Chelsea Wolfe and Youth Code Made the Metro the Spookiest Place to Be
Just in time for the Halloween season, goth queen Chelsea Wolfe brought a night of macabre and deeply somber melodies to the Metro. Her music isn’t depressing by any means, […]
PVRIS and Lights End Their Tour With a Bang
After a successful tour across North America, PVRIS and Lights concluded their tour in Chicago with a nearly sold-out show at The Riv. Throngs of fans lined up outside the […]
Moses Sumney’s Jaw-Droppingly Beautiful Show at Old Town School of Folk
What kind of madman covers both Neil Young and Björk in the same show? Moses Sumney does. Sumney is the kind of artist who draws you in, and it’s not […]
Zeds Dead Visits Navy Pier on 10/21
Dubstep has been a solid genre in the EDM world for years, and it shows no signs of slowing down. If you didn’t make it over to Lost Lands a […]
Vince Staples Spoke at the MCA … And the Conversation Isn’t Over
On the ground floor auditorium at the Museum of Contemporary Art, people shuffled into seats at 6:06pm—the result of a sold-out show and respective waitlist. At 6:09 Vince Staples slouched […]
A Night of Electronic Excellence at Beat Kitchen with TV Girl
A line snaked out the entrance of Beat Kitchen this past weekend and I couldn’t say I was surprised. The under 21 but 17+ fans were anxiously waiting to get […]
Preview: 12th Chicago Latino Music Festival Opens Thursday
Celebrating the rich musical heritage of Latin America and Spain, the 12th annual Chicago Latino Music Festival opens this Thursday with a free concert by Peruvian guitarist Luis Rafael Vivanco. […]
Future Islands rattles The Empty Bottle Chicago
The bass jumped as he jumped, and as his voice jumped from tenor to bass seamlessly. Future Islands performed a set that was full Wednesday night at The Empty Bottle. […]
Give a Home: Jack Garratt Creates Magic for Sofar Sounds x Amnesty International
On September 20, I had the pleasure of attending a concert via Sofar Sounds as part of the Give a Home series, where concerts were held all over the world […]
TCR Mixtape No. 34: New City Sounds
Movement is essential to sound. A playlist is essential to moving. I moved to Chicago at the beginning of the month and started my first full-time job a couple of […]
All Day I Dream Felt Like a Fairytale
Last weekend, hundreds of techno fans flocked to Tom Ping Park in Chinatown for a one of a kind event. All Day I Dream is a one-day festival celebrating the […]
Give a Home: Julien Baker Supported Refugees Through Sofar Sounds Benefit Concert
“It’s been a while since I played in a living room,” Julien Baker said as she held an acoustic guitar. “I spent the first half of my career in living […]