Month: July 2025

WSND DJ set list: Manic Monday – July 28, 2025

Thanks to all who listened to and participated in my latest all-80s music show on WSND. Here’s the set list!

  1. Donald Fagen – I.G.Y. (1982)
  2. Alphaville – Dance with Me (1982)
  3. Simple Minds – Don’t You (Forget About Me) (original 12″ version) (1985)
  4. The Rolling Stones – One Hit (to the Body) (requested) (1986)
  5. The Rolling Stones – Cook Cook Blues (requested) (1989)
  6. Van Halen – Everybody Wants Some (1980)
  7. David Lee Roth – Yankee Rose (1986)
  8. Van Halen – Summer Nights (1986)
  9. Paul Engemann – Push It to the Limit (requested) (1983)
  10. Mickey & Sylvia – Love Is Strange (requested) (1956)
  11. The Pointer Sisters – I Feel for You (1982)
  12. INXS – Never Tear Us Apart (1987)
  13. Altar Ego – War (1983)
  14. Revenge of the Dead radio spot (1983)
  15. Nuclear Assault – Critical Mass (requested) (1989)
  16. Anthrax – Antisocial (requested) (1989)
  17. Fire on Blonde – Bounce Back (12″ version) (1987)
  18. Q-Feel – Dancing in Heaven (Orbital Be-Bop) (1983)
  19. The Jets – You Better Dance (1989)
  20. Tom Petty – Runnin’ Down a Dream (1989)
  21. Cinderella – Coming Home (1988)
  22. Waterfront – Nature of Love (1989)
  23. Stage Dolls – Love Cries (1989)
  24. Guns ‘n’ Roses – Nightrain (1989)
  25. Waterfront – Cry (1989)
  26. Erasure – Stop! (1989)
  27. Bon Jovi – I’ll Be There for You (1988)
  28. Thomas Dolby – She Blinded Me with Science (1982)
  29. Yes – Owner of a Lonely Heart (extended mix) (1983)
  30. Alison Krauss – Too Late to Cry (1987)
  31. Alison Krauss and Union Station – Two Highways (1989)
  32. Dolly Parton – Detroit City (1980)
  33. R.E.M. – Superman (1986)
  34. UB40 – Tell It Like It Is (1986)
  35. Queen – Another Bites the Dust (1980)
  36. Beauty and the Beast TV ad (1987)
  37. Belinda Carlisle – Heaven Is a Place on Earth (1987)
  38. Pixies – Here Comes Your Man (1986)
  39. After the Fire – Der Commissar (1982)
  40. Xmal Deutschland – Blut Liebe (1982)
  41. Virgin Prunes – Decline and Fall (1982)
  42. The Cure – Just Like Heaven (1987)
  43. Level 42 – Something About You (1985)
  44. Huey Lewis & The News – Hip to Be Square (dance remix) (1986)
  45. In the Heat of the Night TV show theme (1988)
  46. Heathcliff and Dingbat Show TV show theme (1980)
  47. Jerry Goldsmith – The Calling / The Neighborhood from Poltergeist (1982)
  48. Phil Collins – In the Air Tonight (requested) (1981)
  49. Box of Frogs – Back Where I Started (requested) (1984)
  50. The Dead Milkmen – Punk Rock Girl (requested) (1988)
  51. Flesh for Lulu – I Go Crazy (requested) (1988)
  52. Sigue Sigue Sputnik – Love Missile F1-11 (requested) (1986)
  53. House of Large Sizes – Man Overboard (1989)
  54. The Romantics – One in a Million (1983)
  55. Billy Idol – Eyes Without a Face (1983)

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Rewind Review: Menace – Punk Singles Collection (2005)

I discovered Menace while attending an Osees show at the 2024 Levitation Music Festival. The venue, Hotel Vegas, was playing Menace tracks during a break after Grocery Bag opened the show. I heard Menace’s classic “Carry No Banners” and thought, “How have I never heard this?”

Lo and behold, I went to End of an Ear Records in Austin that same weekend and found this Menace collection within moments after walking in the door. It’s a great collection of twenty-five tracks of classic British punk that barely takes a breath between songs. The mainstays of the band have always been the rhythm section of Charlie Casey on bass and Noel Martin on drums. The first eleven songs feature the “classic” lineup of Casey and Martin with Morgan Webster on vocals and Steve Tannett on guitars.

