by Craig Bechtel | August 18, 2026Dare Them To Vanish: Fig Dish Revisits “When Shove Goes Back To Push” Nearly thirty years after its release, the Chicago band's prescient sophomore album finally gets its due with a first vinyl pressing.
by Elizabeth Jakaitis | July 16, 2026Max Subar’s “Anything Could Be” Makes the Case for Hope Rich with acoustic guitar, fiddle, pedal steel and vivid lyrical imagery, “Anything Could Be” embraces the classic singer-songwriter tradition with warmth and originality.
by Elizabeth Jakaitis | June 25, 2026Javier Reyes Gives Soft-Focus Indie Rock an Electronic Pulse on “Shark” Old voice memos, impulsive collaborations and a willingness to follow hunches shape Javier Reyes’ new solo album.
by Dylan Weinert | April 21, 2026Chicago Band Friko Makes “Something Worth Waiting For” The local indie rockers celebrate their sophomore album's release with a show at the Metro on April 25.
by Anne K. Ream and R. Clifton Spargo | April 7, 2026Florence + the Machine Makes Musical Sense of Our Moment Welch has long explored the female experience through her own journey, airing passions, private fears, unapologetic ambition, and a lifelong battle with anxiety in songs so sweeping, grandiose and operatic that they take on the quality of myth.
by Dylan Weinert | January 15, 2026Cate Le Bon’s Craft Blends Electronic and Analog Textures at Thalia Hall Welsh songwriter Cate Le Bon will be joined by New York’s Frances Chang next week at Thalia Hall.
by Teddy Sandler | August 28, 2025Back to the Beginning: Beach Bunny Brings a Late Summer Pool Party to the Salt Shed
by Anne K. Ream and R. Clifton Spargo | August 21, 2025Don’t Look Back in Anger: Oasis Now and Forever
by Dylan Weinert | August 11, 2025Still Floating: A Preview of Modest Mouse and The Flaming Lips at The Salt Shed
