Katie Reps the Coast

Posted an article about North Coast Music Festival’s second wave of acts as soon as they announced it yesterday.

Katie’s Married Men

Ever heard of Local H? Did you know frontman Scott Lucas has a side project called the Married Men? They’re our featured Local 101 band this week on Q101. Check out my interview with Scott about his new album.

Katie Gets Some Shuteye

I’m always trying to catch Chicago’s hottest new bands before they get huge. That’s why I interviewed Shuteye last week for Do312.

Katie Walks the Talk

I was so happy to be able to interview one of my favorite musicians William Beckett (formerly of The Academy Is…) for this week’s Local 101 feature. He chatted with Q101 about his new solo career and recent EP Walk the Talk.

Katie and the Mutt-ly Crew

Our featured Local 101 band this week over at Q101.com is Mutts. Check out my audio interview with the band and vote to hear them on the station!

Katie Reviews/Photographs La Dispute

Sometimes I get to write about and snap shots of my favorite bands. It’s a pretty good time. 

Katie Parties with Rusko

You know I love me some electronic dance music. You also know that I love writing about and photographing the genre’s biggest artists. My thoughts and shots of last weekend’s Rusko show in Chicago is currently up on Do312′s blog.

Katie Lulls Local 101 Fans

Just came on board as Q101.com’s Local 101 web producer. I’ll be running weekly features on awesome bands from Chicago. This week’s band: A Lull

Katie’s Damn Choir

If you still need Friday night plans, I recommend checking out The Damn Choir’s record release show at The Hideout. My full preview is here.

Katie Kickstarts the Tunes

I’ve been working on a feature story over the last month about Chicago musicians using Kickstarter–a crowd-sourced funding website. The article was finally published today on Gapers Block.