Fresh tracks: Mike Maimone, Early Sixes, Old Joy, Better Love, City Mouth, Charlie Otto, War is Over and more
New music and videos from the Chicago and suburban scenes.
Violet Crime
Gallery: I Fight Dragons, Violet Crime, Secret Bad Boy — Lincoln Hall 12/21/19
With big venues still dark, revisit one of our favorite shows from late last year.
Premiere: ‘Sleep On It’ a beautiful catharsis for Sammy Cannillo
Dream-pop artist Sammy Cannillo muses on the void left where someone once was in her new single, “Sleep On It.”
Gallery: The Weekend Run Club, Violet Crime, August Hotel, Splits – Beat Kitchen 2/7/20
The Weekend Run Club headlined a sold-out album release show at Chicago’s Beat Kitchen Friday, Feb. 7, with Violet Crime, August Hotel and Splits.
Sound check: Draft Week’s Lincoln Hall debut; Coren McLeod tribute show
Draft Week’s Lincoln Hall debut; Grammy-winning Richard Marx (acoustic style) at the Arcada Theatre; The Weekend Run Club’s release show at Beat Kitchen; bands pay tribute to Coren McLeod in West Chicago; and more.
Weekend Run Club’s debut LP ‘Zoo’ a menagerie of members’ truths
The Weekend Run Club’s debut LP “Zoo,” out today, chronicles the time the young band spent honing itself and its music since its last release in 2018.
Enter to win to see Weekend Run Club, Violet Crime, August Hotel and Splits
Chicago Sound Check is giving away free tickets and a merch pack for the Weekend Run Club album release show. Enter to win!
AUX Favorites of 2019
Featuring: Ember Oceans, Snooze, The North and Wells Band, Observing With Annie, Alabaster, The Bellow
Sound check: I Fight Dragons release show at Lincoln Hall; Stubhy hosts MS benefit at Bottom Lounge
Welcome, Player Two Ah, the good old days sitting in front of flickering video games,
Chicago Sound Check 2019v6: Trickshooter Social Club
Featuring: Trickshooter Social Club, Box House, The Mizzerables, Bury Me in Lights, Ax and the
Fresh tracks: Phillip-Michael Scales, When the Sun Sets, The Shades, Gazebo Effect, GoodSex and more
Phillip-Michael Scales When the Sun Sets The Shades Scotch the Filmmaker The Kreutzer Sonata Gazebo
Concert highlights 6/28-7/3: D Liva, Lunchroom Rejects at Bourbon on Division; Werewolves at Hour 30; VP Punk Night and more
Outlaw Music Fest with Willie Nelson, The Avett Brothers, Alison Krauss, Dawes, Old Crow Medicine
Sound check: Willie Nelson, Avett Brothers headline Outlaw Music Fest; Vinyl Pop, Kowloon Bay, Violet Crime release shows
Outlaw Music Fest Ever the rebel, country star Willie Nelson is kicking around on tour
Fresh Tracks: CHNNLL, Violet Crime, Lumé, Sir Mango, Charlie Otto, Kaskade, The Red Moons, Box House and more
CHNNLL Violet Crime Lumé Sir Mango The Off Days Long Gone Align The Lazarus Rocket
Chicago Sound Check 2019v5: The Darling Suns
Featuring: The Darling Suns, Alex Bracy, Righteous Hillbillies, Frequilibrium, Leah Shoshanah, Each Day, Jeff Brown,
Video premiere: ‘Young’ a dreamy, sad look at our egos by Violet Crime
“Young,” the newest single by Chicago-area Violet Crime, may just save a relationship or two.
Fresh tracks: Double Ontendre, Violet Crime, Matt Derda & the High Watts, Salsa del Norte, Blacklist Regulars and more
Double Ontendre Violet Crime Matt Derda & the High Watts Zigtebra Mutts Quantum Salsa del
Chicago Sound Check 2019v4: Violet Crime
Featuring: Violet Crime, Phillip-Michael Scales, The Footlight District, Ignescent, Johari Noelle, Capital Soiree, Noah Childs,
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