Music, politics and the urban landscape of Chicago.

Parallax Sounds explores the intimate connection between music and place through artists who shaped Chicago’s underground scene in the 1990s and continued to make urgent work: Steve Albini, David Grubbs, Damon Locks, Ken Vandermark and Ian Williams.

Moving from art and politics to the contrasting conditions of artists in America and Europe, the film asks how different creators respond to the same environment — and what common threads connect their work.