Sunday night, New Jersey rocker Brian Fallon paid a visit to the House of Blues. Fallon has played in Chicago countless times in the past eight years as front man of his punk band The Gaslight Anthem,...

What's Fresh is The DePaulia's weekly rundown of the latest arts and entertainment news and reviews.   Film Review: "10 Cloverfield Lane" When it was announced in January that something...

Although I'm still relatively young, sometimes the feeling old age (well, older) is inescapable. In a few months I have to start worrying about health insurance, 401ks and finding an actual, adult...

I’ll be the first to admit, I didn’t give Carly Rae Jepsen much of a chance. “Call Me Maybe” was a good pop song, “I Really Like You” was fun, but beyond that I didn’t think she had much...

The term “emo” is thrown around in music so loosely now, that it’s hard to tell what categorizes as emo music anymore.   Are the screaming-vocals of Citizen vocalist Mat Kerekes emo? How...

Almost everyone has heard a story of a couple or a pair of friends meeting off of some social media site, but rarely has an entire band met on the Internet. This is the case for Fairground Saints,...

If a man donned in a demented, oversized baby mask screaming into a microphone ever sound appealing, then the Ty Segall and the Muggers show Monday night at Thalia Hall would certainly quench that...

After 12 years of being a band, SWMRS have changed things up a bit. Formerly known as Emily’s Army, they changed their look, found a change in their fan base and released “Drive North” — the...

At rallies, politicians use music to make a poignant statement about the way they see themselves and their ideals. On Super Tuesday, Bernie Sanders left the stage of his early victory speech in Vermont...

Sometimes I sit and think about how it’s been 10 years since 2006, and I feel nostalgic, sad and most importantly, old.  2006 was an important year in my life — I was in 7th, going on 8th grade,...