Friday night was a semi-private party over at Reggies Music Joint (the bar next door to the rock club that also has live music in there regularly) where a birthday was celebrated and Chicago instrumental rock trio...

Sunday night was Shiner’s last stand not only in Chicago but anywhere as their four-city reunion tour concluded at the Bottom Lounge. This time the band was joined by two different opening acts than the night...

Saturday night was a special evening at the Bottom Lounge as that was the venue that housed two nights in a row of Shiner reunion shows. Shiner was one of the best bands of the 1990s that should have been a lot more...

Just 24 hours later after having one punk rock mainstay headline the stage, Reggies had an even bigger legend headline on Friday night. Jello Biafra, a man who needs to introduction, and his Guantanamo School of...

With school having started this week for some, Thursday night meant it was a school night but that didn’t stop some die-hard fans from staying out late and going to see New York punk mainstays Murphy’s Law...

Monday night the western suburbs got a real treat as punk rock veterans Agent Orange not only played a show at the Brauerhouse in Lombard, but it was a FREE show! Not only were fans treated to a free show by punk rock...

The heaviest day-long tour of the year is The Summer Slaughter Tour. This tour features around a dozen extreme metal bands sharing a stage for a full day of brutal music. The annual tour (which features a different...

System of a Down and Deftones both enjoyed quite a bit of success from the mid 1990’s through the early 2000’s and both of them are still at it, having outlasted a lot of bands from that era. The two bands...