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Going above and Beyond an Interview with Andy Bell of Erasure

By Gregg Shapiro   Photos: Andy Sturmey, Doron Gild   It’s been 30 years since the release of Erasure’s third album The Innocents, the disc that aided the duo...

Q-Music: Second City Soundcheck

  By Gregg Shapiro   After a lengthy absence, the Chicago rock music scene is back on our radar again. With the reunited Smashing Pumpkins (minus D’arcy,...

Q-Music: Voices from the past

By Gregg Shapiro   All hail Liz Phair! Kicking the male-dominated Chicago rock scene in its tender nuts with her steel-toe boots, Phair’s 1993 debut album Exile in...

Peach List 24: 10 Songs to Kick Off Your Summer Right

Time to dance like the boys of summer!   Clean Bandit feat. Demi Lovato - Solo               AV AV AV – Sake Drop               Jaded feat. Ashnikko – Pancake         Childish Gambino...

This Girl Will Make You Dance

By Mikkel Hyldebrandt   Chicago-based Ariel Zetina headlines Deep South this month in her Atlanta debut at the queer underground dance party. As a young, self-taught...

Amplifying Gravity

Two Powerful Forces in the Queer Underground Music Scene Unite in Song About Overcoming Addiction and Depression. By Paul Hutnick   Multi-talented out musicians Zach Adam and...

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