Whitney proves that the kids love the soft stuff

Chicago Reader (Style) 11/21 11:57A Luca Cimarusti

My peers and I spent our formative years seeking out the hardest, heaviest, fastest music we could find. We considered it a rite of passage, a way to rebel against the bloated arena rock and pillowy...

Songwriter Cat Clyde journeys beyond the blues on Hunter’s Trance

Chicago Reader (Style) 11/21 11:42A Jamie Ludwig

Stratford, Ontario, is famous for its long-running annual theater festival, which leans heavily on productions of Shakespeare. Singer-songwriter Cat Clyde has spent most of her life in and around...

Brett Naucke goes deep into the void to deliver spacey electronic soundscapes

Chicago Reader (Style) 11/21 11:34A Steve Krakow

One of the first times I saw Brett Naucke onstage was in in 2007, when he and his noisy power trio, Druids of Huge, played a Cleveland punk bar. During the first minutes of the set someone dumped an...

Chicago trio Town Criers make psychedelic power pop for the ages

Chicago Reader (Style) 11/21 10:56A Salem Collo-Julin

The guitar-driven power pop on Town Criers’ recent self-released EP, Town Criers II, feels like it could live comfortably in any era of garage music from the 60s through the 80s; the singing of...

Pigface offers a cornucopia of industrial-flavored madness with two shows Thanksgiving weekend

Chicago Reader (Style) 11/21 10:43A Monica Kendrick

Pigface was born in 1990 as the supergroup brainchild of Ministry members Martin Atkins, also of Public Image Limited and Killing Joke, and William Rieflin, who has led a miraculously eclectic...

Look Inside Time Out Market, Sampler Platter of Chicago Food

Chicago Magazine 11/21 10:33A

The 50,000 square-foot food hall, which opened Wednesday at 916 W Fulton Market, brings together chefs from Entente, Urbanbelly, Fat Rice, Duck Inn, and more.

Footwork innovator Jlin continues to expand her sound

Chicago Reader (Style) 11/21 10:28A Joshua Minsoo Kim

Indiana-based footwork producer Jlin is laser-focused in her vision and in her dedication to expanding her sound. Her debut album, Dark Energy, arrived in 2015, when footwork was gaining sizable...

BJ the Chicago Kid has what it takes to carry any song alone on 1123

Chicago Reader (Style) 11/21 10:08A Leor Galil

R &B singer Bryan James Sledge, aka BJ the Chicago Kid, has the kind of commanding voice most rappers seek out when they’re looking for a guest artist to make a good song great—and to loosen their...

Houston pop-punk miscreants Waterparks sound like the future of rock on Fandom

Chicago Reader (Style) 11/21 10:00A Leor Galil

If the members of infamous UK pop-rock band the 1975 had grown up in the U.S. and listened to more pop punk than emo, they’d probably sound a lot like Waterparks. The Houston three-piece have become...

Pivot Gang celebrates the life of former member at the third annual John Walt Day

Chicago Reader (Style) 11/21 9:50A Leor Galil

The members of west-side collective Pivot Gang have been calling themselves a boy band since long before Brockhampton was a twinkle in Kevin Abstract’s eye. Because Joseph Chilliams, Frsh Waters, Mfn...

Ed Maverick sings Mexican folk songs for crying in your bedroom

Chicago Reader (Style) 11/21 9:32A Catalina Maria Johnson

At 18 years old, Eduardo Hernández Saucedo, aka Ed Maverick, has already become a viral phenomenon for his sweet, romantic bedroom-folk tunes; his 2018 hit “Fuentes de Ortiz” has topped 100 million...

Samantha Fish keeps blues-rock alive

Chicago Reader (Style) 11/21 9:18A Noah Berlatsky

Over the past decade, Missouri singer-songwriter and guitarist Samantha Fish has become one of the country’s leading young electric blues performers. Her 2017 album, Belle of the West (Ruf), produced...

Feeling Fresh When You’re On the Go

Sequins and Stripes 11/21 8:00A Liz

Shop the post : Another Mile Jacket (wearing a 6), Muscle Tank (wearing a 4), 25” Align Leggings in Polar Shift Emboss Black , On the Go Sweat Kit in Aloe Lotus c/o We all know how hectic the holidays...

BRITAX ONE4LIFE ALL-IN-ONE CAR SEAT

Helen Berkun 11/21 7:42A Helen Berkun

When you become a parent, keeping your kiddos safe becomes the most important task. Especially since becoming a parent also makes you an ultimate Uber Driver. At least that s what my kids call me....

2019 Holiday Gift Guide: For the Guys

Sequins and Stripes 11/20 10:00P Liz

Shop this gift guide : No. 1 J.Crew Quilted Jacket // No. 2 Everlane Felted Merino Hoodie // No. 3 Weber iGrill 3 App-Connected Thermometer // No. 4 Sherling-Lined Chukka Boots // No. 5 Wireless...