Freaky Deaky started off as a Halloween party in 2009 at the Congress Theater, booking bands like Crystal Castles until various building code violations, neighbor complaints and the termination of […]
I thought I was listening to a song from the soundtrack of Sophia Coppola’s “Marie Antoinette” upon first hearing “Don’t Want to Be Your Friend,” a track off Cassettes on […]
Have you ever felt like popular music has gotten too complex? Are you a bit tired of seeing a band with 9 members, two of which are on the xylophone […]
https://www.instagram.com/p/BIihVpZBiqX/ Last week, our friends at Chicago Reader asked a question. Can Vic Mensa radicalize Lollapalooza? We’re not quite sure his message reached everyone, but during Mensa’s headlining set […]
You want to check out Lolla but suddenly remember that it’s supposed to be hot and gross as hell this weekend. You don’t want to deal with that. Luckily, Lollapalooza […]
[soliloquy id=”5984″] The sun god answered our prayers on Sunday. Union Park was cooler than Saturday and sunnier than Friday, and it stormed long after Oneohtrix Point Never ended […]
In a city that is nearly saturated with street festivals–not a bad problem to have–July’s Wicker Park Fest is set to be one to prioritize. The two-day festival will take […]
[soliloquy id=”5921″] Saturday at the Pitchfork Music Festival felt like a different place from Friday. Unlike the previous cloudy and slightly rainy day, the sun warmed Union Park and […]
[soliloquy id=”5891″] This year’s Pitchfork Music Festival features a rich lineup of new up-and-comers, maturing indie rockers and songwriters, and a few reunions. Unlike many previous years, this weekend is […]
The Pitchfork Music Festival was our first alternative to Lollapalooza. It’s smaller, less expensive, and the lineups pretty much reflect the publication’s “Best New Albums” list with the addition of […]
Doreen Sayegh has been a skosh busy. Playwright and quote-machine William Shakespeare died 400 years ago this year, and a few folks still like to produce his work, so […]
In a marathon, three-hour concert that included two intermissions at Ravinia on Tuesday night, the Emerson String Quartet gave an energetic, vibrant, yet nuanced, performance of six quartets that comprise […]