Preview: Ready to Get Bowled Over by Bur?
I’ve only seen Bur play once, for about 25 minutes, during an early night set at Montrose Saloon last spring and I still think about that show on a regular […]
Last Minute Plans: Catch Pony at Subterranean on Friday Before They Get Huge
If you play a single Pony song, ANY song, you will immediately see why I am so head over heels with the band. I came across the band during the […]
Review: Harriette and Joan Slay Subterranean
Its been a while since I’ve had the pleasure of attending a show at Subterranean, and Texas-born singer-songwriter Harriette alongside indie-pop band Joan put on a spectacular evening of live […]
Review: Black Belt Eagle Scout Pours Their Soul to the Subterranean
Not that this matters at all but Saturday marked the first shorts day of the year for me and I wore them with pride and honor as I made my […]
Review: A Jam-Packed Night with Tiffany Day
Review by guest author Mary Icenogle. From posting covers on YouTube seven years ago to her first headlining tour in the Gratitude Tour, Tiffany Day is just getting started. Singer/DJ/producer/songwriter […]
Review: Braving Adversity, Camp Cope Proves Its Toughness to a Sold Out Crowd at Subterranean
If everything was always perfect, they wouldn’t call it punk, right? The fortuitous night began with a performance from Oceanator, a fuzzy punk project from New York musician Elise Okusami. […]
Review: Leikeli47 Plays a Full Set in (A New Style) at Subterranean
There is no better place to spend the first night with a new major haircut than at a Leikeli47 concert. Friday was sunny and a layer of optimism dripped off […]
Review: Slow Pulp, Paul Cherry, and Vundabar Thawed Wicker Park
A drunk man close to me leaned his body over the Subterranean’s upper balcony to shout “LET’S FUCKING ROCK AND ROLL!” to the Boston trio Vundabar. He did yell incomprehensibly, which […]
Review: Rina Sawayama Spreads the 102040 Virus in Chicago
British-Japanese singer, model, and all-around talent, Rina Sawayama, performed at Chicago’s Subterranean as part of her second US tour – dubbed Ordinary Superstar Tour. Despite it only being her second […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 5/10 – 5/13
The curated weekend is here and it’s a big one! So big in fact that there are quite a few events in the calendar that just couldn’t fit into this […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 4/26 – 4/29
It’s the last weekend in April and boy is it a busy one! There are just so many events going on this week that they can’t all fit in this […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 4/12 – 4/15
Would you look at that, the forecast is predicting two(!), count ’em, TWO days of spring weather this weekend before a wintry mix and rain descend upon Chicago. We’ll take […]