their way back to greatness - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Oct 25, 2024
• Shoegaze misfits Swirlies return to the road with the style they’ve helped shape newly in vogue - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Oct 25, 2024
• Chicago punk pioneers the Effigies release a final album with late front man John Kezdy - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Oct 22, 2024
• Animal Records gives Evanston a vinyl shop for regular folks - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Oct 15, 2024
• Chicago hip-hop label Closed Sessions looks to the future on its 15th anniversary  - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Oct 15, 2024
• The Lipschitz play swooning postpunk with hardcore power - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Oct 15, 2024
• Chicago alt-country eccentrics Souled American play their first shows in 13 years behind two overdue reissues - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Oct 11, 2024
• Adam Schubert of Ulna digs through his past to nourish Chicago's indie-rock present - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Oct 11, 2024
• One of China's leading importers of midwest emo play their first Chicago show - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Oct 02, 2024
• Evanston punks Verböten release their debut album 41 years after breaking up - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Oct 01, 2024
• London producer Tim Reaper leads a new wave of jungle around the world - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Sep 27, 2024
• Czech prog-punk band Už Jsme Doma play a rare Chicago show at an intimate space - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Sep 27, 2024
• Tasha returns from her brand-new hometown to celebrate her third album - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Sep 25, 2024
• Los Angeles hip-hop trio Previous Industries repp their Chicago roots - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Sep 18, 2024
• London miscreants Powerplant offer a thrillingly misshapen vision of egg punk - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Sep 13, 2024
• Footballhead's mammoth Before I Die should be an alt-rock hit - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Sep 13, 2024
• Idiosyncratic postpunks Beastii celebrate their first record as a full band - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Sep 10, 2024
• Chicago drone rockers Zelienople continue to reach for the sublime on Everything Is Simple - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Sep 05, 2024
• Shravan Raghuram, indie workaholic - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Sep 04, 2024
• Rap duo OutPastMidnight celebrate five years of bringing hip-hop to the people - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Sep 03, 2024
• Underground dance collective Mages Guild throws a big Empty Bottle bash - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Aug 29, 2024
• Chicago trio Daundry make shoegaze that puts you under its spell - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Aug 21, 2024
• Chicago four-piece Rain Garden mold alt-rock into soothing songs - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Aug 21, 2024
• Chicago indie-rock project Girl K goes full pop - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Aug 19, 2024
• Knumears bring screamo fury to Beat Kitchen - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Aug 02, 2024
• Hannah Frances makes folk music as rich and immersive as the natural world - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Aug 02, 2024
• Rave Down caps a day of shoegaze and ambient with a rare Lovesliescrushing set - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jul 31, 2024
• Full Body 2 root shoegaze hypnosis in the world of gaming - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jul 24, 2024
• Fcukers make hard-edged dance pop for a new generation - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jul 24, 2024
• Chicago slam phenomenon Torture play their second-ever local show - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jul 11, 2024
• New York shoegaze darlings Hotline TNT play a Pitchfork aftershow - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jul 10, 2024
• Mages Guild bring live electronic music to the Music Box Theatre - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jul 10, 2024
• Elastic Arts hosts Independence Day improvisations that center Black folks - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jul 02, 2024
• Heavy shoegaze unit Interlay celebrate their new EP as a Chicago band - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jun 27, 2024
• Swiss group L'Eclair spin pop's past into funk's future - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jun 27, 2024
• Braeden Long, youth rock scene photographer - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jun 26, 2024
• Om Unit brings his ever-evolving dance sound to Chicago - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jun 21, 2024
• Rapper Joshua Virtue retires that persona to become Rama - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jun 18, 2024
• Sharp Pins' homegrown power pop sounds as big as the stars - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jun 14, 2024
• Sensor Ghost expand the bounds of D.C. punk with their skewed songs - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jun 10, 2024
• Guitarist and oud master Rami Gabriel releases a multifaceted solo debut - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · May 29, 2024
• Cult blackgaze project Sadness makes its live debut - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · May 24, 2024
• Chicago indie rockers Babe Report deliver a lean, huge-sounding debut - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · May 24, 2024
• Chicago footwork producer Heavee brings his immersive vision to Smart Bar - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · May 24, 2024
• Blind Adam & the Federal League pair punk rock and softball this Sunday - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · May 21, 2024
• ‘This is deeply rooted in who I am’ - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · May 15, 2024
