Born Ivanna Alexandra Martinez, singer and rapper Lexa Gates was raised in Puerto Rico and in Queens, New York, where she ...

Tom Morello and Zayd Ayers Dohrn's new rock/hip-hop musical Revolution(s) views injustice and violence through one family's ...

Andrew Ortmann’s long-running, collaborative Panicsville project has traversed countless confounding musical paths across ...

Coyotes, bats, moths, raccoons, deer, and more: an exploration of the city’s dusk-till-dawn wildlife and the humans who study ...

Drill rapper G Herbo didn’t need to book Wintrust Arena for his 30th birthday party to demonstrate his status as one of Chicago hip-hop’s greatest exports. Herb’s stardom seemed assured from the ...

Chicago rapper Thirteendegrees° is a key member of an underground movement that decenters drill in favor of what he calls ...

In Wyrd, three sisters wrestle with their otherworldly powers and the unseen forces that prevent them from using them ...

Alabama-born rapper Pink Siifu takes a loose, fluid approach to lots of things—including his musical style and the general idea of authorship.

While his previous bands were rooted in the raw, fiery rock and postpunk James Weir loved as a teen, his new project, Blue Earth Sound, draws on the diverse music he discovered as he developed his ear ...

Electric Citizen is the brainchild of guitarist Ross Dolan and singer Laura Dolan, high school sweethearts who married and formed their dream band.

Robert Bruno, a professor at the University of Illinois School of Labor and Employment Relations, says the wrestling over ...

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