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Here at Assault HQ, we know how difficult it is to plan a weekend in Chicago. With so much good live music to choose from (and so much alcohol to drink to while you listen), who can decide? We can.

Chicago band kills it with meaty songwriting and cunning instrumental interplay – it feels like 1994 all over again, but in a good way.

One of the staples of the Chicago rock scene the past 25 years has been Jerry Bryant’s JBTV and this past week they featured one of my favorite bands, The Swellers (from Flint, MI) on the show. @kirkland_sarah tweeted it out and I’m posted in. That’s how this party’s starting. More from The Swellers The [...]

Here at Assault HQ, we know how difficult it is to plan a weekend in Chicago. With so much good live music to choose from (and so much alcohol to drink to while you listen), who can decide? We can. Just follow this itinerary and you’re guaranteed an awesome time: Thursday: Already have plans tonight? [...]

It’s been a few days since our last video post, and Cory Tendering has gone quiet in his boundless complaints of repetition of our editorial choices. In short, it’s time for another cool video, and because Cory does not know how to work wordpress, or upload video, or anything, I have decided that I would [...]

Our hometown heroes Makeshift Prodigy make their glorious return with an album big on atmosphere and twinkle.

Assault.it shows you the way to the weekend rock!

It’s a brother/sister garage duo, but it’s not the White Stripes. It’s White Mystery, and they’re way cooler because they have red hair. Also: their new self-titled CD sounds like it was recorded in Charles Manson’s brain while he rode a truly legendary acid trip.

Chicago alt-punk legends the Blacks break their ten year silence with an awesome new digital EP.

Chicago cow-punkers Cobalt & the Hired Guns open for State Radio at Metro this Friday. Go unless you’re deliberately avoiding awesome music this week!

We don’t write about hip-hop too much here at Assault, but it’s not a conscious decision — we just get so busy with our little pop-punk/heavy metal niche that we forget other music exists. But: I was recently alerted to this video by Chicago/Atlanta rapper Rita J, and it’s definitely something special. The beat sounds [...]

Time to start speculating about the Lollapalooza line-up!

Incredible Chicago soulsters JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound totally dominate “I Am Trying To Break Your Heart.”

Seeing Welcome to Ashley at The Empty Bottle is like stepping into a time machine and seeing The Fux at Fireside Bowl–which means it’s fucking awesome.

Drop your cocks and grab your socks – Assault besties Welcome To Ashley are playing the Empty Bottle on Friday!

That’s right, you could win tickets to the SOLD OUT Alkaline Trio show!

The Action Blast is undoubtedly one of the coolest new bands in Chicago. They played their first show in December and formed shortly before that, but their sound is fully-formed and exceptionally confident. We were lucky enough to score an interview with the band’s guitarist, Kevin Singleton, and he explained who the band is, what they do, and why they’ll never compromise or water down the intensity of their rock attack.

It’s not too often you get surprised once in a night by a solid opening band, but this weeks lineup at the Beat Kitchen surprised me three times, with three rock solid openers. This marks the first time that’s happened since Family Values 2000.