For the past few decades, Martin Sorrondeguy has left a huge imprint on American DIY music. As the frontman of legendary bands Los Crudos and Limp Wrist, Sorrondeguy has radicalized a whole lot of people. A few years ago, Sorrondeguy got together with members of the thrashy Chicago hardcore band Sin Orden to start a new group called Canal Irreal...

Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign have a joint album called Vultures coming out soon. Because of Kanye’s raging antisemitism, the rollout has been happening away from the bright media spotlight that used to greet every new Kanye project. But he’s still doing the usual routine, with large-scale listening parties in gigantic venues....

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...

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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...