Northwest Indiana’s own Omar Apollo came back to his neighboring metropolis of Chicago once more thanks to his Desvelado Tour. Tora-I and Deb Never were in charge of kicking things off, the latter of which we got to catch in full and appreciate. Deb Never was cool and it […]
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After 20 previous shows across the continental US, Charli XCX concluded the American leg of her “CRASH” live tour in Chicago at the Aragon Ballroom this past weekend. Charli was accompanied by Baby Tate, and Magdalena Bay who was picked to perform for Charli’s Chicago and New York
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A few Fridays back, I got to catch Alison Wonderland’s Chicago stop of her LONER tour at the Aragon Ballroom. I lucked out because all three of the performers are artists I listen to on, at the very least, a weekly basis. Hats off to Alison Wonderland and
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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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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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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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Since its inception in 2006, the Red Bull SoundClash has had a history of bringing acts together to perform in a unique fashion. After 85 events and a decade-long hiatus, the Red Bull Music team finally announced the return of Red Bull SoundClash with a 2021 lineup comprised
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Yeek rolled into town this week to bring the good vibes to Chicago’s intimate Lincoln Hall. Along with performing tracks off his latest album, 2021’s Valencia, Yeek also treated the crowd to an old fan-favorite in “Only in the West.” The South FL artist also held a meet and greet
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Yves Tumor arrived in NYC for a pair of shows at Webster Hall and the week of Halloween, and I was lucky to be fit into the press squad to cover the second date. The press list was booked up by the time I made my request, but
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Let me just get straight to this point: Japanese Breakfast is one of the best live acts around. I was lucky to be able to cover night 3 of Michelle Zauner’s of a four-day takeover of Brooklyn, one of many she’s been doing as part of her 2021-22
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