Sound check: PIQNIQ music fest is back — as a drive-in event
PIQNIQ season Not to be deterred by the ongoing pandemic, Chicago’s 101-WKQX is reviving its
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Grant Milliren looks ahead to a brighter summer with ‘Comeback Kid’ single
Naperville singer-songwriter Grant Milliren is a man of plans. After last year’s touring season was
New EP ‘Find Me Here’ showcases High Wire’s strengths
With four singles already out in the world, Chicago pop-punk band High Wire completes its five-piece puzzle with today’s drop of “Find Me Here: Part 1.”
Tiny Kingdoms solidifies its pop-rock sound with new single, video ‘All I Know’
Tiny Kingdoms veers further into upbeat, joyful pop-rock territory with its new single “All I Know.”
Sound check: Whitney, Ike Reilly and livestream fundraisers
The stars are coming out for Backline’s “Set Break” benefit show for mental health awareness; also Whitney, Ike Reilly, a Nichols Concert Hall chamber series streaming this week.
Fresh tracks: Align, Rise Against, Fauvely, In Time, Mock Nine, Molehill and more
Recent music and video releases from Chicago and suburban artists
Sound check: Todd Kessler’s showcase returns to Hey Nonny
Music is back on stage at Hey Nonny and on screen at The Venue; plus not-to-miss livestreams this next week.
Take the Reins spins a local classic to mark 30 years of ‘International Pop Overthrow’
West suburban punk band Take the Reins celebrates three decades of Material Issue’s “Valerie Loves Me” with a cover release and limited edition merchandise.
OK Cool takes frustrations, connections head-on with sophomore EP ‘Surrealist’
Bridget Stiebris and Haley Blomquist already knew they could play well together, as their years in The Weekend Run Club showed. But with their side project’s second EP, they prove to themselves they can also write.
Festivals are back! North Coast tickets go on sale Friday
North Coast organizers announced the lineup and ticket sales for the Labor Day weekend electronic and dance festival.
Sound check: Crown Vic Royal live, Lumineers on screen, Plain White T’s on stage
The Chicago area’s Plain White T’s play an acoustic-duo show in Waukegan; the Lumineers’ concert footage gets a limited theatrical release; Ramsey Lewis’ most-requested songs; and more.
Sound check: Hey Nonny brings music back to Arlington Heights
Hey Nonny’s lineup Signs are popping up that spring is creeping in to the area,
Wolf Rd tells both sides of the breakup story with poignant new single, video
So whose fault is it anyway? Wolf Rd contends both sides are to blame in its new single and video
Fluorescents bandmates debut studio project The Armoury with new single ‘Luna’
Guitarist Tyler Milka and drummer Alex Klump step back to a project from back before they were in a band together.
Pop-punk SNÜZFEST is back (virtually) for its five-year anniversary
Guardrail’s annual pop-punk pajama party SNÜZFEST wasn’t missing a chance to celebrate its five-year anniversary, so it’s going online this weekend.
Lockdown exploded with a new project, debut EP for DuPage’s Dan Milligan
When COVID-19 hit, Dan Milligan of the Joy Thieves and Libido Funk Circus turned his energies to a new project with a virtual bandmate.
Sound check: SXSW puts the Austin party online; 312 Day with Beach Bunny; St. Patrick’s Day livestreams
St. Patrick’s Day livestreams feature Flogging Molly, Dropkick Murphys, Celtic Thunder and Bob Weir; SXSW goes virtual; 312 Day with Beach Bunny; and Alligator Records plays the blues.
Of Thought and Feeling puts angst of overthinking into a new video
A band breakup caused North Aurora musician Lucas Bennett to start envisioning a new project. With a handful of songs and random lyrics, he launched his musical experiment, Of Thought and Feeling.
Sound check: Corky Siegel’s Chamber Blues; Side Street’s anniversary
Bluesman Corky Siegel has a star-packed livestream set for Saturday; Side Street Studio Arts celebrates eight years in Elgin.
When the Sun Sets turn themselves ‘Inside Out’
When the Sun Sets is a band built on a mission: To connect with people