I was lucky enough to experience Mamby On The Beach this year over the weekend of June 23rd and 24th. As someone who tries to indulge and expose himself to as many summer music events around the city as possible, I have to admit that Mamby truly has a unique atmosphere and charm to it that I haven’t ...
Over the last full weekend of June, I had the pleasure of attending Mamby on the Beach, Chicago’s only major beach festival. While the location on Oakwood Beach with its perfect view of the beautiful Chicago skyline from the main stage was already reason enough to go, I was originally intrigued by ...
June is finally upon us and that means it's summer festival season in Chicago! Throughout the next few months, music enthusiasts close to the city should consider themselves lucky as there is something for everyone in terms of music, especially at the major festivals people from all around the country ...
Alex Venchuk is probably Bloomington's most passionate Death Grips fan. I first met Alex through a group on Facebook called Patrician Music Chartposting in a "Post which college you go to so you can make cool friends!" thread. As it turned out, we had quite a few groups in common, one of them being ...
I got the chance to ask Jacob Bullard of Major Murphy a few questions earlier this week about their new record, their influences, and their upcoming set at Culture Shock. Enjoy! 1. First of all, congrats on the new record, No.1, that came out last week! From what I’ve read, it was three years in ...
Rating: 6/7 Around this time last year, Phil Elverum released his ninth album under the name Mount Eerie, A Crow Looked at Me. The record documents in vivid detail the death of Elverum’s wife, Geniviéve, in 2016. Death isn’t exactly an uncommon theme within music, especially recently; ...
Rating: 6/7 In July last summer, I attended Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, and on the final day of the fest I was faced with a classic festival dilemma: ending the day with a set from emo math rock legends American Football or with a set from eclectic experimental producer Nicolas Jaar. ...
Few, if any rock bands were as prolific in 2017 as King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. At the end of 2016, after coming out with one of their most well-received records, Nonagon Infinity, they announced that they had quite the ambitious plan for the next year: releasing five full-length albums. ...
Released: 11/23 Rating: 5/7 Preview: Björk is back with another album full of emotion and lush soundscapes. There are few artists on this planet who have a voice and style as characteristic to them as Björk. Over the span of her four decade career, her presence and influence ...
4/7 Released 9/21/2017 Godspeed You! Black Emperor is a band whose sound is often characterized to be as arduous and prodigious as their name. For the past two decades, their cinematic brand of post-rock has established them as one of the most popular and acclaimed groups in the genre. ...
