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- Gossip Wolf: Rainbow Body rises again
The Rainbow Body label returns, Big Science finishes its first LP, and Redgrave drops an EP
by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
Local label Rainbow Body has been dormant for about a year—main man Chris Sloan has been finishing grad school and planning his upcoming wedding—but it’s getting back into gear. Next month the label will drop the third LP from weirdo pop act Golden Birthday, Blue Island; the band will celebrate its release at the Empty Bottle on Mon 6/25.…[ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ] - Artist on Artist: Posdnuos of De La Soul talks to Rhymefest
Posdnuos of De La Soul talks to Chicago MC and activist RhymefestFor a brief moment in the late 80s and early 90s the New York-based Native Tongues crew made braininess and political consciousness the coolest qualities in hip-hop culture—and then gangsta rap exploded and put an end to all that. There were a lot of great groups under the Native Tongues banner—A Tribe Called Quest, the Jungle Brothers, Black Sheep—but De La Soul were arguably the most fun.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ] - Three Beats: A live Empty Bottle compilation gets a proper release party
Corbett vs. Dempsey’s reissue label, a Kickstarter for a Yakuza doc, and a release party for a live Empty Bottle comp
by Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer and Kevin Warwick
JAZZ | Peter Margasak For much of the past decade John Corbett has devoted himself to shining a light on overlooked visual art of the mid- to late 20th century with Corbett vs. Dempsey, the gallery upstairs from Dusty Groove that he runs with Jim Dempsey.…[ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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