Going on tour with The Flaming Lips, appearances at Lollapalooza and Pitchfork and waking up in a Cracker Barrel parking lot ...

Its concert at the Vic served as the hometown finale for a tour behind the new album “Singin’ to an Empty Chair.” ...

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The members of Ratboys were teenagers when they met by chance, and now in their 30s, the Chicago band formed by two college friends almost two decades ago appears to be on the brink of something big.

The post-punk band has been grinding on the fringes of the city’s DIY music scene for years. Its latest album, “Unload Your ...

Singer, guitarist, and composer Hannah Frances recorded her breakout 2024 album, Keeper of the Shepherd, in Vermont, and now lives there full-time. But she still has one foot planted here. “I come to ...

Ratboys are closing “The Window” and pulling up a “Chair” on their latest album, signaling they have made themselves at home and are going to stay a while. The Chicago-based indie rock quartet’s sixth ...