A mass shooting in Chicago should have been inspiration for a discussion of violence prevention. Instead, some blamed Venezuelan immigrants.

Molchat Doma are now based in Los Angeles, and every time they announce another Chicago concert, it’s at a bigger venue.

The Frequency Festival's seven concerts include Chicago or U.S. debuts by Zosha Warpeha, Angharad Davies, and Pat Thomas & ...

Horsegirl’s anything-goes, anyone-can-do-it outlook, which embraces punk as a spirit rather than as a concrete genre, echoes ...

Bylines labeled “Chicago Reader Staff” are used for features that contain nonwritten, nonreported information like listings, ...

Instrumental ambient ensemble Hour draw their power from several east-coast music communities along the stretch between Maine and the group’s spiritual home in Philadelphia.

I love to support others," says Joshua Wells. "I want to collaborate with people and translate anything that they're having ...

Frsh Waters from Chicago's Westside is a writer, performance artist, & community outreach coordinator for Chicago youth arts non-profit John Walt Foundation and is a Co-Founder of Chicago's ...

On Lower, producer Kenny Segal’s crunchy percussion and resplendent keys bring a new dimension to Booker’s husky voice and ...

The high school friends and family members wowed the battle-of-the-bands circuit before recording a highly coveted single on ...

Chicago music: rapper Qari drops a new record produced by multi-instrumentalist Ari Burns; Save the Night presents its latest ...

Now more than ever, you don't need a groundhog weatherman to know which way the wind blows. Band together and question ...