Nick Murphy (formerly known as Chet Faker) brought his unique blend of soulful sounds and feel good tunes to Metro Chicago. The singer-songwriter hailing from Australia performed a set of some familiar […]
Empire of the Sun kicked off their highly anticipated Decade Anniversary Tour in Chicago for three sold out nights in a row. This tour was a re-imagining of their debut album, Walking […]
The Dandy Warhols are currently on tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of the band’s existence. I didn’t discover them until 1997—some Columbia reps used to come into Danny’s when I DJed there […]
Saturday night’s sold out American Football show at Metro was a unique experience. The show, which was also the album release show for the band’s third self-titled album, was packed with fans […]
Last week, before polar vortex’s were all the rage , Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks came to Chicago for a show at the historic Metro. Malkmus carries a particularly legendary status with […]
At Snail Mail’s headlining Tomorrow Never Knows show at Metro on Thursday, the highlights were surprising. Two Chicago bands, Varsity and Lala Lala, opened the night, and per usual the Chicago crowds […]
Wednesday night at Metro was filled with performance art. The Wrigleyville venue welcomed Stars, on tour in support of their latest single, “Are You With Me?,” released a few weeks ago. Stars […]
The best way to learn about new music isn’t through some algorithm that gives you similar sounding music. It helps, but the best way is for people to recommend you something, whether […]
Murder by Death’s show at Metro on Saturday night featured a lot of fist pumping. Not in the douchey, bro-guy fist pump way, though, but the way you raise your fist when […]
Sleigh Bells’ shows are nothing if not utterly fun. From start to finish, very time I’ve seen Alexis Krauss and Derek Edward Miller it was been a nonstop party. Even when stuck […]
As my Uber gets closer to Wrigleyville for the Deafheaven show I hear a loud but faint noise that sounds like The Breeders sure enough, they’re one of the opening bands for the Foo Fighters at Wrigley Field. Now […]
Thomas Fec makes music that will either give you nightmares or soothe you into a state of complete serenity. The nightmares tend to be closely related to his TOBACCO project, a dismantling […]
