I’m Falling for You, Chairlift
Chairlift let its music speak for itself Friday night at Park West in Chicago on its farewell tour. Normally I would comment on lighting, costumes, size of the venue and […]
Chairlift Music Will Resonate Through the Walls at Park West Friday
Chairlift is performing its final Chicago show Friday night at Park West. The band is breaking up simply due to the pursuit of individual projects for both its members. It’s […]
Regina Spektor Gives the Chicago Theatre Time
Regina Spektor couldn’t have chosen a better venue at which to represent herself and her music Friday night, as she performed her Remember Us To Life tour. I have followed […]
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 […]
Roger, Wilco at Chicago Theatre; Tweedy Back in Chicago April 21/22
Chicago’s own Wilco is touring in support of their tenth studio album “Schmilco,” the 2016 follow up to “Star Wars,” performing shows and joining festivals in the US and Canada, […]
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 […]
Cigarettes After Sex: Love, Hysteria and Chills This Thursday at Schubas Tavern
Another beautiful, spine-tingling band will be joining us Thursday at Schubas Tavern. Cigarettes After Sex is vocalist and guitarist Greg Gonzalez, keyboardist Phillip Tubbs, bassist Randy Miller and drummer Jacob […]
Win a Pair of Tickets to Reaction NYE, Dec. 30-31!
We at Third Coast Review are giving you a chance to count down to 2017 with Zeds Dead at one of the best 17+ New Years Eve concerts in Chicago, […]
Concert Preview: Molehill Circles Back to Its Hometown
The Counting Crows frontman Adam Duritz has invited Molehill to play a festival in Toronto, The Outlaw Roadshow. But you have the chance to see these virtuosos live first on […]
Christine and the Queens at the Vic Theatre: Héloïse Letissier Boasts Her Inner Man
A Tuesday night at the Vic Theatre, not quite packed, but close enough, and Christine and the Queens is beginning its conquest of the United States with this Chicago stop, and with […]
Concert Preview: Nest at Schubas Tavern
Nest lead vocalist Stephanie Maieritsch walked over to me, wearing the friendliest smile I’ve ever seen, as I waited in the Old Town School of Folk Music lobby at Lincoln […]
Robot Face Tour: Caravan Palace rocked it for me at the House of Blues
The floor at the House of Blues bounced Saturday night as the crowd threw its arms in the air for Caravan Palace, and jumped to Charles Delaport’s pounding upright bass […]