Premiere: Piece of Cake serves up a tasty new single, video and an outdoor release party
West suburban rock band Piece of Cake dropped a new single and video Tuesday in advance of Friday’s release show in Aurora.
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7th heaven, Kashmir headline ‘Rock the Lot’ this weekend
A two-day “Rock the Lot” concert series headlined by local favorites 7th heaven and Led Zeppelin tribute band Kashmir is coming to the Hyatt Regency Schaumburg’s parking lot this weekend.
Andrew McMahon celebrates Jack’s Mannequin’s ‘Everything In Transit’ in Schaumburg
Relive the Jack’s Mannequin release, along with favorites from Something Corporate and Andrew McMahon In the Wilderness, at three drive-in concerts.
Premiere: Guardrail’s new EP ‘Yikes’ sums up the state of things
Chicago-area punk band Guardrail takes on adulthood in the new EP, “Yikes.”
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: 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.
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.
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: Mungion, Lil Yachty, Houndmouth play drive-in shows
The Chicago-area favorites Mungion bring the jams to a drive-in show; the Arcada Theatre streams a performance by Ann Wilson of Heart; the ’90s live again at BaseCamp’s 90’s Palooza; Bolingbrook Jubilee puts tunes on stage; and Gerald Dowd livestreams from The Venue in Aurora.
Sound check: Daughtry livestream supports Chicago venue
Rocker Daughtry kicks off a 19-show virtual tour; local artists livestream for Chicago venues; Side Street Studio Arts’ battle of the bands finals; Nikho’s release show; and Ravinia pays tribute to Janis Joplin.
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: BrauerHouse brings exotic cars, Chicago music to America’s birthday bash
Tom Higgenson of the Plain White T’s and exotic cars await as BrauerHouse pulls out all the stops (socially distancing, of course) to celebrate the Fourth of July this week. Check out that and many other suburban musical events.
Take the Reins closes out Sound Check livestream series with a punk porch party
Some of us have taken the coronavirus quarantine as a time to do some metaphorical
Singer-songwriter Ralph Covert takes his concerts online twice a day
Glen Ellyn’s Ralph Covert felt there was a need for isolated people at home to find community online. “I chose to do it every day because it seemed like having something consistent would be appreciated,” he said.
Sound check: Joe Marcinek Band jams at BrauerHouse; Windy City Smokeout early-bird tickets, lineup
BrauerHouse packs a night full of jams; Chicago’s Windy City Smokeout announced early-bird ticket sales and the lineup Tuesday; Capital Soiree’s EP release at Hungry City; Releaser at Beat Kitchen and RocHaus.