Taylor Bennett is of the most buzzing new artists coming out of Chicago and he is still in High School. Taylor has had two sold-out shows within the past year and he is hoping to add one more to that list on May 24th. We were lucky enough […]
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Last night’s show at Lincoln Hall served as a homecoming concert for The Orwells and Twin Peaks, and the young bands were treated like the local heroes they’ve become to us fans in Chicago. Seeing The Orwells this time around felt like I was in the presence of
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MiC Kurb has been on our radar since August 2012 and in early 2014, things are looking up for Kurb and his ASF crew. MiC just released his latest project, Destination Nowhere. The 6-track EP is definitely worth a listen. My favorite track off of the EP at
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SXSW is quickly becoming one of our favorite music festivals thanks to all the artists, genres, and industry players that hit Austin, TX for a week every year. For our second time down in ATX for this great festival, we saw shows from artists we know from Chicago
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Mic Terror, one of the key players behind Chicago’s illustrious Treated Crew, is set to release his debut album on March 4 via Closed Sessions. During the week, Mic gave us a call to talk Fresh Prince of Darkness and gave us some insight on the making of
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We recently caught up with a young producer from Michigan by the name of YOG$. We have featured a few of his projects on the site in the past (Everyday Vacation, Ambient Pack) and are looking forward to see what he was does in 2014. He has worked with
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Last week we were able to talk to an exciting up and coming artist named Kat Dahlia. Days before debuting her latest video for “Crazy” on 106 & Park, this Cuban-American Miami artist got on the phone with us and opened up about her influences, what music she’s
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For our final year-end list, we’re focusing on what we enjoy the most at Pursuit Of Dopeness: live shows. If you look up our recaps you will see that we saw tons of shows throughout the year from our favorite local acts, emerging artists from all over the
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2013 was one of the best for Chicago Hip Hop, as demonstrated by the “mainstream” attention that our city’s up-and-coming artists like Chance The Rapper’s Acid Rap and Vic Mensa’s INNANETAPE got and the general great reception they immediately received. To say the least, our list of the Dopest mixtapes
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC1T6whUbFo&feature=youtu.be&a Taylor Bennett’s first headlining show at Reggie’s Rock Club went down this past Friday (12/20). Supreme Regime, The Palmer Squares, Noname Gypsy and Tokyo Shawn all helped open up for what turned out to be a sold-out show. You can watch Taylor perform “SpeedRacer,” “HeartBreaker” and “Rolling
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Lorine Chia is an up-and-coming songstress hailing from Cleveland by way of Cameroon. At just 20 years of age the young singer has hit the scene strongly, having just released a new album last month titled Naked Truths, coming at the best time to ride the coattails of
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Continuing with our year-end lists, the second compilation we tackled focused on our favorite albums of the year. Instead of considering all full-length releases, we’ve separated albums and mixtapes into two different categories so this list will focus on the more traditionally-inclined records and next week we’ll be
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