• Chicago rapper KingTrey angles for a spot in the post-Chance canon with Southend Legend - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · May 13, 2024
• Chicago's Sprite give slacker rock a kick of energy - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · May 13, 2024
• Remembering Steve Albini - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · May 13, 2024
• CalicoLoco finally sound as big as their shows on their debut album - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · May 07, 2024
• Screamo blowout ZBR Fest Midwest packs Subterranean with 28 bands - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Apr 30, 2024
• Japanese multi-instrumentalist Eiko Ishibashi performs a live score for the Chicago debut of Gift - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Apr 25, 2024
• Motel Breakfast celebrate a diverse but cohesive post-lockdown album - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Apr 16, 2024
• Owen's 11th album is more of what makes Mike Kinsella's solo project endearing - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Apr 15, 2024
• Heccra made the sound of today's digital emo underground a decade ago - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Apr 13, 2024
• Chicago alt-Americana group Minor Moon find the comfort in a ruined world - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Apr 13, 2024
• Paper or Plastic promise a brain-melting vintage book collection at Third Season pop-up - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Apr 09, 2024
• Providence band Dreamwell make screamo sound even bigger than it already does - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Apr 02, 2024
• Katy Davidson of cult indie band Dear Nora plays a deep-cut show - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Mar 30, 2024
• Chicago hip-hop comes together to help treasured veteran Gq tha Teacha - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Mar 27, 2024
• Midwest emo becomes a meme - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Mar 20, 2024
• Singer-songwriter Chaepter celebrates his first studio recording with a full-band show - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Mar 19, 2024
• Rockford trio Frail Body release the year’s best new screamo album - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Mar 15, 2024
• Footballhead celebrate the vinyl arrival of their charismatic alt-rock - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Mar 05, 2024
• We Weren’t Invited celebrate a pulverizing new EP with a scattershot show - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Feb 27, 2024
• Top 40 pop should take a hardcore lesson from Militarie Gun - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Feb 16, 2024
• Varsity collect a year of monthly singles on the new Souvenirs - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Feb 13, 2024
• Chicago rapbrarian Roy Kinsey foregrounds his suave flair on 3 Rings - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Feb 05, 2024
• J. Robbins expands his decades-long career with solo work - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Feb 05, 2024
• Quannnic gives alt-rock an emotional force that makes it feel huge - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Feb 05, 2024
• Emo trio Routine Fuss celebrate a high-energy new EP - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jan 23, 2024
• You don't know shoegaze till you've heard Lovesliescrushing - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jan 22, 2024
• R.A.P. Ferreira returns home to Chicago with another resplendently cerebral album - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jan 22, 2024
• Imelda Marcos celebrate a new battery of diamond-hard math rock - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jan 17, 2024
• Angry Blackmen blow off their own roof with The Legend of ABM - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jan 10, 2024
• Chicago's Sweet Bike build on emo's recent past - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jan 08, 2024
• Cincinnati postpunks Corker make cold sound like fun - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jan 08, 2024
• Squirrel Flower’s comforting Tomorrow’s Fire can help you strive toward a better new year - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jan 08, 2024
• Stress Positions heat up New Year’s Eve with blistering hardcore - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Dec 26, 2023
• Bridgeport’s resurrected Ramova Theatre debuts in style with a Slo ’Mo spectacular - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Dec 21, 2023
• Rapper-singer Hitxion meets a 2023 goal with a birthday show - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Dec 19, 2023
• The best overlooked Chicago records of 2023 - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Dec 14, 2023
• Blind Equation fly cybergrind’s freak flag on the new Death Awaits - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Dec 11, 2023
• Sincere Engineer cook up mean slabs of pop punk on Cheap Grills - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Dec 11, 2023
• Chicago indie rockers Cafe Racer say farewell with help from local punks Edging - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Nov 27, 2023
• Sen Morimoto's Diagnosis points to an antidote for our rotten times - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Nov 13, 2023
• DJ Swisha and Kush Jones find heaven in footwork - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Nov 02, 2023
• DJ Slugo, ghetto house champion - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Nov 01, 2023
• Awakebutstillinbed know emo's past and command its future - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Nov 01, 2023
• Chicago percussionist Daniel Villarreal celebrates a chill new album - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Oct 27, 2023
• Helping concertgoers breathe easy - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Oct 25, 2023
• The Heavy Chicago fest debuts with Trouble’s first local show in five years - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Oct 20, 2023
• Deeper make cold postpunk shine bright on their Sub Pop debut - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Oct 18, 2023
• Chicago trio Joey Nebulous celebrate their wacky, heartfelt new indie-rock album at Schubas - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Oct 18, 2023
