The New Friends Tour Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness w/ Michigander, Wildermiss Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL December 8, 2023 Very few artists can transition through projects, through albums, through decades, and still have the lasting power to perform tour after tour. Andrew McMahon is one of those artists. The New Continue Reading
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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
The Dandy Warhols // Chicago, IL // 08.09.2023
The Dandy Warhols Metro Chicago, Illinois August 9th, 2023 As their first performance back in Chicago since a seemingly lifetime ago pre-pandemic era, The Dandy Warhols returned to Metro in full force this past Wednesday evening – Alive with the aura of “Keep Portland Weird,” their show provided countercultural relief Continue Reading
MUNA – Nova Twins // Chicago, IL // 05.16.23
MUNA with Nova Twins The Salt Shed Chicago, IL 5/16/2023 Riding the wave of rapidly rising acclaim, indie pop trio MUNA is on the road completing a full US headlining tour in support of their third studio album made in their decade of bandhood. Having released their self-titled record less Continue Reading
The Beths – Sidney Gish // Chicago, IL // 02.25.23
The Beths with Sidney Gish Thalia Hall Chicago, IL 2/25/23 This past weekend, indie rock band The Beths from Auckland, New Zealand made a double feature stop in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago along their North American tour promoting most 2022 LP, Expert in a Dying Field. The tour Continue Reading
La Dispute – Chicago, IL – 9.30.22
La Dispute w/ Sweet Pill, Pictoria Vark Thalia Hall Chicago, IL Sept. 30, 2022 Walking through a crowd at a music festival, going to a record store, scrolling through Instagram, there’s a good chance you’ll see that oh-so-familiar lotus flower tattoo. You know the one. The mark of every person Continue Reading
Chicago // Cincinnati, OH // 07.23.2022
Chicago Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati, OH July 23, 2022 Chicago brought their tour to the beautiful Riverbend Music Center last weekend to celebrate their 55th anniversary. Despite the hot weather, music lovers from all over Ohio and Kentucky traveled to Cincinnati to see Chicago and Brian Wilson, who opened Continue Reading
MARINA // Chicago, IL // 02.15.22
MARINA Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land Tour Chicago Theatre Chicago, Illinois 02/15/2022 On the day after Valentine’s Day, London based pop star MARINA made a stop at the famous Chicago Theatre on her Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land tour. In a theatre most elegant and ornate, fans arrived Continue Reading
CITIZEN – DRUG CHURCH – GLITTERER – FLOATING ROOM // CHICAGO, IL // 12.4.2021
Citizen with Drug Church, Glitterer, and Floating Room Bottom Lounge Chicago, IL 12.4.2021 I think I speak for all musicians, music industry workers, and passionate consumers of music when I say that a year and a half without live music was one of the most emotionally challenging aspects of the Continue Reading