The first two songs, “Screwed Up” and “Insane Society,” pretty much sum up Britain and the world in general in 1977 with sharp lyrics like “If we’re the working class, why ain’t we got jobs?” “G.L.C.” (Greater London Council) is a vicious takedown of said body (“You’re full of shit!”), while “I’m Civilised” is a takedown of working stiffs who look down upon poor people (“Don’t you want to be civilised, too?”).

“I Need Nothing” and Casey’s bass-led “Electrocutioner” were produced by John Cale, no less. “I Need Nothing” is another direct rebuke to upper crusts telling oi punks and other youth they need to join the rat race and achieve certain status to be considered a success. It’s the same today as it was in 1977. “Last Year’s Youth” flips the idea that younger generations are lost onto its head and makes it to fingers up to those who believe it. “Carry No Banners” is a classic call to not make allegiances to causes that would just as soon kick you to the curb after you’ve served their purpose (and Tannett’s solo on it is a bit of fun).

Their cover of Cliff Richard and The Shadows‘ “The Young Ones” is perfect for them, turning the classic early 60s pop-rock tune into a snarling garage rocker. “Tomorrow’s World” “…is just around the corner,” so you’d better “Live for Today” – both songs being sage advice for any generation.

The rest of the compilation features the second lineup of Menace with John Lacey on lead vocals and Andrew Tweedie on guitar. Lacey’s vocal style is immediately different, and not in a bad way. It’s a bit more frantic, it seems. After all, they came back in 1999, nineteen years after Menace’s last album, and rightly proclaimed “Society Still Insane.” Next up are new versions of “G.L.C.,” “Insane Society,” and “The Young Ones.”

“Punk Rocker” has the band encouraging all of us to embrace our inner rebel. “I don’t give a toss if inflation is up or down,” Lacey sings on “C&A” – slapping people who pursue comfort while ignoring others’ suffering. The 1999 version of “Last Year’s Youth” stomps the gas and was important then and now (and in 1979). Their cover of “It’s Not Unusual” is a blast, with Casey’s bass going bonkers the whole time.

Another good cover is their version of “Oi! That’s Yer Lot,” originally done by German punk band Loikaemie. It’s a perfect one for them, as it’s about so many people being told (often by those better off than them) they’re stuck in their bad situation and nothing can be done about it since that’s just the way it is. “Bad Cards” is an embracing of that bad situation and rising above it.

2002’s “In Gods We Trust” is almost a grunge track as Tweedie’s guitar takes on a different kind of distortion. A different version of “C&A” follows, and Martin’s drums on “35 Bus” will start a mosh pit anytime you play the track, and Tweedie’s solo is like police sirens flying by you in a high-speed pursuit that’s probably going to end in a crash. The compilation ends with a good cover of The Ruts‘ “Babylon’s Burning.”

This stuff is essential if you’re a fan of punk, oi, or any music that makes you want to tell your boss to stick it or to stand up for the weak.

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Review: Coral Grief – Air Between Us

Coral Grief‘s debut album, Air Between Us, isn’t quite shoegaze, and it isn’t quite dream pop, but it’s somehow both at the same time…and it’s lovely.

Opening track “Starboard” is a rush of fuzzy guitars from Sam Fason and dreamy vocals from Lena Farr-Morrissey. “Rockhounds” is a much-needed song in this day and age, as it’s about finding beauty in the simplest things (like rocks along a beach). The title track floats around, over, and below you much like the cover image. “Latitude” has the band taking its time over the next four minutes to consider how we all need to change perspective now and then (“I go behind the door to change my mind.” – a quote from Fason’s grandmother).

“Avenue You” is a song about missing childhood places that no longer exist. Cam Hancock‘s drumming almost breaks into full-on rock mode at times on it, but he keeps it subtle as Fason’s guitar echoes around his bandmates. “The Landfall” is lovely and light. “Paint By Number” is led by Hancock’s snappy drums, with Fason’s jangly guitar having a fun time keeping up with him as Farr-Morrissey brings light to gray skies with her happy bass and optimistic vocals.

