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The Dive Bar of Eternal Youth: Naked Giants at the Empty Bottle

By Shawn Quek / April 13, 2025

Associate Arts Editor Shawn Quek reviews Naked Giants, a trio that delivered a charming, genre-defying combination of angsty energy and mature clarity at the Empty Bottle.

“Warm and Hot”: The Jeremiah Review’s Logan Concert

By Kyle Lin / March 26, 2025

Arts Reporter Kyle Lin attends The Jeremiah Review’s Logan concert, a testament to South Side jazz.

Seasoned Angst and Stellar Sounds

By Adrian Dai / March 7, 2025

Arts Reporter Adrian Dai writes about veteran rock band Bad Suns’s infectious performance at The Salt Shed.

A Paradox of Performance

By Shawn Quek / March 4, 2025

Associate Arts Editor Shawn Quek explores how alternative pop icon FINNEAS brings whispered confessions to a roaring crowd.

Aesthetics of a Sunburnt Sound

By Shawn Quek / February 16, 2025

Associate Arts Editor Shawn Quek writes about how alt-pop band almost monday brings Californian sunshine to the Chicago winter.