Lyrical Lemonade, the blog and media company founded by the big-deal music-video director Cole Bennett, has been putting on its Summer Smash festival in Chicago for the past few years, and this year’s lineup has just dropped. You could look at Summer Smash as a mini-Rolling Loud, a place where young and mosh-happy rap fans can go see t...

Yo La Tengo had also covered a Wilco song earlier in the set The post Watch Wilco join Yo La Tengo to cover The Beatles, Bob Dylan at Chicago show appeared first on NME.

Yo La Tengo played Chicago’s Metro venue last night, where they brought out Wilco to play four covers during the encore. Earlier in the night, Yo La Tengo actually covered Wilco’s “If I Ever Was A Child,” and later both bands covered the Beatles’ “She’s A Woman,” Bob...

The Chicago band's eighth album sees them both advancing their sound and acknowledging their rootsThe post Fall Out Boy – ‘So Much (For) Stardust’ review: an audacious return from theatrical rockers appeared first on NME.

Black Duck comprises three mainstays of the Chicago music scene, Douglas McCombs of Tortoise, Brokeback, and Eleventh Dream Day plus Bill MacKay and Charles Rumback. It’s a project rooted in improv; for years, the band played completely improvised shows, and when the time came to record their self-titled debut album, they brought along...