“And I’ve come to know the wish-list of my father/I’ve come to know the shipwrecks where he wished/I’ve come to wish aloud/Before the overdressed crowd/Come to witness now the sinking […]
In what many publications are calling one of the year’s best records, Parquet Courts channeled angst into optimism on their fifth full-length album, Wide Awake. Their recent record almost reads […]
Wednesday night at Metro was filled with performance art. The Wrigleyville venue welcomed Stars, on tour in support of their latest single, “Are You With Me?,” released a few weeks […]
[soliloquy id=”42940″] I’ve been to quite a few of the House of Vans shows and it’s safe to say that they are a special thing; especially in the colder […]
Makaya McCraven, the 35-year-old Chicago jazz drummer, composer and producer, is making waves crossing free jazz with hip hop. Collaboration and spontaneity are pillars of his cause, as demonstrated on […]
Sing to me of Bronzeville, the Black Metropolis. A Northern tree whose Southern roots, having suckled at the Mississippi, were weaned on Eerie waters. Whose branches bear ice and Christmas […]
Khruangbin isn’t a band that puts out singles. They don’t have a singer. Most of their songs can’t be distinguished from each other. They are hardly any words to sing […]
There are just some artists that I will drop everything to see live. Sean Tillmann of Har Mar Superstar and Sabrina Ellis of Sweet Spirit and A Giant Dog are […]
As I walked up the steps of The Promontory, I could already that this was going to be a different kind of show. The Promontory’s concert venue breathed an air […]
Tor Miller is relatively new to the scene. The Brooklyn native became interested in music when a long ride to school every day (two hours, you guys) introduced him to […]
Tom Krell, the 34-year-old singer/producer behind How to Dress Well, an electronic outfit he’s been sporting for close to a decade, is never still on stage. Between manning projections, soundscapes […]
[soliloquy id=”42085″] Julien Baker. Phoebe Bridgers. Lucy Dacus. Three names that make up one of the most talked-about, sought-after supergroups of our time right now, and for good reason. […]