Concert review: Bruno Mars in Tinley Park
"You're amazing," Bruno Mars crooned, "just the way you are."Mars' set-closing ballad Friday at the jam-packed First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre in Tinley Park had row open row of fans swaying...
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Mastodon reins in ambition, pumps up the melody
If not exactly lighthearted, "Once More 'Round the Sun" (Reprise) is certainly the brightest and catchiest of the six Mastodon albums. The staggering ambition of the Atlanta quartet's first four...
Mastodon reins in ambition, pumps up the melody
'Once More 'Round the Sun' Mastodon 3 stars (out of 4) If not exactly lighthearted, "Once More 'Round the Sun" (Reprise) is certainly the brightest and catchiest of the six...
Mastodon reins in ambition, pumps up the melody
'Once More 'Round the Sun' Mastodon 3 stars (out of 4) If not exactly lighthearted, "Once More 'Round the Sun" (Reprise) is certainly the brightest and catchiest of the six...
Swans takes flight again and finds vindication
As the first incarnation of his mighty (and mightily misunderstood) Swans was winding down in the late '90s, the band's founder and driving force, Michael Gira, expressed his frustration. "Loud,...
Swans takes flight again and finds vindication
As the first incarnation of his mighty (and mightily misunderstood) Swans was winding down in the late '90s, the band's founder and driving force, Michael Gira, expressed his frustration. "Loud,...
Review: Lana Del Rey acts up a storm on ‘Ultraviolence’
"Everybody knows that I'm a mess," Lana Del Rey sings on her third studio album, "Ultraviolence" (Polydor/Interscope). But, of course, everybody knows she's just being a tease. After erstwhile folk-popster...
Review: Lana Del Rey acts up a storm on ‘Ultraviolence’
"Everybody knows that I'm a mess," Lana Del Rey sings on her third studio album, "Ultraviolence" (Polydor/Interscope). But, of course, everybody knows she's just being a tease. After erstwhile folk-popster...
Steve Aoki puts the show in EDM
Steve Aoki gets it. As EDM (electronic dance music) outgrows its roots in '70s and early '80s DJ culture and the notion of a musical tastemaker blending records on two...
Morrissey cancels U.S. tour, Chicago date
Morrissey has canceled his U.S. tour, including a show scheduled Friday for the Civic Opera House.Morrissey's representatives made the announcement Wednesday: "It is with great sadness that the remainder of...