When British guitarist and vocalist Anna Calvi released her self-titled debut album in 2011, it felt like she'd emerged as…
Helmed by charismatic vocalist and guitarist Ryanne van Dorst, Dool combine pop hooks with heady lyrics and complex songwriting that…
I wish the right-wing miscreants in the federal government were as dependable as Chicago rapper G Herbo. For close to…
If you haven't already heard Human Impact, you could be forgiven for wondering whether the New York four-piece were soothsayers…
In the tradition of heavy-music genre splicers such as Mr. Bungle, Secret Chiefs 3, and Estradasphere, French act Igorrr hybridizes…
When the Art Ensemble of Chicago reinvented itself as an orchestra for its 50th-anniversary recording, last year's We Are on…
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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…
A couple years ago, Chicago archival label Numero Group launched Cabinet of Curiosities, a compilation series focused on fringe private-press…
Well, look at that. The world is ending. Suddenly we're all cooped up, we can't see friends or loved ones,…