Bob Gendron

Remixes are normally reserved for techno, pop and hip-hop, yet the atmospheric nature and dynamic contrasts of Isis' music opens it up to infinite sonic possibilities. Initially released on a...

Fiercely thrusting his right arm up and down, Jonathan Donahue looked like he was in the throes of conducting a 70-piece orchestra. Granted, the Mercury Rev frontman doesn't read notes...

Reunited in the studio with vocalist Rob Halford for the first time in 14 years, Judas Priest attempts to build on 1990's blazing "Painkiller" and turns in a set sheathed...

FRIDAY Orchestra Baobab, at HotHouse, 31 E. Balbo Drive. $30. 312-362-9707. Orchestra Baobab is West Africa's livelier equivalent of Buena Vista Social Club, a peerless group whose initial '70s peak...

Forty-one years ago, as a member of the Ronettes, Ronnie Spector sang definitive versions of "Frosty the Snowman" and "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" on "A Christmas Gift for...

Outfitted in primary colors and glittering trim, riot grrrl Kathleen Hanna has discovered her inner Nancy Sinatra and dressed her up as a glam diva. Hanna and her bandmates in...

Since emerging in 1998, Toronto's Sadies have backed everyone from Mekon Jon Langford to fellow Canadian chanteuse Neko Case. After recording four albums that corralled country, garage rock and surf...

After fussing with folk, Buffalo Tom guitarist and singer Bill Janovitz gets back to rocking on his third solo effort. Replete with trembling minor chords, juxtapositions of strummed acoustic and...

Key: (A)=Don't Miss; (B)=Sure Bet; (C)=Think Twice; (D)=Diehards Only GOLDIE, Friday at Metro, 3730 N. Clark St. $20-$25. 773-549-0203. (C). For a split second in the mid-'90s, drum 'n' bass...

Thaione Davis Situation Renaissance (Birthwrite Records) "We're just doin' a little somethin' different for ya," remarks Thaione Davis, midway through his latest release on discerning local hip-hop label Birthwrite Records....