Tommy Emmanuel Cahn Auditorium Evanston, IL October 15, 2025 Review by Steven Kikoen On a gray, rain-spattered day in mid-October, the campus of Northwestern University still seemed to maintain its ...
Perhaps the most sought-after ticket for a suburban hosted rock show in the past several years, guitar pioneer Michael Schenker and his band arrived at Arcada Theatre in St. Charles after several ...
If there’s one artist who’s taken over the hip-hop world within the last year, it’s Doechii. Representing the Florida rap scene, her quirky style and lyrical flow made tracks like “Denial Is a River” ...
Monday’s concert at the Riviera Theatre was the band’s first return to town since supporting 2017’s Little Fictions. Elbow has released three studio albums and this year’s Audio Vertigo Echo EP since ...
If there’s one artist who’s taken over the hip-hop world within the last year, it’s Doechii. Representing the Florida rap scene, her quirky style and lyrical flow made tracks like “Denial Is a River” ...
Saturday at Riot Fest was another day filled with highlights and memorable performances, although many were a bit soggier than Friday’s fare. Agent Orange offered the first full-album performance of ...
Very few rock and roll stations on the Chicago radio dial have not had the voice of Mitch Michaels pumping through their airwaves. The list of stations is impressive: WGLD (now V-103), WDAI (now ...
Riot Fest 2025 careened to an explosive and communal finish on Sunday with its third day in Douglass Park. The schedule offered more full-album sets (eight in total) than the prior two days, beginning ...
Twenty One Pilots’ audience has grown exponentially with each album they’ve dropped. However, witnessing an absolutely packed audience assembled at Tinley Park’s outdoor venue was still a jarring ...
Think about a time when you screwed up. A time when you knew things weren’t right, but it was too late to change things. If you had the chance to go back and make things right, would you? For Scott ...
Stockholm, Sweden’s Viagra Boys, seemingly picked the right day to return to Chicago, as our First Amendment was under attack. This left-leaning six-piece truly resides in life’s darker spaces, and ...
Fans have been patiently waiting for Deltron 3030’s follow-up to 2013’s Event 2. While fans keep waiting for the album, the hip-hop trio is back to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their self-titled ...