Netta Walker's world premiere at Gift Theatre is a powerful and meaty character study of one family's response to grief and trauma.

Protomartyr has developed an increasingly ambitious postpunk style, packed with inventive riffs and poetic, observational lyrics by front man Joe Casey.

Apocalypse Drawings,” up at the new artist-run gallery Mavra in Jefferson Park, delves even deep into drawing’s possibilities.

The work of Emma Stebbins, the first woman to receive a public sculpture commission from New York City, is on view at the Driehaus Museum.

By using notations of rhythmic movement as language, Jesús Hilario-Reyes traces imagined movement across layers of ink ...

Willie Kent was the most reliable bassist in the genre, and he deserves better than to fade into the background.

Gerald Dowd chose Día de los Muertos to bring together more than a dozen musical acts for Day of the Dowd 3—a daylong benefit concert supporting Chicagoans experiencing hunger and food insecurity.

Great hyperpop has continued to come out since Pitchfork proclaimed it a bust, including two albums by Chicago-based artist Fraxiom.

My hate for you is a passion that will run for a million years / My fury is a force that is equal to a billion of your tears,” Corin Tucker sings over the simple, ominous bass line of “Calculated,” ...

In a May interview with the Australian Rolling Stone, Kelly described Memphis LK as the sound of “clubbing in heaven.” On her singles, including last year’s “Skyflower” and May’s “Out My Body,” she ...

Two estranged friends and business partners bond over booze and sci-fi in Factory Theater's exploration of science fiction and loss.

Mathilda Zeller draws on local lore and her own family history in her horror novel, which expands on short story “Kushtuka." ...