Wayne Bennett put a shine on beloved recordings by Otis Rush and Bobby “Blue” Bland, but he only cut one single under his own ...

Chicago indie rockers This House Is Creaking experiment with lots of styles, but because they’re so clearly amusing ...

Fem’s tenacity is laudable, and his first concert of 2026 feels major: He’s curated a showcase of local hip-hop at the Ramova ...

Yearning has been a key part of emo since its beginnings as a politically oriented movement within the mid-80s posthardcore scene of Washington, D.C. Those young punks, many of them just emerging from ...

Modern Nature's most recent album, The Heat Warps (Bella Union), puts a big bend in the arc of the group's musical development.

Chicago trio Replicant slip their icy heart into dark leather boots to dance in the well-trodden midnight haunts of goth and postpunk bands such as Joy Division, the Cure, and Bauhaus.

Chicago's long-running solo festival evolves into a weekly showcase at Bughouse Theater and Beau O'Reilly addresses the times.

Film programmer Raphael Martinez promotes discomfort, context, and conversation with Optical Noise, a trio of cult double features at Facets.

As funding cuts threaten Pilsen’s murals and war destroys Ukrainian mosaics, two communities are learning what makes public art endure.

A Three Queens Banquet shows off new work from the cofounders of a theater services company focused on Latine, queer, and disabled voices.

The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene ...

Pinwheel Records holds a sale to help with its imminent move, and two festivals this weekend take over three venues with 40 ...