Shout Out Louds Bring the Energy to a Packed Lincoln Hall
I started listening to Shout Out Louds when I discovered one of their songs in the hit CW show, One Tree Hill (I know, I know…this is a safe space though, […]
Susanne Sundfør’s Mystical Performance at Chop Shop/1st Ward
On the coattails of the release of her new album, Music For People In Trouble (released Sept. 8, 2017, via Bella Union), Susanne Sundfør has embarked on her first U.S. tour. The Norwegian […]
The Drums Create a Fun, Inclusive Time at The Metro
Methyl Ethel kicked things off with a hazy, moody set at the Metro on the cold Thursday night. The Australian quartet warmed things up with a mix up jangly pop […]
Taylor Swift Still Manages to Project Heart Through All the Sheen Glossing Over reputation
CAVEAT: This review doesn’t mention Taylor Swift’s celebrity, or the paparazzi, or her squad, or possible dodges of cultural appropriation, or the latest dude she’s dating because, c’mon, this is […]
30 Days in Chicago Rocks Out with Hometown Favorites Whitney & NE-HI
Red Bull Sound Selects has been putting on some fantastic shows in Chicago for quite a while. Their mission has always been to bring new music to the forefront and […]
Alvvays Sold Out Thalia Hall and the Crowd Bounced and Swayed
There was a lot of movement in Thalia Hall at the Alvvays show last Friday. The sold-out crowd bounced instead of head bobbing, swayed instead of standing. Having attended an […]
LCD Soundsystem Danced Everyone Clean During Their Chicago Return
You know it’s a good show when you leave a venue and your hair is three times as large due to the humidity of the sweat evaporating off people’s dancing […]
Cults Played a Mild Sunday Set at Lincoln Hall with Unchallenging New Songs
Cults frontwoman Madeline Follin joyfully said into the microphone “you guys are a rowdy crowd for a Sunday, huh?” An attentive crowd welcomed them to Lincoln Hall last week amid […]
Young Thug at The Metro, Day 1 of Red Bull’s 30 Days in Chicago
It’s November 1, the first night of Red Bull Sound Select’s 30 Day festival taking over Chicago. I step out of the rain and into the group of people […]
The War on Drugs Replicates Its Album Sound Live at the Aragon
As I walked into The Aragon Ballroom on Thursday night, I was curious about how The War on Drugs would interpret their songs in a live setting. Interpret is lead […]
William Patrick Corgan Plays His Beautiful Solo Work at Athenaeum Theatre
Smashing Pumpkins fans know him as Billy Corgan, but the veteran rocker is now using his full name as a solo artist. With the release of his first solo album […]
Zeds Dead Put on an Electrifying Show at Navy Pier
[soliloquy id=”20327″] It’s 43 degrees in Chicago right now. On Saturday, October 21, the day of the Zeds Dead Navy Pier takeover, it was 71. The infamous Chicago summer […]