Preview: Ducks Ltd. Bring Their Breezy Pop to Empty Bottle
No band operating in the jangle-pop niche is half as hyped-up as Toronto duo Ducks Ltd. Composed of singer Tom McGreevy and lead guitarist Evan Lewis, the band has steadily […]
Review: Orion Ensemble and Stephen Boe Offer Something French
The Orion Ensemble gave the first of three concerts entitled Parlez-vous français? at the New England Congregational Church in Aurora on Sunday afternoon. As the title suggests the program consisted […]
Review: Sunscreen Needed From All the Heat Magazine Beach Bring to Gman Tavern
If there was one band from 2023 to watch out for that somehow went under everyone’s radar, it’s Magazine Beach from Washington, D.C. Admittedly, I also dropped the ball here […]
Preview: Matthew Sweet’s Bringing His Power-Pop Excellence to Metro
At one time Matthew Sweet was the face of early ’90s power-pop. And even if you didn’t know what “power-pop” was, his music had a universal yearning paired with hooks […]
Review: Mitsuko Uchida and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra Are Underwhelming at Symphony Center
Leading the Mahler Chamber Orchestra at Symphony Center on Tuesday evening, Mitsuko Uchida gave an underwhelming performance of two piano concertos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. She first recorded this music […]
Review: Sleater Kinney and Black Belt Eagle Scout Astound at the Riviera Theatre
I’ve been a fan of Sleater Kinney for a very long time. Long enough that my heart was broken after The Woods (probably my favorite album of theirs) where they […]
Preview: Jesus Jones Brings Their Dance-Rock Back To Chicago
My history with Jesus Jones extends all the way back to the late ’80s when the cover of the Liquidizer cassette caught my eye at a Sound Warehouse. A minute […]
Feature: Off to the Cinema With Reality Club
This review was written by guest author Lyra Wilson. Last Monday felt like something out of an indie movie. I went to the cinema and ended up in La La […]
Review: A Thrilling Concert of Mozart’s Requiem and Thamos, King of Egypt at the Lyric
Requiem is one of the most recognizable works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It is a majestic composition, commissioned by a patron unknown to Mozart. It is also the last work […]
Review: I Always Knew It Was The Vaccines
This review was written by guest author Lyra Wilson. The British are coming! The British are coming! The British invasion came to Chicago for one night at the Riviera Theatre. […]
Review: Hurray for the Riff Raff Puts on One Colossus of a Show at Lincoln Hall
It’s a funny thing really… Just one month ago, my innocent ears had never heard one microsecond of anything by Hurray For The Riff Raff, but there I was one […]
Lollapalooza Turns 20 This August with SZA, Tyler the Creator, Blink 182 & More
We’re in the latter half of March and for festival lovers that mean that Lollapalooza is set to release their lineup! The now and likely forevermore four-day monster of a […]