Courtney Barnett’s ‘everyday’ songs strike a chord
Last year, Courtney Barnett released a song called "Avant Gardener" about surviving a near-fatal asthma attack. It describes a moment in her garden in Melbourne, Australia, that landed her in...
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Bonnie Raitt, Otis Clay join Mavis Staples tribute concert lineup
The all-star lineup for the Mavis Staples tribute concert added two heavy-hitters Thursday with Bonnie Raitt and Otis Clay.In celebrating Staples' 75th anniversary Nov. 19 at the Auditorium Theatre, Raitt...
Chief Keef reportedly dropped from record label
With a whisper quite the opposite of the way Chief Keef exploded onto the rap scene, word came out Tuesday that the Chicago rapper (real name Keith Cozart) has been...
Annie Lennox turns nostalgia trip into a dull ride
Annie Lennox, late of Eurythmics fame, is on shaky ground. "Nostalgia" (Blue Note), the title of her sixth studio album, is a loaded word, one which does not bode well...
Twin Peaks is peaking at the right time
The four North Side Chicagoans in Twin Peaks still aren't of legal drinking age, but they've got their act together: a do-it-yourself approach that has led to two albums, an...
Bob Seger gives Nashville a few pointers
Bob Seger, the perpetual underdog — "the beautiful loser," to borrow from one of his best songs – has been making records since the 1960s. He finally found fame after...
Greg Dulli a big-time rock bad boy
Leave it to Greg Dulli to open a big outdoor set by Afghan Whigs with a song about a relationship that has turned nasty, a combination of threats and tears....
Weezer pretends it’s 1994 on new album
Whatever Rivers Cuomo does in Weezer will always be held up against the band's first two albums, the self-titled "blue album" (1994) and "Pinkerton" (1996), and inevitably found wanting. Cuomo...
Review: Robert Plant looks ahead even when revisiting Zeppelin
The fans roared approval after Robert Plant and his band, the Sensational Space Shifters, resurrected "Ramble On," a signature moment from 1969 by his long-ago band, Led Zeppelin.The applause was...
Lucius turns two voices into one-of-a-kind sound
Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe of Lucius look like mirror images of one another on stage with their platinum bobs and matching brightly colored outfits. And though their voices have...