The influential Chicago house producer Paul Johnson has died at 50, per a post on the DJ’s official Facebook page, as MixMag points out. Johnson was hospitalized due to coronavirus complications last month.

Moveys, last year’s debut album from shoegazey Chicago Band To Watch Slow Pulp, included songs called “Idaho” and “Montana.” The former track has now been transformed into “Iowa,” which is out today as the B-side from the group’s new Deleted Scenes 7″.

Martin Sorrondeguy first became a punk rock legend in the ’90s, when the led the Chicago hardcore greats Los Crudos. He remained a legend in the decades afterward, fronting the extremely unapologetic band Limp Wrist. Irreal now also sings for a new Chicago band called Canal Irreal, and they’ve just released their self-titled ...

A month and a half ago, the supremely gifted Chicago sing-rapper Polo G released his “Rapstar” single. The song debuted at #1 and stayed there for two weeks, affirming Polo’s quick rise to full crossover stardom. Today, Polo has followed up “Rapstar” by releasing a new collaboration with Lil Wayn...

Chicago drill rapper Lil Reese was among three men shot at a River North parking garage on Saturday morning, CWBChicago reports. According to a spokesperson from the Chicago Police Department, the incident involved a group of men who were “all shooting at each other.”