TCR Mixtape No. 31: Legends in Your Living Room
Do you ever wish that you could see your favorite artist in an intimate environment? Unless the only artists you listen to treat live performance like Andrew Bird with gigs […]
North Coast Music Festival 2017: Day Three in Review
[soliloquy id=”17892″] Finally the North Coast Music Festival schedules aligned and gates opened 15 minutes before any of the performers began their sets. It doesn’t seem like much but after […]
Cloakroom Summoned a Magical Mood at Schubas
There’s a particularly strange mood that accompanies the transition from summer to autumn. Life becomes paradoxically darker and heavier yet beautiful. Crisp nights come earlier and earlier along with an […]
North Coast Music Festival 2017: Day Two in Review
[soliloquy id=”17723″] A nice and sunny day greeted North Coast Music Festival attendees to very local-music-friendly start to the day while a late night rainstorm sent the crowds off […]
North Coast Music Festival 2017: Day One in Review
North Coast Music Festival: Summer’s Last Stand has finally arrived! The eclectic festival started out their Labor Day weekend stay at Union Park with a nice mix of EDM, funk, […]
Mellencamp’s Melodic Mélange in Sad Clowns and Hillbillies
Bloomington, Indiana’s most famous son shakes the snow globe of American music to mix up a melodic mélange of Motown, 12-bar blues, country and heartland rock in the soulful, riveting […]
Who We’re Excited to See at North Coast Music Festival 2017
Summer is on its way out and what better way to honor it that with North Coast Music Festival: Summer’s Last Stand. This year’s fest is once again taking over […]
Third Coast Percussion Soars After Winning Grammy Award
Last year’s Ear Taxi Festival put Chicago’s vibrant contemporary art music scene on display, demonstrating a deep and talented community of local composers and performers. One of the brightest lights […]
The Funs Is A Cult: Six New Songs of Fuzzed-Out Shoegaze
New Douglas, Illinois, doesn’t sound like a place where a lot of noise is made. It sounds like the setting out of a John Hughes film. The town’s population in […]
Jorja Smith Put on a Stunning Performance at Schubas
Before the show even started, the atmosphere at Schubas felt different. A pretty large contingent of fans had arrived early; squeezed up tightly against the stage and each other, occupying […]
TCR Mixtape No. 30: North Coast Music Festival
The days are starting to cool off and summer is about end. What better way to send off the warm beach days than with the North Coast Music Festival: Summer’s […]
Parent Resurrects Lush ’70s Songwriting with Hoops’ Kevin Krauter at the Hideout
When songwriter Trey Gruber walked to the upright piano in the corner of the Hideout’s stage, we stepped back a few decades. His band Parent, one of Chicago’s most promising new […]