In Between Trains: Music for Union Station
There’s something special about hearing music in a public setting when it is free and unexpected. And when it is held in a train station, especially so. It’s one thing […]
Photos: Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy and Friends Pour Their Souls into Fables of Reconstruction at Metro
This article was written by Wendy Davis. Celebrating the 40th anniversary of R.E.M.’s acclaimed 1985 album, Fables of Reconstruction, Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy and Friends hit the road again […]
How Will We Know It’s Summer Now?—A Eulogy for Pitchfork Festival
In the Chicago mega-festival ecosystem, it always felt like Lollapalooza was for the suburbs, Riot Fest was for our parents, and Pitchfork was for us. Jersey-clad frat boys headed for […]
Review: Music and Movie Elevate the Love Story of Bram Stoker’s Dracula
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Review: Tamar Berk Delivers Good Times On Her New Album
Just before the release of her fourth album in four years, Tamar Berk posed the reasonable question, “So in your opinion when is the right time for a ‘greatest hits’ […]
Feature: The Return of Fig Dish!
In the second wave of label signings as the music industry descended on Chicago in the mid-’90s, Fig Dish stood out as particularly resistant to playing the major label game. […]
Kick Off March with Bandcamp Friday
It’s the first Friday of the month and it’s another Bandcamp Friday! Things have certainly changed since Bandcamp first announced their initiative to help bands affected by the pandemic shutting […]
Feature: Chicago Violinist Rachel Barton Pine Mixes Classical With Heavy Metal
Chicago is well known for having a rich and robust classical music community. One of the best measures of that is the talent that emerges from it. One great example […]
Review: Northlight Brings the Soul and Brilliance of Musical Icons in Marie and Rosetta
Imagine in your mind Jimi Hendrix’s Purple Haze with the opening chords howling out of his Fender Stratocaster. Feel that rolling left hand or bass line in the music of […]
Your 3CR Guide to Record Store Day 2023
It’s that time of year again where Record Store Day celebrates record aficionados with a full da of exclusive releases, live bands, and more freebies than you know what to […]
Just in Time for Spring, It’s Bandcamp Friday!
Winter is more or less behind us and the spring season is here. We’re rushing through the year as we enter a brand new month and that means another round […]
Review: NÜDE Crafts a Melancholic Daydream on Debut Single “Exquisite”
Luke Clohisy and Ruby Lucinda have been making music together in various permutations since high school, and it shows. Their new two-piece band NÜDE feels like a culmination of their […]