#Chicago

Bnny Set to Channel the Grief Behind Debut LP Everything on Tour with Fellow Chicagoans Dehd

In August, Fire Talk Records released Everything - her dreamy, fuzzy, captivating debut album as Bnny. It shows off the intense musicality and vulnerability the Chicago singer-songwriter has demonstrated since...

Cat Woods

Ganser Teams Up with Indie Rock Veterans for a Daring Remix EP

Using tracks from their 2020 LP Just Look at That Sky, artists Bartees Strange, Sad13 (Sadie Dupuis of Speedy Ortiz), GLOK (Andy Bell...

Micco Caporale

With Debut LP Spirit Tamer, Mia Joy Invites You Into Her Sacred World—On Her Terms

A meditation on the connection to self, creating and debunking personal myth, enduring changes post-heartache, and believing in the promise of...

Jessi Roti

Bodies of Water LP Takes Moontype from Solo Bedroom Songwriting to Chicago's Most Hyped Rock Trio

That, and the power of friendship. The trio, made up of singer, songwriter and bass player Margaret McCarthy, guitarist...

Jessi Roti

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PREMIEREFever Queen Plunges into Deeper Connection on "Taste of What It Is"

It's regrettably easy to get sucked in to the cycle of surface-level validation we get from scrolling through social media - but Eleanor Rose Lee, aka Fever Queen, has a simple solution: "The world's gone shallow/Find the ones who care." It's the opening line of her latest single "Taste of What It...

Lindsey Rhoades

A week after global protests calling for Justice at Spotify, the Union of Musicians and Allied Workers Chicago Chapter sees more action ahead

Members of the Union of Musicians and Allied Workers' Chicago chapter protesting outside Spotify offices at 225 W. Illinois Street, Chicago, IL on Monday, March 15, 2021. “We got music. We got rhythm. Don’t exploit us with your algorithm!” That was just one of the slogans chanted by dozens of...

Jessi Roti

PLAYING CHICAGO15 Songs to Usher in Spring

Spring is just around the corner - but this is Chicago. Anything can happen. It has snowed in April here (cue Prince). Luckily, neither the lingering chill in the air nor the ongoing pandemic can stop the city’s creative pulse. There are dozens of releases from exciting, rising musicians set to...

Jessi Roti

Floatie Prep Release of Debut LP Voyage Out With Latest Single "Shiny"

What were once black and white truths have now turned grey, good and evil have grown nuanced, genre and labels are infinite, and there’s a general acceptance of fluidity in the nature...

Sam Weisenthal

Piwa Brings the 'Bass Down' to Take Her Next Steps as an Artist

At age 17, the singer-songwriter, then known as Tapiwa, was in California with her mom for rounds of auditions after a successful submission tape for the Snapchat...

Jessi Roti

Waltzer Brings Debut LP Time Traveler to Noonchorus for One-of-a-Kind Album Release

The group’s multi-level home-on-wheels was decked out with fire poles and a swing, and personalized nooks for each member that, while varied to match their “Spice”...

Jessi Roti

Emily Blue Searches for Queer Utopia on Forthcoming Pop Project The Afterlove

One of the first Chicago artists I’ve ever seen appear on stage flanked by dancers who not only made their choreography and transitions appear effortless,...

Jessi Roti

Chicago Art-Punk Legends Joan of Arc Bid Fans Farewell on Final LP, Tim Melina Theo Bobby

Kids with their ears tuned to the underground traveled far and wide off the beaten trail, and Chicago-based Joan of...

Michelle Rose