A Reader staffer shares three musical obsessions, then asks someone (who asks someone else) to take a turn.

Flesh of the Stars, Mercy Chicago’s Flesh of the Stars released this sweeping, super-clean doom album in June, but its elegant melodies and sense of old-world decay make Mercy feel like it was meant for fall all along.

Negative Scanner and Oozing Wound at Bricktown on August 30 Seeing two of Chicago’s most-hyped acts playing a sweaty warehouse flashed me back to 2012. Any kids reading this should drop out of SAIC and start a DIY space. It worked for me, kinda.

Curve of Earth by Ohtis