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Local Q&A: Rabid Rabbit

August 22, 2021 at 8:48 p.m.

Band Name: Rabid RabbitSound: This inventive local quartet's music incorporates elements of titanium-heavy doom metal, exploratory jazz and swirling psychedelic rock.Claim to fame/need to know: The band, led by husband-wife...

Local Q&A: K. Flay

June 18, 2018 at 1:08 a.m.

Band Name: K. Flay Sound/sounds like: On her self-titled debut EP, the young MC, born Kristine Flaherty, flashed an elastic flow and a quick wit, rhyming atop beats that rumbled...

Full list: December concert guide

August 22, 2021 at 8:48 p.m.

As December rolls into Chicago, a range of must-see shows accompany the plummeting temperatures, including an arena turn from one fast-rising indie icon (Bon Iver) and a rare appearance from...

Local Q&A: K. Flay

August 22, 2021 at 8:47 p.m.

Band Name: K. Flay Sound/sounds like: On her self-titled debut EP, the young MC, born Kristine Flaherty, flashed an elastic flow and a quick wit, rhyming atop beats that rumbled...

Q&A: Fitz and the Tantrums

August 22, 2021 at 8:47 p.m.

Fitz & the Tantrums frontman Michael "Fitz" Fitzpatrick will always remember the group's first trek to Chicago, since the sextet arrived in town for a show at Metro just one...

DJ Shadow delivers the goods at Park West

August 22, 2021 at 11:28 p.m.

Though it was released nearly 15 years ago, DJ Shadow's landmark 1996 debut, "Endtroducing," still sounds like an alien transmission from some distant future. Not content to sit back and...

Jenny & Johnny coo, prowl and hiss at Lincoln Hall

August 22, 2021 at 10:59 p.m.

Jenny Lewis and Jonathan Rice -- performing together as Jenny & Johnny at a sold-out Lincoln Hall on Monday -- came across like modern day "Grease" leads. Rice, decked out...

Justin Bieber: Unafraid to sing about being a kid

August 22, 2021 at 8:45 p.m.

The predominantly female crowd that packed a sold-out Rosemont Theatre for teen heartthrob Justin Bieber, performing the first show in a two-night stand Wednesday, responded to every question posed from...

Jay-Z holds court in regal fashion at United Center

August 22, 2021 at 8:42 p.m.

Jay-Z appeared completely at home performing beneath the championship banners lining the rafters of a crowded United Center. Boasting he was "the Mike Jordan of recording," the über-confident rapper held...

Snoop Dogg coasts on cliches at Metro

August 22, 2021 at 8:29 p.m.

Snoop Dogg, now 10 albums and nearly two decades into a remarkable career that has seen him evolve from a gangsta rapper/walking parental warning into a vaguely-cuddly global icon (note...

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