Interview: Jamila Woods is one of Chicago’s most multifaceted musicians
"I think it's just my nature to stay on the outside so that I can understand and observe," Jamila Woods, who's soon releasing her debut soul project, "Heavn," tells me...
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In defense of bandwagon fans
One of my fondest early sports memories, besides watching Michael Jordan tear it up for the Bulls in the '90s, was the 1998 home run race between Cubs slugger Sammy...
Twin Peaks made a ‘garage lager’ beer with Goose Island for Pitchfork Fest
Besides the music, perhaps the best part about Pitchfork Music Festival is its yearly artist-Goose Island collaboration beer. A tradition that began in 2013 with Run The Jewels' eponymous Belgian...
The top 25 albums of 2016 (so far)
At 2016's half-year mark, we've had full-length projects from Chance the Rapper, Beyoncé, Drake, Ariana Grande, Sia, Radiohead, Kanye West, Rihanna and Kendrick Lamar. On top of those big names,...
After streaming rule change, Chance the Rapper can now win a Grammy
Donnie Trumpet and the Social Experiment's "Surf," which prominently featured Chance the Rapper, was one of 2015's best full-length projects, was universally acclaimed and was reportedly downloaded 618,000 times in...
Judge potential partners’ music tastes by connecting Spotify to your Bumble profile
Back in the day, if you wanted to go on a date, you had to use a rotary phone to ring up Mary, ask her to "go steady" and say...
Chicago veteran eloquently responds to Donald Trump’s accusation that U.S. soldiers stole money in Iraq
At a Donald Trump rally in North Carolina yesterday, which also happened to be on the 241st anniversary of the U.S. Army, the presumptive Republican nominee for President of the...
You can now retweet yourself on Twitter but you really shouldn’t do that
In Twitter's ongoing effort to make its service worse, which recently includes tinkering with the timeline to show tweets based on "importance" rather than chronology, scrapping limits on direct messages...
New Chicago concerts on sale: Kanye West, Lake Street Dive, Woods
The hottest tickets in the city. *** = Josh Terry's recommended shows. On sale 10 a.m. Wednesday Eden, Saturday, Oct. 1 ($15-$20, all ages) at Lincoln Hall. ***RP Boo, DJ...
Chance the Rapper recorded a version of ‘Same Drugs’ with Regina Spektor
In news that will freak out the surprisingly large venn diagram of Chance the Rapper fans and Regina Spektor fans, Chance revealed on Twitter today that the two supremely-likable artists...