• Draag Me's warped pop feels like a roller-coaster you're not tall enough to ride - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Oct 10, 2023
• Get Smart! can teach you more about punk's past in person - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Oct 03, 2023
• Chicago’s Viva Acid fest brings Eris Drew back to town - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Oct 03, 2023
• Scottish hip-hop group Young Fathers embrace their light on Heavy Heavy - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Sep 25, 2023
• Shoegaze pioneers Slowdive drop a new album just in time for the colder days ahead - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Sep 22, 2023
• Dead Lucid suture together postpunk and psych rock into tantalizing freak-outs - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Sep 07, 2023
• Precocious Neophyte's home-recorded dream pop sounds bigger than the sky - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Sep 06, 2023
• DJ Deeon brought the Low End to the world - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Sep 06, 2023
• The Trenchies will make you believe in indie rock's future - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Sep 05, 2023
• Chicago rapper D2x fuels his promising career with kindness - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Aug 21, 2023
• Smushie's psych-pop will make you believe in endless summers - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Aug 14, 2023
• Indie-emo group Hey, ILY come from Montana but sound like they climbed out of an N64 - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Aug 09, 2023
• Postpunk trio Uniflora take Chicago's teen scene by storm - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jul 28, 2023
• Cusp have made one of the best Chicago indie-rock albums of the year - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jul 26, 2023
• Nine great Chicago records to hear now - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jul 26, 2023
• The Silver Room Block Party says farewell - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jul 25, 2023
• Footwork pioneer RP Boo mines mundane details for dance-floor thrills - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jul 17, 2023
• Footballhead will make you believe in alt-rock again - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jul 12, 2023
• M. Sage conjures serene, naturalistic sounds in his old Chicago home - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jul 11, 2023
• Fifth-wave emo band Home Is Where offer catharsis to a burning world - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jul 05, 2023
• Breakout North Carolina indie rockers Wednesday play Metro - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jun 21, 2023
• Water From Your Eyes’ buzzy Matador debut feels like a Chicago DIY record - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jun 16, 2023
• A queer hip-hop history lesson with He Who Walks Three Ways - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jun 14, 2023
• Bill Harris, improvising drummer and community platform builder - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jun 14, 2023
• Elijah LeFlore makes his mark in Chicago R&B with coolheaded poise - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jun 05, 2023
• Sampa the Great imbues polished hip-hop with the psychedelic magnetism of Zamrock - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jun 05, 2023
• The Bollweevils are the rare pop-punk band aging gracefully - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · May 19, 2023
• Pinksqueeze poke fun at indie rock's status quo - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · May 15, 2023
• The accidental postrock diner - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · May 03, 2023
• Chicago hip-hop duo defprez reinforce each other in a powerful circuit on It's Always a Time Like This - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · May 01, 2023
• Chicago indie-rock duo OK Cool pack big tunes into a short time on Fawn - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · May 01, 2023
• Jessee Rose Crane and Philip Lesicko of the Funs celebrate a stripped-down new album as Glow in the Dark Flowers - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Apr 21, 2023
• Chicago punk noisemakers No Men will give you a reason to Fear This - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Apr 18, 2023
• Warm Human turns to alt-rock to become Chicago's next Hometown Hero - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Apr 06, 2023
• Chicago ska evangelist Chuck Wren throws a 30th birthday party for his Jump Up label - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Apr 05, 2023
• Angel Marcloid drops another bold and inexplicable album as Fire-Toolz - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Apr 04, 2023
• Joliet band Molder dig death metal right down to its bones - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Mar 24, 2023
• Ash Dye, music scene photographer - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Mar 23, 2023
• Chicago's Djunah meld poetry and hard rock to power up Femina Furens - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Mar 21, 2023
• They Are Gutting a Body of Water make a case for wackier shoegaze - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Mar 20, 2023
• The great touring gamble - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Mar 08, 2023
• Chicago-born underground MC Skech185 returns to town behind the new He Left Nothing for the Swim Back - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Mar 06, 2023
• Avant-garde cellist Lia Kohl builds resplendence with radio static on The Ceiling Reposes - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Mar 06, 2023
• Dance producer Hagop Tchaparian synthesizes a lifetime of global travels on Bolts - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Feb 23, 2023
• Chicago indie-folk act Free Range make their disarming debut with Practice - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Feb 21, 2023
• Chicago indie rockers Fran help cushion the world’s tough blows with Leaving - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Feb 07, 2023
