While many bands saw themselves stalled during the pandemic, others took the forced downtime to finish up a long-in-the-works album, and I am very happy to share that Farewell Captain […]

Chicago’s Bach Week Festival kicks off its golden jubilee 50th season this Friday with a series of subscription and free concerts spread over three weeks in Evanston and north Chicago. […]

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s contemporary music program MusicNOW will be ending its season this Monday evening with In Context, a program that includes new works by the CSO Mead Composer-In-Residence […]

Chicago’s Triple Fast Action was active between 1993 and 1998, and were part of the burst of major label signings in the wake of the seismic shifts in popular music […]

There are tons of festivals that grab hold of Chicago but none quite like Lollapalooza. The once three-day festival transformed into a four-day behemoth has been taking over Grant Park […]

Ah, it’s that wonderful time of the year when all the festivals start announcing their lineups! Every year the first couple months of the year are filled with rumor and […]

I first saw Sloan in the mid-‘90s, and have seen most every tour they’ve played since then. The most remarkable thing about the band is that they haven’t picked up […]

Festival season is quickly approaching and it’s time to get excited! North Coast Music Festival, which happens to be one of the later and incredibly fun festivals of the summer […]

It’s no secret, we’re big fans of the Salt Shed. This past summer they hosted their first round of outdoor shows in their Fairgrounds Space and every single one of […]

When I first became obsessed with British singer Beth Orton’s first album Trailer Park (1996), her combination of folk and electronic beats so completely infected my being to the point […]

It may just be another weekend in Chicago for some, but for music fan it’s time for Riot Fest to highlight the weekend with their eclectic mix of alternative rock, […]

Bandcamp Friday is back! What initially was a short term way to help bands affected by the pandemic shutting down touring has become this great on again of again waiving […]