Opening for the pop trio AJR at the beloved Aragon Ballroom, Robert DeLong did not fail to hype up the crowd for what ended up being a very energetic night. […]

Nichols Concert Hall in Evanston was the scene of a rare treat on Saturday evening as the Callisto Quartet brought youthful energy to a wide ranging program. Comprised of four […]

Listen to a song by Gregory Alan Isakov and you’re likely to hear something about suitcases, gasoline, the sea, the moon, the stars– his poetry is populated by dusty images […]

Last year, Red Bull came to our city for 30 Days in Chicago, a month-long music project that took over November. It was a massive project that brought dozens of […]

Some shows are just tailored made for the venue they’re in. Last week I had the pleasure of seeing a show so perfect for Old Town School of Folk Music […]

Death Valley Girls asked for the ignition of the smoke machine and lower lights before they began their set at the Beat Kitchen Sunday night–but if you got there halfway […]

For the record, the “official” subtitle of The Girl in the Spider’s Web, this latest tale of militant hacker and all-around Swedish badass Lisbeth Salander, is “A New Dragon Tattoo […]

The Smoking Popes opened up the Sunday show at The Aragon Ballroom half an hour before tickets even said bands would play. Luckily there were so many folks who showed […]

Let’s get this out of the way at the outset; I fucking hate The Grateful Dead. I made a concerted effort in my freshman year of college to like them. […]

Saturday night at the Empty Bottle was quite an audio/visual treat. Chicago’s Windbreaker stealthily appeared on stage behind a projection screen full of colorful, glitched out imagery. More than just aesthetic, […]

The childish charm Kevin Barnes brought to Thalia Hall’s stage, full of whimsical drum beats and synth blasts, is ironic to his message on the of Montreal website. The band […]

Birmingham-born band The English Beat shows staying power with its current US tour. Dave Wakeling co-founded the ska sextet in 1979. They opened for seminal acts such as Talking Heads, […]