Dora Segall

Chicago

Writer and Photographer at Freelance

Writer and photographer covering music, culture and all things weird | Bylines in @spin, @Chicago_Reader, @wcp and more

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Articles

‘A poetry show that's not a total bummer'

Sep 18, 2024 | chicagoreader.com | Dora Segall

Kost was itching to produce an event last summer. After a nine-month tour of the U.S. with a children’s theater company, the poet-director-writer-performer wanted to create something of their own. They bounced ideas off of their roommate, Lincoln Lodge manager Christian Borkey, including a potential poetry reading or comedy show. Borkey suggested combining both. Kost loved the idea. She reached out to two poets who inspired her, Kailah Peters (“K.P.”) and Emily “Lee” Goldstein.
The Roundup turns 1!

Sep 9, 2024 | roundupchicago.substack.com | Dora Segall

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Beats Me: From Pretty to Ugly, New Music From Oh He Dead and Fat Vaughn

Aug 23, 2024 | washingtoncitypaper.com | Christina Smart |Amari Newman |Heidi Pérez-Moreno |Dora Segall |Sarah Marloff |Serena Zets

Thanks for being a member of City Paper! On 2023’s Pretty, D.C.’s alt-soul band Oh He Dead gave us the lighter side of love with tracks full of gleaming pop melodies and lyrics comparing relationship partners to cherry blossoms and honeybees (for real). On their follow-up, Ugly, things are no longer sunshine and lollipops. Actually, they’re downright … ugly. The album, released today, Aug.
Beats Me: Dischord Veterans Vile Cherubs, Bacchae, and a Summery Single from Foggieraw and Ari Lennox

May 15, 2024 | washingtoncitypaper.com | Brandon Wetherbee |Colleen Kennedy |Christina Smart |Dora Segall

Thanks for being a member of City Paper! Jeff Draco’s newest single, out May 31, begins in the same vein as MACHINA-era Smashing Pumpkins before segueing into a War on Drugs meets Vampire Weekend radio-friendly shifter. There’s some guitar layering that leans in to the atmospheric but there’s also quite a bit of pop radio shine that has the potential to get Draco on Spotify playlists with fellow DMVers SHAED.
Beats Me: Album Reviews for February Releases

Feb 14, 2024 | washingtoncitypaper.com | Serena Zets |Sarah Marloff |Christina Smart |Colleen Kennedy |Dora Segall |Taylor Ruckle

Thanks for being a member of City Paper! Daniel Noah Miller, one half of the acclaimed experimental pop duo Lewis Del Mar, and a D.C. native, releases his debut solo album, Disintegration, on Feb. 16 via the FADER label. The inspiration for Disintegration is derived from Miller’s upbringing—split between Adams Morgan and Nicaragua—and his ongoing navigation of place, self, and identity.
Beats Me: Album Reviews for January Releases

Jan 11, 2024 | washingtoncitypaper.com | Sarah Marloff |Dora Segall |Brandon Wetherbee |Christina Smart |Taylor Ruckle |Serena Zets

Thanks for being a member of City Paper! Welcome to 2024. Here at City Paper’s arts desk, we’re kicking the year and new local album reviews off with our inaugural Beats Me. Each month, City Paper music writers will dig through upcoming releases from D.C.-area bands, singers, rappers, and musical acts to bring you our take on what’s happening in the local sound and scene.
Anjimile, Hailu Mergia, and More Best Bets for Nov. 30-Dec. 6

Nov 30, 2023 | washingtoncitypaper.com | Steve Kiviat |Dora Segall |Serena Zets |Colleen Kennedy

Thanks for being a member of City Paper! Brazilian singer Rogê, born Roger Jose Cury, initially established his name performing for 10 years at the premier samba club, Carioca de Gema, in the Lapa neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. Rogê, who began playing guitar at age 10, tells City Paper, “Lapa was an amazing time.
Chicago indie rockers Slow Pulp reveal their inner strength on the new Yard

Nov 2, 2023 | chicagoreader.com | Dora Segall

Slow Pulp have been through a lot. First, lyricist and lead vocalist Emily Massey was diagnosed with Lyme disease and chronic mononucleosis. Next, the pandemic hit. Then, as the four-piece band, which formed in Madison before moving to Chicago in 2018, worked on their debut LP, 2020’s Moveys, Massey’s parents were injured in a serious car crash, and she returned to Wisconsin to care for them.
Death Comes to Tudor Place and More Best Bets for Oct. 5–12 - WCP

Oct 5, 2023 | washingtoncitypaper.com | Camila Bailey |Dora Segall |Louis Jacobson |Ryan Oquiza |Alona Wartofsky |Dave Nyczepir

Thanks for being a member of City Paper! There’s only so much spook one can pack into the 31 short days of October. Thankfully, Tudor Place understands the season’s conundrum: For the entire month, the historic house and museum will offer visitors a tour that adds a haunted layer of depth to its existing offerings.
Nadia Pessoa and Snehesh Nag and More Best Bets for Sept. 28–Oct. 4 - WCP

Sep 28, 2023 | washingtoncitypaper.com | Steve Kiviat |Dora Segall |Louis Jacobson

Thanks for being a member of City Paper! In July 2022, Northern Virginia-based harpist Nadia Pessoa saw Baltimore-based sitarist Snehesh Nag playing a concert; afterward the two connected. Agreeing that sitar and harp would make a cool combination, they decided to get together and jam.