Local Band is a feature film about a fictional band that, like their real-life Chicago counterparts, still give it their all despite feeling doomed to fall through the cracks.
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The Pitchfork Music Festival’s hometown heroes
The lineup has never included more Chicago artists than it does this year.
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Chicago Mixtape turns three this weekend
Chicago Mixtape celebrates its third birthday this weekend with a massive fund-raiser blowout.
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Cave and Psychic Steel get experimental in Humboldt Park
Humboldt Park dive El Mamey hosts an excellent show this weekend featuring Cave and Psychic Steel.
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The Hideout: as good at 15 as it was at 14
The Hideout celebrates its 15th anniversary this weekend, but it’s worth celebrating any day of the year.
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Through Paying Dues
Now that their second album is out, Smith Westerns can’t get to the payoff fast enough.
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Cubs documentary seeks soundtrack artists
Still proud of being from Chicago? Like the Cubs? Maybe you can sing about it in a movie!