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Nick Cave has been singing about mortality for decades, and he's really good at it. Whether the narratives are biblical or pulpy, the victims innocents or death row convicts, the circumstances comprehensible or cruelly random, Cave's songs are on intimate terms with the infinite ways a life can be extinguished. And yet, "Skeleton Tree", his latest album with his estimable band, the Bad Seeds, is a relatively concise song cycle shadowed by death that feels different than all the rest. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/kot/sc-music-nick-cave-skeleton-tree-ent-0916-20160916-column.html" target="_blank">Read the full review.</a>

Chance the Rapper is having a South Side music fest

The long-awaited Chicago date for Chance the Rapper's national tour is known. September 24. Billed as the "first ever music festival at U.S. Cellular Field on Chicago's South Side," the...
The Australian guitarist was just beginning to see her music make inroads in America when she rips through this galvanizing mid-afternoon set.

LCD Soundsystem to play Metro Lolla weekend

In the "hottest ticket in town" category, LCD Soundsystem will play Metro July 29 and 30. The shows (officially aftershows), announced Tuesday morning, is your chance to see a Lolla...
Nick Cave has been singing about mortality for decades, and he's really good at it. Whether the narratives are biblical or pulpy, the victims innocents or death row convicts, the circumstances comprehensible or cruelly random, Cave's songs are on intimate terms with the infinite ways a life can be extinguished. And yet, "Skeleton Tree", his latest album with his estimable band, the Bad Seeds, is a relatively concise song cycle shadowed by death that feels different than all the rest. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/kot/sc-music-nick-cave-skeleton-tree-ent-0916-20160916-column.html" target="_blank">Read the full review.</a>

Your Taste of Chicago music guide

You know how to tell when it's time for Taste of Chicago? Look at the weather forecast. Wednesday? Hot. Thursday? Hot. One of the delights of nature is the understanding...
Nick Cave has been singing about mortality for decades, and he's really good at it. Whether the narratives are biblical or pulpy, the victims innocents or death row convicts, the circumstances comprehensible or cruelly random, Cave's songs are on intimate terms with the infinite ways a life can be extinguished. And yet, "Skeleton Tree", his latest album with his estimable band, the Bad Seeds, is a relatively concise song cycle shadowed by death that feels different than all the rest. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/kot/sc-music-nick-cave-skeleton-tree-ent-0916-20160916-column.html" target="_blank">Read the full review.</a>

Kanye West tour hits Chicago in October

It's Ye, y'all! Kanye West announced the dates for his "Saint Pablo" tour, which comes to the United Center on Oct. 7 and the Allstate Arena on Oct. 8. It...
Nick Cave has been singing about mortality for decades, and he's really good at it. Whether the narratives are biblical or pulpy, the victims innocents or death row convicts, the circumstances comprehensible or cruelly random, Cave's songs are on intimate terms with the infinite ways a life can be extinguished. And yet, "Skeleton Tree", his latest album with his estimable band, the Bad Seeds, is a relatively concise song cycle shadowed by death that feels different than all the rest. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/kot/sc-music-nick-cave-skeleton-tree-ent-0916-20160916-column.html" target="_blank">Read the full review.</a>

Yes, Morrissey will perform at Riot Fest

Morrissey isn't is playing Riot Fest, per an announcement from the fest's promoter. On May 18, Riot Fest, the punk music festival coming to Chicago's Douglas Park in September, announced...