Photos by: Sara Mohr – Swedish singer-songwriter Jens Lekman, who released his fourth album, Life Will See You Now, on February 17th, 2017 via Secretly Canadian, which featured the singles “What’s That Perfume That You Wear?”, and “Evening Prayer”, and which followed up his 2012 album, I Know What Love Isn’t, performed at Metro Chicago in Chicago, … Continue reading
Photos by: Cindi Huang – Emo band Secondhand Serenade, who released their newest album, Undefeated, on October 27th, 2014, performed at Metro Chicago in Chicago, IL last night with emo band Hawthorne Heights, who released their newest EP, Hurt, on September 18th, 2015 via Cardboard Empire, which serves as the third and final EP in the Hate/Hope/Hurt trilogy, and … Continue reading
Photos by: Kris Cortes – Pennsylvania-based punk rock quartet The Menzingers, who released their fifth album, After the Party, on February 3rd, 2017, which featured the single “Bad Catholics”, and which followed up their 2014 album, Rented World, which was produced by Jonathan Low (Venice Sunlight, Restorations), performed at Metro Chicago in Chicago, IL last night with Punk Rock singer-songwriter Jeff Rosenstock, … Continue reading
Photos by: Kris Cortes – Welsh indie rock band The Joy Formidable, who released their third album, Hitch, on March 25th, 2015 via Caroline, which was recorded in lead singer Ritzy Bryan’s childhood home in Wales, and which featured the single “The Last Thing On My Mind”, performed at Lincoln Hall in Chicago last night.
By: Staff – The Pitchfork Music Festival, taking place Friday, July 14 through Sunday, July 16 at Chicago’s Union Park, has announced its 2017 headliners. LCD Soundsystem will headline on Friday night, followed by A Tribe Called Quest on Saturday night, with Solange closing out the festival on Sunday. Additionally, the Pitchfork Music Festival is honored to announce a special collaboration with Saint … Continue reading
Photos by: Brigid Gallagher – Acclaimed Chicago-based alt-rock band Wilco, who released their tenth album, Schmilco, on September 9th, 2016 via dBpm, which featured the singles “Locator”, and “If I Ever Was a Child”, performed at the Chicago Theatre in Chicago last night.
Photos by: Kris Cortes – Los Angeles-based electropop band Muna, who released their debut album, About U, on February 3rd, 2017, which followed up their 2016 EP, Loudspeaker, performed at Subterranean in Chicago last night with indie rock band Lo Moon, which consists of Matt Lowell, Crisanta Baker, and Sam Stewart (Dave Stewart from The Eurythmics son), and who released their debut song “Loveless” in … Continue reading
Photos by: Sara Mohr – Swedish indie pop/synthpop singer-songwriter Tove Lo, who released her second album, Lady Wood, on October 28th, 2016 via Island, which featured the singles “Cool Girl”, and “True Disaster”, performed at the House of Blues in Chicago last night with Indie pop singer-songwriter Phoebe Ryan, who released her debut EP, Mine, on June 9th, 2015 … Continue reading
Photos by: Cindi Huang – Hard Rock band Pop Evil, who released their fourth album, Up, on August 21st, 2015 via eOne, which was produced by Adam Kasper (Aerosmith, Mudhoney, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, R.E.M., The Tragically Hip, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam), performed at the House of Blues in Chicago on February 10th with hard rock band Red Sun Rising, and … Continue reading
Photos by Callie Craig – Chicago-based hip-hop artist Noname, who released her debut mixtape, Telefone, on July 31st, 2016, performed at Metro Chicago in Chicago last night.