We’ll admit we have it pretty lucky in Chicago with regard to record stores. While some locales are limited to whatever Target or Best Buy will stock, our city enjoys options aplenty from outlets like Reckless Records, Permanent Rex and Laurie’s Planet of Sound, to name a few. With this past weekend’s opening of Saki, the new retail store from Carrot Top Distributions, that local record store community just got a little bigger. more ›

Bobby Burg is a pretty young guy, but he's already a local indie veteran. His music career includes a long list of indie bands, including Chin Up Chin Up, Make Believe, Vacations and Beauty Pageant, and he’s been a member of local collective Joan of Arc for nearly seven years. He started Love of Everything as a solo act back in ’99 when he recorded the first of his 11 albums, which he released on his own record label aptly titled Record Label. more ›

The early 90's Riot Grrrl movement in Los Angeles and Minneapolis proved concretely that even though we like to paint our nails and smell nice, sometimes a girl just needs to rock. Girls Rock! Chicago camps are a non-profit organization offering area young ladies the opportunity explore self-expression through traditionally rock-oriented instruments and arrangements. It's a killer concept and one we wish had existed in suburban Wisconsin when we were slogging through our formative years. more ›