Prince’s towering legacy — an appreciation from Greg Kot
When he died Thursday at age 57, Prince left behind a towering legacy, so huge that anything a journalist might write couldn't possibly contain it. What to focus on? The...
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On the record: Prince’s career milestones
Taking a look at some of the milestones in Prince's four-decade, award-winning career: Dirty Mind (1980): Beyond the provocative pose on the album cover, Prince creates a stir with music...
Wild Belle: Second album got ugly for Chicago brother-and-sister duo, but it was worth it
Natalie Bergman, who with her brother Elliot Bergman makes up the core of Wild Belle, does not mince words when talking about the studio sessions leading up to the band's...
Rihanna plays it cool at United Center
Rihanna exudes a cool that suggests she's one step ahead of everyone and she doesn't really have to try. It's the equivalent of a mic drop followed by the sound...
Parquet Courts lets its guard down on ‘Human Performance’
The wiseguys in Parquet Courts were never such wiseguys, after all. They could be sarcastic and cutting — a hot-take stereotype that flourished in the wake of the slacker anti-anthem...
Santigold and her complicated relationship with pop music
When she answered her phone for an interview recently, Santigold was emerging from a tour bus that had been stranded on a Colorado roadside for a day by a snowstorm....
PJ Harvey’s ‘Hope Six’ unleashes powerful new protest music
Polly Jean Harvey's early albums had an autobiographical feel, the sound of a young woman slamming down doors to take on patriarchy, stake out her personal take on feminism, and...
Savages attack love songs at Metro
If you caught them at just the right moment, the members of Savages looked like they were actually enjoying themselves on stage Thursday at Metro. Drummer Fay Milton would crack...
Iggy Pop stirs up poetry and turmoil at Chicago Theatre
The show was winding down, and Iggy Pop sounded like he was throwing his long-discarded tuxedo jacket over his shoulder and preparing to wander off into the night, never to...
Country legend Merle Haggard dies at 79 of pneumonia
Merle Haggard knew the inside of prison cells and box cars as intimately as he did some of the biggest stages in the world. He was a member of country...