Labor Day weekend is rapidly approaching and that means the North Coast Music Festival, Summer’s Last Stand, is just around the corner. The music festival that takes a healthy dose of EDM, […]
I think I’m sick. I have a little cough, my joints hurt, and my stomach is a little uneasy. I have post-Lollapalooza exhaustion. The yearly festival of excess and drunken bros dancing […]
If you haven’t heard. this weekend is the 25th anniversary of Lollapalooza. The festival that has called Grant Park home since 2005 is a huge, over the top spectacle that is more […]
Hope everyone’s previous weekend was as fun as mine. Fellow 3CR writer Colin Smith and I had the chance to review the Pitchfork Music Festival and it was a blast. Sure, were […]
Pokémon Go. It’s literally everywhere, hell it’s right here in this post. Over the weekend the game seemed to infiltrate every aspect of my life. Friends, family, strangers were walking around and […]
I hope everyone had a fun and safe pre-fourth of July weekend. I’m still recovering from the holiday. Not so much from partying (of which there was a fair bit) as it […]
So, between writing the intros of this and last week’s Curated Weekend, Brexit happened. I won’t pretend to be educated on all the details of referendum and the eventual consequences. But clearly […]
All photos by Julian Ramirez James McCartney has a lot riding on him. You would too if your dad was Paul McCartney. Where most would coast on their family legacy, I truly […]
No use in hiding it folks, I’m not Zach. You’re stuck with me, Julian Ramirez. I’ll be taking over your Chicago Curated Weekend for a little while and hopefully continue filling your […]
It’s not a good year until the Graveface Roadshow rolls through town. Graveface Records, formally located in Chicago and now stationed in Savanah Ga., puts out the most eclectic and enjoyable music […]
Despite having been imbued with music his entire life, James McCartney didn’t start performing his own songs live until his thirties. He performed on albums by his parents Paul and Linda McCartney, […]
Joan of Arc is one of those bands cemented into the history of Chicago’s music scene. Formed after the demise of Capn’ Jazz (another Chicago music staple), Joan of Arc has […]
