Jamie Ludwig

Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek's music reimagines traditional Turkish folk music and Anatolian rock songs.

Chicago Record Report covers new local music that's caught the Reader's ear—including releases by Levity, Laura Jane Grace, and Lightleak.

The Texas thrash lords hit the scene like a bat out of hell, and with each passing tour their live shows seemed to get tighter, better, and more unfuckwithable.

For Australian singer-songwriter Forest Claudette (born Kobe Hamilton-Reeves), vulnerability is a blessing, not a curse.

The Lavender Prairie Queer Country Festival celebrates gay activist and singer-songwriter Patrick Haggerty’s legacy.

Chicago Record Report covers new local music that's caught the Reader's ear—including releases by Carlile, Ravyn Lenae, and Jay Wood.

Chicago-based musician Danny Biggins founded art-pop project Zombie Mañana in 2013, blending elements of neo-psych and indie rock with electronic beats and R&B flourishes. The February single “Thousands of Days,” which Biggins describes on Instagram as a love song to Mother Earth, juxtaposes spacey atmospheres with a joyfully beachy rhythm, delves into creamy, psychedelic melodies […]

Though Rixe draw from the sound and rage of French oi! and street-punk bands before them, their raw fury and lean, defiant anthems about power dynamics, disillusionment, and strength in the face of injustice feel made for the here and now.

Chicago art collective Ruidosa! is taking over both floors of Schubas for a rager you’ll still be talking about next summer.

Chicagoan Phil Yates makes indie rock and power pop that make it clear he wears his heart on his sleeve and finds joy in the little things.