Our (fairly) regular roundup of Music & Arts related news from Chicago-based web media, featuring thoughts and insight from some of the city’s most dedicated writers.
- Vendors, Food & Local Brews Return For Andersonville’s Third-Annual City Made Fest
Come to Andersonville and celebrate local! City Made Fest is the one-and-only festival where everything is made in Chicago. Find 15 local brewers serving 32 different beers—plus cider and sangria!—11 Chicago bands and 40 artisans and makers who really do produce their wares within city limits. [ more › ]
- Riot Fest’s hip-hop undercard
Even if you ignore the festival’s marquee names, you can find plenty of rappers with top-shelf skills.
by Leor Galil
Hip-hop has a bigger presence at Riot Fest this year than ever before—hugely influential acts such as De La Soul, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, and Cypress Hill are sure to steal some of the spotlight from the lineup’s army of guitar heroes. But some of the best rap artists at the festival are less well-known.… - Serj Tankian vs. Mike Patton: Fight!
Who would win a Mortal Kombat bout between these two inimitable front men?
by Sasha Geffen
Faith No More and System of a Down boast two of the fiercest baritones to spring from early-90s rock, and both bands are back on the festival circuit—which means their front men will face off at Riot Fest. It’s not a literal showdown—they perform on different days—but that means you can see both Serj Tankian and Mike Patton bellow, howl, and roar to the heavens.…
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