“Mutual Wish” reminds me of some of The Beths‘ dreamier cuts, and “Outback” almost has a goth tinge to it, but it never becomes maudlin. “Late Bloomer” is an acoustic track that would fit into a Twin Peaks episode, and the closer, “Almost Everyday” is an ode to Seattle’s Everyday Music record store, where Farr-Morrissey worked until it closed four years ago.

It, like much of the album, is a reflection on things that were and what they (and we) have become now. The reflection is often beautiful and shimmering, like light reflected on water. Those memories, those places and moments, are often just like the air between us…ephemeral yet present, dream-like yet solid…like this record.

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WSND DJ set list: Nocturne – July 27, 2025

Thanks to all who listened to my latest Nocturne show on WSND. It was a fun time. Here’s the set list:

  1. Mars Red Sky – Break Even
  2. Rubber Memory – All Together
  3. Meatbodies – The Burning Fields
  4. The Death Wheelers – Hella Hammered
  5. The Well – Cup of Peace
  6. Glass Beams – Mahal
  7. Frankie and The Witch Fingers – Can You Hear Me Now? (live)
  8. Frankie and The Witch Fingers – Simulator (live)
  9. Mavis Staples – We’re Gonna Make It (live)
  10. Nina Simone – Trouble in Mind (live) (requested)
  11. Rita Marley – Keep on Pushing
  12. The Jesus and Mary Chain – New Kind of Kick (live)
  13. The Smiths – Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now
  14. The Police – Driven to Tears
  15. Jack-in-the-Box 1960s radio ad
  16. The Limiñanas – Spirale
  17. Cuffed Up – Bonnie
  18. Sleater-Kinney – Prisstina
  19. Damaged Bug – In My Heart
  20. M.A.K.U. Soundsystem – Canto Nega
  21. Moby – Honey
  22. Primer – Warning
  23. Here Lies Man – Summon Fire
  24. On – C’mon Collapse
  25. King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard – Candles
  26. Sade – Love Is Stronger Than Pride

Come back next week for more Nocturne madness!

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WSND DJ set list: Deep Dive of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath

Thanks who all who listened to my deep dive of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath. Here’s the metal-heavy set list:

  1. Ozzy Osbourne – Crazy Train
  2. The Beatles – She Loves You
  3. The Rolling Stones – Sympathy for the Devil
  4. Earth – When I Came Down
  5. Black Sabbath radio spot
  6. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
  7. Crow – Evil Woman
  8. Black Sabbath – Behind the Wall of Sleep (live)
  9. Brown Sabbath – The Wizard
  10. The Flaming Lips – War Pigs
  11. Black Sabbath – Electric Funeral
  12. Mexico City Blondes – Planet Caravan
  13. Black Sabbath – Children of the Grave
  14. Mac Sabbath – Sweet Beef
  15. Black Sabbath – Snowblind (live)
  16. Charles Bradley – Changes
  17. Black Sabbath – Sabbra Cadabra
  18. Black Sabbath – Am I Going Insane?
  19. Helmet – Symptom of the Universe
  20. Black Sabbath – Gypsy
  21. Black Sabbath – Never Say Die!
  22. Necromandus – Nightjar
  23. Ozzy Osbourne – Dee (requested)
  24. Ozzy Osbourne – Goodbye to Romance
  25. Ozzy Osbourne – Over the Mountain
  26. Ozzy Osbourne – Iron Man (live)
  27. Was (Not Was) – Shake Your Head
  28. Ozzy Osbourne – Rock ‘n’ Roll Rebel
  29. Ozzy Osbourne – Crazy Babies (requested)
  30. Lita Ford & Ozzy Osbourne – Close My Eyes Forever
  31. Ozzy Osbourne – No More Tears
  32. Ozzy Osbourne – Dreamer (acoustic version)

The Deep Dive returns next week!

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Making Time Festival announces its 2025 lineup…with over 100 DJs in it.

Making Time ∞ — also known as Making Time Forever — proudly returns to Philadelphia’s Fort Mifflin this fall, Friday, September 19 – Sunday, September 21. Today, the most ambitious DIY event in America announces the lineup for its fifth and most transcendental year yet. Founded 25 years ago by legendary Philadelphia promoter Dave Pianka, this year sees the beloved event series Making Time celebrating its silver anniversary (MTMXXV) and five years of Making Time ∞ at Revolutionary War-era Fort Mifflin.

