Verma

Verma side project Matchess released an album, touring with Gel Set (dates, streams)

When she’s not unleashing her powerful pipes as part of Chicago postpunk outfit Verma, Whitney Johnson makes beguiling soundscapes under the moniker Matchess…

Morgan Delt playing a free show at Empty Bottle with Verma & Crosss, touring w/ The Flaming Lips

Morgan Delt @ Austin Psych Fest 2014 (more by Tim Griffin) Delightfully twisted Los Angeles psych rock auteur Morgan Delt welcomed his fantastic self-titled LP in late-January via Chicago’s own Trouble in Mind…

Verma releasing 'Sunrunner' on Trouble in Mind, playing shows including two in Brooklyn (dates, new track stream)

Chicago’s Verma intertwine elements of gothy post-punk, krautrock, Eno-esque ambience and Detroit-style burners into a heavy, groovy psych sound…

Chicago Psych Fest 3 adds second night -------------------------------- (Dark Fog, Plastic Crimewave Sound, Rabble Rabble, & more)

Chicago Psych Fest 3 has expanded into a two-night festival, holding an event on Saturday night (1/21), as well as on Friday night (1/20). Saturday’s lineup features Dark Fog, Plastic Crimewave Sound, Rabble Rabble, Verma, and Red Plastic Buddha…

What's going on Saturday?

unknown cat @ MHoW for Mogwai in 2009 (more by Tim Griffin) today in Chicago * Radiation City, Esta Vivo, Whisker Music @ Hideout * George Thorogood & The Destroyers @ House of Blues * The Cathy Santonies, The Wanton Looks @ Empty Bottle * Verma, Young Moons @ Permanent Records (Free; In-store) * Dwarves, Nashville Pussy, Mickey @ Bottom Lounge (Early Show) * Warm Ones, Volcanoes Make Islands, Chew Heart @ Subterranean * Coffinworm, Lord Mantis, Hunters, Northless @ Bottom Lounge (Late Show) What else…

Weekend Show Roundup (8/19 - 8/21)

FRIDAY The Twelves, and Junior Boys will play DJ Sets at The Mid. Joan of Arc, Implodes, and Runnings will play Subterranean. David Vandervelde, and Psychic Friends will play Hideout…

What is a Hipster?

According to Wikipedia… “A hipster is a person who is strongly associated with a subculture that has been deemed “hip”, or “hep”. The term was used originally in the 1940s and 1950s to describe aficionados of jazz, and it eventually described many members of the Beat Generation, but its usage declined in the 1960s, with the advent of hippies…