The sounds and sights of the Chicago and suburban music scenes

Daytime Hooker

Chicago Sound Check 2019v2: Gazebo Effect

By Brian Shamie 6 months ago

Featuring: Gazebo Effect, Friday Pilots Club, AM Taxi, When the Sun Sets, New Nights, The

Columns

Sound check: Lucky Boys ring in the New Year at BaseCamp

By Brian Shamie 8 months ago

Get a taste of some hometown artistry this New Year’s Eve when the Afterlife Alternative

Columns

Sound check: Doyle rules with Bumsy, The Run Around at BaseCamp

By Brian Shamie 10 months ago

The Afterlife ALT series brings rock god Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein (formerly of the Misfits) to Lisle

Features

Afterlife Music Festival in Lisle calls Elk Grove’s Matt Daniels home

By Brian Shamie 1 year ago

When he was 14 and growing up in Elk Grove Village, Matt Daniels wrote a

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.