Prepare your playlists: Our favorite albums of the year include a new release from Chance the Rapper and the final album engineered by Steve Albini. December always brings a flood of year-end music ...

This list from WBEZ and sister station Vocalo blurs lines and mixes genres, from hip-hop and R&B to indie rock, blues and jazz. 2024 brought forth a wealth of Chicago music spanning all genres. As we ...

Loughnane suggests the body of work, a collection of live performances from 1971, has been reworked more than ever before using modern recording technology Vivien Killilea/Getty Lou Pardini, Keith ...

Even though “LP4” is the band’s darkest lyrically and musically yet, it’s “the most exciting time ever in the band right now, ...

Two o'clock has come and gone, and the secret behind Taylor Swift's mysterious Chicago QR mural has been cracked -- at least one of them. At midnight Friday, Swift dropped her highly anticipated new ...

Following Friday’s album release, the indie rockers will kick off a Midwest tour starting with a sold-out show at Metro on ...

CHICAGO (CBS) – Taylor Swift fans have waited more than a "Fortnight" for her new album. The QR code in River North revealed that would be the first single off the project, but now that "The Tortured ...

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