Zach Blumenfeld

FIVE DAYS OF WEEKEND, Y’ALL! Thanks to our early presidents’ greatness–now that we have works of art such as Hamilton and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, we can truly see Washington and Lincoln […]

When I interviewed Grizfolk for a feature in Paste Magazine last month, they were gearing up for their first headlining tour. I asked them what they had learned opening for bands […]

This weekend marks the start of Mardi Gras celebrations. We don’t have any listed here, because we figure if getting hammered NOLA-style is your weekend plan, you’ve already reserved your […]

Normally, we’d wait to publish a preview of a show until a few days beforehand, but this is (paradoxically) too cool and too hot to wait on: The Smashing Pumpkins […]

I’d like to start this off with a glimpse of perhaps the stupidest idea Uber has ever concocted. You may have heard about a couple of recent high-profile assaults carried […]

We’ll start off with a song of the day: “The Way” by Fastball. You might have heard that in the far-off suburb of Wood Dale, just beyond the nether regions […]

I knew I was in for a wild, primal evening of music at Lincoln Hall for the second night of Tomorrow Never Knows. With a name like All Them Witches […]

Every Thursday morning, we help you plan the best way to spend your upcoming weekend in this glorious city. When we started 3CR, there was some debate as to whether or […]

I graduated from Vanderbilt University in May. Besides my degree, the best thing I took away from my time in Nashville might be the music of All Them Witches, a psychedelic-blues […]

Chicago has one of the most vibrant music scenes in the country, and a major reason for that is the plethora of incredible venues strewn across the city. Too often, […]