Leor Galil

Since 2005, Swirlies have released only live recordings, all of which share the title Swirlies’ Magic Strop.

Damager celebrate rock ’n’ roll camaraderie, the third annual Raydiant Awards honor ordinary people doing extraordinary work, and more.

The core of the band is a heavy trio of electric guitar, bass, and drums, whose unpredictable spasms and odd meters emphasize Looker’s vocal leaps.

Shoegaze prodigies Sunshy release their dazzling debut, and the 20th and final CHIRP Record Fair & Other Delights arrives on Saturday.

The newest albums from This Is Lorelei and Marcus Drake speak to the ongoing vitality of the community built by this defunct Chicago indie label.

Detroit techno producer and DJ Marcellus Pittman can completely alter the chemistry of a song with an understated melody.

As Fingy, Chicago producer and DJ Natalie Finfer creates a refined new setting for pop’s sugary hooks and maximalist euphoria.

Composer and sound artist Norman W. Long got hooked on experimental music in the 1990s as a student at Illinois State University.

Sometime the summer before last, the Reader team gathered in person for an all-staff event organized to review our guiding policies and mission statement, take staff photos, and welcome new team members. Among longtime staffers who hadn’t seen each other since the start of the pandemic, there was a palpable mix of awkward excitement about reconnecting face-to-face, along with the equally awkward giddiness of finally meeting new colleagues we’d only known through their work or brief Zoom appearances.

Composer and sound artist Norman W. Long got hooked on experimental music in the 1990s as a student at Illinois State University.