Chicago Reader staff writer Micco Caporale (they/them) is an award-winning journalist and Korn-fed midwesterner bouncing ...

Across their four studio albums, Wet invites listeners into a soulful dream world, and last month’s Two Lives is her most ...

Bartees Strange is one of several high-profile musicians who’ve recently adopted a goth visual aesthetic, but his sound ...

His carefully crafted, artisanal style is rooted in reflective acoustic balladry, albeit with an undercurrent of simmering ...

With classics and cult favorites, the Music Box Theatre's upcoming Sapphopalooza film series brings queer women to the front.

Artists and performance styles from across the Asian and Pacific Islander diaspora celebrate AAPI Heritage Month in this ...

A glaciologist wrestles with personal trauma and global environmental catastrophe in Time Is a Color and the Color Is Blue.

At Union Station, Kohl and her ten-player ensemble will play a composition that will enable intentional and inadvertent ...

A small town in Indiana sacrifices for "progress" (with the influence of the Wright Brothers) in The Ostrich.

Third is a SouthSide born rapper and teacher with a deep affinity for words. As a lyricist and storyteller, Third is always ...

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When Adult. emerged out of late-90s Detroit, the city’s art-rock scene was dominated by the revival of protopunk and garage ...