Interview: Shepard Fairey invades Chicago

The Merchandise Mart plays host to ArtChicago’s annual NEXT starting April 29th, and this year’s premiere…

How to not look like an idiot around wine

Still winging it? Do you care but not enough to research just what exactly to do?…

Album Review: Beans’ End It All

Beans poetics and politics impress and refresh, on his forth album, End It All.

VersionFest: No Time Like the Present

The Zendik Tribe has a saying and possibly a crede: “Stop Bitching and Start a Revolution!”…

Grails at the Empty Bottle

With their political thriller soundscape, Grails plays the Empty Bottle on April 30, 2011

The Indumentarian: Breaking Wind

April showers mean a month of close calls and rushing for dry sanctuary but there is…

Delhi 2 Dublin: Dancing the Planet Electric

A Celtic Bhangra mash-up, really?

Sneak Geek V: War & Peace and The Air Penny

Alot has gone down since our last visit with The Sneak Geek: a new year has…

Hunx and His Punx in Chicago

Queer-bop? Fem-doowap? Hunx and His Punx clashes flamboyant 50’s sweetheart serinades and the gritty gay punk…