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Diplo performs at Studio Paris, in River North Chicago, for an Official Lollapalooza After Party on Friday, July 29th, 2016.

Lollapalooza day four: From Sir the Baptist’s ‘church’ service to LCD Soundsystem’s comeback

June 11, 2018 at 9:35 p.m.

Reports from Sunday, day four at Lollapalooza in Grant Park, from Greg Kot (GK), Bob Gendron (BG), Kevin Williams (KM) and Tracy Swartz (TS): Breaking news: Promoters C3 Presents confirm...

Lollapalooza day three: Red Hot Chili Peppers on cruise control, Vic Mensa rises above

June 10, 2018 at 11:17 a.m.

Reports from Saturday, day three at Lollapalooza in Grant Park, from Greg Kot (GK), Bob Gendron (BG), Kevin Williams (KM) and Tracy Swartz (TS): Noon: First things first. This is...

James Murphy returns with LCD Soundsystem Sunday, July 31, 2016 to Lollapalooza in Grant Park on its final night.

Lollapalooza day two: Major Lazer loses power, Radiohead closes the night

June 10, 2018 at 10:31 a.m.

Reports from Friday, day two at Lollapalooza in Grant Park, from Greg Kot (GK), Bob Gendron (BG), Kevin Williams (KM) and Tracy Swartz (TS): Noon: At least 29 Lollapalooza attendees...

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>

Jamila Woods makes her voice heard in ‘HEAVN’

June 11, 2018 at 9:22 p.m.

At a distance, Jamila Woods sounds gentle, soothing, the perfect accompaniment to a blissful day on the beach. Her voice disarms, but her words bristle with questions and doubts. Her...

Lollapalooza day one: Lana del Rey’s anti-charisma, J. Cole’s momentum issues

June 11, 2018 at 9:35 p.m.

Reports from Thursday, day one at Lollapalooza in Grant Park, from Greg Kot (GK), Kevin Williams (KM) and Tracy Swartz (TS): 12:15 p.m.: The newly expanded Lollapalooza got off to...

Wearing black on a blistering afternoon, the still relatively unknown Montreal band makes an indelible impression with singer Win Butler wading into the crowd.

Greg Kot’s Lolla picks: 37 acts not to miss (and 36 to catch if you can)

June 10, 2018 at 10:11 a.m.

More than 170 bands and artists on eight stages play 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Thursday-Sunday in Grant Park; all four days are sold out. Here are 37 acts not to miss...

The Australian guitarist was just beginning to see her music make inroads in America when she rips through this galvanizing mid-afternoon set.

Vic Mensa reinvents his life and music

May 13, 2019 at 2:26 p.m.

Despite years of acclaim that have drawn the attention of Kanye West, Beyonce and Jay Z, Vic Mensa still sounds like an artist who has something to prove — not...

American rapper Angel Haze meets the audience at the Perry's stage at Lollapalooza in Chicago on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013.

Looking back at Lolla: Greg Kot reviews 25 years

May 13, 2019 at 2:26 p.m.

On its 25th anniversary, Lollapalooza is a vastly different festival from the one that began as a one-and-done farewell carnival in 1991. Here's a look back at how one of...

Michael Kiwanuka breaks out of retro-soul box in ‘Love & Hate’

June 11, 2018 at 9:25 p.m.

On Michael Kiwanuka's 2012 debut album, "Home Again," the U.K. singer receded into the nostalgic haze of his influences. He came across as an earnest disciple of Bill Withers, Terry...

Perry Farrell contemplates life after 25 years of Lollapalooza

May 13, 2019 at 2:26 p.m.

Lollapalooza, one of the biggest music festivals in America and on the cusp of its 25th anniversary, wasn't meant to last beyond its first year in 1991. And now that...

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