Anna Calvi strips down seven of her own songs on the new Huntedon April 3, 2020 at 3:53 pm

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When British guitarist and vocalist Anna Calvi released her self-titled debut album in 2011, it felt like she'd emerged as…

Dutch dark rock band Dool explore the evolution of the soul on Summerlandon April 3, 2020 at 4:14 pm

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Helmed by charismatic vocalist and guitarist Ryanne van Dorst, Dool combine pop hooks with heady lyrics and complex songwriting that…

Chicago rapper G Herbo gives his reflective raps new shapes on PTSDon April 3, 2020 at 4:31 pm

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I wish the right-wing miscreants in the federal government were as dependable as Chicago rapper G Herbo. For close to…

Noise-rock luminaries converge to explore despair and hope in Human Impacton April 3, 2020 at 4:45 pm

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If you haven't already heard Human Impact, you could be forgiven for wondering whether the New York four-piece were soothsayers…

France’s Igorrr adds Middle Eastern motifs to its genre-splicing mashup of death metal and breakcoreon April 3, 2020 at 5:12 pm

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In the tradition of heavy-music genre splicers such as Mr. Bungle, Secret Chiefs 3, and Estradasphere, French act Igorrr hybridizes…

Roscoe Mitchell reconciles improvisational sources and orchestral meanson April 3, 2020 at 6:19 pm

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When the Art Ensemble of Chicago reinvented itself as an orchestra for its 50th-anniversary recording, last year's We Are on…

Chicago producer RXM Reality drops an inspiringly restless and endlessly explosive new albumon April 3, 2020 at 6:31 pm

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Enforced mass social isolation can really make you crave constant stimuli. As each day feels longer than the one before,…

Machine Wash Music’s new compilation shows the many dimensions of underground Chicago hip-hopon April 3, 2020 at 6:49 pm

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Chicago has many independent hip-hop labels, but few maintain rosters as multigenerational as that of Machine Wash Music. Rapper Daryl…

The Numero Group surfaces strangely magnetic sounds from the outer edges of loungeon April 3, 2020 at 7:12 pm

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A couple years ago, Chicago archival label Numero Group launched Cabinet of Curiosities, a compilation series focused on fringe private-press…

U.S. Girls shares some welcome sunshine in dark times on Heavy Lighton April 3, 2020 at 7:25 pm

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Well, look at that. The world is ending. Suddenly we're all cooped up, we can't see friends or loved ones,…