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• Review: The Boy and the Heron

  27-11-2023 23:18 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The Boy and the Heron is a flawed, yet magical semi-autobiographical tale that spins gold out of our collective dreams and nightmares.
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• Review: The Nomi Song

  27-11-2023 22:04 via chicagoreader.com
  
  This movie should be seen by anyone who's interested in club history, AIDS history, East Village New York nightlife, goth shit, industrial music, David Bowie, aliens, disco, opera, or the triumphs and loneliness of being a beautifully singular weirdo.
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• Improvised music co-op Catalytic Sound holds its fourth annual festival in five cities, including Chicago

  27-11-2023 14:30 via chicagoreader.com
  
  For nearly as long as free improvisation has been a musical practice, improvising artists have engaged in collective action to build outlets for their creative expression. Catalytic Sound was formed in 2012 by 30 musicians from Europe and the United States who recognized the necessity to have a shared platform for disseminating information and selling […]
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• Mandy, Indiana conjure the punk-rock city we’d be thrilled to live in

  27-11-2023 14:20 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The art-rock of Mandy, Indiana conjures the spirit of May 1968, when French students and workers spent seven weeks in an orgiastic, decentralized uprising against capitalism and state violence. That’s partly because vocalist Valentine Caulfield uses French lyrics to deliver brutal indictments of patriarchy, imperialism, and white supremacy. But it also comes from the unmistakable […]
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• Multidisciplinary artist Eartheater explores rebirth and transformation on Powders

  27-11-2023 14:15 via chicagoreader.com
  When Eartheater sings, her voice carries like pollen and decaying floral tendrils adrift in a rush of hot wind. The New York-based multidisciplinary artist debuted in 2015 with two releases (Metalepsis and RIP Chrysalis) on local avant-garde electronic label Hausu Mountain. She’s gone on to become one of the biggest names in art-pop, and in […]
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• OutPastMidnight and Doso show Chicago hip-hop’s newest dimensions at Gman

  27-11-2023 14:10 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Chicago rapper Doso caught my attention four years ago by tinkering confidently and smoothly with a variety of instrumental styles, and he plays up that skill on October’s Safe Travels (A Rugged Interest, Inc.). He raps over minimal nu-funk (“Holding on Loosely”), sleek and frictionless pop punk (“Upside Down”), and a sentimental ballad built atop […]
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• Chicago rapper Jay Wood foregrounds his magnetic production skills on a new EP

  27-11-2023 14:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Chicago rapper Jay Wood has gained a foothold in the local scene with his work on the mike, but his production prowess is what distinguishes his new self-released EP, Nowhere, Fast. His svelte, sturdy instrumentals contain his voice as snugly as an opulent picture frame, ornamented to amplify the character of his performances. On “Homesick,” […]
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• Chicago indie rockers Cafe Racer say farewell with help from local punks Edging

  27-11-2023 14:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Chicago has no shortage of great bands who could’ve found more commercial success and built entirely different legacies were it not for poor timing, a particularly unlucky tour, or any of the other variables that make pursuing art under capitalism so exhausting and difficult. I don’t begrudge the members of Cafe Racer for calling it […]
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