
Leor Galil
Staff Writer and Journalist at Chicago Reader
Freelance Writer at Freelance
Chicago Reader writer. No premieres, no masters.
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Mar 27, 2025 |
chicagoreader.com | Leor Galil
In the 1980s, when he was still a teenager, Englewood native Taigo Onez got involved in Chicago music by joining what’s now the city’s oldest hip-hop community group, Chi-ROCK Nation. He dabbled in every hip-hop element—breaking, DJing, MCing, and graffiti writing—but he’d adopt music as his calling card. He made beats for emerging local MCs in the late 1980s and early 1990s, during which time he also had a foot in Chicago house—and back then, those two scenes saw each other as rivals.
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Mar 6, 2025 |
chicagoreader.com | Leor Galil
In March 2023, when Preservation Chicago included the modest brick building at 206 S. Jefferson on its annual list of historic local buildings most in danger of demolition, it sparked a worldwide outcry. That’s because this unassuming structure used to be the Warehouse, the club that incubated what’s now known as house music.
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Mar 6, 2025 |
chicagoreader.com | Leor Galil
I love absorbing as much about dance music as I possibly can, even beyond writing about it for my day job. I occasionally cover the subgenres that have grown out of house and techno, but even if I dedicated my whole beat to them, I’d fall short of the Talmudic focus required to get the full picture. So I really appreciate the folks documenting the dance scene with a wider net.
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Mar 6, 2025 |
chicagoreader.com | Leor Galil
To love DIY culture, you have to make peace with loss. DIY venues tend to have short lifespans, like bivouacs set up in basements, backyards, lofts, and warehouses, and everyone knows the end could come in a year or a week.
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Feb 21, 2025 |
chicagoreader.com | Leor Galil
Chicago Americana outfit Tobacco City drew me in with the rootsy ensemble performances on their 2021 debut album, Tobacco City, USA. On their new second album, Horses (Scissor Tail), Tobacco City pare down a bit to focus on guitarists and lead vocalists Lexi Goddard and Chris Coleslaw.
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