Fantasize Your Ghost Reminds You Just How Great Ohmme Is
Evolution can be scary, especially with bands whose sounds you hold near and dear. But when it comes to Ohmme, the musical project of Sima Cunningham and Macie Stewart, evolution […]
Preview: Grant Park Festival Goes Virtual
Having delivered and recorded excellent concerts for many years, Grant Park Festival is dipping into its archives to offer Festival Remixed, a virtual season comprising performances from past seasons. Starting […]
Bandcamp Is Waiving Its Fees Again; Many Labels & Bands Are Donating Their Share to Worthwhile Causes
Back in March and then again in May, Bandcamp decided to waive their fees on the site for a day, letting their cut of the profits go to the artists […]
Wyatt Waddell Urges You to Stand Against Divide and “FIGHT!”
We’ve going through a difficult time. Not just the past few months, but for the entire history of our country. Currently it has reached a boiling point, another boiling point […]
Ohmme Take a Quarantined Trip in the Video for “The Limit”
It doesn’t feel like all that long ago since Ohmme released their incredible album Parts. In fact if you were to have told me it’s been nearly two years since […]
Preview: Third Coast Percussion to Perform Music by Danny Elfman on Friday
Third Coast Percussion is livestreaming Danny Elfman’s Percussion Quartet this Friday evening. In the 1980s Elfman was the frontman and songwriter for the new-wave band Oingo Boingo. He has gone […]
Preview: Chicago Composer and Pianist Amy Wurtz to Livestream on Thursday
Chicago composer and pianist Amy Wurtz will be offering a livestream performance from the comfort of her living room this Thursday evening. The program includes fiery Preludes and Etudes by […]
They Call Me Disco is the Danceable, Magical Sonic Wonderland We all Needed Right Now
To state the obvious, 2020 has been one of the worst years any of us will ever experience. It’s allowed us to turn toward simple comforts, like loved ones, fresh-baked […]
Review: Field Report’s Brake Light Red Tide Breaks New Ground for Milwaukee’s Chris Porterfield
On “Decision Day,” the stellar opener to Field Report’s autumnal sophomore album Marigolden from 2014, Chris Porterfield, the Milwaukee-based songwriter, sings “Take your time and let the tide pull you […]
Another Round of Bandcamp Waiving Its Fees; Here are Some Great Local Bands You Should Support Today!
Back in March, Bandcamp saw just how much venue closures due to Covid-19 were going to affect musicians and decided to waive their fees on the site for a day, […]
The Looming Near Extinction of Live Music in Chicago Is Very Real and Very Terrifying
Chicago Independent Venue League (CIVL) is a coalition of more than 20 Chicago music venues who initially banded together to fight developers threatening the scene with corporate venues, and have […]
Don’t Stand So Close to Me: Listening to Music in the Age of Corona
You know it’s grim out there when you wake up every morning looking forward to hearing the latest Internet sensation, Pluto the talking schnauzer, whose sole purpose is to console […]