Some concert nights are just special. Everything falls into place and the performances feel grand. Such was the case when Orville Peck and The Bobby Tenderloin Universe packed (and I mean packed) […]
After the release of his debut full-length album, Where Polly People Go To Read, Gus Dapperton announced U.S. tour that would make a stop at Metro. I was very unsure of what […]
Long Walk Home: Reflections on Bruce Springsteen Edited by Jonathan D. Cohen and June Skinner Sawyers Rutgers University Press He’s called the Boss—and a new book out from Rutgers University Press aims to answer […]
After a rather last minute announcement of a small tour, I was highly anticipating the return of Oklahoma indie band Sports to Chicago. Their Tomorrow Never Knows show was an otherworldly blast […]
“For those of you in the back, this motherfucker’s got one arm!” guitarist Andy Mosiman shouted to the packed house at Empty Bottle for his band The Hecks’ record release show. He […]
Fans of bluegrass, classical, jazz and South Asian music came together at the Chicago Symphony Center Sunday evening for a concert by four world-class musicians who performed an eclectic symphony of world […]
Plague Vendor are not known for their subtlety, and their performance at Chicago’s Beat Kitchen was anything but subtle. Eschewing a traditional light show, the band performed the entirety of their set […]
The Orion Ensemble opened its 27th season with their usual sort of concert that featured little-heard composers and a rarely heard work by a major composer. The second run-through of this program, […]
A moody Sunday evening was more than fitting for rising bedroom-pop sensation Clairo to perform her lo-fi tunes. The Metro floor filled up quickly with eager fans for the second night of […]
Violinist Robert Chen and pianist Matthew Hagle kicked off the Music Institute of Chicago’s 2019-2020 concert season on Sunday afternoon with a delightful performance of music from the 18th and 19th centuries […]
The very first thing that drew me to Orville Peck was the mask: a strap of leather covering the top half of his face and long flowing fringe obscuring the bottom half. […]
Metal can be an intimidating genre of music to dabble in for most. On the surface level, metal bands can be seen as intense, loud, and maybe something geared towards a niche […]
