With over two decades and nine albums under their belt, it’s no surprise that Death Cab for Cutie’s fan base came out in droves for their show at Metro. The […]

Nick Murphy (formerly known as Chet Faker) brought his unique blend of soulful sounds and feel good tunes to Metro Chicago. The singer-songwriter hailing from Australia performed a set of […]

[soliloquy id=”52574″] Empire of the Sun kicked off their highly anticipated Decade Anniversary Tour in Chicago for three sold out nights in a row. This tour was a re-imagining of […]

The Dandy Warhols are currently on tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of the band’s existence. I didn’t discover them until 1997—some Columbia reps used to come into Danny’s when I […]

Saturday night’s sold out American Football show at Metro was a unique experience. The show, which was also the album release show for the band’s third self-titled album, was packed […]

Last week, before polar vortex’s were all the rage , Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks came to Chicago for a show at the historic Metro. Malkmus carries a particularly legendary […]

At Snail Mail’s headlining Tomorrow Never Knows show at Metro on Thursday, the highlights were surprising. Two Chicago bands, Varsity and Lala Lala, opened the night, and per usual the […]

Wednesday night at Metro was filled with performance art. The Wrigleyville venue welcomed Stars, on tour in support of their latest single, “Are You With Me?,” released a few weeks […]

The best way to learn about new music isn’t through some algorithm that gives you similar sounding music. It helps, but the best way is for people to recommend you […]

Murder by Death’s show at Metro on Saturday night featured a lot of fist pumping. Not in the douchey, bro-guy fist pump way, though, but the way you raise your […]

Sleigh Bells’ shows are nothing if not utterly fun. From start to finish, very time I’ve seen Alexis Krauss and Derek Edward Miller it was been a nonstop party. Even […]

[soliloquy id=”34546″] As my Uber gets closer to Wrigleyville for the Deafheaven show I hear a loud but faint noise that sounds like The Breeders sure enough, they’re one of the opening bands for the Foo […]