Heavy metal shock rockers GWAR packed the house at Emo’s last night, Thursday, April 23, 2026. Currently on its Gor-Gor Strikes Back Tour, the band and wonderfully grotesque satirical art collective performed a set of 17 songs, including a cover of Chappell Roan’s “Pink Pony Club” in…
If there’s anything the hilarious hair metal band Steel Panther knows how to do, it’s party. The group played Emo’s last night, April 10, 2026 to a roaring crowd of hard rockers and metal heads. Although Emo’s had the venue partitioned halfway with a large curtain, those…
I’ve been fortunate enough to cover Bad Bunny, Beach Fossils, and now it’s come full circle with covering Beach Bunny — quite poetic, to be honest. The Chicago-based indie-rock band stopped by Emo’s on their “Tunnel Vision Tour”, promoting their album of the same name, released late April. The sold-out…
I first heard about Machine Girl when they toured with The Garden in late 2022. I didn’t make it out to any of those shows, but multiple friends who did were raving about their performance as an opening band. The only song I knew at the time was “Ghost,” an…