Chicago Editorials
Deep dives into the local sounds and scenes happening this week.
Ambient
Hypnotic Drones and Ethereal Drift: Chicago’s Premier Experimental Ambient Slates This Week
Americana
Gothic Twang and Gritty Folk: Chicago's Best Alt-Country and Southern Gothic Showdowns This Week
Bars
From Noise Rock to Darkwave: Chicago’s Underground Concrete Communion
Chaos
Screaming Steel and Angular Riffs: Chicago’s Darkwave, Noise Rock, and Mathcore Heatwave
Classic
Grit, Groove, and Grandeur: Chicago’s Essential Week of Modern Blues, Cool Jazz, and Orchestral Fury
Emo
Skramz, Shoegaze, and Fifth-Wave Screams: Chicago’s Abrasive Underground Awakes
Fringe
Skramz, Mathcore, and Industrial Darkwave: Chicago’s Loudest Sub-Basement Ceremonies This Week
Gaze
Walls of Sound in the Windy City: Chicago’s Best Upcoming Slowcore, Noise Pop, and Shoegaze
Gloss
Chipped Chrome and Neon Beats: Chicago’s Top Hyperpop, Darkwave, and Bedroom Pop Shows This Week
Heat
Skramz, Noise Rock, and Darkwave: Chicago’s Sonic Underground Bleeds Out This Week
Heavy
Sludge, Mathcore, and Darkwave: Chicago’s Underground Braces for a Week of Pure Sonic Friction
Indie
Fifth-Wave Emo, Noise Rock, and Avant-Garde Math Collide in Chicago This Week
Jams
Psychedelic Grooves and Acid Heat: Chicago’s Top Prog-Rock, Jazz Fusion, and Deep House Sets This Week
Neon
From Hyperpop to Hard Techno: The Syncopated Pulse of Chicago's Underbelly
Psych
Dream Pop Drifts and Neo-Psychedelic Trips: Chicago's Must-See Sonic Underworld
Rave
Hard Techno, G-House, and Melodic House Collide in Chicago's Darkest Rooms
Reggae
Dub-Wise Sub-Bass and Dancehall Riddims Shatter Chicago's Lakefront This Week
Regional
Skramz, Sludge, and Heavy Machinery: Chicago’s Underground Sounds This Week
Riot
Sludge, Sweat, and Sinister Synths: Chicago's Hardcore and Noise Rock Deluge
Shadow
Screaming in the Dark: Skramz, Sludge, and Darkwave Haunt Chicago's Underground
Standards
Heavy Ivory & Cinematic Brass: Chicago's Modern Classical and Jazz Vanguard Take Over
Sub
Dissonance and Dread: Chicago’s Premier Week for Skramz, Noise Rock, and Industrial Darkwave
Velvet
Fuzz, Frequencies, and Darkwave Fantasies: Chicago's Darkest Microgenres Take Over
Warehouse