Chicago-born shoegaze group Fauvely roll back the distortion on Beautiful Places

Chicago Reader (Style) 4/13 1:00A Leor Galil

Fauvely front woman Sophie Brochu has built a creative life working with the warm, distorted tones of shoegaze; for much of the 2010s, she explored the style’s indie-pop possibilities in Chicago...

What I’m Shopping from the Spring Shopbop Sale

Sequins and Stripes 4/12 3:39P Liz

Variations of these heels are on sale here , here , here and here ! Shop this image : No. 1 Standard Tee // No. 2 Illesteva Tortoise Sunglasses // No. 3 Pom Handheld Tote // No. 4 Eyelet Smocked...

Now playing: a return to the movies

Chicago Reader (Style) 4/12 11:00A Kathleen Sachs

After several pandemic pivots and herd immunity on the horizon, local movie theaters and film programs are returning to business not-quite-as-usual. This time last year, the film-loving farceur behind...

For Your (Re)Consideration finds dramatic gems from the past with resonances for today

Chicago Reader (Style) 4/12 10:00A Kaylen Ralph

Ghostlight Ensemble's online festival celebrates overlooked women playwrights. A group of unmarried women decide to encloister together on an idyllic estate inherited by their ringleader, Lady Happy....

The future of CBD is female

Chicago Reader (Style) 4/12 8:50A Ariel Parrella-Aureli

Two local women entrepreneurs entering the cannabis industry are bringing holistic wellness, better access, and equity to the game. "The reality is women actually run the world," Ida Nelson told me...

Painful sex shouldn’t be a mystery condition

Chicago Reader (Style) 4/12 7:15A S. Nicole Lane

This common condition affects more people than we think. We shouldn’t ignore it anymore. In 1996, feminist scholar Susan Wendell wrote: "What can I know if I can't know what I am feeling in my own...

F.A.B.L.E. proves himself one of Chicago’s best emerging rappers with Duckweed

Chicago Reader (Style) 4/12 1:00A Leor Galil

Last year Englewood rapper, multi-instrumentalist, and studio engineer Christopher Horace, aka F.A.B.L.E., grew frustrated with his lack of progress on an ambitious full-length and released the EP...

Attention Kmart shoppers

Chicago Reader (Style) 4/12 1:00A Salem Collo-Julin

Fifty-six freely downloadable in-store tapes hosted by the Internet Archive include the soundtracks of 30-year-old Bluelight Specials. I prefer collecting music on physical media—I like holding a...

Chicago indie rapper D2x expands his palette on his debut album, The Color Blue

Chicago Reader (Style) 4/9 10:45A Jack Riedy

Chicago rapper D2x has poured all 23 years of his life so far into his debut album, The Color Blue. Across its 13 tracks, he delivers lines about his childhood in the south suburbs, his time playing...

Dough Something about anti-Asian violence and harassment

Chicago Reader (Style) 4/9 9:40A Mike Sula

A locally launched national pastry fundraiser benefits bystander intervention training. Last week my brother texted to ask if my mother-in-law had a kimchi pancake recipe. Sure she does, I replied.…

Reopenings, discussions, and ¡WEPA!

Chicago Reader (Style) 4/9 9:25A Salem Collo-Julin

Upcoming events and recommendations from our listings coordinator Three songs that I heard blasted through other people's car speakers this week that you don't think are about sex but they most...

Show them the money

Chicago Reader (Style) 4/9 9:10A Kerry Reid

A movement for pay equity and transparency for theater designers scores a victory; Black Lives Black Words kicks off a new discussion series. Back in 2019, I interviewed Chicago set designer Arnel...

A must-order: The Grand Marnier Soufflé at Venteux

Chicago Reader (Style) 4/9 8:09A

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Ryley Walker points to his wide-open musical future on Course in Fable

Chicago Reader (Style) 4/8 1:00A Steve Krakow

When guitar wunderkind Ryley Walker releases his first album of proper songs in a couple of years, this new glimpse at where he’s headed in his music is cause to rejoice. The Rockford native shredded...

Michael ‘Fuzzy’ deLisle is an unsung hero of the fertile 1970s Champaign-Urbana scene

Chicago Reader (Style) 4/8 1:00A Steve Krakow

Michael “Fuzzy” deLisle released just one single in his long career, but he’s played a staggering amount of great country rock and folk. Since 2004 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the...