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Joanna Newsom live shows don’t happen very often. Newsom hasn’t released an album since 2015’s Divers, and she’s played exactly one concert in the past four years. That gig was last year, and it was a surprise set opening for Fleet Foxes in Los Angeles. (Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold set the whole ...

On Friday night, the Strokes headlined a benefit concert for Chicago congressional candidate Kina Collins, which took place at the Credit Union 1 Arena. It’s the second time that the band has performed to support Collins — they also did an intimate show in 2022. This weekend’s show took place on Collins’ b...

Today marks the 30th Anniversary of the release of Soundgarden’s blockbuster album Superunknown. It debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart, edging out Nine Inch Nails’ landmark album The Downward Spiral (released the same day), and it went on to sell nearly 10 million units. Soundgarden collected two Grammys from the ...

It’s an old story, one that’s happened over and over again. An unknown act comes out of nowhere with a song that catches on in a huge way. And then boom: Before you know it, Drake jumps on a remix. The effect tends to be symbiotic. The artist gets a big boost from the Drake cosign, and Drake gets to turn the whole thing into ...