Jack Riedy

Chicago

Writer at Freelance

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Articles

Best neighborhood talent show

1 month ago | chicagoreader.com | Jack Riedy

The best talk show in town is not broadcast. It’s not even recorded. Every other Monday, Derek Bish transforms the cozy back room of Lincoln Square bar the Getaway into the set of Welcome to the Show, where he hosts talented Chicagoans in all kinds of disciplines. Musicians and comedians are heavily featured, sure, but photographers, crafters, and even taxidermists have sat for chats about their work.
Funk Gets Stronger: A Sly Stone Tribute Mix

2 months ago | passionweiss.com | Jack Riedy

Image via Jay Dickman/Getty ImagesShow your love of the game by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon so that we can keep churning out interviews with legendary producers, feature the best emerging rap talent in the game, and gift you the only worthwhile playlists left in this streaming hellscape. Jack Riedy has said it before and he’ll say it again: Beach Bunny >>>> Rolling Stones. Sly Stone has been immortal for a long time.
From High School To Headliner: Horsegirl Comes Home To Promote Playful Sophomore Album

2 months ago | blockclubchicago.org | Jack Riedy

CHICAGO — Rock band Horsegirl’s sophomore album “Phonetics On and On” explores new sounds and sensations while keeping the focus on the chemistry of three lifelong friends. “You still feel the emptiness of three people playing together,” guitarist Penelope Lowenstein said on the phone from her New York apartment she shares with fellow 21-year-old guitarist Nora Cheng.
Jazz-fusion greats the Headhunters travel to SPACE

Jan 10, 2025 | chicagoreader.com | Jack Riedy

On the landmark 1973 album Head Hunters, keyboardist Herbie Hancock led an ensemble consisting of woodwinds player Bennie Maupin, bassist Paul Jackson, drummer Harvey Mason, and percussionist Bill Summers to fuse the heady jazz-rock of Miles Davis’s electric period with the funk grooves of James Brown and Sly Stone. The instrumental record was a blockbuster: It became the first platinum-selling jazz album and spent 47 weeks on the Billboard pop charts.
Cloud Nothings celebrate a decade of Here and Nowhere Else

Nov 23, 2024 | chicagoreader.com | Jack Riedy

Cloud Nothings formed in Cleveland and leveled up in Chicago. The trio, which evolved from a solo project of songwriter and guitarist Dylan Baldi, traded the sprightly power pop of their 2011 self-titled debut for serrated postgrunge skronk on 2012’s Attack on Memory, recorded with engineer Steve Albini at his Chicago studio Electrical Audio.
DCG Brothers Take It Back To The 2000s

Oct 17, 2024 | passionweiss.com | Jack Riedy

Imaga via DCG BSavv/InstagramShow your love of the game by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon so that we can keep churning out interviews with legendary producers, feature the best emerging rap talent in the game, and gift you the only worthwhile playlists left in this streaming hellscape. Jack Riedy has said it before and he’ll say it again: Beach Bunny >>>> Rolling Stones. DCG Brothers have stayed busy.
MJ Lenderman brings riffs and regrets to Thalia Hall

Oct 2, 2024 | chicagoreader.com | Jack Riedy

MJ Lenderman is back in Chicago again. These two Thalia Hall shows take place just months after the Asheville artist’s headlining set at the Logan Square Arts Festival (and Sleeping Village show) in late June. This time around, he’s touring in support of his acclaimed new fourth record, Manning Fireworks, which follows 2023’s And the Wind (Live and Loose!), a live album partly recorded at Lincoln Hall.
The Revolution Has Been Bootlegged: Prince Live at First Avenue in the Purple Rain Era

Aug 13, 2024 | passionweiss.com | Jack Riedy

Image via Paul NatkinShow your love of the game by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon so that we can keep churning out interviews with legendary producers, feature the best emerging rap talent in the game, and gift you the only worthwhile playlists left in this streaming hellscape. Jack Riedy has said it before and he’ll say it again: Beach Bunny >>>> Rolling Stones.
Art Rock Duo Finom Evolve Their Twin Guitar Sound On New Album

May 24, 2024 | blockclubchicago.org | Jack Riedy

BUCKTOWN — Local musicians Macie Stewart and Sima Cunningham are genial collaborators, but as Finom, they’re fed up. On their new album “Not God,” the art rock duo wield intricate vocal and guitar harmonies to reclaim their time from corrupt governments, blowhard scenesters and any other false authorities.
Isaiah Collier Brings His Fiery Sax Back To Chicago For New Album

May 17, 2024 | blockclubchicago.org | Jack Riedy

WICKER PARK — Despite leading a 12-person ensemble and igniting fiery saxophone solos onstage, Isaiah Collier said he’s trying to learn that less is more. “There’s so many ideas you can get from one small part. Sometimes you have an idea and they become musical intrusive thoughts,” the jazz musician told Block Club last week. “You can imply them without having to state them, though.