Sound check: JORDY, Louis the Child, Night Spice and more
JORDY’s back With a joyful and uplifting view on life (and just a light touch
Fluorescents
Fresh Tracks: Primal Moon, Glory Days, Friday Pilots Club, I Ya Toyah, Redfield, Billy Ghost, emi be like, Marcus Bailey and more
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Fresh tracks: Kings By Day, OPLIAM, Til Morning, Colleen Wild, Nora Marks, Andrew Robert Palmer, Mike Giannini, Boundary Waters and more
Isn’t It Strange Kings By Day Opliam
Fresh tracks: Four Stars, Take the Reins, Meat Wave, Friday Pilots Club, Crandelion, Marina City, Curious Grace & Black Rabbit, Broken Robots, ZORILA and more
Recent music and video releases, fresh from the Chicago music scene
Fresh tracks: Neal Francis, Totally Cashed, Caitlin Edwards, Andrew Bird, Sir Mango, Horsegirl, Tommy Kessler, John Summit and more
Hot new releases by artists in and from the Chicago-area music scene
Sound check: Fluorescents, Dreadwolf, Wolf Rd benefit show going to the dogs (and cats)
This week on the local music scene: Tony Ocean’s 30th Anniversary Extravaganza, an Anti-Cruelty Society benefit show, and band battles with Side Street Studio Arts, Bitter Jester and the Homegrown Arts & Music Festival.
Fresh tracks: Beach Bunny, Bad Planning, Iris Marlowe, BigKayBeezy, The Thin Cherries, Joe George, Andrew Robert Palmer and more
Hot recent releases from Chicago and suburban artists
Sound check: RocHaus hosts Chicago-area showcase; Pop-Punk X-mas at Subterranean
This weekend sees lots of Chicago and suburban talent hitting area venues — including Broken Robots in West Dundee, The Darling Suns in Yorkville and a Pop-Punk X-mas at Subterranean to name a few; plus, how to win free concert tickets.
Fresh tracks: TLB, Fluorescents, Pino Farina, Colleen Wild, Sir Mango, Capital Soiree, The O’My’s, Birthdayy Partyy and more
New music and videos from the Chicago and suburban music scenes … including some fresh holiday tunes!
13 concerts for a lucky Halloween weekend
With a full bag of Halloween concerts this weekend, it can be hard to choose which one to see. Here are 13 picks to guide you.
Fresh tracks: Double Identity, The Kickback, Park & Main, Alien Eyes, The Neverafter, Louis the Child and more
New videos and music from the Chicago and suburban music scenes
Sound check: Toronzo Cannon celebrates Hey Nonny anniversary show
Bluesman Toronzo Cannon celebrates Hey Nonny’s birthday Saturday; Jukebox the Ghost brings its HalloQueen tribute tour to House of Blues; plus WC Social Club, Evolution Music Downers Grove and The Venue host hot shows this week.
Fresh tracks: Acoustic Truth, Local H, Jessica Ever, Phillip-Michael Scales, Jeff Mills, Sir Mango, Stingray Central and more
Recent music and video releases from Chicago and the suburbs
Sound check: Everyday Fantastic at SubT; Underbelly Hours showcase; Phil Vassar at Joe’s Live
Phil Vassar packs a country wallop at Joe’s Live; The Venue celebrates the Roots Music Festival; Underbelly Hours put three new artists in the spotlight; plus 15 shows you should catch this week.
Fresh tracks: Cameron Forbes, Fluorescents, Sincere Engineer, Lever, Alex Bracy, The Darling Suns and more
Fresh new music and videos released recently by Chicago and suburban artists
Fluorescents bandmates debut studio project The Armoury with new single ‘Luna’
Guitarist Tyler Milka and drummer Alex Klump step back to a project from back before they were in a band together.
Fresh tracks: Splits, Danny Mazz, Quantum, Four Stars, The Almas and more
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Playlist: Chicago Sound Check 2020.v7
Explore this month’s Spotify playlist for our favorite recent releases from the Chicago and suburban scenes.
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.
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.