Bob Gendron – Page 19

The Decemberists perform songs from their new album, "I'll Be Your Girl," at the Chicago Theatre on April 10, 2018, during their "Your Girl/Your Ghost" tour.

Wit and whimsy ever present at Decemberists’ Chicago Theatre show

December 14, 2018 at 10:56 a.m.

The Decemberists wasted no time establishing a theme for their show Tuesday at a sold-out Chicago Theatre. "Everything is awful," sang mustachioed frontman Colin Meloy, the phrase soon echoed by...

Justin Timberlake performs at the United Center in Chicago on March 27, 2018.

Justin Timberlake embraces array of roles at United Center

December 17, 2018 at 4:22 p.m.

Forget about being a self-proclaimed “man of the woods.” Justin Timberlake emerged as a man for all seasons Tuesday at the first show of a two-night stand at United Center....

Tune-Yards' Merrill Garbus performs at Thalia Hall on March 3, 2018, in Chicago.

Tune-Yards’ Garbus spares no one at Thalia Hall

December 17, 2018 at 4:25 p.m.

Merrill Garbus’ refusal to stay fixated on one musical idea for any extended period Saturday at a sold-out Thalia Hall appeared to parallel the impatience of modern culture. The New...

Singer Lana Del Rey performs in Chicago's United Center on Jan. 11, 2018.

Lana del Rey at her enigmatic best for United Center gig

December 17, 2018 at 4:33 p.m.

“Is it the end of America?” asked Lana Del Rey Thursday at United Center, repeating the seemingly political question before settling on an answer involving a “happy ending.” Cheerfulness isn’t...

The Jesus Lizard, plays at The Metro in Wrigleyville on Saturday, December 9th, 2017.

The Jesus Lizard is back in full force, fury

December 17, 2018 at 5:48 p.m.

It took David Yow all of about 10 seconds into the Jesus Lizard’s 80-minute concert Saturday at a sold-out Metro to launch himself into the crowd. For the untamed frontman,...

Lucinda Williams performs at Park West in Chicago on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017.

Lucinda Williams looks back in a transfixing Park West show

December 17, 2018 at 12:44 p.m.

Lucinda Williams made the most of the intimate, seated setting Tuesday at Park West. Backed by the always-sharp trio Buick 6 and performing the first of a two-night stand, she...

Nick Cave has been singing about mortality for decades, and he's really good at it. Whether the narratives are biblical or pulpy, the victims innocents or death row convicts, the circumstances comprehensible or cruelly random, Cave's songs are on intimate terms with the infinite ways a life can be extinguished. And yet, "Skeleton Tree", his latest album with his estimable band, the Bad Seeds, is a relatively concise song cycle shadowed by death that feels different than all the rest. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/kot/sc-music-nick-cave-skeleton-tree-ent-0916-20160916-column.html" target="_blank">Read the full review.</a>

Fleet Foxes flirted with change, with mixed results at Chicago Theatre

June 2, 2018 at 5:11 a.m.

Fleet Foxes navigated complex transitions and labyrinthine passages Tuesday at the Chicago Theatre with dignified execution that in no way hinted at any uncertainty. The band's music and messages told...

Metz provokes with punishing volleys at Thalia Hall

June 2, 2018 at 9:48 a.m.

If music could leave visual marks, everyone watching Metz at Thalia Hall on Monday would have departed with black-and-blue bruises in addition to their ringing eardrums. The Canadian trio's hourlong...

Scorpions, Megadeth celebrate high-octane histories at Allstate Arena

June 2, 2018 at 9:47 a.m.

"You wanna know who I am?" Scorpions vocalist Klaus Meine asked a sold-out crowd Saturday at Allstate Arena. His reply — "I'm in a rock 'n' roll band" — served...

Jason Isbell fills Chicago Theatre with potency, passion

June 2, 2018 at 4:29 p.m.

Jason Isbell captured the tone of what is happening across much of America on Friday at Chicago Theatre. Performing the first of a two-night stand, the singer-songwriter touched on politics...

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