This year’s lineup is jaw-dropping in its quality and enormity, launching with over 120 acts. Headliners include Four Tet, ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U, Boy Harsher, Panda Bear, and Moodymann. Accompanying them are some of the best DJs in the world, including Avalon Emerson, Ben UFO, DJ Nobu, Donato Dozzy, Interplanetary Criminal, Optimo (Espacio), Gerd Janson, D. Dan, Paurro,Lena Willikens, Powder, Badsista, and VTSS, to name just a few.

Live acts encompass a greater margin of this year’s lineup. Full Body2, Maria Sommerville and Milan W. display diverse approaches to dream pop, post-punk, shoegaze, while Moin and YHWH Nailgun bring a more aggressive palette to the fore. Electronic live acts include Aya, James K., Crash Course in Science, Fcukers, Ghost Dubs, and Holy Tongue. On the experimental side are Moor Mother, Voice Actor, and Disiniblud (Rachika Nayar & Nina Keith). Making Time ∞ also boasts a superior ambient offering including live performances from Suzanne Ciani, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Windy & Carl, and Suzanne Kraft.

Some festival favorites are playing bespoke sets: John Talabot will play two sets—a DJ set and a disco set, while Jubilee will throw down a freestyle extravaganza. In addition to the Optimo (Espacio) set, JD Twitch will host a “beatless rave” while Kuniyuki plays both dance and ambient live sets. Loidis and DJ Python team-up for a rare back-to-back DJ session, following the former’s ambient live show under his beloved Huerco S. alias.

The unique geography of Revolutionary War-era Fort Mifflin has allowed each zone,  or stage,  to develop its own personality. There’s the RA Majestic Zone, a wide-open space perfect for dancing or hanging with friends by the river. The Transcendental Zone, situated on a straightaway in front of former soldiers’ barracks, begins with live acts in the afternoon and ends with peak-time DJ sets. The Lot Radio livestreams from a stage that takes on infectious “free party” energy. The casemates, which have been used over centuries as munitions storage and a jail, are now an indoor club and chill-out room. This year, a new zone called Option + 5 launches in a canopy of trees next to the Delaware River, promising a transcendental forest rave. Returning once again are longtime Making Time collaborators Klip Collective who will project visuals on various structures all weekend.

The motto for MTMXXV is “choose transcendence.” For over 25 years, Making Time has been about partying your ass off and transcending the mundanity of the everyday, the average, the mediocre. If that means laughing with Laraaji during a meditation session, zoning out to plaintive folk songs of Joanne Robertson, or head banging to Blawan, it’s all here at Fort Mifflin this fall.  Anyone looking for an overview of the best in underground dance, ambient, guitar, and experimental music should have Making Time ∞ on their calendar.

Three-day passes for Making Time ∞ 2025 are available to purchase now for $235 (plus taxes and fees). Tickets with no service fees are available at the following locations: The Lot Radio in Brooklyn, Middle Child & Middle Child Clubhouse in Philadelphia.

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Swordes embraces manic love on her new single – “Boyfriend La La La.”

Credit: Alex Escribano

In the Summer of 2021, Swordes made her debut playing at the many warehouse raves and parties of Brooklyn, New York’s underground scene. Fearless, pop leaning, and addicted to melody, her live set is hardware synths, drum machines, and an emotive, operatic vocal. There’s no computer in sight.

Swordes is a multimedia artist and producer beginning to forge a singular path through Brooklyn’s underground with brooding, poetic lyricism and hypnotic, hardware-driven electronic music. Hailing from Honolulu and now based in NYC, she emerged from Parsons’ fine art program only to reject academia and carve her own sonic language. Since her 2021, she has captivated crowds with visceral, computer-free live sets that embrace experimental electronic, alt-pop, glitchy club, hyperpop and forward-thinking femme energy.

Her new single “Boyfriend La La La” is a chaotic power play—equal parts baby talk, club weapon and surrealist performance art. Playing a character of a stereotypical manic pixie dream girl/crazy girlfriend, Swordes chants obsessive mantras over infectious basslines and cartoonish 808 beats with a chorus that feels like a cursed nursery rhyme. It’s part pop fantasy, part manic delusion—and totally addictive. 

