From the onset, Snarky Puppy presents as not-your-average-band. It's been described as a collective with a fluid lineup -- surely there are many different looks, all rooted in impeccable chops and a tendency to bend time with their boundary pushing jazz.The concept is magnified with albums like the just released Family Dinner, Volume 2, where...

As far as modern jazz goes, nothing pricks up our ears more than the words Snarky Puppy.In fact, when we first heard of this gig [March 23 @ City Winery] with Bill Laurance Group featuringMichael League and Robert "Sput" Searight of the Puppy, it inspired us to write this post on the Snarky Fam.Snarky Puppy...

It seems that Leftover Salmon just can't play a normal show in Chicago.Need proof?Their last two visits saw them squeezing Jerrytribute sets (Old & In The Way and Garcia/Grisman) between Fare Thee Well live streams, then playing the after show and being surprised on New Year's Eve by Sam Bush and Col....

By: @WeirScrewedJason Isbell and his band The 400 Unit played to a sold out crowd at the Chicago Theatre on Saturday night. Although Isbell toured extensively around Southeastern, this was the first time his full band (including Isbell's wife and violin player Amanda Shires Isbell) had played Chicago since the release of the Grammy-winningSomething More than...

The weekend after Ween brought their reunion party to the Centennial State, Greensky Bluegrass kept the Brown flowing in Colorado.The band debuted their version of Ween's "Your Party" as the encore to their second of two shows at Avon's Winter Wondergrass festival. They must have liked how it came out, as they referenced it...

By: Ryan MannixDr. Dogs newest album, Psychedelic Swamp, is Part Two of a concept that has been sixteenyears in the making. The album is presented as a message from a character namedPhrases, who sent the band a cassette tape detailing his existence in TheSwamp, hoping to reach the masses. Unfortunately,the communicationsoaked in the mud...

By: @312mrgSongwriting is amathematical equation rooted in art -- and it blows my mind. To the layman, it evolves coding and decoding, instant translation and digestion, and the courage to present a final product as something worthy of consumption.Tom Hamiltonseems to embrace these concepts for entire albums... and even tours. Painstakingly assemblingtracks exactly how...

Our friends at Philamonjaro Studio were on hand to capture some shots at Dropkick Murphys Aragon Ballroom show last Friday.Check out the goods from the Irish-American rockers.

AC/DC sold out the United Center on Wednesday night for their Rock Or Bust tour. Though the tour is named after their most recent album, the band primarily performed their hits, opting to play only four songs recorded after 1981, the inarguable end of the bands height.As one expects from a group with the...

Pitchfork Music Festival will take place at Union Park on July 15-17. Today, the festival announced its eclectic lineup, featuring Brian Wilson performing Pet Sounds, Beach House, Sufjan Stevens, Thundercat and more.Each days lineup seems to stick to a certain sound, with Friday featuring the straightforward indie of Beach House, Twin Peaks and Broken...