Andy Downing

We looked at the calendar of upcoming shows, ready to raise the curtain on fall, and asked the question: What type of person are you, and could we pick a...

White Mystery Explosive, stripped-bare garage-rock from firecracker Miss Alex White When: 10 p.m. Friday, June 5 Where: Schubas, 3159 N. Southport Ave. Price: $12; 773-525-2508 Scotland Yard Gospel Choir Orchestral...

Isaac Hayes' performance at a crowded Ravinia on Friday didn't get off to a promising start. The veteran soul man, sporting his trademark shaved head and dark sunglasses, initially appeared...

Summer is here (almost). It's time for street festivals and massive outdoor gigs, sweating walls and sweaty people, hopping clubs and jam-packed little spots. Whether the shows are big or...

James Blunt's concert at a sold-out Riviera Theatre on Friday might be the most thoroughly documented local event of 2008. Every time the lanky Brit walked near the lip of...

This year we asked our contributing music writers to name their five favorite albums of the year, and we encouraged them to look to multiple genres. A star denotes a...

Reached at his apartment shortly after noon in early November, singer-songwriter Tom Schraeder sounds as if he's just roused himself from a night's sleep. "Sorry, I just woke up," he...

Spinning "The Black and White Album" (Scenester Credentials), the sophomore effort from ft (the Shadow Government), listeners might sense they're intercepting a pirate radio broadcast. Overloaded with disembodied vocals, clattering...

Some musicians thrive on self-promotion; others would rather hoof it over hot coals than talk themselves up in any way. Imelda de la Cruz falls firmly in the latter camp....

Scotland Yard Gospel Choir records such wrenching confessionals that it's somewhat surprising to hear singer-songwriter Elia Einhorn admit that he used to be "emotionally maladjusted." The band's self-titled sophomore album,...