[soliloquy id=”5498″] It’s not a good year until the Graveface Roadshow rolls through town. Graveface Records, formally located in Chicago and now stationed in Savanah Ga., puts out the most […]
[soliloquy id=”5389″] As Kevin Parker donned his signature Rickenbacker guitar, the band opened their set at the UIC Pavilion with the wobbling pulse of “Nangs.” Tie-dye colored lights projected […]
Four-piece Brooklyn band Mothxr pounded through the Beat Kitchen Friday with a colorful synth and breezy vocals, following a set from opener Shah Jahan. Though Mothxr, “pronounced like the woman […]
“Hole-in-the-wall” is the most popular description for the beloved music venue The Empty Bottle. Local Chicago publishing house Curbside Splendor has released a coffee table book, chronicling the shows, personalities […]
In case you pay no attention to the music world beyond the Billboard Top 40—highly unlikely if you landed here—guitars are far from dead. Last night, I got a look […]
Logan Square’s Quenchers Saloon was packed Friday night when Faade headlined the evening for their very first live performance as a group. Kaleidoscope images trickled through the room from behind […]
I tend to avoid going out in Wrigleyville. College was fun, but I’m more or less over the bro-verload you typically find on Clark. But the Cubby Bear’s a legendary […]
Carefree and optimistic despite the odds is 23-year-old Chance the Rapper. That’s been his message since his first appearances around Chicago only a few years ago, and he continues to […]
While The Fiery Furnaces has been on hiatus for half a decade, Eleanor Friedberger has been amassing quite the impressive solo work. With Last Summer and Personal Record, Friedberger turned […]
RJ Krohn ended RJD2 classic, “Ghostwriter,” in a robot costume, and a powerful stroke to the guitar strings. Krohn emitted bass and soul Friday night through the Metro Chicago during […]
There’s showmanship and then there’s Charles Bradley. Since he has spent a reasonable amount of time as a James Brown impersonator named “Black Velvet”, you can assume that the man knows […]
I first stumbled onto Dengue Fever in a recommendations section of eMusic, an alternative MP3 merchant that is actually still around today. I’m not sure what music I was listening […]