Tag: Chicago

2024 Artist Essays

Artist Essay: “Lament” Essay By Red Scarves’ Braden Poole

Joshua M. Miller - April 22, 2024

Lament is a song that was inspired by events of 2020. With so many disasters experienced in such a short amount of time it...

Features

Sweet Revisit: With New Live Album, Matthew Sweet Turns The Clock Back To 1893, er, 1993 (Interview)

Joshua M. Miller - March 31, 2024

Earlier this year, alt-rock/power pop pioneering singer-songwriter Matthew Sweet released a new live album, Live at Grant Park Chicago July 1993. It was originally...

Sessions

Water Tower Sessions: Course

Joshua M. Miller - March 21, 2024

Chicago-based singer-songwriter Jess Robbins is feeling grateful for things mostly working out the past few months. Robbins has been performing under the moniker Course...

Features

Creativity Overflowing: Sonny Falls Lets Loose On Latest Album (Interview)

Joshua M. Miller - March 8, 2024

For the better part of a decade, Chicago singer-songwriter Ryan "Hoagie” Wesley Ensley has been performing under the moniker Sonny Falls, creating a distinctly...

Premieres

Video Premiere and Artist Essay: Red Scarves Races With Purpose On “Runner”

Joshua M. Miller - December 11, 2023

Chicago-based Red Scarves are bundling up and gearing up for a busy year ahead. They'll be releasing their new album Nice Try sometime in...

Features

Hitting Their Own Beat: Autogramm Creates Music Humans Can Play

Joshua M. Miller - December 5, 2023

With a sound floating comfortably somewhere between new wave and power pop, Vancouver-born Autogramm is a nonconformist when it comes to its musical influences...

Music