Greg Kot

As each year winds down, Turn It Up focuses on the best of Chicago's independent music scene. Here are my 10 favorite local indie releases for 2013: 1. Chance the...

As each year winds down, Turn It Up focuses on the best of Chicago's independent music scene. Here are my 10 favorite local indie releases for 2013: 1. Chance the...

R. Kelly Black Panties (RCA) 2 stars (out of 4) After two albums of elegant, old-school stepping music, R. Kelly is back doing the raunch. "Black Panties" (RCA) is a...

Hip-hop dominated the nominations for the 56th annual Grammy Awards, announced Friday in a nationally televised hype fest. Jay Z led the way with nine nominations, followed by Macklemore &...

Here are some of the most notable box sets of the season in rock and pop: Various artists, "The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume One, 1917-1927" (Revenant Records/Third...

'Britney Jean' Britney Spears 2 stars (out of 4) Britney Spears' 8th studio album, and the first released since the one-time teen-pop princess turned 30 in 2011, presumably reflects her...

Only a few months ago, Vic Mensa was a teenage prodigy in Kids These Days, a group out of Whitney Young High School that had a major-label deal in its...

Disappears has made four albums in four years with three different drummers. It's a prescription for chaos, but founding guitarist-singer Brian Case says the acclaimed Chicago quartet has used the...