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

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 ...

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

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.

A wounded woman vet tries to reintegrate with her family and past with the aid of virtual reality in Shattered Globe's Ugly Lies the Bone.

In Belt Publishing's The Rockford Anthology, photographs, essays, and poems help a reader can begin to understand the city.

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

For this iteration of 60 wrd/min art critic, writer Lori Waxman reviews the practice of Chicago-based painter Xuanlin Ye.

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

He says he’d work the day shift if he could, but the night shift has its advantages. Very few people come in during the early morning hours, which he appreciates as an introvert. During these slow ...

For all its agonies and ecstasies, “nightlife” is still “life.” It’s neither better nor worse than day life; it simply is.