I love Allergy Season. Ok well no. I love the record label allergy season - and not just because their brand is essentially "lets make every record look like a box of cough medicine and see what happens". They've been extremely forward thinking in releasing some incredible music. Anyways this one was ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA7oUNxe58Y This track is so weird, but that's just why I love it. And yes, it's actually about alien penguin's invading earth. Don't believe me? Listen for yourself. It's this kind of weird psychedelia that makes italo-disco so distinct from it's American counterpart. ...
This week I'm going with a classic. You can't spell House Music without Frankie Knuckles. The man took over Chicago, and then the world. He shaped the genre with soulful, hypnotic songs and legendary sets at some of Chicago and New York's infamous clubs. Whenever I talk to older people in Chicago who ...
This summer I'll be starting a little weekly article to showcase my favorite tunes. Expect a healthy dose of just about anything you can dance tune. This week I'm starting out with an interesting house track by Terre Thaemlitz (perhaps better known by her former alias DJ Sprinkles). Terre is known for ...
Movement Festival in Detroit is back again and WIUX will be there covering all the action. The festival is important for many reasons, but most significant is its location. Detroit is a city uniquely important to music. Jazz, Blues, Pop and more have all been shaped by artists from the motor city. However, ...
We are excited to announce a very special interview coming to 99.1 Friday February 24th at 3pm ET. When it comes to House Music, Chicago is a place of legend. Countless innovators and inventors have come from Chicago, from Frankie Knuckles, to Ron Trent, to Derrick Carter, to Green Velvet. When Chicago’s ...
