The third and final weekend of the 2019 Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival opened in a marvelous way as the Jupiter String Quartet gave masterful performances of two titans […]
[soliloquy id=”45755″] Three very brilliant and contrasting bands closed out Tomorrow Never Knows at Lincoln Hall Sunday night. The crowd did not hesitate to flood the front of the stage […]
A three-bill lineup of explosive energy and raucous fun properly helped usher in the 2019 Tomorrow Never Knows festival Wednesday night at Lincoln Hall. Few bands can bring the level […]
At Snail Mail’s headlining Tomorrow Never Knows show at Metro on Thursday, the highlights were surprising. Two Chicago bands, Varsity and Lala Lala, opened the night, and per usual the […]
Tomorrow Never Knows brought the festival vibes to a bitter January night at Schuba‘s, sporting a mostly midwestern line-up (retro synth outfit Video Age joined from Louisiana) for an evening […]
Last month, Chicago’s own Nico Segal (formerly known as Donnie Trumpet) and Fulcrum Point New Music Project hosted a night of eclectic music, poetry, and art as part of the […]
If you read any 2018 year-end best of music lists—and since you’re here I’m guessing you did—you likely noticed Snail Mail near the top of many of them. It’s name […]
Brooklyn’s Charly Bliss are having the time of their lives. At least that’s the impression I’ve gotten every single time I’ve seen them played live. The Brooklyn quartet literally bounce […]
The Dover Quartet opened the 2019 installment of the Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival in a fantastic way on Friday evening with compelling performances of classical and contemporary string […]
When OHMME’s Sima Cunningham and Macie Stewart joined V.V. Lightbody on stage at Schubas last week, 2019 officially started. The Friday night was atypically mild and warm for a Chicago […]
The energy buzzing throughout the venue was palpable as fans fervently waited in anticipation to see Post Animal’s hometown performance. A Chicago fan-favorite group, the psych-rock band played in front […]
It’s been a pretty great year for music. So good in fact that a top 10, top 50, top whatever, wouldn’t have captured the magic of the year. It felt […]