Joshua Klein

On U2's Vertigo tour, which came to the United Center on Saturday night--the first of four sold-out shows continuing this week--the cheap seats prove to be the best seats, providing...

The prices have gone up to see U2, but as the four sold-out Chicago shows prove, America's love affair with the band is as strong as ever. Eighteen years ago,...

Lyrics Born "Same *@#$ Different Day" A sequel of sorts to last year's strong "Later That Day ... ," "Same *@#$ Different Day" serves as an alternate version of Lyrics...

British Sea Power Open Season British Sea Power's first album had enough majesty, mystery and outright clamor that--combined with the band's rapidly growing reputation as a live act--indicated even better...

Martha Wainwright Martha Wainwright No doubt about it, Martha Wainwright shares some talented genes with her mom, Kate McGarrigle, her dad Loudon and brother Rufus. But while Martha has been...

Ben Folds Five was made up of three guys, but singer/pianist Ben Folds was clearly its focus. Then he went solo on "Rockin' the Suburbs." "Songs for Silverman" is once...

Got grime? Dizzee Rascal does. And he's bringing it to his first Chicago stop Dizzee Rascal, born Dylan Mills, grew up in a council flat in East London where, barely...

On stage Friday night at the sold-out Aragon was Chris Cornell, former frontman for grunge icons Soundgarden, surrounded by the remnants of rap-metal firecrackers Rage Against the Machine. It's a...

Hot Hot Heat Elevator Hot Hot Heat preceded the new wave of new wave by just a few scant months, and while the Vancouver band's last album, "Make Up the...

"Meet the Fockers," Universal, $29.98 WHO'S IN IT: Ben Stiller, Robert DeNiro, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand RECAP: "Meet the Fockers" tries to top "Meet the Parents," but its recycled jokes...