With Take Care, Explosions in the Sky showcase everything that made their longtime fans fall in love.

UChicago’s own jazz ensemble experiments with instrumentation.

tUnE-yArD’s latest manages to be enjoyable even while discussing some dreary realities of today’s world.

The album is sometimes comical, sometimes melancholic, but all done with a tinge of light-heartedness and nostalgia.

Loudon Wainwright III’s concert at the Old Town School of Folk Music was full of macabre wit and humor.

Bach St. John Passion will be performed this Sunday in Rockefeller Chapel.

Tomboy’s darker, sparser sound sets it apart from Panda Bear’s previous work.

Rockie Fresh took a minute from his touring schedule to talk about how a skinny, church-going kid is quickly becoming the face of a new generation of Chicago hip-hop.

We Should Be Together plays less like a romance novel and more like a messy adolescent relationship.

While Peter Bjorn and John may never make another hit like “Young Folks,” listeners shouldn’t pass judgment on Gimme Some without listening.

If you’re looking for the same innovation that ‘80s giants brought to rock music thirty years ago, you might want to look elsewhere.

Moon Duo falls somewhere in between giddy psychedelic pop and the expansive tone of post-rock and drone.

Behind all the buzz that’s met its release, Toro’s second LP, Underneath the Pine, is simply great music.

Let England Shake is a highly conceptual, extraordinarily vivid, tragic, and traumatic work that will remain with the listener long after its 40 minutes are through.

While Bright Eyes has rarely been described as accessible, The People’s Key is easily the band’s most straightforward rock album.

The journey of trying to figure this album out is a perilous one, but you might learn something about yourself along the way.

Chicago Underground aims to connect with
artists on personal and professional level

The Folk Festival comes to town again for its 51st year

As a whole, Kaputt is a bold and clever record, and a radical departure from Destroyer’s earlier work.

Overproduction takes away veteran punk-rockers’ power

A rock opera and the U of C form the origin story of the Dead Superheroes

This year’s fall concert featured Big Boi and Kid Sister, two artists whose critical acclaim eclipses their fame.

Wallpaper plays at the Double Door this Saturday.

Ani Aznavoorian and Lera Auerbach made their Chicago recital debut at Mandel Hall Friday.

Rob Underwood shows us what Chicago bands are playing around town this week.

A smidgen of what Chicago has to offer

On his newest album, “The Age of Adz”—the follow-up to his critically acclaimed 2005 album Illinois—Stevens seems to be starting anew.