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Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, during a December Chicago Theatre performance.

Wilco and Sleater-Kinney hitting the road for an outdoor venue tour this summer — with a stop in Chicago

March 10, 2020 at 3:35 p.m.

Wilco and Sleater-Kinney will be teaming up for a 16-stop summer tour of outdoor venues, the "It's Time" tour. The sonic gambol begins Aug. 6 in Spokane, Wash., and ends...

‘Printer’s Devil’ by Ratboys is yet another great album by a Chicago band, and you get two chances to hear them this weekend

February 28, 2020 at 12:14 p.m.

The Chicago music scene is hard on a brotha. Just when we were catching our breath from the flawless "Honeymoon" by Beach Bunny, the mature, confident "Printer's Devil" (Topshelf Records)...

Pitchfork Fest headliners are the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The National and Run the Jewels, for the 15th edition of the annual summer romp

February 19, 2020 at 8:29 p.m.

Has it been 15 of these things already? Really? The 15th edition of the Pitchfork Music Festival, scheduled for July 17-19 at its usual spot in Union Park, is out...

Billie Eilish durante su presentación en los Oscar el domingo 9 de febrero de 2020 en el Teatro Dolby, en Los Angeles. (Foto AP/Chris Pizzello)

Review: Billie Eilish’s new James Bond theme song for ‘No Time To Die’ is not good, so we ranked the top 10 Bond themes. Listen to them all here.

February 14, 2020 at 9:15 p.m.

Oh, dear. All we can hope is that the next James Bond movie, "No Time To Die," has more life than the theme track by Billie Eilish, released today. Full...

Beach Bunny is (L to R: guitarist Matt Henkels, singer/guitarist/songwriter Lili Trifilio, bassist Anthony Vaccaro, and drummer Jon Alvarado.

Review: Beach Bunny has created a rare, vexing thing in a pretty-much-flawless debut full-length, ‘Honeymoon’

February 12, 2020 at 5:26 p.m.

It was September 2018 at Riot Fest, just after noon and kids were running. Not rushing, not walking fast, but running, across Douglas Park to get to Rebel Stage, the...

The Backstreet Boys perform at Amway Center in Orlando on their "DNA" World Tour on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019.

Janet Jackson, Backstreet Boys coming to Chicago within mere days of each other, which is pretty bonkers

February 10, 2020 at 4:28 p.m.

That "THUD" you might have heard was the almost-simultaneous arrival of a pair of great, big ol' shows, Janet Jackson and Backstreet Boys, hitting email inboxes. Jackson, or Miss Janet...

Brothers Osborne performs during the 2017 Windy City LakeShake country music festival at Northerly Island.

Country Lakeshake is taking a ‘hiatus’ in 2020, with an uncertain future

February 3, 2020 at 1:27 p.m.

Putting an end to rumors that began on social media in December, Country Lakeshake announced that the music festival will not be taking place in 2020. The event set up...

FILE - In this July 20, 2019, file photo, Darius Rucker performs during the Group Therapy Tour at Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Rucker will perform a pre-race concert before the Daytona 500 in February.
It will be Rucker's fourth appearance at Daytona International Speedway and first at the "Great American Race," which will again serve as NASCAR's Cup Series season opener. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

Dierks Bentley, Darius Rucker among Windy City Smokeout headliners

January 21, 2020 at 3:28 p.m.

Summer seems a very long time away, but you country music fans should take heart at the coming of July and the Windy City Smokeout. The annual gustatory go-round is...

The Hunt E.D.A. Mark 6 Carbon Fiber Record Brush doesn't take the place of a quality wet cleaning, but it keeps the crud out of the grooves after you've cleaned. It has two rows of carbon-fiber bristles that bracket an exquisite velvet pad. Just let it rest on the platter for a couple of rotations, then slide it off. Voila. $29.94, <a href="https://musichallaudio.com/product/hunt-brush/" target="_blank">musichallaudio.com</a>

It doesn’t matter how naughty your loved ones have been — here are 10 gifts to make their world sound nice, from vinyl to a cellphone

November 7, 2019 at 4:26 p.m.

Vinyl is cool, for the 438th time. And so are you. But even better, if the person you are gift shopping for is into vinyl, he or she is probably...

Madonna performs as part of the 'Sticky and Sweet' tour at Olympic Stadium on August 18, 2009 in Munich, Germany.

Madonna is in Chicago this week — with a show that doesn’t start until 10:30 and runs more than two hours. Fans aren’t happy.

October 15, 2019 at 9:13 p.m.

Madame X doesn't care about your bedtime. Madame X also wants parents to attend her shows with their children. How else to explain the 10:30 p.m. start time for Madonna's...

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