Feature: No-No Boy Will Go Down In History
This review was written by guest author Lyra Wilson. It’s your college dissertation, and what do you do? Some people like yours truly might scramble to figure out what to […]
Review: Stewart Goodyear Inspires Euphoria From the Piano
While driving in central Wisconsin one winter night several years ago, I tuned in to Symphony Hall, the classical radio station on Sirius/XM and was blown away by an incredible […]
Review: Mannequin Pussy Solidifies Their Stardom at Thalia Hall
What better way to spend a Wednesday evening than being in the same room as Philadelphia indie punk band Mannequin Pussy, while both moshing and crying to their lyrics at […]
Review: Minor Moon Dances and Sways Back Into the Limelight With Album The Light Up Waltz
I don’t know how it happened, or if I even deserved such graciousness, but right around the time I moved to Chicago in 2021, Apple Music randomly put a Minor […]
Review: Pianist Yefim Bronfman Is Riveting at Symphony Center
Yefim Bronfman gave an exhilarating piano recital at Symphony Center on Sunday afternoon. In doing so, he demonstrated possession of everything a concert pianist needs to keep an audience riveted. […]
Review: Maria João Pires Entertains With Mozart and Debussy
Maria João Pires gave an enjoyable performance at Northwestern’s Galvin Recital Hall in Evanston on Friday evening. Having listened to several of her recordings over the years and watched her […]
Review: Orion Ensemble and Stephen Boe Offer Something French
The Orion Ensemble gave the first of three concerts entitled Parlez-vous français? at the New England Congregational Church in Aurora on Sunday afternoon. As the title suggests the program consisted […]
Review: Sunscreen Needed From All the Heat Magazine Beach Bring to Gman Tavern
If there was one band from 2023 to watch out for that somehow went under everyone’s radar, it’s Magazine Beach from Washington, D.C. Admittedly, I also dropped the ball here […]
Review: Mitsuko Uchida and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra Are Underwhelming at Symphony Center
Leading the Mahler Chamber Orchestra at Symphony Center on Tuesday evening, Mitsuko Uchida gave an underwhelming performance of two piano concertos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. She first recorded this music […]
Review: Sleater Kinney and Black Belt Eagle Scout Astound at the Riviera Theatre
I’ve been a fan of Sleater Kinney for a very long time. Long enough that my heart was broken after The Woods (probably my favorite album of theirs) where they […]
Feature: Off to the Cinema With Reality Club
This review was written by guest author Lyra Wilson. Last Monday felt like something out of an indie movie. I went to the cinema and ended up in La La […]
Review: A Thrilling Concert of Mozart’s Requiem and Thamos, King of Egypt at the Lyric
Requiem is one of the most recognizable works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It is a majestic composition, commissioned by a patron unknown to Mozart. It is also the last work […]