Lollapalooza announces 57 aftershows
Spoon at Metro, Tegan and Sara at Park West, the Shins at the Vic, Warpaint at Subterranean and Car Seat Headrest at Lincoln Hall are among 57 Lollapalooza aftershows announced...
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A bolder Michael Kiwanuka rocks Park West
On his first album a few years ago, Michael Kiwanuka was the musical equivalent of comfort food, a folk-soul throwback, a faint echo of Bill Withers or Terry Callier. It...
Sir the Baptist blurs lines between church and street on major label debut
Sir the Baptist, aka William James Stokes, is the son of a preacher, and his major label debut, "Saint or Sinner" (Atlantic), has one foot on the street and the...
Kanye’s rejection inspired Michael Kiwanuka’s breakthrough
Michael Kiwanuka was coming off an acclaimed 2012 debut album, "Home Again," when Kanye West called and invited him to studio sessions in Hawaii for the album that would become...
Bonzie’s unbridled ambition works like a charm on ‘Zone on Nine’
Singer Nina Ferraro, who records under the name Bonzie, has shown a consistent refusal to be pinned down to a genre or simplified descriptions of the kind of music she...
Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell’s cause of death ruled suicide: medical examiner
Chris Cornell, the lead singer in Soundgarden and one of the key voices in the dominant Seattle music scene of the '90s, was found dead Wednesday while on tour in...
Jean-Michel Jarre’s cutting edge hasn’t dulled on his first North American tour
Jean-Michel Jarre, whose first North American tour brings him to the Auditorium Theatre on Monday, was a journeyman rock musician and visual artist in France during the late '60s and...
Harry’s solo style derivative, lacking One Direction hook power
Harry Styles is one of the anointed ones from all those sold-out One Direction shows, another air-brushed boy band marketed with perfect hair and hit-factory choruses outlined in bubblegum pink....
Low Cut Connie brings the grit on ‘Dirty Pictures’
The perfect Low Cut Connie album would drop the listener into the middle of one of their shows in some dingy saloon on a dicey side of town. They're playing...
Mastodon, big and bruising, gets a little lighter
Usually Mastodon brings heaviness worthy of its name. But once in a while, a lighter touch appears in the music. At first, drummer Brann Dailor wasn't having it as the...