Grateful Dead tickets going for as much as $15K
The good news for die-hard Deadheads who got shut out of the Grateful Dead's reunion concerts July 3-5 at Soldier Field when tickets went on sale over the weekend: Tickets...
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Madonna to play United Center in September
Madonna announced Monday that she'll play the United Center on Sept. 28 as part of a world tour to promote her forthcoming album, "Rebel Heart." The tour, which begins Aug....
AACM’s spirit endures in underground rock
It was a sultry, starlit night at the Chicago Jazz Festival in 1988 and one of the leading lights of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians was following...
Screaming Females sand down the rough edges
For a decade, Marissa Paternoster, the diminutive dynamo at the heart of Screaming Females, has sung and played guitar with a ferocity that dares to be contained. The voice shakes...
Punch Brothers give traditionalism an ice bath
Punch Brothers' co-founder Chris Thile describes his band's music in violent terms – slaps and ice baths get mentioned. But it's all good, because it's all about channeling the world's...
Grateful Dead: Only 10 percent of ticket requests can be filled
"I need a miracle." Grateful Dead fans share many parking-lot traditions tied in with the music of their beloved band, and at least one of the rituals has an air...
Torche lights up another winner
If it's possible to do anything quietly in Torche's loud and heavy niche of the sound spectrum, the Miami quartet has taken an unassuming path to becoming one of the...
Review: Sleater-Kinney at the Riviera
A few minutes into Sleater-Kinney's concert Tuesday at the sold-out Riviera, a rarity occurred: guitarist Carrie Brownstein smiled. Just behind her, Janet Weiss was shaking her head like a Muppet...
Drake draws curtains on ‘If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late’
On Drake's "10 Bands," a track from the Canadian rapper's latest album/mix tape, "If You're Reading This It's Too Late" (OVO Sound/Young Money/Cash Money), keyboards toll and the global hip-hop...
Pops Staples’ final music finally surfaces
"Don't Lose This" (Anti) presents a double dose of history. Not only is it the late Roebuck "Pops" Staples' final album, it also marks the final recording by the family...