As the year comes to a close, I do what I always do: look back at all the cool releases that came out over the past twelve months. Here are my top 25!

Last week I had the opportunity to see the Universal Togetherness Band live at the Empty Bottle — a sentence I never thought I’d say. It felt surreal watching a group whose music I’ve obsessed over through archive releases and grainy YouTube videos suddenly appear in front of me, in full force, decades after their original run. Before I get into the show, I want to talk about who this band is and why their story is one of the coolest in Chicago music history.

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