“I love being a crazy girlfriend. There’s nothing wrong with that,” she says in character. “Here’s a quote from my boyfriend: ‘I’m her muse. Who wouldn’t be crazy about me?’”

Check out the new single here.

It’s the first taste of her upcoming debut album out later this year—an eclectic, cinematic body of work blending pop vocals with the club inspired sounds of late 90s dance music — written, produced, and mixed entirely by Swordes. Known for her raw, hardware synth live sets and bold visual world, she’s already caught the attention of Versace (SS25 runway sync), PAPER, and FLAUNT. Viral on TikTok (25k followers + 575k likes), with a growing cult fanbase, Swordes is building something that lives between fashion, noise, pop, and performance.

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WSND DJ set list: Manic Monday – July 21, 2025

It was another fun all-80s music show on WSND. Thanks for the ears and the requests, everyone. Here’s the set list:

  1. Agent Orange – Miserlou (1982)
  2. Motörhead – Speedfreak (1982)
  3. Motley Crue – Shout at the Devil (1983)
  4. Madonna – Holiday (full-length version) (1983)
  5. The Rolling Stones – Hang Fire (1981) (requested)
  6. The Rolling Stones – Continental Drift (1989) (requested)
  7. Bauhaus – St. Vitus Dance (1981)
  8. Love and Rockets – No New Tale to Tell (1987)
  9. A-ha – The Sun Always Shines on TV (1985) (requested)
  10. Peter Gabriel – Sledgehammer (1986)
  11. Laura Branigan – Touch (1987)
  12. Jody Watley – Looking for a New Love (1987)
  13. Tracy Chapman – Baby Can I Hold You (1988)
  14. Public Image Ltd. – The Order of Death (1984)
  15. Ian Dury and The Blockheads – I Want to Be Straight (1980)
  16. Elton John – Sacrifice (1989)
  17. Cherelle – I Didn’t Mean to Turn You On (album version) (1984)
  18. The System – Coming to America (1988)
  19. Keith Sweat w/ Jacci McGhee – Make It Last Forever (1988)
  20. Freddie Jackson – Nice ‘n’ Slow (1988)
  21. Tony Terry – Forever Yours (1988)
  22. Teddy Pendergrass – Joy (1988)
  23. Basia – Time and Tide (1988)
  24. Ice-T – Colors (1988)
  25. Van Halen – Black and Blue (1988)
  26. Bros – When Will I Be Famous? (1988)
  27. S-Express – Theme from S-Express (1988)
  28. Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (1983)
  29. The GAP Band – You Dropped a Bomb on Me (original 12″ mix) (1982)
  30. Earth, Wind & Fire – Let’s Groove (1981)
  31. The Ocean Blue – Drifting, Falling (1989)
  32. Chicago – Thunder and Lightning (1980)
  33. Neil Young – Hard Luck Stories (1981)
  34. Guns ‘n’ Roses – Mr. Brownstone (1987)
  35. Shonen Knife – Twist Barbie (1983)
  36. Shizuka – Fu-Ji-Tsu (1988)
  37. Animotion – Obsession (1984)

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WSND DJ set list: Deep Dive of Carlos Santana

Thanks to all who listened to my deep dive of Carlos Santana on WSND to celebrate his birthday. Here’s the set list:

  1. Santana – Smooth
  2. B.B. King – Chains n Things
  3. John Lee Hooker w/ Carlos Santana – Stripped Me Naked (requested)
  4. T-Bone Walker – T-Bone Shuffle
  5. Muddy Waters – Mississippi Delta Blues
  6. Gabor Szabo – Gypsy Woman
  7. Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper, and Steve Stills – Blues for Nothing
  8. The Shadows – Apache
  9. Fleetwood Mac – Oh Well
  10. Santana – Persuasion (live)
  11. Willie Bobo – Evil Ways
  12. Santana – Jingo
  13. Gabor Szabo – Gypsy Queen
  14. Santana – Black Magic Woman
  15. Tito Puente – Oye Como Va
  16. Santana – Hope You’re Feeling Better (live)
  17. Santana – No One to Depend On
  18. Steve Winwood and Sheila E – Everybody’s Everything (live)
  19. Santana – Batuka (live)
  20. Carlos Santana and Buddy Miles – Marbles (live)
  21. Santana – Waves Within
  22. Journey – To Play Some Music
  23. Santana – Just in Time to See the Sun
  24. The Mahavishnu Orchestra – You Know You Know
  25. Carlos Santana and John McLaughlin – Naima
  26. Santana – Yours Is the Light (live)
  27. Santana – Love, Devotion & Surrender
  28. Alice Coltrane and Carlos Santana – Illuminations
  29. Santana – Life Is Anew
  30. Santana – Europa (live)
  31. The Zombies – She’s Not There
  32. Carlos Santana – Free As the Morning Sun
  33. Santana – Winning
  34. Carlos Santana and The Fabulous Thunderbirds – Who Do You Love?
  35. Santana – Before We Go
  36. Carlos Santana – I’m Gone

