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Naked Raygun gets some payback from longtime fan Dave Grohl

May 13, 2019 at 2:21 p.m.

Dave Grohl's decades-long appreciation of Naked Raygun will be on full display Saturday at Wrigley Field. The Chicago quintet, hand-picked by Grohl to open the Foo Fighters stadium concert along...

Alex Scally, right, and Victoria Legrend of the group Beach House are shown in New York in 2010.

Beach House ends up where it started with ‘Depression Cherry’

May 13, 2019 at 2:21 p.m.

Beach House's music can build ever so slowly to majestic heights, and sometimes it sounds like a merry-go-round built for toddlers, spinning in lazy circles so as not to frighten...

One Direction, performing at Soldier Field, in Chicago, on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015.

When a boy band outlasts boyhood

December 17, 2018 at 7:13 p.m.

One Direction is rumored to be "going on hiatus," which some believe is music-industry code for "breaking up." But don't believe the hype. The first platitude of boy bands is...

Damien Echols poses for a photograph at the Peninsula Hotel in 2012, in Chicago.

Riot Fest adds panels with West Memphis Three, Metro’s Joe Shanahan

May 13, 2019 at 2:21 p.m.

Riot Fest scored a coup last year with a somewhat unconventional approach to a rock festival by staging a mid-day panel – in the rain, no less – with members...

Dusty Hill, left, and Billy Gibbons, right of ZZ Top perform on stage during a concert in the Azkena Rock Festival in the northern Spanish Basque city of Vitoria on June 20, 2015.

Billy Gibbons, ZZ Top and the surreal side of the blues

June 15, 2018 at 11:18 a.m.

Billy Gibbons is a student of blues, a guitarist with a signature sound and an erudite conversationalist on everything from wine to vintage cars. He combines these serious pursuits with...

Barrence Whitfield is at his most savage on ‘Under the Savage Sky’

May 13, 2019 at 2:21 p.m.

Welcome to his nightmare. Barrence Whitfield sings like a man grappling with insanity through most of "Under the Savage Sky" (Bloodshot), and he's not going quietly. Instead, Whitfield and the...

No rule goes unbroken in High on Fire’s world

May 13, 2019 at 2:21 p.m.

Matt Pike's creativity as a songwriter and guitarist in era-defining bands such as Sleep and High on Fire has made him a key figure in underground metal. He often sounds...

Bassnectar performs during Day 3 of Lollapalooza on Aug. 2, 2015, in Chicago.

Bassnectar to lead expanded Freaky Deaky festival lineup

June 15, 2018 at 12:17 p.m.

Adding to its lineup of multi-day events focused on electronic music and hip-hop, Chicago promoters React Presents will expand its seventh annual Freaky Deaky festival to three days Oct. 30-Nov....

Iris DeMent performs at City Winery in Chicago, on Feb. 9, 2013.

Iris DeMent finds the poetry of Russia on ‘The Trackless Woods’

June 16, 2018 at 4:33 p.m.

Iris DeMent recorded her latest album in her living room in five days with a group of friends, which sounds just about right. DeMent bides her time between albums until...

Sam Smith performs at Lollapalooza in Grant Park on Aug. 1, 2015.

Lollapalooza review: Paul McCartney, Metallica make way for EDM

December 17, 2018 at 7:18 p.m.

Paul McCartney had a "get off my lawn, kid" moment at Lollapalooza in Grant Park over the weekend. As he was beginning the acoustic portion of his generous two-hour-plus headlining...

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