Review: Adam Melchor Takes Thalia Hall on the Joyride of a Lifetime
Review by guest author Lorenzo Zenitsky. I’m sure it’s getting pretty annoying lately as I shout from the rooftops about all my Chicago firsts and this review will be no […]
New Year, New Round of Bandcamp Fridays!
At the end of January, Bandcamp announced their 2023 plans for their series of fee-free first Fridays of the year! This initially was a short term way to help bands […]
Review: Squirrel Flower Was So Good at Sleeping Village, It Hurt My Feelings
Guest review by Lorenzo Zenitsky. My first Squirrel Flower concert and my first time at Sleeping Village were a tandem success story for the ages, and by ages, I mean […]
Review: Thee Sacred Souls Return to Thalia Hall with an Amazing Night of Soulful Songs
Thee Sacred Souls are no strangers to Chicago, especially Thalia Hall. Having played local venues quite a bit last year including the Thalia Hall Block Party, Thee Sacred Souls feel […]
Preview: North Coast Music Festival Returns to SeatGeek Stadium for Another Year of EDM Fun
Festival season is quickly approaching and it’s time to get excited! North Coast Music Festival, which happens to be one of the later and incredibly fun festivals of the summer […]
Review: Blondshell Is Making 2023 Her Year
Sabrina Teitelbaum also known as Blondshell is taking the indie scene by storm. This is her up-and-coming year to put herself out there. With the news of her releasing her […]
Premier: LOTEC’s Driving “Won’t You” From Their First New Album Since 2001!
LOTEC began their existence as Land Of The El Caminos, and remained active through the late ’90s and into the aughts. They garnered acclaim for their hard-charging sound, grafting Fanelli’s […]
Review: Doss Brings an Effervescent Dance Party to Lincoln Hall for Tomorrow Never Knows
Electronic dance music occupies an incredibly unique space within the live music landscape, being one of the only genres in which the focus is primarily on the audience rather than […]
Review: Horszowski Trio Wows at the Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival
Centered on the music of Robert Schumann, the Horszowski Trio gave a dynamite performance at the Pick-Staiger Concert Hall in Evanston on Friday night. Based in New York, this ensemble […]
Review: A Night of Surprises as Bonny Doon Turns Chicago into Detroit Rock City
Guest review by Lorenzo Zenitsky. Okay, so first things first, Bonny Doon‘s Thursday night performance at The Empty Bottle was my first show ever at The Empty Bottle and I […]
Review: Tomorrow Never Knows Let Cloakroom’s Oscillating Sound Run Wild at Schubas
Guest review by Patrick Daul. In an increasingly genre-less musical landscape, it seems more difficult than ever to define a band within a single stylistic framework. With Northwest Indiana trio […]
Review: Tomberlin Leads Schubas on a Beautiful Night of Emotional Songs
We’re just over a decade of Tomorrow Never Knows festivals and they just keep getting better. TNK takes over a nice collection of local venues every January (save for that […]