Even Miley Cyrus seemed awestruck by Thursday night’s crowd at her Lollapalooza headlining performance. An audience more than three football fields-deep amassed to watch the mega-star perform a fiery 90-minute set, which featured celebrity guests including Billy Idol, The Kid … Continue reading Lollapalooza Day One: Artists, fans celebrate live music’s return under enhanced safety protocols
Rock band Radkey on meeting Dave Grohl, the future of rock music and playing the festival Radkey, the rock trio from St. Joseph, Missouri, had been crisscrossing the country in a van for years when they caught the attention of the Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl. Grohl invited Radkey to be part … Continue reading Lollapalooza artist feature: Radkey
Navigating the Lollapalooza lineup can feel like taking an eye exam. In order to learn about lesser-known performers, festival-goers have to read the fine print and do diligent research. Luckily for you, Redacted Magazine did that work already. Here are 12 artists … Continue reading 12 Lollapalooza artists you should know
In the 1950s, Le Vo built a wooden stand, launching his own business selling drinks on the streets of Saigon. Amid the French colonization of his home country, the man from the southern Vietnamese countryside began experimenting with food. He … Continue reading A taste of history: How Ba Le brought bánh mì from Saigon to Chicago
If the Hives, the Killers and System of a Down had a lovechild, it’d probably sound like Chicago’s rock trio, Silvertone. Comprised of members that span indie rock to metal, Silvertone risks the disjointed sound too often associated with projects marrying artists from multiple genres. But on its three latest singles, Silvertone incorporates elements from metal, indie and … Continue reading Rock trio Silvertone defies genres with new singles
As passersby approached the corner of W Erie St. and N Franklin St. in the midst of Monday’s snowstorm, they heard the sounds of a marching band. But from a closer distance, observers could see that the marching band was actually a group of 50-odd music workers protesting outside of Spotify’s downtown office. Dressed in green and wielding picket signs with demands … Continue reading Musicians demand justice from Spotify in a global demonstration
We meet at the corner of LeMoyne and Bosworth. A discreet man emerges from a black Nissan Rogue with a brown paper bag. It’s a 40-degree day, but he has no coat, wearing only black jeans and a white-and-gray striped … Continue reading Surviving, one order at a time: The rise of the delivery-only restaurant
When Marty Gabriel sees letters, he immediately rearranges them in his brain and spells out all the words possible. An anagram for M-A-R-T-Y: “tryma” (a nutlike fruit). Fittingly, Gabriel is a nut for Scrabble. The 69-year-old from Charleston, Illinois, has … Continue reading Mark his words: A Scrabble champion spells out his L-O-V-E for the game
It’s become increasingly difficult to watch football for many reasons. One, is that I can’t go without cringing whenever I watch a game. Every time someone cracks his helmet against the ground or two players collide head-to-head, I can’t help … Continue reading Breaking down the Super Bowl’s hypocrisies
Spit Balling is a quirky and eclectic sports podcast with a radical ethos. Redacted Magazine editors Mack Liederman and Jane Shin Agler consider the world around the games we play. Using multidisciplinary perspectives, they’ll talk about the artsy, academic and … Continue reading Redacted Magazine releases first episode of ‘Spit Balling’ podcast
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