Live at 5:00 p.m. CDT

Relationships, love, death, addictions, complications and hate all encompass the basic structures of life. All of these factors mesh together somewhat chaotically at times, yet Bear Lake encompasses them all in their music. Within the past year, Bear Lake’s music has been featured on shows like "One Tree Hill", "Bones" and "The Gates". Bear Lake consists of Jon Rice (electric guitar, vocals), Keith May (bass and vocals), Brian Kwasnik (keyboards, vocals), Erik Pederson (percussion, keyboards) and Stephen Stetson (drums), who have been playing live shows together since middle school.

By Lisa Fumagalli

On Wednesday Blink 182 announced  they had to cancel a string of tour dates this month due to drummer Travis Barker having a medical emergency.

By Lisa Fumagalli

On Tuesday night Joe Sell, the guitarist from the band Lucky Boys Confusion, passed away. Sell was only 33.

Live at 4:00 p.m. CDT

The Melismatics' new album "MANIA!" was produced by Jon Auer of The Posies and Big Star, along with Ed Ackerson (Motion City Soundtrack, Golden Smog, The Replacements) and was mixed by John Fields (Jimmy Eat World, Rooney, Har Mar Superstar, etc). The LP was mastered at Sterling Sound in NYC by Chris Athens (Coldplay, Beastie Boys, NERD, etc) and features collaborations with Dan Wilson (Adele, Semisonic) and Jon Auer who also lends vocals to several tracks.

Live at 1:30 p.m. CDT

The address is 315… On Bowery to be more specific, the legendary awning is gone but past a rack of motorcycle jackets and beside a table filled with t-shirts of the once greats that passed through the now spotless walls, you can still find a sticker emblazoned with the name Man on Earth.

By Jen Boylen

 It’s been a crazy year for weather in Chicago, so of course after weeks of spring, it rains the day the Lucky Street Tour hits Illinois. Regardless, I jumped on the green line and headed over to the Bottom Lounge to wait in the rain for some great music and an amazing night. The show didn’t start until 6:30 but when I showed up at 2:30 there was already a line of about 50 people braving the wind and precipitation on the sidewalk, some with ponchos, others shielded under doorways and the rest just out in the open but no one seemed to mind.