“A Man Alive”: Thao Nguyen talks new record before Thalia Hall show
San Francisco-based Thao & The Get Down Stay Down is back with the band’s fourth record, “A Man Alive.” Since its release earlier this month, the record has been praised […]
Blacklisted!: An Afternoon of Songs “Joe McCarthy Didn’t Want You to Hear”
Making your living as an artist has never been an easy path, but it was particularly difficult in America from the late 1940s to the early 1960s during the Second […]
“Your handy mobile band!”: A Conversation with Macie and Sima of Homme
Macie Stewart and Sima Cunningham didn’t actually mean to start a band. In the summer of 2014, 22-year-old Stewart and 26-year-old Cunningham — who boast collective musical resumes that include […]
Sympathy, Said the Shark: POV Thriller Premieres at Facets
Sympathy, Said the Shark, a new POV thriller produced by Chicago native Casey Morris, will premiere in Chicago at Facets Cinematheque in Lincoln Park tonight at 7:30pm. The film, which was written and directed by […]