Riot Fest 2009 proves that punk is still alive and well in Chicago.

Co-headliners Cloud Cult and Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s opposite moods get a variety of reactions.

Dave Monks of Tokyo Police Club. Photo by Spencer Kornhaber.

Expect to clap a lot at a Tokyo Police Club show. You’ll probably clap for the opening acts a few times. You’ll clap when TPC’s drummer Greg Alsop comes on stage to move his set around. You’ll clap when the lights dim. [...]

White Denim’s James Petralli in New York City. Photo by Daniella Zalcman on Flickr, licensed under Creative Commons

“Kinetic” is one of those words that music critics have kind of killed. Once upon a time, it probably struck some kid as genius to steal a term he had learned in physics class and apply it to [...]

The Minneapolis band dresses up and rocks out on Halloween.

The Canadian band delighted last Wednesday at the Metro.