Chicago rockers share their Mutiny memories, foggy and otherwise

by Luca Cimarusti on December 12, 2018 at 6:00AM

Kevin Warwick, former Reader staffer If I remember right, it was a weird warm night in early 2016 when I got a text from Reader music editor Philip Montoro asking if I was nearby the Mutiny. He said it had caught fire and wondered if I could drive by to see what was up.

Buzzcocks front man Pete Shelley grappled with metaphysical questions as eloquently as he wrote about physical desire

by J.R. Jones on December 11, 2018 at 11:20AM

Buzzcocks reunited in 1989, and Shelley and Diggle fronted a shifting lineup for another three decades. As late as 2006, on the title song of their album Flat-Pack Philosophy, Shelley was still looking for answers: "Why am I here, what are we living for?

Folk genius Dwain Story died a legend to the few who still knew his music

by Steve Krakow on December 4, 2018 at 6:00AM

Otis Rush and his searing guitar immortalized the west-side Chicago blues sound

by Steve Krakow on October 9, 2018 at 7:00AM

Gone too soon: five films by directors who died young

by Patrick Friel on September 4, 2018 at 6:00AM

The Music Box Theatre and the Chicago Film Society present the 1930 film City Girl this Saturday at 11:30 AM as part of their monthly silent film series. The film's director, F.W. Murnau, died the year after its release in an automobile accident, cutting short his life and remarkable career.

How the 1968 DNC protests in Chicago ‘killed’ protest folk singer Phil Ochs

by Ryan Smith on August 25, 2018 at 6:00AM

"If there's any hope for America, it lies in a revolution. If there's any hope for a revolution in America, it lies in getting Elvis Presley into becoming Che Guevera.

Matt ‘Guitar’ Murphy did much more than join the Blues Brothers

by Steve Krakow on July 2, 2018 at 8:32PM

RIP Chicago techno marvel and international cult figure Dan Jugle

by Leor Galil on June 20, 2018 at 5:20PM

Remembering soundman and musician Patrick Kenneally, who nurtured scenes in Chicago and Portland

by Leor Galil on June 18, 2018 at 1:44PM

Vlogger ZackTV devoted his life to making Chicago’s fractious rap scene into one community

by Leor Galil on June 4, 2018 at 7:26PM

In recent years Stoner traveled outside Chicago frequently, interviewing artists in Pittsburgh, Brooklyn, and beyond. He also expanded beyond music, talking to Fred Hampton Jr. about politics and taking an interest in the case of west-side teenager Kenneka Jenkins, who died in a Rosemont hotel freezer in September.