Leor Galil

This zine, which contains Q&As with 20 DJs, grew out of a series of six raves at 1438 W. Cortland hosted by Ripe Productions.

The lead singers' dueting voices have the warmth of a late-night winter campfire that’s burned down to embers—they can push back the cold with a gentle glow or send up a surprising shower of sparks.

Modern Color started in 2014, taking inspiration from indie-friendly posthardcore that overlapped with emo.

The output of Death's Dynamic Shroud is so vast that you basically have to be part of their subculture just to make enough time to hear all of it.

International Anthem’s 11th birthday party adds a Hungry Brain residency, and veteran DJ Lee Collins needs help paying for cancer treatment.

Instrumental ambient ensemble Hour draw their power from several east-coast music communities along the stretch between Maine and the group’s spiritual home in Philadelphia.

Horsegirl’s anything-goes, anyone-can-do-it outlook, which embraces punk as a spirit rather than as a concrete genre, echoes the idiosyncratic boldness of feminist postpunk ensemble the Raincoats—right down to their scrappy beginnings.

Chicago Irish for Palestine and Salon Kawakib host the benefit Fields of Palestine, and the city’s young indie-rock scene has a busy month.

On Lower, producer Kenny Segal’s crunchy percussion and resplendent keys bring a new dimension to Booker’s husky voice and frayed guitars.

Emily Jane Powers music foregrounds her expressive guitar: she can thrash with metal aggression or weave gossamer webs out of layers of delicate arpeggios.