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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>

In its 23rd year, Warped Tour sticks to what it knows

December 17, 2018 at 4:56 p.m.

For 23 years, founder Kevin Lyman's traveling Warped Tour festival has kept its roots in "punk" —whatever that means. The festival's initial lineup boasted seminal acts such as Deftones, Sublime...

OurMusicMyBody working to help combat sexual assault at music festivals, one booth at a time

December 17, 2018 at 4:57 p.m.

At a recent Warped Tour stop, a woman stood in the crowd holding a sign that read, "Teen girls deserve respect, not gross jokes from disgusting old men! Punk shouldn't...

Tori Amos performs during her album release party held at Spotlight Live in New York on Tuesday, May 1, 2007.

Tori Amos to bring new album ‘Native Invader’ to Chicago Theatre in October

June 3, 2018 at 8:27 a.m.

Prolific singer-songwriter Tori Amos will play the Chicago Theatre Friday, October 27 in support of her upcoming album, "Native Invader." Announcing the tour on Facebook Live Monday morning, Amos' North...

Jay-Z’s ‘4:44 Tour’ comes to the United Center in December

June 3, 2018 at 8:26 a.m.

Rapper Jay-Z announced his "4:44 Tour" on Monday, which stops at the United Center on December 5. The rapper's 14th studio album (13th solo effort) was released June 30, exclusively...

Go big or go home. Go big by eating the chicken wrapped with bacon on a roll. It's everything you want it to be. Packed with smoky flavor, juicy chicken, savory bacon and a firm bun that holds everything together, it is a win for only four tickets. (Booth 9.) — Erin Ben-Moche

Taste of Chicago 2017 guide: Check out menus, maps, performances, more

June 3, 2018 at 11:25 a.m.

Running July 5-9 in Grant Park, Taste of Chicago returns for its 37th year with more than 60 food vendors, two stages of daily musical acts, five chef-planned dinners, 35...

Local acts get boost from Taste of Chicago’s Bud Light Stage

December 17, 2018 at 4:59 p.m.

Chicago is having a musical renaissance of sorts. No genre has been left untouched, no venue deemed too small or too niche for an array of bands and artists taking...

Carly Rae Jepsen to play free show in Chicago

December 17, 2018 at 4:59 p.m.

Get ready to feel all of those "E-Mo-Tion"'s (get it?) when Carly Rae Jepsen puts on a free show in Chicago July 11. The Canadian pop phenom will take the...

Milwaukee Summerfest lineup makes it worth the trip

June 3, 2018 at 2:30 p.m.

Milwaukee Summerfest still holds the title of "World's Largest Music Festival" after 50 years of bringing all kinds of noise to downtown Milwaukee, and proudly boasts it at the very...

Entertainment spaces celebrate, embrace LGBTQIA community

December 17, 2018 at 4:59 p.m.

Queerness and transness, while represented within the ever-growing community acronym, LGBTQIA, are having their time in the media spotlight as visibility increases. While these folks have always existed (the history...

Meet the go-to designer for the biggest names in Chicago hip-hop

May 12, 2019 at 11:29 p.m.

Teens following her work call her "Stitch Gawd" and then ask for a "blessing" — anything, even the smallest of patches to emblazon their own jackets in hopes of capturing...

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