Brent DiCrescenzo
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Chicago, IL, United States
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The 7 worst conflicts on the Lollapalooza schedule
Today, Lollapalooza released the complete schedule for its 2015 festival in Grant Park. We already knew that Friday, July 31, was overstuffed with great... → Read More
The 12 biggest music reunions and comebacks that still haven't happened
Music festivals are running out of worthy headliners. How else do you explain Sam Smith? As these massive concert events balloon in size, they must justify their... → Read More
You need a picture of this awesome new Chicago mural
Yesterday, a roving art collective dubbed Greetings From put the finishing touches on a fresh mural in Logan Square, and it's postcard perfect. Or, well, pure Instagram... → Read More
Taste of Chicago 2015 brings Spoon, Weezer, Erykah Badu
The Taste of Chicago keeps getting better. Well, musically, at least. After last year's strong lineup of Janelle Monáe, Nickel Creek and Jeff Tweedy (who... → Read More
Who cares more: Chicago or Downstate Illinois?
As those who live here know, Illinois is two states—Chicago and the rest of it. Once you get past Kankakee, you can feel like you're in the South, as the suburbs... → Read More
Lollapalooza crowd prefers cocaine, opioids and pills
A new study by DrugAbuse.com has compared the drug use at popular summer music festivals around the globe. It is not particularly revelatory to learn that Marley... → Read More
Lollapalooza crowd prefers cocaine, opioids and pills
A new study by DrugAbuse.com has compared the drug use at popular summer music festivals around the globe. It is not particularly revelatory to l → Read More
Chicago looks eerie-beautiful in the heavy fog
Are you in a local goth band? Hopefully you ran outside with your camera today. A thick blanket of fog rolled in over downtown Chicago this afternoon. The vibe was... → Read More
We totally guess the final headliner of North Coast Music Fest
Last week, North Coast Music Festival announced its lineup. Well, almost all of it. The name at the top of the bill was not revealed. Today, the jam-electro-rap-friendly... → Read More
Ride, Purity Ring headline a tech-heavy Pygmalion Festival 2015
We have always considered the Pygmalion Festival, a great downstate music and literature event, a sort of Pitchfork Festival Jr. Indeed, the annual summer music... → Read More
Grant Park Music Festival announces 2015 schedule
The Grant Park Music Festival has announced its upcoming slate of concerts in Millennium Park for the 2015 season. Grant Park principal conductor Carlos... → Read More
What if the Avengers were Chicagoans?
Our colleagues over in LA assembled their own local Avengers (who aren't just, like, the actors from the Avengers movies who live in Los Angeles), which got us thinking.... → Read More
New Mamby on the Beach festival scores Passion Pit, Empire of the Sun
Remember last week, when Chicago got another fantastic looking new summer music festival, RuidoFest? Well, we now have another one. The same weekend. The good people... → Read More
Microsoft's How-Old robot thinks Chicagoans are geezers
Microsoft has just launched How-Old.net, an online bot that evaluates images of human faces and spits out an age. So of course we jammed some famous Chicago faces... → Read More
Riot Fest and Humboldt Park Alderman have beef
In 2014, Riot Fest vastly expanded its footprint in Humboldt Park, and saw heavy rains fall throughout the mid-September festival. That combination left the grounds... → Read More
City announces complete schedule of free Downtown Sound concerts
Today, the city and DCASE released its schedule of free summer concerts in Millennium Park, dubbed Downtown Sound. The Monday concert series seems to have absorbed... → Read More
The Chemical Brothers, D'Angelo headline North Coast Music Festival 2015
Today, North Coast Music Festival announced its lineup for 2015. Well, just about all of it. The top headliner remains "?!?!?", which is a TBA, not some !!! spin-off.... → Read More
The 6 worst Bears draft picks: Where are they now?
As you've probably heard, considering that following professional football is now federal law, the NFL Draft is happening in Chicago in a matter of days. There's... → Read More
If the Grateful Dead tour in the fall, hippies should riot
Who knew that people who inspire such good vibes and Ben & Jerry's flavors could be so cruel and greedy? Billboard is reporting that the Grateful Dead are... → Read More
9 cool acts you should see at RuidoFest
This week, Chicago picked up another major player in its overwhelming roster of summer music festivals. This one, thankfully, is quite unique. There's nary... → Read More