Many music heads are also collectors. There’s a common thread between seeking out new and rare sounds and using that same drive to acquire and celebrate other passions that ties collectors of all kinds. RH Collectors is a series that aims to showcase the collections of the various music heads in Chicago and beyond. In […]
RH Interview: Andrew Barber Talks FakeShoreDrive At 10 and Much More
The first time I met Andrew Barber (fuck, 10 years ago!) I couldn’t wait for him to shut up and leave me alone. In response, he (unsurprisingly) thought I was kind of a jerk. It was December 2007, and I was DJing an event at the Nike Offices entitled The Brotherhood. It was a coming […]
[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 […]
Alex Wiley Releases Four New Tracks
One of the more impressive debut projects from last year was Alex Wiley‘s banger-heavy Club Wiley, distributed by Chicago independent label, Closed Sessions. Released at the beginning of the summer, a steady stream of videos and support shows both in and out of his hometown have brought Wiley to the forefront of the next wave of […]
[RH Interview] Closed Session’s Alex Fruchter
Photo by Andrew Zeiter Alex Fruchter has long been a mainstay in the Chicago hip-hop market. First as a DJ under the moniker DJ RTC, then as the head of this very website which he and our current editor, Virgil Solis, built alongside Fruchter’s budding Closed Sessions project that spawned Chicago’s leading independent hip-hop label […]
[Video] Closed Sessions: ‘The Making of Innanetape’
Vic Mensa has been getting press for days since releasing his re-debut to the world as a solo artist, Innanetape, released at the beginning of the month. Since then, he’s traveled around the country touring with J. Cole and Wale, went out to New York for CMJs and popped up everywhere there was a camera […]
[RH Contest] Win a pair of tickets to Closed Sessions Live feat. Evidence
On August 24th, Closed Sessions Live will be returning to Schubas. Headlining the show is Evidence (Dilated Peoples), with support from Giftz and theWHOevers and DJ Rude One and DJ RTC spinning. The show’s shaping up to be a good one just in time for those going back to school. To commemorate the event, we’ve […]
[Interview] DJ RTC On Leaving RubyHornet, Focusing on Closed Sessions
DJ RTC was recently interviewed by the Chicago Reader about his decision to step down as E-I-C here at RubyHornet, in order to concentrate 110% on ClosedSessions. As I stated on #ClosedSessionsRadio last week, RTC & I are still very good friends and will continue to work together in the near future. In today’s Chicago Reader, RTC […]