Mayday Parade with Microwave, Grayscale, and Like Roses The Salt Shed Chicago, IL May 16th, 2025
Micki Harris
PHOTO GALLERY: Bad Nerves – Spiritual Cramp // Chicago, IL // 5.2.25
Bad Nerves with Spiritual Cramp Thalia Hall Chicago, Illinois May 2nd, 2025
Japanese Breakfast – Ginger Root // Chicago, IL // 5.1.25
Japanese Breakfast with Ginger Root The Salt Shed Chicago, Illinois May 1st, 2025 For Chicago, Illinois, one night of Japanese Breakfast has never been enough. Aside from a festival appearance at Pitchfork Music Festival in the summer of 2022, the band has had two back-to-back Chicago dates on all of Continue Reading
Green Day, Weezer, Blink-182: Riot Fest Announces 2025 Lineup
This morning, Riot Fest announced their 2025 lineup revealing Green Day, Weezer, and Blink-182 as the headliners. The festival will take place in Chicago’s Douglass Park over the weekend of September 19th-21st. 2025 marks 20 years since Chicago’s first Riot Fest and founder Mike Petryshyn is more amazed than anyone Continue Reading
Lorde Announces New Single “What Was That”
Lorde has just announced the pending release of “What Was That,” her first solo track since the release of 2021 album Solar Power. The new track will be “out soon” according to the Instagram post made by the New Zealand based artist who began teasing a new music last week Continue Reading
The Used – 25 Year Anniversary Tour // Chicago, IL // 4.2.2025
The Used House of Blues Chicago, IL April 2nd, 2025 It’s been twenty-five years since The Used’s formation and decades later they remain intrinsic to the identity of early 2000s emo music. In the year 2000, it would have been difficult to predict their current level of impact and significance. Continue Reading
The Dandy Warhols // Chicago, IL // 6.27.24
The Dandy Warhols Metro Chicago, Illinois June 27th, 2024 Thursday evening, The Dandy Warhols returned to Chicago for a night at Metro – Their second time visiting Chicago’s most legendary music venue within the last year. Thirty years performing and still entertaining as ever, the Portland based four piece drew Continue Reading
The Japanese House – quinnie – Ally Evenson // Chicago, IL // 12.03.2023
The Japanese House with quinnie and Ally Evenson Metro Chicago, Illinois December 3rd, 2023 For the first time since the ancient age of pre-COVID, English indie pop artist Amber Bain, better known as The Japanese House, made her return to Chicago in the final week of her North American Continue Reading
The Menzingers – Microwave – Cloud Nothings – Rodeo Boys // Chicago, IL // 11.25.23
The Menzingers with Rodeo Boys, Cloud Nothings, and Microwave The Salt Shed Chicago, Illinois November 25th, 2023 Celebrating their seventh studio album with a full US tour, The Menzingers made a stop to Chicago’s Salt Shed this weekend lending their East Coast flare to the Midwestern city. Some of It Continue Reading
Slow Pulp – Babehoven // Chicago, IL // 11.11.2023
Slow Pulp with Babehoven Thalia Hall Chicago, Illinois November 11th, 2023 This past weekend, Slow Pulp completed their US headlining tour promoting their new album Yard at Thalia Hall in Chicago. While the group is Wisconsin grown, they are based now in Chicago so ending the tour with a hometown Continue Reading
Amyl and The Sniffers – Die Spitz – Edging // Chicago, IL // 10.23.2023
Amyl and The Sniffers with Die Spitz and Edging The Salt Shed Chicago, Illinois October 23rd, 2023 On an unassuming Monday night just off the Chicago River, Australian punk powerhouse Amyl and The Sniffers brought their US tour to town, taking over The Salt Shed for one noisy evening. Continue Reading
Boys Like Girls // Chicago, IL // 10.19.2023
Boys Like Girls with State Champs, The Summer Set, Lølø, and Every Avenue Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom Chicago, Illinois October 19th, 2023 In perhaps one of the most unexpected revivals the emo scene has witnessed yet, neon pop punk era four piece Boys Like Girls are back on tour and Continue Reading