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Engine Summer are a Chicagoan indie rock trio, sharing lead vocal and song writing duties. After meeting in high school and forming several garage bands together over the years, it took until 2016 for Engine Summer to forge their own brand…

One of the most influential writers of our age. (Irvine Welsh) Putting the words together, literary genius and former pimp does not seem like a practical simile. In fact, it is two ends of a very different spectrum. One of…

Young Chicago up-and-comer Bryan Away has released a timely EP, fitting the moods and atmospheres of autumn with reflective, melancholic overtones. Away explores introspective themes of loneliness, loss, and isolation, delivered with a…

We’re all familiar with stories of precocious kids reaching milestones at ages when you were still picking your nose. Few things make a person feel so average. The 12-year-old electronic producer behind Purple Skies is sure to elicit those…

Dubland 97 gets down to the nitty gritty fairly early on! PJ wants to know, at what age should a man stop shaving his googleys? On the note of personal appearance, will Suzanne ever get a tattoo? We learn a pretty heartbreaking animal fact…

It’s episode number thirteen and Nick Jester plays Personality Bingo With Tom Moran. This is our second (and last) episode recorded over seas in Chicago. Nick is a comedian, musician, actor and all round 'rad' guy. Here’s how the show…

In 1981, Mayor of Chicago Jane Byrne took the unusual step of moving into one of the housing units in Cabrini Green. In these days of politicians having second homes and travel allowances this seems like a strange thing for a politician to…

Belle Gunness was an immigrant who came to America in 1881. She took the name of Belle Storseth when she came over from Norway. She was born in 1859 as Brynhild, and her original surname was probably Paulsdatter Størseth. Details on her…

Dan Seavey, like a lot of other historical figures, straddles the line between fact and legend. If he’d been born fifty years later he’d have been a byline on a police blotter. If he’d have been as wrapped in myth as Davy Crockett or Johnny…

Sufjan Stevens The Helix, Dublin When an artist puts out a great record, the tracks can sometimes falter when they make the dodgy transition to a live setting.  Certain musicians can be found guilty of failing to understand that a live…