Festival season is in full swing and this weekend is overflowing with them! Whether you are looking for ribs, tacos, beer, music, or art, there is something going on in the coming […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 6/14 – 6/17
Review: Vampyr Never Reaches its Potential
Vampyr is a game where you play as a vampire—something that has been tried to varying success in the past. Developer Dontnod has had plenty of experience with telling a great story […]
TCR Mixtape No. 37: K-Sounds
One of my favorite bands, Hyukoh, recently released their new EP titled 24 along with a music video for their single “Love Ya!” While I was excited to be able to listen to […]
Review: Bishop Briggs Returns to Chicago in Style
Bishop Briggs has one of those voices that could bring a congregation to their knees; her powerhouse vocals and deeply personal lyrics make her one of the best indie female artists in […]
Chatting New Solo Sounds with Alexis Taylor
Alexis Taylor is well-known for synthy, multi-layered grooves as part of British band Hot Chip. But he’s also got a pretty impressive solo catalog—including Beautiful Thing, released this year. Taylor’s going to be at […]
Three Takeaways from the Tri-City Craft Brew Festival
On Saturday morning, I climbed aboard an outbound Metra and headed west in search of friends and beer. An hour later I arrived in a strange, exurban land where the weather was […]
Album Review: Kill Scenes’ In Dreams Creatively Soundtrack Imaginary Films
Kill Scenes’ latest release, In Dreams could itself be the soundtrack to a dream, which is appropriate for a project that seeks to create soundtracks to imaginary films. Like a dream, it switches […]
Review: Superfly Remake Adds Nothing New in Updating its Look and Location
This update of the 1972 films about the drug underworld has never met a cliché it didn’t love and embrace. Directed by veteran music video helmer Director X (Rihanna, Drake), SuperFly has […]
E3 has Officially Begun! Check Out Our Favorites From the Major E3 Presentations
The huge Electronics and Entertainment Expo’s floors open today after a weekend of exciting conferences full of announcements. Some of them, we predicted in our pre-E3 round-up, but even so, there were […]
20,000 Leagues Under the Seas Adapts the Classic Tale for the Lookingglass Stage
Professor Arronax (Kasey Foster), expert of all things oceanic, has been brought aboard a US Naval Vessel to aide in the search for an elusive killer of ships– is it man made, […]
Review: Burnham’s Dream Never Takes Flight at Theater Wit
Burnham’s Dream by Lost and Found Productions is a musical about one of the most iconic times in Chicago history. Only 22 years after the Chicago Fire, the city was on the verge […]
Review: Despite its Clunkiness Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor–Martyr is a Solid ARPG
The Warhammer franchise is vast, and deeply entrenched into modern video games. There is a Warhammer game in every genre I can think of (except for platformers, and puzzle games—I’d love to […]
