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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

PLAYING CHICAGOSupport these Musicians on Bandcamp this Friday

DEHD is one of the many Chicago-based artists you should consider supporting via Bandcamp this Friday. Photo Credit: Alexa Viscius In case you’d forgotten, here’s your reminder: that pandemic? Still happening. Which means Bandcamp Fridays are also still happening, and one’s coming up at the end of...

Micco Caporale

INTERVIEWChicago Synth-Punks Pixel Grip on their Debut LP Heavy Handed

band photos by Alexa Viscius With “band interests” listed as “fresh cut flowers and cum” on their Facebook page, it’s no surprise that Pixel Grip’s debut LP, Heavy Handed, is about as sweet as a goth-disco record can be. Bandmates Rita Lukea, Jonathan Freund and Tyler Ommen grew up in Chicago suburb,...

Sara Barron