James Williamson tries to get out from under Stooges’ shadow
James Williamson has a small yet significant niche in rock history, as guitarist on one of the greatest punk albums ever made (Iggy and the Stooges’ “Raw Power” in 1973)...
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Pitchfork 2018: Greg Kot picks the best acts to see
There are more than 40 bands and artists scheduled to play the Pitchfork Music Festival this weekend in Union Park. Here's a highly subjective guide to the best of the...
Chance the Rapper’s four new tracks raise the curtain on an increasingly unfiltered life
Chance the Rapper rolled out four new singles late Wednesday, and they’re not just place-holders for a long-in-the-making new studio album. The tracks work together as Chance prepares to headline...
Pitchfork 2018: Greg Kot’s best acts to see
There are more than 40 bands and artists scheduled to play the Pitchfork Music Festival this weekend in Union Park. Here's a highly subjective guide to the best of the...
Chance the Rapper interview: Special Olympics headliner has new music on the way
It’ll be a busy week for Chance the Rapper. He’s finishing up the follow-up album to his Grammy-winning 2016 release “Coloring Book,” which he says will be out in a...
Deafheaven review: A duel between catharsis and melodrama on ‘Ordinary Corrupt Human Love’
Deafheaven has never fit neatly into any one genre. While adopting some of the sonic signifiers of black metal — ultra-harsh vocals, blistering tempos, progressive arrangements — they also incorporate...
Chaka Khan still pointing ahead despite decades of hits
Chaka Khan could be coasting right now. A legendary singer with decades full of hits, the singer could sell concert tickets simply by performing her classic songs night after night....
Radiohead keeps things volatile at the United Center
Radiohead concerts rarely have a linear feel. They’re more like kaleidoscopes, constantly shifting tone and shape as they go. The United Kingdom quintet’s sold-out show Friday at the United Center...
Greg Kot picks his top albums of 2018 … so far
In the last few years, an era of social activism and political unrest encoded in hashtags — #Resist, #MeToo, #BlackLivesMatter — has a soundtrack every bit as direct. If anything,...
Janelle Monae review: Outcasts unite at the Chicago Theatre
For many communities on the outside looking in on the so-called American dream, there’s no time to waste. So is there any wonder why it’s the year of “Black Panther”...