Greg Kot

The Hideout, the little-bar-that-could in the Chicago music scene, is celebrating its 21st anniversary this weekend with the return of its summer-ending block party. But this ostensibly feel-good story has...

About midway through its headlining set Saturday at Riot Fest in Douglas Park, Queens of the Stone Age dropped the tempo a notch for the hip-swaying "Make It Wit Chu."...

R.E.M.'s Peter Buck and Sleater-Kinney's Corin Tucker were mutual admirers of each other's bands since the '90s, so some kind of collaboration seemed inevitable down the road. Now "Invitation" (Kill...

Ted Leo had been making records for more than two decades when his career took a turn toward the unknown a few years ago. He was falling out with his...

Riot Fest returns to Douglas Park this weekend with dozens of bands arrayed across five stages over three days. Here's a quick guide to some of each day's highlights: Friday...

On its previous six albums, the National evolved into a sound distinctly its own. The sonic imprint has been in place for a decade: moody atmospherics, confessional baritone vocals, simmer-to-a-boil...

The festival season is winding down, and most of the concert action is moving indoors as autumn arrives. Here are 10 shows worth checking out: Riot Fest: Nine Inch Nails,...

The video for Melkbelly's latest single, "Middle Of," does its job almost too well: a vertigo-inducing house-of-horrors thrill ride of what it feels like to be inside one of the...