Marvin Tate and yours truly go way back to his days fronting D-Settlement, one of the most anarchic blends of funk, rock, soul, jazz and improvised music this city has ever produced. Think P-Funk on a lower scale and you have a sense of what they were all about. D-Settlement evolved from the ashes of Uptighty, a dance band collective led by guitarist Leroy Back that also featured Lula Café's Amalea Tshilds on vocals more ›

Summer Sessions on the Square, a brand new concert series in Logan Square, makes its debut this Saturday. The concerts, which will take place on the last Saturday of every month through the end of September, will feature diverse line-ups of bands from the surrounding community, and will attempt to keep a family-friendly vibe with an early start time and a youth component among the performers. more ›

Last minute, but hey, it's something. If you're sad about missing Andrew Bird's shows at the Hideout on Sunday and Monday, you can still catch the hometown indie rock hero in action TONIGHT (Friday) at Ronny's. Bird is listed as a "special guest" for tonight's show with Baby Alright, starting at 9 p.m. (21+). So get yourself over to Ronny's (2101 N California Ave.) and have yourself a ball with Bird. more ›