Our (fairly) regular roundup of Music & Arts related news from Chicago-based web media, featuring thoughts and insight from some of the city’s most dedicated writers.
- HoZac digs deep for the 2013 Blackout
The 2013 HoZac Blackout features Dwight Twilley, weirdo sci-fi postpunks Chrome, and lots more.
by Luca Cimarusti
Local label HoZac retired its Blackout festival with a memorable blowout in 2006, then resuscitated it in 2011; for its third year back, the notoriously rowdy, beer-soaked punk-and-garage party runs for four nights at the Empty Bottle, with a lovingly curated lineup of local and national acts that represents a huge range of generations. The fest kicks off Thu 5/16 with an art show featuring work by Goons, Greg Shirilla, Nick Ryle, and others, plus live music by Ohio underground-rock legends Mike Rep and Tommy Jay, local punky pop band Negative Scanner, and Minneapolis punks the Sleaze.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ] - The return of Dance Mania Records
Dance Mania Records helped birth ghetto house, juke, and footwork music—now it’s back to court the EDM crowd.
by Leor Galil
Ray Barney has a basement full of old dance records, on shelves that stretch from the floor to the ceiling, but it’s not his personal collection—it’s leftover inventory from Dance Mania, a Chicago label he ran from 1986 till 2001. Barney and Victor Parris Mitchell (a producer who put out several records on Dance Mania) are relaunching the label, in part because they’ve learned that while this back stock has been gathering dust, original Dance Mania releases have become highly sought after, especially in Europe.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ] - In Rotation: Ned Hepburn of Death and Taxes on the awesomeness of the new Daft Punk album
Current musical obsessions of RedEye columnist Ernest Wilkins, editor Ned Hepburn, and more
by Miles Raymer
Miles Raymer,
Reader music writer
Vampire Weekend, Modern Vampires of the City (XL) I liked most of the music on Vampire Weekend’s first two albums, but their posh aura of privilege was too off-putting for me to self-identify as a fan.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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