Review: MJ Lenderman Lights Up Lincoln Hall for His Pitchfork Aftershow
After what was surely a good ol’ sweaty time at Pitchfork Friday, MJ Lenderman and Co. headed over to Lincoln Hall with their friends in Styrofoam Winos for a sold-out […]
Lorenzo Zenitsky is a Chicago-based software engineer, amateur bedroom metal musician, and a semi-frequent drinker of coffee but only if it's iced. If he's not admiring his terrible Simpsons tattoos in a gently cracked mirror, he's usually at a local show vibing to great tunes and abhorrently priced beer. $15?! Get outta here...
Review: Destroy Boys Serve Up Complete Destruction With Destroy Fest at the Metro
For a select few hundred people (it’s probably more than that), Destroy Fest 2023 at the Metro was the best place to weather the rain-soaked mugginess of last Saturday night. […]
Review: Yo La Tengo Double Dare To Play Metro for a Second Time in Three Months and Actually Follow Through
Yo La Tengo, back and better than ever, played their second show at the Metro Saturday night just a mere three months after their last in March celebrating the release […]
Review: Jess Williamson Offers Up a Dazzling Country Spectacle at Judson & Moore
What was supposed to be a small, intimate country show under the heavenly starry lights of the Hideout turned into an electric, whiskey-drinking Thursday evening at Judson & Moore Distillery […]
Review: No Matter the Question, the Answer Is Always Alex Lahey at Schubas
Wednesday night at Schubas was a punky indie rock extravaganza for the ages as both Liza Anne and Australia’s unofficial Poet Laureate, Alex Lahey, gave their sold-out crowd something to […]
Review: The National Get Extremely Vivid for Night One at the Auditorium Theatre
All my life I’ve dreamt of seeing The National in concert. More accurately, I’ve dreamt of seeing them live for only the past four years, but that doesn’t sound as […]
Review: Quinnie Earns a Shiny Gold Star at Schubas
Remember when I said most artists sound even better live than in the studio? You don’t? Well, good on you for paying attention because I never said such a thing. […]
Review: Everyone’s a Winner When Flyte Comes to Schubas!
Sometimes you really just need some good ol’ British folk-rock to brighten your day and you shouldn’t have to explain yourself. If there’s one band going today that is doing […]
Review: Told Slant Outperforms an Air Purifier Live at Beat Kitchen
Last Tuesday night’s show at Beat Kitchen was undoubtedly one of the best shows I’ve been to since moving to Chicago almost two years ago. Not only was it one […]
Review: Black Belt Eagle Scout Pours Their Soul to the Subterranean
Not that this matters at all but Saturday marked the first shorts day of the year for me and I wore them with pride and honor as I made my […]
Review: Jawny Plays the Headline Show of His Dreams at Thalia Hall
I was part of the chosen few who decided the best way to spend my St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago was to go see JAWNY and Wallice at Thalia Hall […]
Review: And in the Darkness of the Riviera, Whistles Echo and Weyes Blood Glows
The Riviera Theatre is a handful of years into its second century in Chicago and I guarantee you it’s never seen a professional whistler open for one of indie’s most […]