Review by Jeff Elbel. Photos by Curt Baran. The unexpected reignition of Rush has emerged as the must-see concert tour of the year, as witnessed on Wednesday by an ecstatic audience at the United ...

The Braymores • Thursday, July 30 • BMI Stage • 1:00 p.m. Chicago’s Braymores deliver a familiar blend of folk and roots rock, recalling bands nurtured in the city, includ ...

Summer Of ‘ 99 And Beyond … Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre . Tinley Park, IL. July 18-19, 2026. Recap and photos by Curt Baran . Tinley Park hosted their annual Time Machine fest ...

Noah Kahan. Wrigley Field . Chicago, IL . July 14th, 2026. Recap and photos by Curt Baran. Noah Kahan, Pearl Jam, Chappell Roan, and more than three decades of elapsed time share ...

Tyler Childers. Wrigley Field . Chicago, IL . July 12th, 2026. Recap and photos by Curt Baran. Tyler Childers has mastered the art of the crossover, and it seems he’s achieved i ...

Jack Johnson. Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island. Chicago, IL . July 11th, 2026. Recap and photos by Curt Baran. They don’t make ‘em much more laid-back than Jack Jo ...

Since its inception in 2024, the Summer School tour has been a platform for emerging bands to showcase their talents and collaborate on the road. The tour thrives on musical diversity and ...

In February 2020, just as the pandemic was beginning to take hold, my IE Green Day interview could have been my last as we weathered the early days of the COVID-19 storm. By March, as Lockdown ...

In the heyday of the late ’70s and early ’80s, Loop (WLUP, 97.9 FM) was owned by Congressman Cecil Heftel of Heftel Broadcasting. The president of Heftel Broadcasting was Tom Hoyt. A few photos of ...

At its outset, 2023 looked to be an unexpected banner year for Chicago punk-scene legends The Effigies. COVID had finally waned, national concert attendance had rebounded, and the once-moribund music ...

For better or worse, that has become my patented gallows-humored, post-pandemic response to anyone who casually inquires how I’m doing. Based on the hilarious Monty Python Death Cart scene in The Holy ...

Led by founding member Steve Kilbey, Australian rockers the Church filled Park West with dreamy psychedelia, inventive alternative pop, and searing rock on Tuesday. “When I was young and getting ...