After a long four-day weekend of countless live acts, underground after parties, and spending over a hundred dollars in Uber’s; it feels great to be in the AC recapping the Lollapalooza experience. Arriving early on Thursday to see Valee was the perfect way to start off the festival. The energy during “Two 16’s” was insane. […]
Kweku Collins Announces East Coast Tour with Femdot
Kweku Collins has done a lot in 2017. He released Grey in April, hit the road with Whitney, headlined across Europe, performed at Lollapalooza, and just recently sold-out his 11/25 Evanston homecoming show as part of Redbull’s upcoming 30 Days In Chicago. Kweku is going to end 2017 with his first ever east coast headline run hitting […]
[RH Interview] Femdot On How He Started Rapping, His First Headliner & More
Chicago emcee/student Femi Adigun aka Femdot has seen a lot in his life. Through balancing the perspectives of the south and north sides of Chicago that he has inhabited, he’s garnered an unusual perspective that many cannot fully grasp. He has rapped since he was a young child and has developed the skill ever since […]
Closed Sessions Photographers Past + Present Share Their Favorite CS Photos
On September 29th, Closed Sessions hosted an intimate photo gallery chronicling the indie label’s movement from 2012-2017. The private gallery was hosted at Soho House Chicago, and served as a soft launch before the exhibition makes its way to a public space in the coming months. Here, we highlight the 4 photographers at the center […]
Boathouse – “Crowd Go Loose”
[iframe id=”https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/341170368&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false”] Closed Sessions producer Boathouse brought a touch of Grime back with him from his swing overseas. Sampling Grime legend Dizzee Rascal, Boat creates an ethereal melody within a House/Electro setting that pumps and thumps; perfect for a house party. The synths are lush and the sound selection overall feels carefully curated. Bump “Crowd […]
[Video] Mic Terror: “15 Minutes”
March 4, Chicago independent hip-hop label Closed Sessions will be releasing the latest project for Treated Crew’s Mic Terror, titled The Fresh Prince of Darkness. The video, a cinematic piece directed and shot by Andrew Zeiter and Bryan Lamb, follows Mic and Hollywood Holt as they figure out how to ties up the loose ends […]
[Video] Tree: “Like Whoa”
Chicago’s own MC Tree has been busy as hell lately. The creator of the sub-genre known as “Soul Trap” teamed up with Scion last month to drop the seven song @MCTREEG EP, yesterday dropped, “More Than You Know” a gem that he’d been sitting on for a minute via Closed Sessions and today, the raspy-voiced producer/rapper […]
[Video] ShowYouSuck: “80s Boobs”
Chicago’s own ShowYouSuck meant business in 2013, and followed that up by releasing a gang of projects, the last of which, Dude Bro may be his most polished to date. The Closed Sessions’ release dropped its latest video in support of the project, this one for the highly-anticipated “80s Boobs”. The J. Arthur-produced track appropriately […]