Dani Robles throws shows and runs a recording studio at DIY space Ericka’s House, leads the band CalicoLoco, and works for Ur Mom Records.

The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene has to offer.

Chicagoan Ryan Davis drums in noise-pop project Astrobrite, led by American shoegaze lodestar Scott Cortez. He also has a few bands of his own that employ a similarly deft touch with walls of sound: ...

A triptych of pieces from the groundbreaking company's repertoire, including John Taras's revelatory Firebird, lit up the Auditorium.

Sen Morimoto grounds their new album in sure-handed gentleness, newly minted Chicagoan Greg Freeman comes through town on ...

Family and friends reminisce about Jimmy Boyce, the ferocious drummer and kindly soul from one of the great bands of ...

Charlie Parr has been making stark, arresting music for two and a half decades, and he seems to be able to summon the aesthetic of any era he wants.

Announcing the highlights of this year’s Black Harvest Film Festival, hosted at the Siskel Film Center from November 6–15 ...

Suzy Sheer make electroclash for pillow fights. The duo splatter their gauzy, ethereal synth melodies with harsh electronic percussion as though they’re opening a shaken-up can of Mountain Dew onto a ...

Annoyance's Murder at Moidah Manor has some solid laughs but could use sharper instruments for delivering the whodunit whimsy ...

The third edition of Saint Louis’s Counterpublic triennial presents a sweeping framework for how art can be of public service ...

What to watch in theaters and at home. Top film, TV, and streaming picks from the Chicago Reader.