At Sawhorse, “Far Down the Phantom Air” unites the prehistoric and the postindustrial into a devotional that poses worship as pleasure.

With three days of nonstop entertainment, including two stages of live music, West Fest is one of this summer’s most highly ...

Bodock's “dark if by day” draws viewers into a ceremony of wayfinding, collapsing past and present in an otherworldly apparition.

Vinyl has long been the big story in physical media, but CDs are cheaper, quicker to manufacture, and poised for a comeback.

Among the new class of shoegaze artists powering the continuing resurgence of the genre, many cite Whirr as a foundational ...

In the studio and onstage, Byron Gregory backed giants of soul, jazz, funk, and more—including Ramsey Lewis, Ruby Andrews, ...

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Tom Henry belongs to the ever-expanding constellation of young indie rockers with a deep affection for the underground sounds ...

Yannick Diekeno Ilunga, aka Petite Noir, makes music that reflects the fragmented identities and borderless visions of the ...

The South Side Home Movie Project celebrates two decades with the multimedia exhibition “The Act of Recording Is an Act of ...

Lefty Parker makes quiet, intimate folk music that can melt your heart as easily as break it. The singer-songwriter is a New ...

Gender Fucked Productions brings a family-friendly festival of trans, nonbinary, and queer performance to three Chicago parks ...