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  • Childish Gambino, “Because the Internet” (Glassnote, 2013) A lot has changed since 2013. It’s been a decade since Childish Gambino released his second studio album, “Because the Internet.” Since then, he’s put forth many other impressive and challenging albums, but none hit the same as the 58-minute record, which pays homage to why he plays…

  • In The Pocket: Indigo Flood at Epiphany Center for the Arts Hannah Pope, guitarist, vocalist and founding band member, looks inquisitively at the Epiphany Center for the Arts sound engineer for a mic check while slowly, the orchestra of musicians joins to soundcheck brass and keys. Decorated in green and black, the band stands underneath…

  • In The Pocket: “26 Missed Calls” by Liam Taylor Zooming through the doors of Studio A, Liam Taylor stops before saying his “Hellos” to the few band members and engineers already here at Rax Trax, a prominent Chicago recording studio in Lakeview. Dolled up with glitter on his high cheekbones, Taylor slowly unravels his coat…

  • In The Pocket: “Motel 6” by DZ Riley As they buckle in for a long night doing the last of the mixes of their upcoming single “Motel 6,” DZ Riley jokes about some of the technical difficulties they had on stage last night. The band played BookClub, a hole-in-the-wall venue just a couple blocks west…

  • STEVIE’S GIRL Bookclub 03|12|2023

  • DZ RILEY Bookclub 03|12|2023

  • Thee Sacred Souls, “Thee Sacred Souls” (Daptone, 2022) Like it was lifted straight off of a mid-60s vinyl record, the self-titled album by Thee Sacred Souls transports their listeners to a different decade in their self-titled debut album. Comprised of 12 songs and a run time of almost 40 minutes, it is refreshingly wistful and…

  • DZ RILEY Bookclub 03|01|2023

  • Greg Freeman, “I Looked Out” (Bud Tapes, 2022) As haunting and familiar as a dream, Greg Freeman and his eponymous band astonish with their first studio album, “I Looked Out.” A terrifying deja vu of a summer Saturday night strolling on the lakefront or a shift change of driving duty on a Florida road trip,…

  • Tyler, the Creator, “IGOR” (Columbia, 2019) Opposite of love stories shown in mass media, love’s obsessive and gritty parts are just as inevitable and detrimental as the intense passion and care that goes into relationships. In this love story turned album Tyler, the Creator (Tyler Okonma) bears all of the bad and takes a different…