First, I pay my respects to the fallen Prince, whose legacy will always live in thriving artists like the band whose news I am honored to bring you today. “EM-I-LY! […]

Brother StarRace hopes to convey its compassion for music and friendship to you at Schubas in Chicago Wednesday. In fact, banter, laughter and lighthearted friendship was oozing through the conversation […]

Two modest Canadian guys named Junior Boys filled Metro Chicago Wednesday night with syncopating synth pulses, and vocals that made the audience below me feel like a tide. Behind Vocalist, […]

Gogol Bordello transformed the Metro Chicago stage Wednesday night into a street performance, as my preview for this concert predicted. Each band member had his or her own bottomless tank of […]

Preparing for a performance on stage is to Gogol Bordello as breaking bricks is to martial arts. It’s natural. “I don’t do anything in particular” to prepare, said Gogol Bordello […]

With a beer in hand, an honest smile and a light soul, Eliot Sumner welcomed the audience to her Information set Thursday night at Schubas Tavern. I only discovered the […]

A determined man with voluminous, curly hair made his way through the crowd Saturday night in the middle of a Molehill performance at Martyrs’. Even in darkness, it only took […]

The Elbo Room has one last chance at helping boost your confidence. With low attendance at its live shows and insufficient funds, The Elbo Room asks that you donate a […]

Tucked away in the seemingly top secret, instrument adorned “music room” of Soho House Chicago, Eryn Allen Kane hosted an after show following her first ever solo and, might I […]