Review: The Wild Hearts Tour Gets the Salt Shed Emotional
It had been a little over a week of shows at the Salt Shed when the Wild Hearts tour came rolling in. Consisting of Julien Baker, Sharon Van Etten and […]
Review: Fleet Foxes and Uwade Delight a Packed Salt Shed
Anticipation has been growing for months for Chicago’s newest venue, The Salt Shed. Last week that eagerness was finally satiated with the start of their Outside the Shed series and […]
Review: Now Stars, Brandi Carlile and Her Band Renew Their Chicago Bonds
When Brandi Carlile and her band last played Chicago in June 2019, they were riding a breakthrough high. Carlile and twin bandmates Phil and Tim Hanseroth had spent nearly two […]
Review: Grant Park Chorus Turns 60 in Full Voice
“The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play,” said the late Austrian composer Richard Strauss. And the beauty of classical […]
Review: IDLES Stomps Through Metro
By guest author Aviv Hart Attempting to categorize British rock band IDLES into a genre is an exercise in semantics. Punk rock? Post-punk? No-wave? Noise rock? Take your pick, it […]
Wicker Park Fest 2022 in Review
By guest author Aviv Hart Wicker Park Fest has been my favorite weekend of the summer for about a decade now, providing a full music festival experience to Chicagoans for […]
Preview: Local H Is an Excellent Reason to Finally Leave the House (If You’re Ready) Tonight
This current era we’re in has been quite an adjustment for a person like me who spent decades seeing hundreds of bands play every year. As of today, the only […]
Who We’re Excited to See at the Inaugural Sacred Rose Festival 2022
Here I am, on the heels of an energizing Dead & Company double header at Wrigley Field last month. But instead of satiating my appetite for jam music, it’s only […]
Pitchfork Music Festival 2022: Day 3 in Review
The final day of Pitchfork Music Festival was a blast! With the weather behaving for the most part (save for a few moments of rain in the late afternoon), day […]
Pitchfork Music Festival 2022: Day 2 in Review
Weather wise, day two of Pitchfork Music Festival got off to a much better start than day one. There were no switch ups or lengthy delays, making for one for […]
Pitchfork Music Festival 2022: Day 1 in Review
Pitchfork Music Festival is back to its original mid-July dates and was met with an incredible wet welcome. The rain came in right from the get go, possibly knocking out […]
Who We’re Excited to See at Pitchfork Music Festival 2022!
Festivals are back on their usual schedules, so that means we’re massively excited for Pitchfork Music Festival this weekend! As always, PMF is bringing some of the best acts going […]