Lostprophets Bring ‘Em Down- Listen to 2 New Tracks!

Lostprophets are back. Enough said.
Now if only they’d tour America. Sigh.
Here’s two tracks from the new album WEAPONS, which will be released on April 2nd.
*By Joelle, who has not posted in ages because she is busy writing a book called Trash the Dress: Stories of Celebrating Divorce in your 20s. Coincidently, the Lostprophets song “Where [...]

Hear ye, hear ye…

Hello, faithful Planet Verge followers! I’ve been away for awhile now, planning a wedding and doin’ the day-to-day dirt, but; it doesn’t mean my ears haven’t been open! I have always loved a good local band (who doesn’t, right?) and guess what? I have another slew of sexy sounds for your ears…in the form of [...]

Two Gallants Ring in MLK Day in Chicago

Walking into Lincoln Hall for the Two Gallants show last Sunday, the door guy informed us that it “might be crowded in there.” Easily grabbing a table on the second floor, I thought maybe the door guy was high… until Two Gallants took the stage. The main floor filled with fans eager to hear the [...]

Spotlight Starlet: Nashville’s Mika Combs

In a city where everyone is trying to find their voice and stand out in a crowd, there’s one girl you can’t miss: Mika Combs; and although her baby blue eyes may be the first thing that catch your attention, they certainly won’t be the last.

With a voice that is as refreshing, light-toned and captivating as [...]

Caveman CoCo Beware

Forming in 2010, the fellows from Caveman have spent their first formative years on tour gaining attention with their live shows and eventually heading into the studio with Nick Stumpf (French Kicks) to record their debut album CoCo Beware .
Releasing the album on their own label, Magic Man! Records / ORG Music, [...]

Waters – Impressive Band, Unimpressive Tourists

While the jam-packed crowd at Lincoln Hall was clearly not well versed in the Waters song catalog, they were instantly silenced when the Norwegian/California/Brooklyn rockers took the stage, supporting Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and push their new and first album, Out in the Light.
After two songs, Waters front man Van Pierszalowski started chatting up [...]

Nashville Music Garden’s Celebrity Auction in Full-Bloom

If you have a country music fanatic in your life, we may have just found the perfect one-of-a-kind holiday gift for them. Through the Nashville Music Garden’s” Country Music Blooms Online“ Auction, you can bid on items straight from Country music’s most respected legends and biggest superstars of today.
Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum, Sara Evans, Carrie Underwood, Keith [...]

Maria Taylor – Leaves Chicago Crying

In general, the tag “from the Grey’s Anatomy soundtrack” doesn’t set my heart a twitter with excitement. As such, I wasn’t sure what to expect walking into see Maria Taylor, whose tune “Song Beneath the Song” graced the Grey’s album, last Friday at Chicago’s Subterranean. Far from the melodrama of the television show, Taylor put [...]

Moonface and Spencer Krug at Lincoln Hall

With the small crowd gathered inside of Lincoln Hall last Wednesday, the evening became more of an intimate evening with Spencer Krug and friends.  The small group of concert-goers that clung anxiously to the stage, awaiting the arrival of a indie-fan favorite were taken into a melodious dream-sequence.  Each song melted into one another with [...]

The Suicide Machines – Like They Never Stopped

After breaking up in 2006, The Suicide Machines have thrown increasingly regular reunion shows together over the last few years. Riot Fest was lucky enough to be one of those shows, as Suicide Machines took the stage on the third night of the Fest at Congress Theater to support the Descendants.
Suicide Machines put on an [...]

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