Andy Downing

Great Perhaps frontman Blake Sloane has a voice like an approaching hurricane--a panoramic growl that sounds best when the 25-year-old singer/guitarist pushes it to its breaking point, as he does...

The Goldstars are not new to the local music scene--the quartet includes former and current members of the Krinkles, New Duncan Imperials and Poi Dog Pondering--but the group bashes out...

By most standards, Nicholas Tremulis has lived something of a charmed life. The Chicago-born singer has recorded with Keith Richards at the Rolling Stone guitarist's house, performed live with Rick...

When Glue emcee Adeem (pronounced A-dee-em) won the freestyle competition at Scribble Jam for the second time in 2001--making him the only repeat winner in the festival's decade-long history--he realized...

On the American Heritage press sheet there are two quotes, each pulled from a different publication, comparing the trio's bludgeoning sound to Mastodon--one of the most inventive, brutal bands in...

On the American Heritage press sheet there are two quotes, each pulled from a different publication, comparing the trio's bludgeoning sound to Mastodon--one of the most inventive, brutal bands in...

It's not all that surprising when a rock drummer ditches the sticks to front a band, be it Nirvana's Dave Grohl with the Foo Fighters or local rocker Matt Focht...

When Malachi Thompson, 56, died of cancer in his South Side home in July, there was never a thought given to canceling the Africa Brass set at this weekend's Chicago...

Since its inception in the mid-'90s, Joan of Arc has enjoyed playing with perception, moving from the synth pop of its 1997 debut to the over-the-top musical explorations of its...

When the Thin Man released its debut album, "A Cloud In Trousers" in 2000, it was more or less a solo project for frontman and Newcastle, England, emigre Kennedy Greenrod,...