The Chicago designer reflects on a career that has bridged hip-hop and hardcore, with a turn toward tangible, AI-informed art objects.
The Chicago designer reflects on a career that has bridged hip-hop and hardcore, with a turn toward tangible, AI-informed art objects.
Questlove’s new film on Maurice White’s band shows how two towering groups from the same city ran strikingly similar routes, from jazz roots to Caribou Ranch to mid-’70s dominance.
The June 18 ceremony in Chicago will livestream globally, with a cross-generational roster that includes Christina Aguilera, Common, the Roots, and Tems.
After screaming into the abyss on his third album, the Chicago songwriter returns with five tracks that choose nurture over force. Walls of Love is music that understands connection as work.
Chicago’s Cel Ray set a July 24 release for their debut album on Exploding In Sound, led by a single that turns fuel costs into a frantic rock opera.
Riot Fest returns to Douglass Park with Tool, Morrissey, Alanis Morissette, and a sprawling undercard that includes Afroman, both versions of Sex Pistols, and Insane Clown Posse.
Stereogum’s brief mention of Friko is a quiet signal, not a headline. The Chicago band’s profile continues to sharpen.
The Chicago hot dog stand famous for late-night verbal abuse has a quieter practice: touring musicians and comedians don’t pay for their meal.
The Chicago band’s debut album arrives not from a place of polished dreams, but from the resonant chaos of reality.
The Chicago duo’s sophomore record, ‘Something Worth Waiting For’, sharpens their anthemic indie rock into a more focused and deliberate statement.