If you haven’t been to Chicago Ideas Week yet, you’re missing out. I’ve been lucky enough to attend for the last four years, and I’ve been inspired by some of […]

Y’all. If you haven’t been to Sleeping Village in Avondale yet, run, don’t walk. This music venue is quickly becoming a sought-after concert spot for me. And it was the […]

Soccer Mommy, helmed by Sophie Allison, has been a buzz-worthy band on the scene as of late. And at Lincoln Hall on Thursday night—which they had completely sold out—their show […]

Photo courtesy of The Whistler If you’re a longtime Chicago resident, you’ve probably spent a late night (or 12) at The Whistler. A dimly lit ambience, craft cocktails full of […]

It’s 2004 through 2008. We’re taken through Chicago through Jessica Hopper’s eyes, to a show, to a nighttime tour of the city by bike, to a warehouse party. We’re given […]

[soliloquy id=”33756″]  How does House of Vans do what they do? I thought to myself as I watched concertgoers flood into the House of Vans concert venue, housed in a […]

My phone was either lost in the depths of the sand or stolen in Mamby’s DJ tent during Duke Dumont; some would say this would be a hindrance to me […]

Alexis Taylor is well-known for synthy, multi-layered grooves as part of British band Hot Chip. But he’s also got a pretty impressive solo catalog—including Beautiful Thing, released this year. Taylor’s going to […]

Tom Misch has already built up quite the following. At just 22 years old, this enigmatic producer, multi-instrumentalist, and singer from London is selling out concert spaces around the world, […]

Ravyn Lenae is an actual earth angel. No, really. She was given here to share her voice, and on Tuesday night, the sold out-level crowd at Lincoln Hall were the […]

“We were last here six years ago,” Matthew Caws, lead singer of Nada Surf, stated to the crowd on Monday evening. A packed crowd, meaning I couldn’t see one spot […]

I started listening to Shout Out Louds when I discovered one of their songs in the hit CW show, One Tree Hill (I know, I know…this is a safe space though, […]