Music, Reviews

Diane Coffee Dazzles with Modern Vices @ Schubas

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Schubas Tavern was yet again graced by the presence of Diane Coffee to ring in the New Year, who spent 2017’s Eve as well as December 30th in the cozy […]

Matt Brooks /
Lit, Reviews

Book Review: Kevin Smokler’s Brat Pack America

Movies are a global business. This is something close to an axiom given how Hollywood iconography has swaddled the globe. Audiences from Berlin to (formerly) Bombay became acquainted with silver […]

James Orbesen /
Interviews, Music

An Interview With Quinn Tsan

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Quinn Tsan is a soft-spoken yet confident vocalist currently residing in our great city. While she originally made Chicago her new home to sing alongside Joe Pug, Quinn needs no […]

Matt Brooks /
Reviews

Review: Sunflower Bean @ Lincoln Hall

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October 21st, 2016 at Lincoln Hall was a night of nostalgic, accessible rock music that never crossed the line of unoriginality. Throughout the entire night, whispers circulated in the crowd […]

Matt Brooks /
Audio, Music

Third Coast Mixtape No. 6: Songs in the Key of Love

Anyone who really knows me would be a little surprised by the “love songs” theme I chose for this week. I’ve always taken on the role of love cynic/critic/firm believer […]

Madeline Fex /
Audio, Music

Third Coast Mixtape No. 5: The Come Up

This collection of songs is inspired by my neighborhood, parents’ parting words before going out, nights that quickly shift into early mornings, missed calls, mismatched outfits, radio static that interrupts my […]

F. Amanda Tugade /
Architecture, Art & Museums, Design, Festivals, Painting & sculpture, Photography, Reviews, Sculpture

EXPO, EXPO, Read All About It!

The air buzzes over the grand floors of Navy Pier’s Festival Hall where mini galleries are set like city blocks as guests navigate the aisles. There are colors everywhere: nestled […]

Stephanie Lenchard Warren /
Music, Reviews, Venues

Mothxr at the Beat Kitchen: Bringing Chicago’s sounds to Chicago

Four-piece Brooklyn band Mothxr pounded through the Beat Kitchen Friday with a colorful synth and breezy vocals, following a set from opener Shah Jahan. Though Mothxr, “pronounced like the woman […]

Elif Geris /
Interviews, Lit

An Interview with Jessa Crispin, the Bookslut

Jessa Crispin, world traveler and occasional Chicago resident recently shuttered her website Bookslut, a review and interview publication that’s been running hot since 2002 (full disclosure: I wrote for Bookslut […]

James Orbesen /
Comedy, Stages, Theater

Mary-Kate Olsen is in Love at the Apollo Theatre: Symbols Lost

I walked into the premier of the Comrades’ production of Mary-Kate Olsen Is in Love, knowing that it would be a quirky one, hence the title. I thought I would […]

Elif Geris /
Art & Museums, Design, Installation, Painting & sculpture, Photography, Sculpture

VAM Presents FANTASTY @ Wesley Kimler Studio

VAM is an experimental resource and creative studio that has featured artists such as Sid Branca, The Good Night Ladies, Beata Chrzanowska, and Po’ Chop. This Saturday, VAM will be […]

Nicole Lane /