You! Me! Los Campesinos! Dancing at the Metro!
The band Los Campesinos! became important to me during a particularly unremarkable part of my life. Due to a critical lack of ambition on my part, the summer after my […]
Frances Luke Accord Mesmerizes Schubas with Sweet Folk Sounds
[soliloquy id=”10033″]“Save me your laughter and your religion…” sang Nick Gunty of Chicago-based folk duo Frances Luke Accord. Gunty and bandmate Brian Powers played their sonically meticulous, poetry-infused folk-rock to […]
The Radio Dept. dazzles at Thalia Hall
Swedish indie group The Radio Dept. let its instruments and minimal backdrop speak for itself at Thalia Hall Saturday. As someone who suffers from synesthesia, the four sets of striped […]
Sinkane Showed Lincoln Hall How to Live Life
[soliloquy id=”10056″] Sinkane, the main musical outlet of Ahmed Gallab, is a band of the world. His music evokes sounds from every corner of the earth, blending them together with […]
Hamilton Leithauser: Anything But Retired
The Walkmen never blew up in the same way as their garage-rock contemporaries did. Most of us remember the Saturn commercial with the Ion driving past the highway signs that […]
Sonny Apollo: How Homelessness led to A Music Residency in River North
The first time I met Sonny Apollo, he peered through the window of UIC Radio’s studio, wearing a pair of sunglasses (although we were indoors) and probably a hat. I […]
The Ethereal Vibes of Sampha and Mal Devisa
[soliloquy id=”9526″] Few artists get as much attention as Sampha has gotten in the past few years. Thankfully, he has the talent and character to back it up. Sampha has […]
Led By Light with Cigarettes After Sex at Schubas Tavern
Schubas Tavern was transformed into a meditation salon Thursday night at the Cigarettes After Sex concert. The band, led by vocalist Greg Gonzalez, emitted a sound that washed over the crowd […]
An Evening of Remarkable Sounds with Esmé Patterson and Pool Holograph
[soliloquy id=”9164″] I had the pleasure of seeing Esmé Patterson perform last year at Evanston SPACE, a few months before the release of her latest album We Were Wild. […]
The Lemon Twigs: Leg-Kicks and Glitter
The headliners at the Empty Bottle wore black Sharpie X’s on their hands. They also donned blazers: one wore a tie, the other sported a turtleneck. The elder member of […]
A Balance of Intimacy and Majesty with Margaret Glaspy, Andrew Bird and The Lumineers
[soliloquy id=”9016″] How exactly does one make an arena holding thousands of people feel like an intimate affair? Much like the arena itself, this is no small task. It […]
Big Thief Steals the Evening @ Schubas During TNK Fest
[soliloquy id=”8884″] Photos by Julian Ramirez Tomorrow Never Knows never disappoints. In addition to promoting well-known favorites all over Chicago, we’re also given stellar performances by local up-and-comers. Wednesday evening […]