Arca - DOEP
There’s sex on drugs, then there’s sex on a lot of drugs. In moderation, sex on drugs is a euphoric combination, but in excess things start to get a lot weird. Snort, smoke, swallow, forget the...
View ArticleKotki Dwa - Poison
Bursting through a smooth intro with a spontaneous guitar melody, trio Kotki Dwa’s recent single “Poison” grabs you by the arm and doesn’t stop running. Channeling only the best characteristics of ’80s...
View ArticleGulp - Game Love
Close your eyes. Take a deep breath. Hold it…hold it…hold it in until your head feels light and your fingers begin to tingle. Now exhale. You’re calm. You’re floating, wrapped in a soft blanket, lulled...
View ArticleIkons - Service, Free Spirit
Time moves slower outside these walls. From the office kitchen I watch the privileged sun and swim on the roof of the city’s poshest health club. Their skin glistens from eleven stories high, perfectly...
View ArticleBullion - It's All In Sound
Bullion (Nathan Jenkins, from London) has proven himself—if nothing else—an interesting musician. His catalog plays sonic hopscotch, bouncing between decades, tapping down for quick explorations before...
View ArticleOnra - L.O.V.E
The best gallery in town, Pawn Works, has teamed up with Knuckle Rumbler to bring Parisian producer Onra to Beauty Bar tomorrow night. A master crate digger with serious MPC skills, Onra’s sample-heavy...
View ArticleNylo - Rent Free
Lest you conclude, based on the exhilarating Chicago hypewave on which Chief Keef, King Louie, and so many other local artists have been riding the past few months, that the Chicago scene is composed...
View ArticleSigur Rós - Ekki múkk
Across the next couple weeks we’ll be highlighting some of our top picks for Lollapalooza 2012. See you on the festival grounds. There are bands whose allure is their presence; they are physical,...
View ArticleMo Kolours - Keep It Up
Unless you’re a real jetsetter, Mauritius is probably not amongst your passport stamps. Located off the southeast coast of Africa, the island is diverse, with a populace that counts Indian, African,...
View ArticleOnra - After Hours feat. T3
Parisian producer Onra put on a great show in May and his tour loops back through Chicago for another chance to catch the MPC-skilled, crate-digging master of moods tomorrow night at the Empty Bottle....
View Articlechandeliers - Le Corsage (feat Emma Yohanan)
More likely to garner prose on 20 Jazz Funk Greats than nab a local feature, Chandeliers continue their streak as the underrated giants of Chicago with their fourth studio album, Founding Fathers. Ten...
View ArticleBrenmar - Boy U Got Me
New launched monthly Sovereign brings an impressive line-up to newly opened club Primary this Saturday night with the sexed-up, floor-grinding sounds of the god Brenmar supported by local favorites...
View ArticleTomasBarfod - The Bell feat Liv Lykke
One element towers all others on Tomas Barfod’s excellent Salton Sea LP, released (eons ago) in May on LA’s FoF Music. The Danish producer and drummer best known for his work with WhoMadeWho, navigates...
View ArticleESG - Dance
A decade ago, we knew every word to every track by The Faint, blew out our eardrums to the schizophrenic instrumentals of Out Hud and collectively lost our minds upon introduction to The Rapture. This...
View Article1 Dave Aju - Listen To Your Heartbeat
There’s a rhythm to the colder months that the summer just doesn’t possess. It’s dark while you’re still sitting at your office desk and light before you even make it to bed on the weekends. You feel...
View ArticleRhye - Open
Rhye are two guys living in LA who make music that sounds like everything your life hasn’t turned out to be. But instead of causing you to curl up in a ball of despair, their sophisticated, swaying...
View ArticleEvenings - Softly We Go
Nathan Broaddus, who records under the name Evenings, first came to my attention in 2010 with a collection of tracks titled North Dorm, which he self-released via Bandcamp. The songs were quiet, and...
View ArticleGold Panda - We Work Nights
I never can quite pin down whether Gold Panda’s music makes me feel incredibly happy or achingly sad. For me, his music is an arc of extremes; so incredibly beautiful that I fail to interpret it by...
View ArticleJoe Goddard - Taking Over
Every once in awhile there comes along an extra special song, able to wrap itself around your every moment, and form the perfect soundtrack for all of them. It’s as though it was made just for you....
View ArticleJuan Atkins & Moritz von Oswald - Borderland I / III B. Electric Garden (Deep...
Baraka is among the most amazing films in existence. The wordless documentary shot in 24 countries across six continents will humble you, will change you for the better. It’s a kaleidoscopic,...
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