To Sleep with volume
One of the hottest shows in Chicago this week comes courtesy of a band you might have never heard of, a trio whose path to sold-out dates is swathed in...
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Lollapalooza: Final day brings rain and Chance the Rapper
Reports from Sunday, day three at Lollapalooza in Grant Park, from Greg Kot (GK),Bob Gendron (BG) and Kevin Williams (KW): 12:19 p.m.: It's never easy to be the day's opening...
Lollapalooza: Outkast closes day two
Reports from Saturday, day two at Lollapalooza in Grant Park, from Greg Kot (GK), Bob Gendron (BG) and Kevin Williams (KW): 11:31 a.m.: Blood Orange's Dev Hynes posted several tweets...
Lollapalooza: Lorde rules day one
Reports from Friday, day one at Lollapalooza in Grant Park, from Greg Kot (GK),Bob Gendron (BG) and Kevin Williams (KW): 11:47 a.m.: Even at this early hour, entrance lines stretch...
Musical Taste sated in Grant Park
Oh, come on, you remember Taste of Chicago in its heyday: masses of humanity jammed together, sweat-soaked torsos glistening with corn on the cob butter and turkey leg fat. Yeah,...
A guide to music at Taste of Chicago
In looking at the lineup for Taste of Chicago in an effort to assess matters, we at On The Town got to thinking: The search for the perfect morsel, the...
Looking back, forward on sonic rock
Rock music is never more irritating than when it moves backward, when dinosaur bands once again stomp on the terra. Some call them "reunions," others call them shameless money grabs...
Getting your sonic groove on in 4 ways
Even if we tried, it would be impossible to make up some of the delightful confluences, coincidences and other collisions that make for yet another fascinating sonic week in Chicago....
Puppets and fairy tales are part of ‘Stages, Sights and Sounds’
The Chicago Humanities Festival is one of those things that many locals have on their calendar, but let's be clear about this — it's people in a room, standing on...
Edgy and ready, veteran players returning to city
This is one of those "Wow!" weeks for Chicago music fans, as two performers with a rich history in this city's edgy music scene are out and about, making noise....