In The Loop Magazine

Boots, Brisket and Beats, Windy City Smokeout Sizzles and Soaks Chicago For Its 2025 Season

Jul 15, 2025 admin_bitlc Features, Music News, Reviews 0

By Kelly Clausen Chicago’s Windy City Smokeout 2025 was a sizzling clash of country music, finger‑licking BBQ, cowboy-chic vibes and unpredictable weather that had fans riding the...

Blistering Blues With Samantha Fish As She Ignites A Heatwave At FitzGerald’s American Music Festival

Jul 07, 2025 admin_bitlc Features, Music News, Reviews 0

By James Currie Samantha Fish’s set at FitzGerald’s Nightclub in Berwyn, nestled under the new outdoor pavilion during the American Music Festival, was nothing short of electric. Blazing through...

Milwaukee’s Summerfest Highlights From AmFam Amphitheatre and Park Grounds 2025

Jun 30, 2025 admin_bitlc Features, Music News, Reviews 0

By Randall Hicks Thursday June 26th was my first ever experience at Summerfest in Milwaukee, WI. It is and was a bit overwhelming. It’s almost as if there is a […]

K-Pop Supergroup Stray Kids Make History At Sold Out Show At Wrigley Field

Jun 28, 2025 admin_bitlc Features, Music News, Reviews, Uncategorized 0

By Maisey Currie and Kelly Clausen A Teens Perspective. Korean pop group Stray Kids played a sold out show in the friendly confines as Wrigley Field sees it’s first ever […]

Album Review: HAIM’s, I Quit, Finds Power In Letting Go

Jun 24, 2025 admin_bitlc Features, Music News, Reviews 0

By Eduardo Gomez There’s a rare kind of clarity that comes when you finally realize you don’t owe your love, or your identity, to anyone else. HAIM’s newest album I […]

Concert Review: Hot Wind And Heavy Riffs: Queens of the Stone Age Blaze Through Chicago

Jun 23, 2025 admin_bitlc Features, Music News, Reviews 0

By James Currie Chicago was a furnace: unrelenting heat that hit triple digits (now in it’s second day) plus gusty winds whipping around Northerly Island. The rigging creaked, tarps whipped...