Chicago's Auditorium Theater is a beautiful place to see a show, especially one as majestic and sweeping as Sigur Rs. Check out this stream of their show from their fall 2013 tour.The StreamDownload Entire Set (mp3 .zip)[/box]

The dedicated fans that descended upon Martyrs from all over the country this weekend got what they came for: a one-0f-a-kind collaboration between Steve Kimock and Dan Lebowitz. The mix of material from each of the principals provided an unusual balance between Steve's patient and exploratory songwriting and Dan's more grounded pop-based approach.Saturday...

Sure, this site's based in Chicago, but the Riverside Theater is like a home away from home for me when Widespread Panic makes their three night runs in Milwaukee. I'll be heading up, and hopefully reporting from nights two and three of this year's run (which kicks off tonight). But before I do, I just...

John Coltrane's 87th birthday was celebrated this week, and with it came an incredible artifact published at openculture.com: his hand written notes from the recording of "A Love Supreme".Yes, the note at the bottom reads "All Paths Lead To God", a sentiment which is echoed in Coltrane's liner notes for the album. Openculture...

There was a certain buzz last weekend around something called "A Night Of Davids" Friday night at Bottom Lounge. The premise: a musical tribute to two singular and much revered singers and songwriters, David Byrne and David Bowie.Of course, we've been blessed with This Must Be The Band in Chicago for several years now...

High tech firms have successfully used the "incubator" approach to make good ideas great and bring them to life. The concept is simple -- get talented people together across disciplines, give them a space to interact, exchange points of view, and the tools and technology to succeed.Wire aspires to do just that... but for...

We've reached the end of another festival season here in the Midwest and with each passing year it seems like the variety, breadth and ambition of both major and micro gatherings serve to push festival culture just a little further. Music lovers know that the festival is a great place to experience new music, but...

For the week of September 13th, the broadcast ofNotes From The Jazz Undergroundburst from its normal 2 hour confines and turned into a 3 hour affair. Highlights from this overstuffed show included:An interview with Chicagoan Ben Scholz about his band's (the Elec Tet) new disc, Shiny Metal Objects, Three tracks from the album, which alsofeatures the...

Words & Photos: Matt Van GronigenThe crowd was packed tight and it was a challenge to navigate the bodies during of Nicki Bluhm & the Gramblers performance at Lincoln Hall. As part of this event, the audience submitted their dreams to be projected on the wall during the performance. Yes, World Peace made the list,...

I think I stumped Steve Kimock with the very first question of our interview. With an upcoming weekend of shows at Martyrs with ALO guitarist Dan Leibowitz, I was curious as to how these two like-minded pickers first hooked up. "Over the years, we've just gotten better and better at playing together and have enjoyed...