One of Lollapalooza's added bonuses: The entire city embraces the festival, and many of the Lolla bands play late-night, intimate sets, keeping the party long after Grant Park's 10 P.M. curfew.

"Unity in Diversity" read the passage hovering above Mark Ronson as he hit the stage at Chicago's House of Blues early Friday morning (Aug. 1) to rock the official Lollapalooza kick-off party, presented by Spin, Bud Light, 93XRT, and C3. And there couldn't have been a more accurate description for the soul-funk white boy with a hard-on for trumpets. Hitting the stage after 1 A.M.

Standing true to the sonic trappings of his latest record, the axe-centric gem Here’s to Being Here, sometimes solo act, sometimes Broken Social Scenester Jason Collett toted his touring band Paso Mino onstage last night (March 30) and collectively wielded a bevy of six-strings during an hour-plus performance at Chicago's Schubas Tavern.

"After Knob Creek you’ll be Spin-ing," Scott Masson of Chicago-based quintet Office joked to a hometown crowd last night (Nov. 20) at Schuba’s. Providing a lesson in whiskey/bourbon 101, Knob Creek’s “Whiskey Professor”

It's not often that you can distinctly hear the rattling of subway cars inside a venue, especially during a performance. But last night (Nov. 6) at the Subterranean as a hushed audience listened to Andy Hull

Winnipeg's sometimes quartet, sometimes sextet the Weakerthans was actually a quintet at Chicago's Metro last night (Oct. 25) as they strutted through tracks from all four of their releases, including most