• The Brokedowns make scruffy, silly punk that satisfies - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jan 25, 2023
• Jen B. Larson exalts our punk mothers in the new book Hit Girls - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jan 25, 2023
• Kankakee band Doghead play posthardcore with plenty of bite - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jan 25, 2023
• NYC dance producer Doss invites everybody into her upbeat, big-tent pop - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jan 16, 2023
• Chicago band Brady have a clear view of shoegaze - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jan 11, 2023
• Jermaine Collins, aka DJ and producer Composuresquad - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jan 11, 2023
• Chicago's Sick Day make the scrappy indie rock of the pre-Internet era feel new again - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jan 10, 2023
• Doom Flower enrich their new album with trip-hop mystique - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Dec 26, 2022
• The best overlooked Chicago records of 2022 - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Dec 21, 2022
• Global house luminary Honey Dijon returns to her native Chicago to celebrate the new Black Girl Magic - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Dec 12, 2022
• Stress Positions rise from the ashes of C.H.E.W. with one of the year's best hardcore EPs - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Dec 06, 2022
• Rest in power to Meta Mo of Rubberoom - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Nov 11, 2022
• Chicago-based alt-rockers Smut reach for the comfort in shoegaze with How the Light Felt - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Nov 09, 2022
• Meat Wave make postpunk big enough to swallow you whole on Malign Hex - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Nov 08, 2022
• Mohawk Johnson makes his big return to live music behind the fiery single "Outside" - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Oct 26, 2022
• Rising Chicago pop artist Yesterdayneverhappened packs a year's worth of parties into The Demon at Dusk - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Oct 26, 2022
• How punk adopted the Godfather of Gore - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Oct 26, 2022
• The world is a beautiful place with Algernon Cadwallader in it - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Oct 12, 2022
• Discussing the Sun remix pop genres into a forlorn sound that’s all its own - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Oct 03, 2022
• Ganser find the freedom beyond despair on Nothing You Do Matters - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Sep 30, 2022
• Tar play their first show in five years to celebrate Smashed Plastic - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Sep 27, 2022
• Dreary North Fest will broaden your understanding of extreme music—and test your limits - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Sep 02, 2022
• Star Creature keeps the party going with The Chicago Boogie Vol. 3 - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Aug 26, 2022
• Breakout Chicagoland emo auteur Snow Ellet still has many Glory Days ahead - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Aug 18, 2022
• Chicago native Addy Harris makes tender, commanding indie rock as Rat Tally - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Aug 15, 2022
• Teklife's expanding family shows all the places footwork can go with On Life: Vol. 3 - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jul 21, 2022
• Northwest Indiana punk firestarters Liquids are the best opening band you’ll see all summer - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jul 19, 2022
• Monobody guitarist Conor Mackey gets even wilder with the IDM project Lynyn - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jul 08, 2022
• Subversive Chicago rock outfit Famous Laughs immerse you in jams on Total Icon - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jul 07, 2022
• Sam Thousand, Chicago soul Renaissance man - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jul 06, 2022
• Mister Goblin beefs up his heart-on-sleeve indie rock with Chicago collaborators - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jul 01, 2022
• Cult emo experimentalist Weatherday arrives in Chicago - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jun 24, 2022
• Chicago native R.A.P. Ferreira can make you see your everyday in a different way - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Jun 07, 2022
• Horsegirl and the dream of a teen rock scene - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · May 26, 2022
• Gentle Heat make compact indie rock that feels huge - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · May 12, 2022
• Eli Schmitt, jack-of-all-trades in Chicago’s young DIY arts and music scene - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · May 11, 2022
• Three albums in, Chicago underground supergroup Rlyr are still having fun - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · May 10, 2022
• Chicago experimental dance trio Purelink draw ecstasy from echoes on Puredub - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Apr 15, 2022
• Two Houses seek enlightenment through struggle on Can't Fail - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Apr 14, 2022
• J Wade and Cloud Boy build a Creative Mansion - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Apr 06, 2022
• Sometimes the best thing to do is scream - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Apr 04, 2022
• Uma Bloo's languid indie rock will send a rush of blood to your head - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Mar 29, 2022
• Heavee knows the code to bind footwork and video-game music - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Mar 24, 2022
• Otherpeace kicks off a Hideout residency to support a restorative, rootsy debut album - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Mar 17, 2022
• Angel Day, aka producer and vocalist Yesterdayneverhappened and Daybreak party promoter - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Mar 16, 2022
• Prolific Chicago producer Casper McFadden finds nirvana in the chaos of breakcore - Chicago Reader — Chicago Reader · Mar 02, 2022