The talent and generosity Simon Small brought to the city’s studios and stages won over a huge number of people in the emo, ...

Omnia Sol elevates the role of the VJ with their concept of the “cinematic rave,” which draws on media archaeology, cyborg ...

Nocturne” by Dabin Ann balances the artist's technical acumen with representative images with his equally deft faculty in ...

Plus: Emma Hospelhorn celebrates her second album as Em Spel, cassette label LittleHeadButt throws a release party for ...

With EXPO Chicago upon us, we thought it would be good to visit some of Detroit's artists, galleries, and collectors.

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Friday, April 5, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr. was dead, and thousands of young protesters stalked the streets of Chicago, exhibiting a harsh, unbridled rage the likes of which the city had never seen.

Tim Daisy moved here from Waukegan in 1997 and soon established himself as a go-to drummer in Chicago’s free-jazz and ...

Yasmin Williams makes music that strolls gently through a landscape that borders folk, country, Americana, and new age.

Last year’s Dance Mania Legends went so well that Viva Acid has brought it back for a second year with a lineup of more than ...

Chain mail and scythes populate the covers of Poison Ruïn’s records—a nod to the medieval inspirations behind the group’s punk tunes, which they lace with leftist political ideas.

Born in Beirut and reared in Toronto’s punk underground, Rami Gabriel plays mostly guitar, oud, and buzuq, and he has fingers ...