Category: LIVE REVIEWS

As the leader of American Music Club and a solo artist, 50-year-old Mark Eitzel has toured with numerous configurations and

It doesn't take long for Weakerthans frontman John K. Samson to size up what kind of a crowd he's been

The weather was mostly pitch perfect for the weekend at Chicago’s Union Park, insignificant showers on Saturday, 70 degrees on

"I guess we won't try to surf the crowd tonight," chuckled Peter Holsapple, patting my arm as he circumnavigated the

Chicago’s favorite indie-music festival, held in Union Park in the city’s South Loop, made a limp start yesterday afternoon when

The longer you watch Blonde Redhead onstage, the more you are irretrievably sucked into its universe. It's impossible to take

123 Pleasant Street is one of those dank college-rock clubs crouched just off the interstate in every university town. Its

It’s the 30th annual Festival International de Jazz de Montréal. MAGNET’s Mitch Myers translates the action. Pianist Bill Charlap is

It’s the 30th annual Festival International de Jazz de Montréal. MAGNET’s Mitch Myers translates the action. Sobered by the bad

It’s the 30th annual Festival International de Jazz de Montréal. MAGNET’s Mitch Myers translates the action. Bassist Charlie Haden (pictured)

It’s the 30th annual Festival International de Jazz de Montréal. MAGNET’s Mitch Myers translates the action. So I took a day

It’s the 30th annual Festival International de Jazz de Montréal. MAGNET’s Mitch Myers translates the action. Diversity is the key,