Fresh tracks: Rise Against, Sean McCole, Brad Redlich, Dan Asio, Knuckle Puck, Phor, Tsunami and more
A collection of great new music and videos from our friends on the Chicago and suburban music scenes.
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Premiere: Fluorescents grows into a new era with ‘Dead End Conversations’ EP, new video
Fluorescents pushes its pop-punk game up another level with its new EP release.
Premiere: Young Detectives show you can make it with ‘In Your Roots’
We all have challenges and doubters. But Young Detectives reminds us we can overcome with the new single, “In Your Roots.”
Homegrown Infinity TV, Lisle fest devise a safe way to showcase local music during the pandemic
Homegrown Arts & Music Festival founder Aaron Williams has found a way to work within health guidelines to bring the annual fest to life again — both in person and streaming around the world.
Sound check: Rapper femdot. joins Play Together collaboration
Rapper femdot., artist Liz Flores and Play Together team up; Cold Waves puts industrial rock fest online; Mike Zito plays BrauerHouse; and more.
Andrew McMahon to play three nights at Boomers Stadium
Andrew McMahon will celebrate his Jack’s Mannequin days with three nights at Boomers Stadium. Tickets go on sale Wednesday.
Fresh tracks: RubyGld Smoke, Flowers for Dorian, Obs3rve, Demi Clara, Jimmy Chamberlin Complex and more
New music and videos we don’t want you to miss from the Chicago and suburban music scenes.
Sound check: Push Puppets finally get a release show
Celebrate a new release with Push Puppets, livestream folk-rocker Ike Reilly or check out some outdoor blues at The Venue.
Fresh tracks: Sōk, Ballroom Boxer, Each Day, The Early Sixes, Friday Pilots Club, Matt Derda and more
Brand new and recent releases straight out of the Chicago and suburban music scenes.
Gallery: School of Rock Glenbrook Grand Opening — 8/30/20
The School of Rock Glenbrook played its opening act this week in Northbrook. See our gallery of talented young artists.
Sound check: Mississippi Heat brings the blues outdoors in Aurora; OK Go anniversary
The Venue moves into its September lineup of outdoor events, OK Go celebrates an anniversary and Elgin Fringe Fest kicks off.
Fresh tracks: Guardrail, Dead Lucid, Bethany Thomas, Validity, Pleasantries, Smashing Pumpkins, Moore and more
Fresh new music and videos, straight out of the Chicago and suburban music scenes.
Premiere: EGxBH rages against the white noise, controlling forces in new video ‘All in My Head’
EGxBH dives deep into the static and white noise that keep us off balance in the band’s new video, “All in My Head.”
Sound check: Blues livestream, Square Roots Fest at home, SpaceCamp at Brauer
BluesStream: A Chicago/Kalamazoo Blues Party packs 12 smoking blues artists into one six-hour livestream presentation Sunday, Square Roots Festival goes online and a socially distanced SpaceCamp is set for BrauerHouse.
Premiere: Dog Spelled Backwards drops new single, ‘The Arsonist’
If you were a regular attender of local shows or music fests in The Before
Fresh tracks: High Wire, Fluorescents, Sleep On It, Buster Grand, Static in Verona and more
Fresh new music and videos, straight out of the Chicago and suburban music scenes.
Sound check: Los De Chicago at SeatGeek Stadium, Drive-in Music weekend at Sears Centre
The Sears Centre hosts an electronic and dance drive-in music festival, and Los De Chicago rolls in to the SeatGeek Stadium with an all-day music fest.
VIDEO: A new album is on the way for TLB, but first the band goes on ‘Holiday’
Founded on a healthy dose of angsty breakup vibes and a cheerful loathing of love, Chicago-area punk band TLB is on the verge of releasing its sophomore album, “Blood and Sand,” a fun and electrifying following up to 2018’s self-titled debut.
Fresh tracks: Ember Oceans, David Forman, Fluorescents, Scott Hildebrand, Goof, Bryan Joseph Kuhn and more
Fresh new music and videos, straight out of the Chicago and suburban scene.
Concerts: Guster livestreaming, Mackenzie O’Brien, Fletcher Rockwell play patio shows
Catch Guster livestreaming, while Mackenzie O’Brien, Fletcher Rockwell, the Judson Brown Duo and more play outdoor shows in the suburbs.