It could’ve been a punk-rock cliché. The Chicago DIY band Lifeguard “grows up,” discovers pop, and loses what made them thrilling to begin with — that dissonant, angular, emotional (but not emo per se ...

Lifeguard 2024 tour is set to kick off from June 13, 2024, and run through July 20, 2024, spanning venues across the mainland United States and Canada. Following this, the band will continue with ...

Get ready to dive into this summer with Lifeguard. The Chicago punk/experimental rock trio announced today that their full-length debut, Ripped and Torn, will arrive June 6 through Matador Records.

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They may be young, but the teenage local band Lifeguard knows what it’s doing. Perhaps that speaks to their emerging genius, which can be heard in their latest release, “Crowd Can Talk.” Intelligent, ...

“The best teenage band since Squirrel Bait.” Making that your Bandcamp bio is one way to grab the attention of discerning underground rock fans with an ear toward history. The Chicago trio Lifeguard ...

There are times on Lifeguard’s ‘Crowd Can Talk / Dressed In Trenches’ when the Chicago trio might have been wise to include footnotes. Their knotty, intriguingly melodic noise calls to mind everyone ...