Younge is grounded in Black pop culture of the 60s and 70s, and the political or social forces that shaped it—he uses his ...
Glixen Suzy Clue, She’s Green, and Forest open. Sun 3/9, 8 PM, Schubas, 3159 N. Southport, $18, $16 in advance, 18+ Leor ...
Jazz quintet SML operate out of Los Angeles, but they can’t be untangled from their Chicago roots. Chicago label ...
Kokoko! make incandescent get-down music from Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The city ...
Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Brennan Wedl knows the tug-of-war between holding back and going too deep.
Fujita's spirit of discovery and observation makes his sounds feel as organic and alive as the environments that inspire them ...
He's won a handful of journalism awards; he's won two first-place awards from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia (for music writing in 2020 and arts feature in 2022) and a Peter Lisagor award ...
The output of Death's Dynamic Shroud is so vast that you basically have to be part of their subculture just to make enough time to hear all of it.
The lead singers' dueting voices have the warmth of a late-night winter campfire that’s burned down to embers—they can push back the cold with a gentle glow or send up a surprising shower of sparks.
La Perla know that serious fun and serious conversations don’t have to be mutually exclusive. Based in Bogotá, Colombia, the trio of Karen Forero, Giovanna Mogollón, and Diana Sanmiguel make ...
SahBabii's velvety voice can both melt into the hazy, chiming synths or shift into attack mode to to slice the air with his syllables.
Survivors are choosing to transport themselves to the hospital instead of waiting for emergency services. Experts say the fire department isn’t doing everything it can to improve response times.