Sound check: PIQNIQ music fest is back — as a drive-in event
Tickets are on sale for 101-WKQX’s PIQNIQ; new ARC Fest appears on the horizon; Side Street opens up its battle of the bands.
Battle of the Bands
Sound check: Bush makes an event of album-release livestream; West Fest Chicago goes virtual
Alternative rock band Bush hits the livestream circuit to celebrate a new album; West Fest Chicago goes online; and Toronzo Cannon plays FitzGerald’s pickup truck concert Saturday.
Sound check: Paul Cebar on the road, Ron Onesti on the screen
FitzGerald’s continues its weekly concert series; Ron Onesti presents two livestream performances; Side Street’s weekly BOTB
Sound check: Strange ’90s benefit draws Local H, Naked Raygun, Madina Lake and more to Metro
Sometimes we need a little help from our friends. Chicago’s Metro, Charity Bomb & 101WKQX
Sound check: Sunday Cruise, Binx at Side Street Battle semifinals
Four bands have fought to make it to the Side Street Studio Arts’ summerlong Battle
Sound check: The Roaches go Uptown
Downers Grove’s The Roaches — the Friday night winner of this past weekend’s Homegrown Battle of the
Sound check: Marina City joins the PIQNIQ party
Be on the lookout when 101-WKQX unleashes PIQNIQ Bear and Plainfield’s Marina City to kick
Sound check: Common, Cold War Kids highlights at Mamby on the Beach
Chicago rapper Common, indie pop’s Spoon, the Cold War Kids, Russ and more top the
Sound check: Suburbia Story headlines Palatine showcase
The Northwest suburban band Suburbia Story — which recently dropped the new single “Stars Crossed” — headlines a pop-punk
Sound check: Fairview plays Fitz’s Spare Keys
The Addison pop darlings of Fairview have been building a name on the suburban scene as members
Sound check: Just Do Division
Just Do it Do Division takes over the weekend for a street fest packed with