On the moon, there are no humans. The birds that populate the lunar planet don’t get caught up in ideas like weekends or “the economy.” They stay connected via a vast fungal network, and there is plenty of universal worm (there’s one big worm that they all eat) to keep everyone fed. Michael DeForge’s latest […]
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Peace, a Scientist, and electronica
After School Matters, the nonprofit that provides after-school and summer programs for Chicago teens (while offering them stipends), presents Spotlight on Peace, a performance featuring spoken word and dance, including hip-hop, ballet, jazz, African, and modern, from young artists. The free program runs 3-4:30 PM today at Navy Pier’s Lake Stage in Polk Bros. Park […]
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Izzy’s Looks, Elevated Films, cat videos, and music
Today is the final day to catch Izzy’s Looks, a clothing pop-up at the Gard3n event space (688 N. Milwaukee, Suite 204). Izzy (mononymous like Cher) is a stylist and personal shopper with a penchant for thrifting funky, fresh vintage and modern duds in sizes small to 3X. But buying clothes from her isn’t just […]
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Dante, shopping, and 70s grooves
Looking for some things to do this weekend and beyond? We’ve got you covered, whether you’re craving theater, dinner, comedy, or . . . stripper drag clowns? Read on, readers! Fri 11/12 Bridge Dance Festival returns to Links Hall (virtually!) tonight and tomorrow, with streamed performances beginning at 7 PM. A project of Asian Improv […]
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Four years after sharing a bill, Modern English and Ganser team up for another night of dark postpunk
Update on Tue 8/24: This show has been canceled. I was nine years old when I ordered Modern English’s second album, 1982’s After the Snow, from Columbia House. I bought it for “I Melt With You” and discovered that the rest of the songs sounded nothing like that hit single—the record quickly submerged me in […]
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Chuck Prophet’s songwriting keeps getting better
Update 8/10: Chuck Prophet’s SPACE concert in August has been postponed till March 17, 2022. The FitzGerald’s show in October is still scheduled to proceed. If the best parts of your classic British Invasion, 50s country, 60s pop, and pure rock ’n’ roll records could be transformed into a person, they might look and sound […]
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ÉSSO collect their pandemic output on one funky LP of Afro-Latin fusion beats
ÉSSO collect their pandemic output on one funky LP of Afro-Latin fusion beats, David Singer & the Sweet Science release a timely glam-rock opus, and more.
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A transatlantic livestream on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was created by musician and artist Misisipi Mike.
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Halloween events, loud music, and mascot run-ins
Upcoming events and recommendations from our listings coordinator
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Want live music back? Wear a mask and call Congress.
Staff from 22 Chicago music venues talk about how far they still are from normal—and what it’ll take to keep them around till we all get there.
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Berta Bigtoe wrote and recorded their new indie-pop album in one day
Berta Bigtoe wrote and recorded their new indie-pop album in one day, power-pop supergroup Sunshine Boys drop their sophomore full-length, and more.
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COVID-19 hits live music hard
You can still support artists and staff by buying merch and donating to fundraisers.
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Best Coast deliver a clear, optimistic vision of rock ’n’ roll on Always Tomorrow
California duo Best Coast are a long way away from the bite-size stoner love songs and sun-drenched slacker tales of their 2010 debut album, Crazy for You. On their brand-new fourth LP, Always Tomorrow (Concord), singer-songwriter and guitarist Bethany Cosentino and multi-instrumentalist Bobb Bruno pair beefed-up power chords with clear-eyed observations, a newfound sense of […]
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Out of SPACE returns in June with George Clinton, Neko Case, Big Boi, and Drive-By Truckers
Summer outdoor concert series Out of SPACE announces its June shows, with the August dates coming later this month.
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Legendary percussionist Kahil El’Zabar brings the Afrocentric spiritual-jazz explorations of his Ethnic Heritage Ensemble to Evanston
Prolific musician Kahil El’Zabar has hardly gone unnoticed, but I wish every music fan knew about this living legend. The son of a drummer, El’Zabar was born Clifton Blackburn in Chicago in 1953, and raised on the city’s south side. He joined the Association of the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) at age 18, and […]