Your Guide to Record Store Day 2025 in Chicago and Beyond
While it may feel a little early, make no mistake, record collectors’ most divisive holiday is here! Record Store Day this Saturday, April 12, is the time where record shops […]
Review: Free Range Hangs Around in the Lost & Found on Their Exquisite Sophomore Offering
One could say I’ve been practicing listening to Free Range for quite some time.… So much so that the release of their sophomore album Lost & Found this year may […]
Review: Archer Oh Hits the Mark at Cobra Lounge
Anyone who thinks that 2025 does not offer the appropriate musical landscape for a gritty garage rock hybrid of early Nirvana, Weezer, and the Smiths hasn’t heard California’s Archer Oh. […]
Review: Berlin’s Leonkoro Quartet Entertains in Hyde Park With a Mix of Early to Modern Music
Before returning to their homes in Berlin, the Leonkoro Quartet finished their North American tour with an entertaining concert at Logan Center in Hyde Park on Friday night. Formed in […]
Review: Ela Minus Stuns at Her Sold-Out Schubas Show
The vastly talented Colombian singer, songwriter and producer Ela Minus sold out Chicago’s iconic Schubas Tavern last week as one of her only stops on her U.S. tour. Supporting her […]
Review: Chicago A Cappella Gets Jazzy
Chicago A Cappella performed A Cappella Jazz on Saturday, March 29, at the Gannon Concert Hall in the Holtschneider Performance Center on the campus of DePaul University. This concert began […]
Review: Sunny Afternoon at Chicago Shakes Is a Rock and Roll Fantasy
They were the most English of British Invasion bands. While other English musicians adopted American styles and turned their backs on their own musical traditions, the Kinks doubled down, writing […]
Review: Lucky Cloud Quietly Releases the Album of the Year With Foreground
Yes, I couldn’t come up with anything clever enough for the title of this review, so instead, I just decided to be as upfront with my opinion on the album […]
Review: Disaster Kid Takes Flight With Gentle Rare Bird EP
Last April, Chicago-based Disaster Kid retreated to a Wisconsin cabin and recorded half a dozen songs in just five days. From that session emerges the reflective Rare Bird EP, humbly […]
Review: Hannah Frey Can’t Help but See the Bright Side on New Album Lucky Girl
Hannah Frey and I share a Chicago timeline. I first discovered her on a weekend home from college listening to NPR on my mom’s speakers utterly transfixed by her song […]
Photos: Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy and Friends Pour Their Souls into Fables of Reconstruction at Metro
This article was written by Wendy Davis. Celebrating the 40th anniversary of R.E.M.’s acclaimed 1985 album, Fables of Reconstruction, Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy and Friends hit the road again […]
Review: Faye Webster Concludes Her U.S. Tour at the Salt Shed
A whole year after the release of her 2024 studio album, Underdressed at the Symphony, the beloved singer-songwriter and Atlanta native Faye Webster returned to Chicago for two back-to-back impressively […]