Norwegian-born singer/songwriter Sondre Lerche has been making music nearly half his life. As he comes up on the tenth year since his debut album, Faces Down, and his two-night engagement in Chicago supporting his latest effort, Sondre Lerche, the talented--and talkative--Lerche took some time to chat with Chicagoist about Norway versus the Midwest, being a lonely writer, and why he waited ten years to release a self-titled album. more ›

Girl Talk, aka one Greg Gillis, has been wowing audiences from the Empty Bottle to the Pitchfork Music Festival with his wildly popular brand of mash-up wizardry. Just try to hold a stoic cool-kid pose when Gillis brings his one-man jammin' train through town in January, with newly minted prince of the hipster dance party Dan Deacon in tow. Metro, January 26, 7:30 p.m. (all ages) and 11:30 p.m. (18+), $16. On sale Saturday.... more ›