Review: Tom Petty is Mr. Reliable again with ‘Hypnotic Eye’
The sun rises in the East, death and taxes will get you every time, and Tom Petty won't let you down. It's also really easy to take what he does,...
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Garth Brooks sells 180,000 tickets in 3 hours for Chicago shows
It's like Garth Brooks never left. Though he hasn't performed in Chicago since the late '90s, the country star lined up a 10-night residency Friday at the Allstate Arena in...
Review: Beyonce and Jay Z concert at Soldier Field
Between them, Beyonce and Jay Z have sold 150 million albums, won 34 Grammy awards, produced one daughter (Blue Ivy Carter) and kept countless gossip aggregators and rumor mongers in...
Review: Jack White concert at the Chicago Theatre
"Blunderbuss," the title of Jack White's first solo album, suggests a scattershot approach to American music rather than a focused exploration. Everything is possible, nothing is out of reach. On...
Review: Jenny Lewis cushions the fall with ‘The Voyager’
Though she's best known for her stint in the pop-rock band Rilo Kiley, Jenny Lewis has done her best work as a solo artist, and "The Voyager" continues the trend....
Pitchfork day 3: Kendrick Lamar brings fest to a close
Reports from Sunday, day three at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Union Park, from Greg Kot (GK) and Bob Gendron (BG): 1:09 p.m.: College rock, circa 1990, lives on in...
Review: Pitchfork’s best acts are growing into their stardom
It was an idyllic weekend in Union Park, and when Neutral Milk Hotel's Jeff Mangum held the stage by himself with just an acoustic guitar, it got even better.He sang...
Pitchfork day 2: St. Vincent rocks, Neutral Milk Hotel reunites
Reports from Saturday, day two at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Union Park, from Greg Kot (GK) and Bob Gendron (BG): 1 p.m.: Twin Peaks guitarist Cadien Lake James gets...
Pitchfork day 1: Neneh Cherry makes rare appearance, Beck closes
Reports from Friday, day one at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Union Park, from Greg Kot (GK) and Bob Gendron (BG): 11:30 a.m.: Idyllic weather and what are likely to...
Review: Morrissey’s ‘World Peace is None of Your Business’
A handful of tracks on Morrissey's 10th studio album, "World Peace Is None of Your Business" (Harvest/Capitol), begin or end with a queasy burble of low-volume noise, like something out...