Skip to content
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram

The sounds and sights of the Chicago and suburban music scenes

Primary Menu
  • Features
  • Galleries
  • Music
  • Videos
  • Livestreams
  • Playlists
  • About Us
  • Subscribe
  • Music
  • Playlists

2018 Chicago Sound Check vol. 11 – Surprises from 2018

By Brian Shamie 2 years ago

Featuring: Parker, City Mouth, The Weekend Run Club, Hidden Hospitals, Observing With Annie, Violet Crime and Girl Named Nino

Featured artists: 8 Chicago, suburban acts that caught us by surprise in 2018

About Post Author

Brian Shamie

See author's posts

More for you

Tags: City Mouth, Girl Named Nino, Hidden Hospitals, Observing With Annie, Parker, Spotify, The Instinct, The Weekend Run Club, Violet Crime

Continue Reading

Previous 2018 Chicago Sound Check vol. 10 – The Holiday Edition
Next Chicago Sound Check 2019v1: Like Language

You may also like

  • Music
  • Videos

Fresh tracks: Gazebo Effect, OK Cool, Align, Million Miler, Demi Clara, Opshional, Chevelle and more

By Sound Check 3 days ago
  • Features
  • Music
  • Videos

When the Sun Sets turn themselves ‘Inside Out’

By Brian Shamie 6 days ago
  • Features
  • Music

Premiere: Jeff Schaller and The Long Way Home on the move with new EP

By Brian Shamie 7 days ago
  • Features
  • Music
  • Videos

Marina City’s ‘Trust Fund Baby’ launches the band’s new phase

By Brian Shamie 1 week ago
  • Features
  • Music

Hollyy takes a modern approach to a classic genre with new singles

By Brian Shamie 2 weeks ago
  • Music
  • Playlists

Fresh from 2021

By Sound Check 2 weeks ago

Now hear this

Recent releases from the Chicago scene


 

Check out some favorites from 2020

Fresh tracks

New local singles, albums & videos

  • Music
  • Videos

Fresh tracks: Gazebo Effect, OK Cool, Align, Million Miler, Demi Clara, Opshional, Chevelle and more

By Sound Check 3 days ago
  • Features
  • Music
  • Videos

When the Sun Sets turn themselves ‘Inside Out’

By Brian Shamie 6 days ago
  • Features
  • Music

Premiere: Jeff Schaller and The Long Way Home on the move with new EP

By Brian Shamie 7 days ago
  • Features
  • Music
  • Videos

Marina City’s ‘Trust Fund Baby’ launches the band’s new phase

By Brian Shamie 1 week ago

About Sound Check

The who, what, when and where of the Chicago and suburban music scene. Chicago Sound Check is a collaborative look by Daily Herald local music writer Brian Shamie and concert photographers Neal Zeleznak and Denis Cheng into the world of up-and-coming musicians working hard to express themselves, entertain others and make their mark.

Concert highlights

What's going on this week

  • Concerts
  • Features
  • Music

Black Bolts puts its onstage revelry into new EP, livestream release show

By Brian Shamie 4 weeks ago
  • Columns
  • Concerts
  • Features
  • Music

Sound check: When the L.A. industry meets Chicago artists

By Brian Shamie 1 month ago

Find us

Sound Check
c/o Daily Herald
P.O. Box 280
Arlington Heights, IL 60006

Reach us:
soundcheck@dailyherald.com

Still haven’t found what you’re looking for?

  • Features
  • Galleries
  • Music
  • Videos
  • Playlists
  • About Us
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
Copyright Chicago Sound Check/Daily Herald 2019 © All rights reserved.