Fresh tracks: Trickshooter Social Club, Each Day, Vinyl Pop, stop.drop.rewind, Nicole Amine, Moon Boots, Quantum, The Knits
Trickshooter Social Club Each Day stop.drop.rewind Vinyl Pop Nicole Amine Moon Boots Quantum The Knits
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Concert highlights 4/26-5/2: Caitlin Edwards, Mungion, The Original Misfits, Adam Linder, She Rides Tigers, AM Taxi, Rise Against and more
Bourbon House, The Russells, Reflex Machine, Left of Nowhere: 7 p.m. Friday, April 26, at
Affection, honesty overflow from Violet Crime’s soul-pop single, upcoming EP
Love. It’s long been a staple in popular music. But Violet Crime has its own take.
Sound check: Badflower rocks, rips your heart out at free WKQX show
Badflower at BaseCamp Badflower is the epitome of modern rock: one foot in huge, hard-driving,
Fresh tracks: Love in October, Noah Childs, Johari Noelle, Meagan Hickman, Blood People & more
Love in October Meagan Hickman Johari Noelle The Darling Suns Noah Childs Observing With Annie
Sound check: Take the Reins, Release(r), Hoodie Life play Fitz’s
Rockin’ Fitz’s New songs are afoot for West suburban punk band Take the Reins. The band
Video premiere: “The White Witch & The Black Magic Man” by The Footlight District
“We wanted to inspire people that no matter what you’re going through, no matter the trials or the hardships you’re going through, there’s always a light at the end of the tunnel,” Sarah Scarborough said of The Footlight District’s recent album release. Today the band premieres the new video, “The White Witch & The Black Magic Man.”
Fresh tracks: The Kings Rising, AM Taxi, She Rides Tigers, Guardrail & more
The Kings Rising AM Taxi Sean McCole She Rides Tigers The Darling Suns Guardrail Phillip-Michael
Sound check: Flat Five hits harmonies at Hey Nonny, FitzGerald’s
Fans know when The Flat Five hits the stage (at two suburban venues this weekend), they’re in
Fresh tracks: Bullet to the Heart’s new video takes on mental health; tunes from Paper Towels, V Is for Villains, Double Identity & more
New releases from Bullet to the Heart, CHNNLL, Double Identity, Dream Council, East Avenue, Good Luck Lucy, INZO, Kowloon Bay, Muted Color, Paper Towels, Punch Cabbie, Rebel Rampage, The Burst and Bloom, Trick Shooter Social Club, V Is for Villains and Young Sleepless
Sound check: Marina City’s evolution, show at Chop Shop
For a while now, Plainfield power-pop sextet Marina City has been secretly cultivating something new, rolling out
Fresh tracks: State and Madison, Eric Davies, Glory Days, Ignescent, Redhorse and more
State and Madison Eric Davies ROM (Max Romero) Glory Days Ignescent Tiny Kingdoms Redhorse Quantum
Chicago Sound Check on the #ArtCanFix podcast
Last weekend, I had the privilege of spending some time with Andy King, Network Leader
Sound check: Thomas Benko drops new EP; Guardsman going-away party; Homegrown news
Roselle native Tom Benko, the in-house percussion expert at Maine South, performer at both Blue
Chicago Sound Check 2019v3: Downers Groove
Featuring: Downers Groove, Gazebo Effect, jonfin, The Off Days, Moore, Mel Senese, Marina City, The
Fresh tracks: Mel Senese, Marina City, Above Waves, Moore, Face Time Police and more
Mel Senese Marina City Above Waves SKYD Foresight Steph Yeager & The Plutopians Grey Shore
Downers Groove puts jams front and center with new release, Martyrs’ show
It’s not rare to listen to an album after seeing a band play and think,
Sound check: Jeff Tweedy’s education benefit shows
Jeff Tweedy, frontman for Chicago-based alternative rock band Wilco, takes the stage again for his
Fresh tracks: Fletcher Rockwell, Drew Neely, Mackenzie O’Brien, Fairview, Vesper & more
Fletcher Rockwell Drew Neely & the Heroes The Off Days Mackenzie O’Brien The Giving Moon
Sound check: Plain White T’s, Lucky Boys Confusion together at Joe’s
DuPage County, represent! The Plain White T’s, the West suburban romantics who bounded to national fame