After seeing pop-punk band Can’t Swim open for Have Mercy at Subterranean a few months ago, it won’t surprise me to see them blow up on the scene this year

Most guests were dressed up but generally seemed laid-back, the music was fun and folksy, and the pinot noir we finally settled on was amazing.

By Kelly Cunningham After being forced to close in 2005, the Bottom Lounge reopened at its current Lake Street location three years later. On Sunday, April 2, it’ll host the EP release of the north-suburb favorite, Party Apple Peel. Though it’s the band’s first show in Chicago, they’ve been playing for more than a year ...

What was most reassuring, though, was no matter who I told my 21st plans to, the response was always the same: “That place is always a good time.”

I once had a discussion with someone about which was stranger — going to the movie theater alone or going to a concert alone. The other person said, “Going to a concert alone, hands down. Concerts are supposed to be a social experience.”