In 2017, Store Brand Soda lost our two-years-running Best Music Blog title in the Chicago Reader's annual poll to neonpajamas , a beautiful dream machine of slowly unfolding music and art that ...
Let's be honest; the Lollapalooza lineup is overwhelming. If you're anything like me, you picked Uzi, Yachty, & the Migos out of the typographical blur and knew you were going to be there one way...
https://storebrandsoda.com/2017/07/30/the-best-rappers-on-the-lollapalooza-2017-lineup/
Rich Forever 3 (the much anticipated collaborative project between rappers Rich the Kid, Famous Dex, and Jay Critch) was released Friday after several delays, but not without controversy. In Sept...
https://storebrandsoda.com/2017/06/21/rich-forever-3-and-taking-abuse-against-women-seriously/
VIEW THE FULL POST & STREAM TRACKS BLOCK LIST BY RICO NASTY Rico Nasty is a camera ready living cartoon with an endless array of candy colored wigs, doe eyes frosted with the expertise of a b...
VIEW THE FULL POST & STREAM TRACKS With songs like Lil Uzi Vert's "XO Tour Llif3 " permeating the cultural consciousness before ever hitting a streaming service besides Soundcloud, the discuss...
https://storebrandsoda.com/2017/04/11/five-songs-you-cant-stream-on-spotify/
In a city where so many people were not just John Walt's friends, but his family – literal blood relatives, or damn-near-might-as-well-be – we weren't that close. He was quiet with me, talkin...
https://storebrandsoda.com/2017/02/09/remembering-john-walt-dinnerwithjohn/
It's a crisp night on the tail end of a prolongued summer, and the leaves on the trees are making one last ditch effort to stay relevant and fashionable by taking on the hues of pumpkins and othe...
https://storebrandsoda.com/2017/01/30/dead-diy-space-the-beach-house/
I don't believe in End of the Year Best Lists; Emily and I solemnly swore to never do one, a pledge I had an itch to subvert when I realized I'd never written one ever. I'm not arguing with anyo...
https://storebrandsoda.com/2016/12/09/6-chicago-songs-that-changed-my-life-in-2016/
We were huddled around an ancient, double-headed cd-player in the dark projection booth above a grand, sprawling art deco movie theater, cavernous and full of velet, and terra cotta. Around us we...
This Friday, join five Chicago Latinx-fronted garage, punk and psych-rock bands for a celebration of mi gente in the punk community. Organizer & badass Chicana femme and Dumpster Tapes label hea...