Pitchfork Music Festival announced the full lineup to their 2019 festival, which takes place at Chicagos Union Park from July 19 to July 21.The eclectic lineup features headliners HAIM, Robyn, and The Isley Brothers, the last of which are celebrating their 60th anniversary in a set featuring special guests. Other highlights include Stereolab, who will be...

Words: Robin Zimmerman | Photos: Howard GreenblattFrom living legends and dynamic dynasties to well-known national artists, the 35th Annual Chicago Blues Festival was jam-packed with talented acts.For the second straight year, Millennium Park was Ground Zero for the Windy Citys big blues blowout.While Chicagos spectacular skyline served as an impressive backdrop, music and kinship...

Festival Watch is a Tomorrows Verse feature where we break festival news into the facts you need to know.Out Of Space 6/21 8/26Renowned Evanston venue SPACE is celebrating its 10th year this summer, and will celebrate by hosting outdoor concerts throughout the summer. The performance will take place at Temperance Beer Company, Canal Shores golf...

By: John 'Nunu' ZomotWhile the snow came down on a Superbowl-Eve, the music heated up at a packed Vic Theatre for Mavis Staples' appearance in front of her hometown Chicago crowd.And the love was flowing both ways.Sliding through a fourteen song set that touched on a couple songs each from her recent Jeff...

1. The War On Drugs on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonThe War On Drugs have really picked up steam after the release of their excellent new album, A Deeper Understanding, even landing a recent Grammy nomination for best rock album. The band stopped by Fallons show to perform their lead single, Pain, with a dense,...

Last weekend, Jeff Tweedy performed a career-spanning solo set in Washington, DC as part of NPR Musics 10th anniversary celebration.The songwriter opened with a new song titled Bombs Above before breaking into Uncle Tupelos Weve Been Had, a Mavis Staple track and three Wilco songs, including A.M.s Passenger Side.The new song...

As every Friday brings new music, Tomorrow's Verse brings you our top picks from the week. Here are our favorite records from 11/17.Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Soul Of A Woman [11/17]Soul Of A Woman is the final album from the late Sharon Jones, put together posthumously by The Dap-Kings. Like the rest of her...

Watch some of Tomorrow's Verse's favorite artists hit the promotional late-night television circuit. 1. Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile on The Late Show with Stephen ColbertHaving recently released the collaborative album Lotta Sea Lice, songwriters Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile stopped by Colberts show to perform a couple songs. They played Over Everything with their...

While announcing a final batch of tour dates in Missouri and Minnesota, Wilco announced on social media that the band would be taking a break from touring in 2018.These will be the last Wilco shows of 2017 AND the band plan to take most, if not all, of 2018 off from the road, the band wrote on...

Wintrust Arena, a 10,000-capacity venue, still unfinished, sits on the Near South Side as part of the McCormick Place Convention Center awaiting its grand unveiling this fall.  In addition to supplienting the already vast convention space in the complex, it will serve as a venue for DePaul Universitys basketball teams as well as...