Synesthesia occurs when stimuli picked up by one sense trigger a simultaneous response in another. The title of the new album by Mike Reed’s the Separatist Party, Sing the Color Blue, may augur a ...

Even as Weaver moves around, he keeps Chicago with him. Like most of us who travel or relocate to another place, he often gets asked about Chicago’s reputation. “They’re like, ‘Oh, Chicago, it’s so ...

Bitknot shows off Feeble Little Horse’s grasp of trip-hop, new age minimalism, and atmospheric video-game scoring.

Texas-born, Chicago-based folk artist Marian Runk has a background as a cartoonist. That perspective informs her songs, which have a wistful, vivid, and discursive eye for detail. Her work recalls ...

September 26 sees the first run of the Palestine Film Showcase at the 18th Street Casa de Cultura in Pilsen. The event spotlights four documentary short films by Palestine filmmakers, along with food, ...

French Police might be the fastest-growing Chicago band with such an underreported story. If you read Jocelyn Martínez-Rosales’s 2023 Reader piece about the band’s first tour of Mexico, through, ...

An image of Chicago's freight train tunnels that encompassed 60 miles of track, 40 feet below the sidewalk, extending from Superior Street south to 16th. Credit: Blair Paddock This piece was ...

Comparing the early and upcoming renditions of the Chicago Underground Film Festival with artistic director, programmer, and cofounder Bryan Wendorf ...

Nearly 70 properties are in receivership after Jiazhao ‘Frank’ Chen defaulted on at least $119 million in real estate loans. A proposed landlord registry could help the city track irresponsible ...

Two nonprofit organizations are accusing the state judiciary of failing to adhere to public reporting mandates.

Advocates gathered on September 17 in support of reinstating parole in Illinois, which has been abolished since 1978.

Seismic Waves recorded only demos, and just a few songs ever got released. But these rowdy pranksters' anything-goes spirit ...