The Thirteendegrees Interview

On New Chicago, where his aesthetic comes from, who he’s listening to in the underground, the nostalgia-bait allegations, and more

Many readers will be aware that something is happening in the Chicago underground music scene. ‘New Chicago’ is the term that’s come to define the diverse musical output that is displacing drill as the region’s dominate sound.

At the forefront of ‘New Chicago’ is Thirteendegrees. Among the first to coin the movement, as well as one of its most engaging c…