Althea Legaspi – Page 5

Nick Cave has been singing about mortality for decades, and he's really good at it. Whether the narratives are biblical or pulpy, the victims innocents or death row convicts, the circumstances comprehensible or cruelly random, Cave's songs are on intimate terms with the infinite ways a life can be extinguished. And yet, "Skeleton Tree", his latest album with his estimable band, the Bad Seeds, is a relatively concise song cycle shadowed by death that feels different than all the rest. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/kot/sc-music-nick-cave-skeleton-tree-ent-0916-20160916-column.html" target="_blank">Read the full review.</a>

Review: Selena Gomez growing up at United Center

June 11, 2018 at 9:48 p.m.

Selena Gomez began and ended her performance at United Center on Saturday with "Revival," the titular track from her latest album and a presumable future outlook. As a statement, her...

Spring Awakening had a new home, same thunder

June 11, 2018 at 10:06 p.m.

With a new location, an additional stage and grooves galore, Spring Awakening Music Festival ushered in its fifth anniversary at Addams/Medil Park over the weekend. This year, the electronic music...

The Kills are back, refreshed and more playful at the Riviera

June 11, 2018 at 11:13 p.m.

An injury may have contributed to The Kills' half-decade span between albums, but armed with new material the group returned to the stage at its respectably attended show at the...

Fans watch Ellie Goulding perform at Allstate Arena on May 6, 2016.

Ellie Goulding brings loads of charm, stamina to Allstate Arena

June 10, 2018 at 1:35 p.m.

Ellie Goulding has come a long way quickly, propelling from club stages to arenas in just three years. At her full-on Allstate Arena show Friday, the dance-pop singer made a...

24 drink, taco and dinner specials for Cinco de Mayo

June 10, 2018 at 5:30 p.m.

With Cinco de Mayo just days away, dozens of restaurants and bars in Chicago and suburbs are readying drink and food specials to mark the Mexican army's victory over France...

Where to take mom for Mother’s Day brunch

June 8, 2018 at 8:07 p.m.

Every day is a good one to treat the person who brought you into this world right, and on Mother's Day many restaurants offer some extra incentive with special menus....

A break on Tax Day: Where to get eat and drink specials

June 11, 2018 at 2:59 a.m.

This year taxpayers got three extra days' reprieve, with the filing deadline extended to April 18 thanks to the Emancipation Day holiday. And if you missed The Langham's $1040 Tax...

Carly Rae Jepsen performs at City National Grove of Anaheim on Feb. 26, 2016, in Anaheim, Calif.

Carly Rae Jepsen more than 1 hit wonder at Metro

June 9, 2018 at 12:17 a.m.

Sometimes a little reinvention does an artist good, and for Carly Rae Jepsen it was the right move. At her sold-out show Saturday at Metro, where she performed the lion's...

Logic, shown in January 2015, in Indianapolis, played to a sold-out crowd at Aragon Ballroom on March 4, 2016.

Logic full of ambition at Aragon

June 11, 2018 at 5:48 a.m.

"(This) is so big, when you need a spotlight," Logic marveled in the midst of his sold-out show at Aragon Ballroom on Friday. It made him feel, he said, like...

Nomi's bourbon hot chocolate uses three types of chocolate for complex flavor, plus bourbon-barrel aged maple syrup.

Best boozy hot chocolate is about balancing flavors

June 16, 2018 at 9:40 a.m.

Hot chocolate isn't just for kids. Add the right alcohol to a well-balanced hot chocolate, and it's elevated to a comforting adult cocktail. Balance can be a matter of taste,...

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