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on November 6, 2019 at 12:00PM
Sincere Engineer Runner-Up Resavoir Finalist: Flesh Vortex
Twin Peaks Runner-Up
Chance the Rapper Runner-Up
Polo G
by Leor Galil on November 6, 2019 at 12:00PM
Last month Polo G's major-label debut, Die a Legend, ranked number 46 on the Billboard 200 while Chance the Rapper's The Big Day sat at 58. Chance's "debut" album had arrived at the end of July, nearly two months after Die a Legend, but Polo G outlasted it on the charts with just a fraction of the publicity.
Oozing Wound Runner-Up
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Runner-Up
The Lawrence Arms Runner-Up
Resavoir Runner-Up
Makaya McCraven Runner-Up
Buddy Guy Runner-Up
The Hoyle Brothers Runner-Up
Emily Blue Runner-Up
Jamila Woods Runner-Up
Legacy! Legacy!
Rae Chardonnay Runner-Up
Derrick Carter Runner-Up
Duane Powell
Great DJs keep their ears open to the world, and Duane Powell knows how to listen. He's been plugged into local music since 1983, when he went to his first party at Mendel High School, a famed incubator for the city's house scene.
The Fly Honey Show Runner-Up
Clare Byrne Runner-Up
Matt Ciarleglio (at the Empty Bottle) Runner-Up
Red Scare Industries Runner-Up
Chicago Research
Punk musician and engineer Blake Karlson launched Chicago Research in late 2018, and since then he's used the label to document every scrap and fleck of gunk he can dredge up from the dark underside of local electronic music. In less than a year, he's racked up more than a dozen releases, most on cassette and all available to stream or buy on Bandcamp, and each one provides insight into glorious and sometimes grotesque new sounds.
Monte Booker Runner-Up
What About Chicago?
Uptown Recording Runner-Up
Party Noire Runner-Up
Riot Fest Runner-Up
The Hideout Runner-Up
Ravinia Festival Runner-Up
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