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Chicago’s Constellation Performing Arts organization announces its first Sound & Gravity festival September 10-14, 2025.

Today, Constellation Performing Arts announces the inaugural Sound & Gravity, taking place September 10-14, 2025 at beloved Chicago venues Constellation, Hungry Brain, Judson & Moore, Beat Kitchen, Guild Row, and Rockwell on the River. Sound & Gravity is a new and ambitious event that promises to be a unique adventure for music enthusiasts. Featuring 48 acts, this immersive experience showcases a diverse range of musical genres, including jazz, experimental, contemporary classical, and indie music, reflecting the eclectic programming ethos of Constellation Performing Arts, its organizing entity.

Performers include Bill Callahan, Mdou Moctar, Body/Head, Helado Negro, Mary Lattimore, Irreversible Entanglements, Jeff Parker Expansion Trio, ganavya, Tarbaby, The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis, Julianna Barwick, Mary Halvorson, Steve Gunn, Olivia Block&Lea Bertucci, William Tyler, Elias Rønnenfelt, Glenn Kotche, and more, plus additional surprise sets curated by ElectricalAudio.

The 2025 inaugural edition takes place in the vibrant Bricktown/Avondale area of Chicago, known for its burgeoning creative industries. Capitalizing on the neighborhood’s walkability with all venues a 5-15 minute walk from each other, Sound & Gravity offers attendees the opportunity to experience the local culture during five days of cutting-edge performances.

Sound & Gravity also serves as a fundraiser for Constellation Performing Arts, a not-for-profit organization that has become a cornerstone of Chicago’s forward-thinking music scene. Founded in 2013 by musician and presenter Mike Reed, who also launched and produced the PitchforkMusicFestival until its final iteration in 2024, the venue has filled a crucial void in Chicago’s cultural landscape by providing a reliable, high-end platform for avant-garde and experimental music. Of the festival, Reed says: “Sound & Gravity extends Constellation’s mission, offering a concentrated dose of the venue’s innovative spirit across multiple locations in one of the city’s most creative neighborhoods.”

Tickets go on sale on Wednesday, May 7 at 11am CT, and can be purchased here. Ticket options include an all-eventfour-day pass at $240, a single-day pass at $95, and a Wednesday opening night pass at $45.

Sound & Gravity 2025 Lineup:
Bill Callahan • Mdou Moctar • Body/Head • Helado Negro • Mary Lattimore • Irreversible Entanglements • Jeff Parker Expansion Trio • Tarbaby • The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis • Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore • Mary Halvorson: Amaryllis • Steve Gunn • William Tyler • Elias Rønnenfelt • Glenn Kotche • Rafiq Bhatia • Saccata Quartet • Third Coast Percussion • Chicago Underground Duo • Darius Jones Trio • Sam Prekop • Eucademix • ganavya • Geologist • Nabihah Iqbal • Hannah Cohen • Jeremiah Chiu • Ken Vandermark Edition Redux • Anna Webber’s Simple Trio • Cooper Moore • Fred Moten & Brandon Lopez • Glyders • Maria Somerville • Olivia Block & Lea Bertucci • Zoh Amba Sun Ensemble • JJJJJerome Ellis • Lia Kohl/Macie Stewart/Whitney Johnson • Luke Stewart’s Chicago Quartet • Magic Tuber Stringband • Nadah El Shazly • James Elkington & Nathan Salsburg • Edsel Axle • Ana Everling • Hanging Hearts • Michael Zerang’s Puzzle House • Mute Duo • sinonó • Andreas Røysum Ensemble w/ Marvin Tate

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