You know, I originally picked the Drake/Teletubbies sun photo hybrid to head up this column because I thought it was funny. I figured others, too, would delight at the introspective, glowering King of the 6 juxtaposed against the most obnoxious…
What a fun week it’s been! Personally, my mind has been taken up by the whole Rapist Brock Turner fiasco. That kid sucks in every way possible. I don’t think I have much to add beyond what’s been said by others…
In case you pay no attention to the music world beyond the Billboard Top 40—highly unlikely if you landed here—guitars are far from dead. Last night, I got a look at two hard-rocking bands that can fill an arena with…
The Beach Boys couldn’t wait for June in “Surfin’ USA” all those years ago. Suffice it to say, they’ve returned to their happy place. And so have we, as it’s finally time for the first sizable music festival of the…
Holy smokes, is it already the last weekend of May? It seems that just as molecules move faster in rising heat, so too does time. Another glorious, energized, wonderful Chicago summer is basically upon us at this point. With that…
I tend to avoid going out in Wrigleyville. College was fun, but I’m more or less over the bro-verload you typically find on Clark. But the Cubby Bear’s a legendary spot with a good stage where I had never seen…
Could this finally be the advent of summer for good? My phone is telling me that we’ll be in the high 60s all weekend, then in the 70s the next week. Feels like we’re finally heated up to the point…
What a time to be alive in the city of Chicago. The following are the two best teams in Major League Baseball: Chicago Cubs (25-7) Chicago White Sox (23-12) You know the last time this city has had the best…
Happy Cinco de Mayo, everyone! Or rather, happy insignificant Mexican holiday propped up by beer companies to get you to commercialize and appropriate Mexican culture for their benefit! I sort of went off on the notion of Cinco de Mayo…
The bad news: we don’t have any Blackhawks hockey to watch this weekend. The good news: the Cubs and Sox are the two best teams in Major League Baseball. I mean, everyone saw this coming for the Northsiders, but the…
We hope you had an outstanding 4/20, if you’re into that type of stuff. If not, thankfully there’s a lot of great stuff coming up to do in the city this weekend. Here are some of the highlights: THURSDAY, APRIL…
It’s hard to write this cheerfully on the morning after a crushing overtime loss for the Blackhawks. But looking ahead, this should be an amazing weekend. CIMMFest is happening for the next four days, giving us a lineup of awesome…
We’ve got a decently heavy music lineup for you this weekend. Which is awesome, because spring is maybe, finally, potentially here, and the proper reaction is going crazy (but not violently so) at a concert. THURSDAY, APRIL 7TH HAELOS @…
I’ve never been quite sure how to characterize CHON‘s music. Is it instrumental metal with jazz and classical tendencies? Is it lounge music played on electric guitars, backed by ferocious drumming? My typical listening environment for the four-piece band from San…
Before we get to this weekend’s awesome events, a note on some changes I’ll be making to the Curated Chicago Weekend feature. As you may or may not have read, we’re changing up the Beyond section of Third Coast Review. It’ll…
This goddamn partisan turmoil just won’t stop, will it? Unless you have set yourself firmly against all forms of consuming the news, you heard that President Obama nominated Merrick Garland (a native of the north ‘burbs!) to fill the vacancy…
As I walked into The Hideout around a quarter to seven last night, I almost immediately ran into Crown Larks frontman Jack Bouboushian, one of the nicest guys you’ll meet in Chicago’s music scene. Crown Larks, like the seven other bands…
Happy St. Patrick’s Day weekend, everybody! I’m saying this despite the irony that next week’s Curated Chicago Weekend post will fall on the actual St. Patrick’s Day. By then, though, the river will be back to its normal muddy bluish-brown, the participants…
My thoughts for the entirety of yesterday consisted of this short video, for which I’ve decided to hold the first Third Coast Review caption contest: Unless you’ve buried your head so deep in the earth’s crust that it’s begun to liquefy…
We start off this week’s edition of Your Chicago Curated Weekend with a concert that’s not happening. Ke$ha was scheduled to play at Loyola University on Friday. But yesterday, she canceled the show, citing “personal reasons.” And by “personal reasons,” it’s…
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