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Chicago’s listening bars offer a new kind of nightlife, where hi-fi sound, curated vinyl, and craft cocktails take center stage. From Charis to Parachute HiFi, each space delivers a distinct, music-first experience.
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Music and vinyl expert Claude Lemaire highlights essential recordings—and the best pressings to seek out—for your LP collection, indexed by year of release.
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Frank Doris has an alternately exhilarating, relaxing, exhausting, and rewarding weekend playing music at the Montauk Music Festival in upstate New York.
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Rudy Radelic dives into the roots of 12-inch singles, spotlighting Tom Moulton’s remix innovations, promo-only rarities from Earth, Wind & Fire, and Bryan Adams’ chipmunk-voiced debut that he’s tried to forget.
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On July 4, 1996, Tupac turned the House of Blues into a Death Row sprint, packing unreleased fire and all-star cameos into his last concert before everything went dark.
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Frank Doris takes a look at the revealing new book, Buzz Me In: Inside the Record Plant Studios, which has some real rock and roll stories.
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Claude Lemaire revisits timeless summer songs, from Percy Faith’s orchestral “Theme from A Summer Place” to The Lovin’ Spoonful’s gritty “Summer in the City,” capturing carefree memories without fretting over sound quality.
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20 years of circus, burlesque, art, music, wrestling, and freakshow mayhem!
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Writer Rudy Radelic recommends a dozen great-sounding albums to play at audio show exhibits. Exhibitors, are you paying attention?
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NYC reinvents Japan’s jazz kissa tradition, transforming vinyl listening into a high-fidelity, immersive experience for true audiophiles.
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Happy New Year everyone! On deck are some recent releases, peppered with a couple of disappointments. After all, not all of our music purchases (vinyl or otherwise) are perfect!
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Paris’ jazz kissa-inspired bars like Listener and Bambino blend high-fidelity sound, vinyl culture, and refined design, redefining nightlife for audiophiles.
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Frank Doris continues to mine his experience accrued over 50 years of playing in bands, offering insight into brand identity, having a set list, and playing music you don’t like for the sake of entertaining the crowd!
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In a private listening session, Dylan from Motet introduced the PS Audio Aspen FR30 loudspeakers. Paired with the Accuphase A80 amplifier and Lumin P1, they delivered a rich, precise, and unforgettable sound experience.
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In this first fall installment, writer Rudy Radelic is featuring a comparison, some winners, a major disappointment, and a handful of other notable titles he’s found.