Digital Freshness is back April 6th at The Empty Bottle with performances by Kemba, Brittney Carter and Calid B with DJ Ca$h Era and our very own RTC on the 1’s and 2’s. After last month’s packed show with Open… Continue Reading
Some of Hip Hop’s most classic releases come via a singular connection between producer and emcee. When the beatsmith and wordsmith hit that zone, well, it’s a wrap. It can be even better when they both rep the same crew… Continue Reading
Photos by Geoff Henao On Tuesday, July 14th, Japanese noise-core band Melt-Banana returned to Chicago’s Empty Bottle for the first time in 15 years. Touring across the country with them is stoner metal band, and genre-defying Hot Nerds opened the… Continue Reading
Islands is the brainchild of Canadian-born lead singer/songwriter Nick Thorburn. The occasionally acoustic-inclined Thorburn, along with Evan Gordon, Geordie Gordon and Luc Laurent make up the squad that today is Islands. Started in 2004 in Montreal, the art-rock ensemble has… Continue Reading