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Review: Horszowski Trio Wows at the Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival

Centered on the music of Robert Schumann, the Horszowski Trio gave a dynamite performance at the Pick-Staiger Concert Hall in Evanston on Friday night. Based in New York, this ensemble […]

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Review: A Night of Surprises as Bonny Doon Turns Chicago into Detroit Rock City

Guest review by Lorenzo Zenitsky. Okay, so first things first, Bonny Doon‘s Thursday night performance at The Empty Bottle was my first show ever at The Empty Bottle and I […]

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Review: Tomorrow Never Knows Let Cloakroom’s Oscillating Sound Run Wild at Schubas

Guest review by Patrick Daul. In an increasingly genre-less musical landscape, it seems more difficult than ever to define a band within a single stylistic framework. With Northwest Indiana trio […]

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Review: Tomberlin Leads Schubas on a Beautiful Night of Emotional Songs

We’re just over a decade of Tomorrow Never Knows festivals and they just keep getting better. TNK takes over a nice collection of local venues every January (save for that […]

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Review: Hail The Sun Supports Legendary Supergroup at Concord Music Hall with an Energetic Performance

Super-group The Sound of Animals Fighting started its tour this month with a short schedule of only 13 shows throughout the United States. This tour is in support of APESHIT, […]

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Review: Chicago Philharmonic Shows Off Bountiful Talent in Tan Dun’s Concertos

The Chicago Philharmonic mirrored the kaleidoscope of Chicago diversity of their performance of several works, including two concertos by composer Tan Dun and one by The Chicago Phil’s composer in […]

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Review: Dry Cleaning Creates Chill, Laid-Back Vibes on Friday the 13th at Thalia Hall

Listening to Dry Cleaning feels like having the perfect background-noise playlist on; the music and lyrics mimic conversations that we all make up in our minds in the shower, driving […]

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Matt Muse Knows His Worth on the Boathouse Produced “Leave Here”

Matt Muse, the Chicago/LA-based rapper and poet is keeping his game on point. He’s been releasing singles consistently over that past few years (“Rapport” & “Rockin’ / Bridges“) since the […]

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Review: A Solid Opening Night for Whitney’s Trio of Thalia Hall Shows

Winter traditions are plentiful, but every once in a while a new one pops up and feels as necessary as the tried and true ones. Such is the case with […]

Julian Ramirez /
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Review: Yerin Baek Impresses Her Dedicated Fanbase at Chop Shop

South Korean singer-songwriter and producer Yerin Baek performed a dazzling show for a sold-out crowd at Chop Shop on the Chicago stop of her North American tour.  Sans an opening […]

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Review: The Lemonheads Bring A Swaggering It’s A Shame About Ray to The Metro

I was introduced to The Lemonheads right around 1990, since someone at my college record store was clearly a fan and kept the Taang! releases in stock and prominently displayed. […]

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Review: Modest Mouse Marks 25 years of The Lonesome Crowded West at a Packed Riviera Theatre

When you’re reaching 30 years as a band and you have as much in the tank as Modest Mouse, you should count yourself as lucky. While there have been elongated […]

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