Somaluna @Fulton Street Collective, Or, SomuchJumpsuit

Just four good friends, in four good jumpsuits, for one great night of music.

March 12, 2025 0

GARM; Nebulus @SPACE, Or, Double-Fisting Your Fusion

It makes sense that he's so plain-spoken. Deadpan even. With so much music output, I wouldn't have much left to say with my words.

March 9, 2025 0

Chicago Ukrainians Rally Less Than 48 Hours After Trump Berates Zelenskyy

"Thanks to all American supporters. Without them, we will probably be defeated in three days...but as we got help, we really appreciate that," a young, local chant leader told me. "When the conference [between Trump and Zelenskyy] happened...we couldn't stand aside. We will stand for our rights."

March 2, 2025 0

Little Village Protests ICE Raids With Rally And March

“The fight - it is in the [Chicago City] Council, it is in the courts, but it’s in the streets. It is in our neighborhoods to make sure that we don’t allow these cowards to come and terrorize us.”

February 9, 2025 0

Livia Gazzolo @Midnight Tea, Or, An Evening Of Sta(i)rs That Will Take Your Breath Away

As she inches closer towards her first official release, Livia Gazzolo’s shows continue to be warm, intimate affairs. Meek and delicate at times, but inevitably bursting - with color, culture, and a diversity of tongues - into a roar that seemingly tells the world: “I am here, and to stay.”

February 3, 2025 0

Young Bolingbrook Residents Protest ICE Amid Local Raids

"[ICE is] targeting warehouses…‘Oh they’re just supporting criminals!’ But that’s very on the contrary…they’re also deporting a lot of families in very unjust ways."

February 2, 2025 0

Livia Gazzolo, Pat Leary Trio @ The Red Room, Or, Beyond The Blue Door Lies Brazil

As Joe took to the mic to open the night, he described the upcoming music as a “hellfire of sexy jazz,” which got a laugh out of the crowd, but would wind up being dead-on in the way a fire burns bright before simmering.

February 19, 2024 0

Marquis Hill Composers’ Collective @Jazz Showcase, Or, DnB With Some R&B Before NYE

"In and out, then in, then out. Simple, then not. Looped samples of inspiration much like I heard at The Whistler this past summer…that night’s sound leaned more into the contemporary jazz/neo-soul category, with added elements of world music as well. And Japanese RPG-esque DnB vamps."

February 5, 2024 0

Tim Follin’s “Starsky & Hutch” Soundtrack is a Red Tomato Jam

Tim Follin appeared to be concerned with one thing only: Be badass, cool, and funky - from the moment you burn out at the start of a level to the moment the criminal car blows up in over-the-top, copaganda fashion.

January 22, 2024 0