The release of a new album from Chicago blog-era rap legends the Cool Kids is a high point in what’s been a banner year for ...

An Ayler Xmas Josh Berman (cornet), Dave Rempis (saxophones), Peter Maunu (guitar, violin), Brian Sandstrom (bass, guitar, ...

Since 2018, Little Village band Iron Years have been releasing frigid, danceable postpunk—a sound most associated with its ...

Local horror-punk four-piece Won’t Stay Dead purge their demons through breakneck riffs and passionate harmonies.

Chicago Pulp opened this past September, and offers classes, open studio sessions, and custom pulp to artists and curious ...

At iO, the Orbit, an "artful, immersive show," experiments with long-form improv in the round that puts vulnerability first.

More than 40 years after noisy no-wave band Bag People broke up, Drag City released a collection of their blistering ...

Young People's Theatre of Chicago's production of A Year With Frog and Toad is a delightful holiday outing for families.

The incentives in music journalism say it makes economic sense to cover popular artists. But loving music isn’t about making ...

TUTA returns for the holidays with a moving and thoughtful production of Thornton Wilder's The Long Christmas Dinner.

Last month, underground Chicago hip-hop crew Tomorrow Kings dropped their first album in 12 years, Salt, via Swiss label Buenaventura. They clearly took their time with it, and not just because ...

Open Space Arts provides a queer celebration and deconstruction of Oscar Wilde's life and his most famous work in Dorian.