Pitchfork Music Festival’s Full Lineup Has Been Revealed!
Pitchfork has decided to end your working week with a big Pitchfork Music Festival announcement! Last week they unveiled the stellar headliners with a live feed of artist Shelby Rodeffer […]
The Eclectic Mamby On The Beach Lineup is Out!
Festival lineup announcements have been starting to come in and they are looking good! This week it’s Mamby On The Beach’s turn and they have added a very impressive lineup […]
Frances Luke Accord Mesmerizes Schubas with Sweet Folk Sounds
[soliloquy id=”10033″]“Save me your laughter and your religion…” sang Nick Gunty of Chicago-based folk duo Frances Luke Accord. Gunty and bandmate Brian Powers played their sonically meticulous, poetry-infused folk-rock to […]
JoJo to perform at Concord Music Hall
A little over a decade ago, Joanna Noëlle Blagden Levesque introduced herself to the world. Levesque – who shortened her name to JoJo – revealed pieces of herself and her talent through her […]
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 […]
Newberry Consort Celebrates Queen Christina of Sweden in Legend and Music
The Newberry Consort, an early music ensemble, dedicated its current performances to Queen Christina of Sweden in an evening of music and story about the distinctive royal figure. The Queen: […]
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, […]
Moreau Meets Groundhog Day Week in The Invention of Morel
The Police drummer Stewart Copeland has turned the 1940 Argentine novel into his fifth opera that’s a mix of island dwellers like Dr. Moreau and Gilligan’s Professor, while extending Bill […]
Sinkane Showed Lincoln Hall How to Live Life
[soliloquy id=”10056″] Sinkane, the main musical outlet of Ahmed Gallab, is a band of the world. His music evokes sounds from every corner of the earth, blending them together with […]
Pitchfork Music Festival Headliners Have Been Announced!
Last week, Pitchfork teased announcement for their annual Pitchfork Music Festival, which has been taking over Union Park since 2006 with some of the most unique and interesting lineups of […]
Hamilton Leithauser: Anything But Retired
The Walkmen never blew up in the same way as their garage-rock contemporaries did. Most of us remember the Saturn commercial with the Ion driving past the highway signs that […]
TCR Mixtape No. 20: Shoop Shoop Into Spring
Alright, I’ll be honest. My original theme was going to be songs infused with dreamy vibes (that’s up for my next turn, I promise!). But, if you’re like me and […]