The Tecca Loves You Tour hit Chicago last night, bringing a roster of young artists making a name for themselves in the Rap world to downtown’s House of Blues. Kicking things off was YVNGXCHRIS, whose set was full of energy that had the crowd jumping up and down throughout his […]
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We were present on night 1 of Summer Walker’s two-show stint at the famous Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. Our city was part of a select few to be part of the singer/songwriter’s limited run of 2022 shows, which made coming out to these concerts that much more special
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After dropping his album TwoPointFive towards the end of 2021, Aminé embarked on what he formally dubbed the Best Tour Ever to support his fourth studio release. While anyone can just throw in the subjective “best ever” label on anything they make, but after witnessing the show myself, I can tell
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Recently, the PoD team was fortunate enough to connect with The Third, an impressive artist who has been doing spectacular things within many of Chicago’s communities. We sat down with The Third to talk all things Chicago, his main sources of inspiration as both a writer and as
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Dave Bayley, frontman of UK-based Glass Animals, said on stage that last night’s Chicago stop of the Dreamland tour was the loudest and most energetic so far. Honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if that rang true, as a near fully packed Credit Union 1 Arena was dancing and
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Today we have the pleasure of premiering a new song and video from Jewels Gold, entitled “Royalty/Life Is Meant to Be Lived.” The track boasts an impassioned vocal performance from Jewels Gold while also playing piano in this 6+ minute-long song. If you’re a fan of Classic Rock,
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The rescheduled bout of Ocean Child, The Hustle and Joyfriend occurred at the Beat Kitchen this past Friday night, delivering a bounce fest of hard-hitting rock bangers. It’s always nice coming back to the Beat Kitchen, as it’s where it all started for me with photography. Another night
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For our first episode of the year, we discuss our most anticipated fests and music projects for 2022. Our 4×4 segment features music from Pierre Kwenders, Bonobo, FKA twigs, and Saba. For the album review we talked about the new album by The Weeknd, Dawn FM. Stream episode 11
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Along with featuring on our 2021 Re:VERB Cypher, we were also fortunate enough to sit down with Chicago-born artist Xavier Holliday for an accompanying interview. Xavier talked to us about past Chicago collaborations, his positive influence on the community, and his love for various types of music, among
We’re bidding farewell to 2021 with the latest installation of our Re:VERB Cypher. This time around we brought together Xavier Holliday, KC Wavey, and Mamie Mañana to rock the mic on another beat produced by the homie Bobby Beatz. Watch the 2021 Re:VERB Cypher above.
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We’re closing out 2021 by discussing our favorite songs and albums released this year. Tyler, the Creator’s CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST and Little Simz’s Sometimes I Might Be Introvert get our love for the dopest albums segment. We also highlight tracks from Cuco, Doja Cat, Polo & Pan, and
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‘Tis the season! It’s Christmas time and with it comes all the classic holiday songs. While we could do a list of all our favorite songs we already know for years, I’d rather focus on the new stuff. So I took some time to listen to holiday songs
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