Louis R. Carlozo

On this two-CD effort, Justin Roberts brilliantly transcends a host of kids' music cliches by darting between chugging rock rhythms, shining pop and more pensive soundscapes framed by timpani, keyboards,...

Ah, those family field trips: "I want french fries!" "Hunnnngry!" "I'm nauseated!" Those first two comments were provided by my toddler son and daughter, respectively. The last came courtesy of...

With a voice resembling a more tuneful Lou Reed and the sonic puckishness of Tom Waits, Giant Sand frontman Howe Gelb folds in an unlikely yet brilliant ingredient here: a...

Kendall Payne's story is a major-label cautionary tale. Despite earning critical accolades, securing a Lilith Fair tour spot, landing songs in major movies and selling more than 100,000 copies of...

Film director John Woo is synonymous with explosive, bloody, psychologically frenzied action. And Woo's work, from his earliest Hong Kong action films to Hollywood efforts such as "Mission Impossible II,"...

Monday nights usually are so dead in clubland that they're referred to as "musicians' night off." But last Monday, hundreds of music fans piled into Metro--along with five charged-up Chicago...

Monday's the day for Katrina benefit Marty Lennartz of WXRT-FM 93.1 will emcee this Monday's "Rock and Rebuild: A Hurricane Katrina Benefit Concert" at Metro (3730 N. Clark St.). Metro...

Tickets are on sale now for "Rock and Rebuild: A Hurri-cane Katrina Benefit Concert" Oct. 10 at Metro, 3730 N. Clark St. Metro owner Joe Shanahan has assembled five great...

Going to see a local band is never an exact science because musical groups in their nascent stages are struggling to get a grip on so many variables--musical style, overall...

Many Christian music artists--Reliant K, Michael W. Smith and Third Day among them--have made no secret lyrically or publicly of their right-leaning views (which, it seems, would alienate many of...