Category: Music // Art // Literature
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Frenetic and Fast: Charlotte de Witte’s “No Division”
Charlotte de Witte is on a mission. After fifteen years touring across the world, she’s gearing up to release her eponymous debut album November 7, 2025. Yea, you heard me right, we’re finally getting a full-fledged Charlotte de Witte record with ALL the fixings. Has Christmas come early? Naw man, it’s May 29, and summer…
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Syndicate Sound Session 007: A Fire Forecast Flowing with Fun
*Link to tickets (limited quantity available) for Syndicate Sound Session 007 We’re just a couple of days away from Syndicate Sound Session 007, and it is shaping up to be a special episode unlike any other. Happening on Saturday, February 22, 2025, we’re heading back to Bass Station in Waukegan, IL. The last time? November…
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A Double Dose of Levity (Pt. 2): Madison Levitation
Madison, Wisconsin, is a place I’ve enjoyed since I first made trails into the city around a year ago. Home to the University of Wisconsin, there’s a different feel and vibe to what Madison represents in opposition to the sprawling Metropolis that is Chicago. The very first time I entered Madison, it came under cloak…
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A Double Dose of Levity (Pt 1): Zenfully Spicy
Piercing veils of darkness through sound and sight. When shadows overwhelm, laughter makes one feel bright. The best medicine in helping stressed minds find relief. Sometimes you have to believe, to receive a reprieve, that all will be well. What struggles have come will surely pass… focus on your task, let your moments last, for…
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For the Trees, Of The Trees Presents: Moonglade
Of The Trees, aka Tyler Coombs, has a sound approach to music production that has ingratiated him to audiences far and wide. His sets can be likened to the telling of a story, tracks like personally crafted messages indicative of the majesty Tyler observes within forests and trees. There are many who have said this…
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Previewing Syndicate Sound Session 006: Harbinger of the Horizon
Syndicate Sound Session 006 is shaping up to be an incredible occasion. Slated for January 18th, 2025, Suburban Sound Syndicate is headed back to Rookie’s Rochaus in West Dundee, IL. This favored venue has hosted all previous Syndicate Sound Sessions to date, except for legendary episode 001. Through Rookie’s Rochaus, Suburban Sound Syndicate will be…
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Beneath My Skin: ELMAR’s Debut LP Listens Like a Journal to his Heart
Often, I feel like music is a portal way into comprehension. Sometimes it sounds like a conversation, where another’s words and experience touch and inspire. At other times, a song feels like peeking into someone else’s inner monologue, almost like entries lifted out of a personal journal. To a listener, music can feel like a…
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A Testament To Tycho: Infinite Health and Lots of Love
On November 15th, Tycho stopped at the Salt Shed in Chicago, IL. Following the release of their sixth studio album, Infinite Health on August 30th, they began a tour across North America that started September 13th to delight and impress their adoring fans. This concert marked number twenty-five out of twenty-six of the tour for…
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Bear and Hollywould go to Big Fam Fest
At Big Fam Fest in Brooklyn, MI, an outstanding collection of one-of-a-kind performances occurred over the course of three days. Add to that unique presentations of home-grown artistry, a healthy and wholesome community, and you have all the neccesary foundations in place for the success of this wonderful occasion. Big Fam Fest was, and is,…