With the weather in Chicago finally reminding the city's residents why they put up with our notoriously brutal winters, the realization that summer is...

Flux Pavilion, British DJ and producer, made a pit stop at Chicago's Congress Theater along with Torro Torro and Carnage for a night of electronic dance music and hypnotic light displays.

Long Beach, Ca. indie rockers Cold War Kids hit Chicago for a sold-out show at The Metro in Wrigleyville Saturday evening. The band this month rele...

The Pitchfork Music Festival 2013 lineup is complete, with the Tuesday announcement of remaining acts that include Wire, Yo La Tengo, Solange, M.I.A.,...

The latest album from Chicago band My Gold Mask has been some time in the making. Four years ago, the band -- Gretta Rochelle and Jack Armondo, jo...

CHICAGO — In a family of vocalists, it was Cleotha Staples' smooth and velvety voice that helped set apart the sound of the influential and best...

Wesley Willis's ties to the DC Comics universe were previously limited to which superheroes' asses he whupped, but the late cult singer and visual art...

Pitchfork has been announced and Beyonce is coming, but there's no need to wait until summer to dig into Chicago's top-notch shows happening around th...

Updated story After releasing the first headliners of the 2013 Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago's Union Park early February, the lineup continue...

Suddenly tears started streaming down my face! I was shocked. And I stood there for the duration of the set weeping and feeling like a major weirdo. This? This is not what I expected.

For Chicago rapper Psalm One, a.k.a. Cristalle Bowen, 2013 has already gotten off to a smashing start. Last year saw the release of "Child Support,...

It's a rumor no more: Pearl Jam will take the stage at Wrigley Field in July. After a series of tweets teasing a possible show in Chicago (see slid...

Chicago-based queer rapper Big Dipper is ready for the big leagues -- and maybe, just maybe his big break. On Tuesday, Big Dipper, a HuffPost favor...

After a lifetime of work in which he pioneered the Chicago Blues sound, Buddy Guy is getting honored by the Kennedy Center. The influential guitar...

The weather outside may be getting increasingly frightful as the days grow shorter and snowy weather surely lies in Chicago's near future -- but that ...

I have been singing the praises of Chicago as a cultural force since my first move abroad to Paris in 1986. However, there is no need take my word for it, or the promises of a government document.

While seminal head-banging satirists GWAR were in town last month for Chicago's Riot Fest, they also took the time to stop by The A.V. Club's office t...

It's usually good news for music-loving Chicagoans when the city gets to play host to just one high-caliber music festival -- and with those prospects...

Whenever I tell people about the Mayne Stage, I can't believe that they haven't been there yet. For me, it is the undiscovered gem of the city.

It would be difficult to consider day one at the 2012 Pitchfork Music Festival anything other than a bit of a coup for the Chicago music scene -- with...

How many Homewood-Flossmoor High School graduates can say they've taken a ride around New York with a platinum-selling recording artist? Rockie Fre...

It is here once again, Chicago music fans: the sweaty, raucous summer romp known as the Pitchfork Music Festival. The three-stage festival, which b...

Could the cost-cutting, revenue-generating experiments surrounding this year's Taste of Chicago concerts still not be enough to save the shrinking sum...