I’ve always been transparent about the fact that the Secret History of Chicago Music relies on other people. I get leads from the musicians I write about, from my knowledgeable friends, and from ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

In Pomona, they’re getting the bands back together, and the audiences too. The city’s homegrown music scene of the early rock era was dominated by Mexican American teenagers, who were inspired by ...

Two U.K. televisual musical moments from the turn of the century, both involving stripped-down young rock ‘n’ roll bands: “We are the Hives! We’re from Sweden,” he announced, as the arrangement ...

Shadow Show’s garage-psych trio time-warps 60s Detroit at Concert of Colors. Detroit power trio Shadow Show spins ’60s garage psychedelia into modern pop-art on the Concert of Colors stage.

The Australian punk musician continues his prolific streak on a fun and occasionally melancholic tribute to mid-’60s garage-pop. Robertson’s latest, The ...