Micco Caporale

Anohni has remained that way ever since; her voice has an intimate, unsettling sincerity, and her music hits like torch songs from the beyond.

In late-1800s Chicago, a charismatic eccentric built a religious cult following.

In late-1800s Chicago, a charismatic eccentric built a religious cult following.

Dr. Gabba makes acid house for people who romanticize the days of dial-up Internet. Born in San Francisco but raised online, the DJ rose to prominence on social media platforms such as TikTok and YouTube, where he released piano-driven house tracks flavored with the music from 90s video games, whose aesthetics he played up in […]

Electronic Body Movie impressively documents the history of electronic body music as a genre.

Laurel Halo makes diaphanous electronic music that resists tidy categorization.

Front 242 is rivethead royalty, and part of the Belgian electronic group’s success can be traced to Chicago

Norma Jean McAdams is a 73-year-old hip-swinging diva who sings the blues as I’m M$. B’Havin.

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.

Norma Jean McAdams is a 73-year-old hip-swinging diva who sings the blues as I'm M$. B'Havin. It's a dream she put off for decades.