A Reader staffer shares three musical obsessions, then asks someone (who asks someone else) to take a turn.
Mica Levi, Delete Beach Mica Levi (Micachu & the Shapes) has written tension-filled film scores for Under the Skin and Jackie, and within that practice she shifts gears for this sci-fi anime by British experimental filmmaker Phil Collins. Her 29-minute soundtrack combines electronics, guitar noise, queasy washes of strings, and environmental elements (rain, a barking dog). Two of the three versions of the title theme include spoken text, one in Japanese and one in English. I’m still grappling with the music, and it keeps pulling me back.
Bricktown Sound Dance Party This biweekly dance party has everything you could ask for. The best DJs! Affordable drinks! Dancing! All that, and it’s even at the Hungry Brain. Really, what more could you want? It’s always the first thing I go to when I get back from tour.
Joseph Chilliams, “Fergie” Joseph Chilliams is a Chicago treasure. Listening to his music expands my ideas of what is possible in art. He occupies a magnificent terrain of humor, joy, lyricism, and wildness. He’s also amazing to see perform—as an artist he truly doesn’t give a fuck about anyone else. Also “Be careful how you clean your pussy, raising the pH” is one of the best lines I’ve ever heard in a song.
