Chicago – In the United States, the last few years the music industry has seen a swell of bands that began when the musicians were still teenagers, recording in their bedrooms and basements, rising from the interwebs, signing with labels, and releasing incredible and creative albums. In Chicago we had The Orwells and Twin Peaks.
Chicago - Wednesday evening kicked off the start of AudioDamn!’s U.S. tour in collaboration with Communion Music. The trio put on one hell of a performance at Schubas, leaving the Chicago audience in a bit of shock, with plenty of chins on the floor. What they witnessed was an insanely talented band set for fame and ready to take
Chicago – And just like that, the JR JR tour is gone. See what I did there? JR JR (formerly Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.) played their final show of the JR JR American Fall Tour, in support of the Detroit duo’s third album JR JR. Fans from all over the Midwest, but especially Michigan, filled the ground floor
Chicago – Last Saturday night Foxing and The World Is A Beautiful Place & I’m No Longer Afraid To Die rolled into the Windy City on a co-headlining tour, with support from TTNG and Brightside, for a sold-out show at Subterranean. All four have been touring together in one of the best line-ups any emo kid, punk rocker, or
Chicago – A little after three in the afternoon girls began lining up outside Subterranean. No, they weren’t there for the six o’clock show with Foxing and TWIABP. (Though Best New Bands was. Stay tuned for the review!) They were waiting anxiously to see the evening show with Hippo Campus. Yeah, the one that was set to start
Chicago – Good things come in threes. We’ve got three-day weekends, the Chicago Bulls’ three-peat, the original Star Wars trilogy, three-ply toilet paper. Okay, okay, maybe not that last one, but it’s all good because we have another threesome add for the list. Friday night Chicago saw the perfect musical trinity. Three local acts came together at one of
Chicago – Twenty-three year-old Austinite Max Frost is no newbie to the music scene. He’s been performing in and around Austin, Texas since he was in grade school, but it wasn’t until he was in college that labels came knocking. Before that hip hop artists were knocking at his door. Though the rocker had long been a
Chicago – When I last wrote about Meg Myers, I praised her up and down: “Every once and awhile you watch a sensational act, capable of sending a chill down your spine, and in that instant you know the artist is destined for fame. That is exactly what happened when I saw Meg Myers.” My admiration
Chicago – For the past six years, the duo formally known as Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. has been making some of the best indie pop around. Now simply known as JR JR, the group is still making some damn fine pop, but they’ve gone back to their Detroit roots, embracing Motown, R&B, and hip hop in
Chicago – So far 2015 has been pretty, prettttty, pretty good for Meat Wave. The Chicago punk band signed with SideOneDummy, played Riot Fest, released their sophomore album Delusion Moon, and they just headed off on a three month tour. Not bad, Meat Wave, not bad at all. Meat Wave consists of bassist Joe Gac, drummer Ryan Wizniak, and guitarist