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• Xeno & Oaklander make retrofuturistic synth pop about what not to do

  15-11-2024 16:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Long-running minimal electronic group Xeno & Oaklander turned heads with 2019’s Hypnos, where they shed much of their usual monochromatic textures and left-field predilections for a pop-forward direction powered by polyphonic synthesizers. But the about-face proved successful, and the Brooklyn-based duo of Sean McBride and Liz Wendelbro continued down that Technicolor path on 2021’s Vi/deo, […]
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• The O’My’s celebrate their new album with a homegrown all-star lineup at Metro

  15-11-2024 16:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Nick Hennessey and Maceo Vidal-Haymes—best known as the core duo behind genre-bending outfit the O’My’s—are hyperactive in Chicago’s music scene, collaborating with like-minded folks and pushing their sound with each and every project they release. Their brand-new fourth full-length, Trust the Stars, walks a thin line between funkiness and grittiness while serving up a fresh […]
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• Ten City celebrate Chicago house-music culture with a 14-piece band

  15-11-2024 16:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  In June 2023, the city gave landmark status to a stubby brick factory building at 206 S. Jefferson—in the late 1970s, it had housed the nightclub where Frankie Knuckles wove funk, disco, soul, and pop into the subcultural lifeline that became known as house music. Three months earlier, Preservation Chicago had named the Warehouse one […]
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• J Bambii brings Black American Beauty to Sleeping Village

  15-11-2024 16:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  In a 2015 interview on the AirGo Radio podcast, host Daniel Kisslinger called Jasmine Barber, who raps as J Bambii, “Chicago’s shining light.” That praise may sound grandiose at first pass, but the multihyphenate creative has earned it with her art and her years of building community by organizing parties, film screenings, fishing trips, tarot […]
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• Immortal Bird spread their wings on Sin Querencia

  15-11-2024 16:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Every few years, Chicago’s storied, genre-mashing metal outfit Immortal Bird migrates back into the studio to weave a prickly yet embracing sort of nest. Their new album, October’s Sin Querencia (20 Buck Spin), is their first full-length since 2019’s Thrive on Neglect, and its arrival suggests a band who like to take their time at […]
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• First Nations rappers Snotty Nose Rez Kids envision the world they want to live in

  15-11-2024 16:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Snotty Nose Rez Kids are a Vancouver-based hip-hop duo who use their music to explore their Indigenous identities, dismantle stereotypes and misconceptions, and shed light on the ongoing impacts of colonialism. Darren “Young D” Metz and Quinton “Yung Trybez” Nyce grew up down the street from each other in the Haisla Nation of British Columbia’s […]
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• Chicago indie rockers Spun Out build beyond their promising debut

  15-11-2024 16:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Chicago indie-rock outfit Spun Out have always drawn inspiration from UK postpunk of all stripes—especially its tendency to create drama by adding a sudden ray of sunshine to a dark, austere atmosphere. Their best material rushes past your ears like the breeze off a northern beach. “Pale Green Sky,” from the new Dream Noise (Shuga), […]
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