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Shows came roaring back in 2022 and Chicago Concert Reviews covered every step of way

A complete year of concerts finally took place for the first time since 2019 and it was certainly one for the record books with Chicago Concert Reviews covering every step of [More…]

Riviera rediscovers “The Lonesome Crowded West,” Modest Mouse’s mid-’90s underground essential

In 2021, veteran indie rockers Modest Mouse swung for the fences with the grandly-produced project, “The Golden Casket,” lining up a direct support slot for Foo Fighters [More…]

Alternative arena-fillers Muse proclaim “Will Of The People” up close for riveted Riviera Theatre

Considering Muse is arguably the most gargantuan alternative band of this century, it was unbelievably rare that singer/multi-instrumentalist Matt Bellamy, bassist Chris [More…]

England’s Heaven 17 chronicles four electronic decades during belated but bountiful debut

Believe it or not, in a little over four decades together, England’s Heaven 17 never stepped foot on American shores until now, which meant the duo comprised of keyboardist [More…]

Amplified and unplugged, “Slowhand” Eric Clapton astounds in start of United Center stand

A dozen years since stopping by the Windy City, Eric Clapton began making up for his unusually lengthy absence in the first of two United Center shows with a meticulous [More…]

Reunited Rage Against The Machine fill United Center with social commentaries amidst the crowd-surfing

When Rage Against The Machine roared out of the early 1990s, there was no other band combining rap, rock, metal, funk and politically-charged commentaries in the pursuit of [More…]

He’s a beauty: Fee Waybill examines The Tubes from the “Outside Inside” prior to Park West

Wild, wacky, weird and wonderful are just a few words that would appropriately fit but still fall short of fully describing the unclassifiable theatrical rock enigma and [More…]

Australian activists Midnight Oil scream goodbye, but not before a galvanizing call to “Resist”

So many acts coast exclusively on nostalgia when it’s time to retire from the road, but Midnight Oil isn’t just any band, especially one that would ever rely on past [More…]

A bluesy, rootsy Robert Plant & Alison Krauss “Raise The Roof,” plus a little Led Zeppelin

Individually, England’s Robert Plant and Illinois’ own Alison Krauss have kept as busy as ever with recordings and travels, but collectively speaking, it’s been [More…]

“Beds Are Burning” and Midnight Oil will tour no more after “Resist” comes to the Riviera

For a band that’s always boasted the battle cry, “it’s better to die on your feet than live on your knees,” it’s only fitting that Midnight Oil’s farewell to [More…]