We’ve been hyping it for the last month and tonight it’s finally here: the Chicagoist 2nd Anniversary Party tonight at the Pontiac Café. more ›

As we put the wraps on May (can it stop raining now?), we want to remind you how we’re beginning the month of June: with our summer kickoff event, the Chicagoist 2nd Anniversary Party! more ›

Ahhhh. The joys of summer. Hot weather, music festivals, swimming pools and ... Bell's Oberon. Nothing says "the time of the year when you sweat your ass off" quite like it. Unless of course you equate the summer months with vodka lemonades, in which case, Chicagoist has got you covered. To celebrate our second anniversary, we're not only bringing you some kick-ass music - and cake! Let us not forget cake! - but also a... more ›

Though it’s still rainy and cool outside, our minds are on the summer and the Chicagoist 2nd Anniversary Party, our official kickoff to summer at the Pontiac Café with Suffrajett and DJs Coco Le Roc and Tankboy. We're planning on it being a knock-down, drag-out time. We'd make an announcement about some of the goodies we’ve got planned, but the truth is we've been spending way too much time trying to be posthumously added to... more ›

Next week, Chicagoist officially turns two years old so we’re throwing ourselves a party with cake, booze, and some down-and-dirty rock and roll. At 9 p.m. on Thursday June 8th, Chicagoist will host its 2nd Anniversary Party with special guest Suffrajett at the Pontiac Café (1531 N. Damen). A Chicagoist fave, Suffrajett combines hard rocking, fuzzed-out guitars with funky R&B grooves and a live show that will leave you sweaty and happy. But that’s not... more ›

The first time Chicagoist saw The National it was at The Pontiac Café. The ratio of polite humility in contrast with blinding talent was incredible at the time and the group has remained a favorite of ours when we feel one of those torturous dark moods laced with betrayal coming on. As the years have passed the group has moved steadily up the food chain into more respectable venues as the independent press around them has grown into a quiet roar. The band plays dark melancholic music marked by slow burns and rising crescendos that are quite moving. For this tour – one preceded by even more critical praise for their new disc Alligator and that hits Schuba's tonight -- they decided to bring some fellow Brooklynites along to open for them in hopes of giving their pals more exposure. more ›