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Last month's torrential rain storms hit a lot of Chicagoans hard, and the music scene was not exempt: The local indie label Graveface Records, home of Black Moth Super Rainbow, Jason Molina, Octopus Project, and other worthy acts, took three feet of water in its Logan Square headquarters, and the o

One of the few exciting summer music festivals that A.) doesn't detract from the city's existing music scene by drawing acts away from the clubs, and B.) offers a unique experience and distinctive aesthetic that can't be had elsewhere, the Chicago World Music Festival starts on S

The oil well's essentially been plugged. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has reopened large swaths of Gulf Coast waters to fishing.

An interesting piece in the Reader by ace reporters Ben Joravsky and Sam Adams asks, "Do festivals like Pitchfork and Lollapalooza have the right to restrict photography in a public park?"It's a good question, and, rights or no, Pitchfork have been doing it, banning admittance to any tick

Officially billed as”a festival of Advanced Music and Multimedia Art,” the three-day Sónar Music Festival has been taking place in Barcelona every year since 1994.

 If reunited ’90s grunge merchants Soundgarden were the only reason you were considering going to the Walmart on the Lake that is Lollapalooza, you’re in luck: The band has announced that it will play the Vic Theatre the ni

Jim "Tankboy"‚  Kopeny, one of the few music bloggers around town who is a diligent reporter as well as an opinionated critic, has posted an interesting piece on Chicagoist recounting what seems to have been an wild overreaction by police staffing Monday's concert by local heroi