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Six miles beneath the Pacific Ocean surface, a team of oceanographers and experts discover an entire hidden ecosystem laden with species "completely unknown to science." But Meg comes calling, attacking the submersible piloted by the ex-wife (Jessica McNamee) of rescue diver Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham).
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Lollapalooza 2017: Chance the Rapper, Lorde, Arcade Fire top 170-band lineup

August 18, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

Chance the Rapper, Arcade Fire and Lorde are among the headliners announced Wednesday for Lollapalooza this summer in Chicago. Muse, the XX, Blink-182, DJ Snake and Justice also are stacked...

Nick Cave has been singing about mortality for decades, and he's really good at it. Whether the narratives are biblical or pulpy, the victims innocents or death row convicts, the circumstances comprehensible or cruelly random, Cave's songs are on intimate terms with the infinite ways a life can be extinguished. And yet, "Skeleton Tree", his latest album with his estimable band, the Bad Seeds, is a relatively concise song cycle shadowed by death that feels different than all the rest. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/kot/sc-music-nick-cave-skeleton-tree-ent-0916-20160916-column.html" target="_blank">Read the full review.</a>

At South by Southwest, the stakes were never higher

May 13, 2019 at 2:28 p.m.

What if they gave a music festival and people of certain ethnic backgrounds couldn't get in? It sounds like the subject of a dystopian novel, but the question hovered over...

9 bands and artists who ruled at South by Southwest

June 5, 2018 at 1:03 p.m.

A Giant Dog: Yes, a big shaggy dog of a band, and completely lovable and undeniable with their big riffs, megaton hooks and energetic showmanship. Priests: Wicked political commentary wrapped...

Chuck Berry, revolutionary guitarist-songwriter, dead at 90

August 21, 2019 at 10:37 p.m.

Chuck Berry, who died Saturday at 90, was one of the architects of rock 'n' roll, as a singer, songwriter and guitarist. More than any artist of the 1950s, his...

Chuck Berry, architect of rock ‘n’ roll

May 13, 2019 at 2:28 p.m.

Chuck Berry, who died Saturday at 90, was one of the architects of rock 'n' roll as a singer, songwriter and guitarist. More than any artist of the '50s, his...

Chance the Rapper’s Apple deal — still independent, in control

June 5, 2018 at 1:12 p.m.

In recent days, Chance the Rapper has come under scrutiny from his massive fan base for how he conducts business.Though his music has drawn acclaim, his notion of how to...

SXSW: Artists representing Muslim-majority countries band together

June 5, 2018 at 1:12 p.m.

For Kayem, a Chicago hip-hop artist of Libyan heritage, the South by Southwest Music Conference was about something more than expanding his "brand" or making a deal to advance his...

SXSW Day Four: Garth Brooks explains his digital change of heart

June 5, 2018 at 1:22 p.m.

Garth Brooks was once a digital holdout, a superstar artist who refused to make his music available on-line. But now that he's partnering with Amazon Music Unlimited after folding his...

SXSW Day Three: A Giant Dog, Jamila Woods, Noname rule

October 28, 2019 at 4:29 p.m.

A few highlights and observations from a busy day and night of music Thursday at the South by Southwest Music Conference: Now THIS is a rock band: In the past,...

SXSW Day Three: Advice and wishes on the future of music

May 13, 2019 at 2:28 p.m.

The world of playlist curation and marketing metrics ruled at the city's convention center, while hundreds of bands created a swirl along bustling 6th Street and up Red River that...

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