Run the Jewels gives 2 great MCs new life
The second major collaboration between Killer Mike and El-P, "Run the Jewels 2" (Mass Appeal), is one of the year's best albums, a career high point and a commercial peak...
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Mavis Staples rescues her own tribute concert
For a while, it looked like a bunch of artists from parts far removed from the South Side churches where Mavis Staples built her legacy was going to keep things...
Stevie Wonder right at home in United Center concert
Stevie Wonder called Chicago "my second home" as he strolled onstage Friday at the United Center, arm-in-arm with singer India.Arie. The 64-year-old Motown veteran wasn't just paying lip-service to his...
TV on the Radio makes its version of a pop album
TV on the Radio has always been a bit of a challenge -- a band with a distinctive vocal blend and a knack for insinuating melody, but with a wicked,...
Mavis Staples to celebrate 75 years with all-star cast
Mavis Staples has had birthday parties before, but never one quite like this. Among the artists performing Wednesday at the Auditorium Theatre for the gospel-soul singer's 75th anniversary celebration will...
New Pornographers let their inner ELO run wild
A.C. Newman, founding member and primary songwriter in the New Pornographers, had to get a few things off his chest before he and the band could make one of the...
Arcade Fire members join Mavis Staples tribute concert
The Arcade Fire's Win Butler and Regine Chassagne will join the all-star lineup for the Mavis Staples tribute concert Nov. 19 at the Auditorium Theatre.Celebration of the South Side gospel-soul...
Review: Bob Dylan at Cadillac Palace
Bob Dylan, inscrutable as ever, played many roles Saturday in the first of three shows at the Cadillac Palace Theatre. He was crooner and assassin, murderous messenger and lost survivor,...
Foo Fighters ‘Sonic Highways’ doesn’t lead to anywhere new
Dave Grohl has developed a reputation for reliability with Foo Fighters. Others may call it predictability. Unlike, say, Jack White, who typically works within a similar guitar-bass-drums format but is...
Bob Dylan’s epic rural retreat
In the long history of "lost" albums during the rock era, "The Basement Tapes" by Bob Dylan and future members of The Band ranks as the mother of them all....