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Six weeks after the end of the seventh annual Lollapalooza in Grant Park, Chicago’s prestigious “front yard” still has not been restored to its condition before the giant music festival, but concert promoters are getting a pass on the penalties they’d be forced to pay for the delay in restoring most

As one of the hardest-working, most community-oriented concert promoters in town, as well as someone with great musical taste, any new project by Mike Reed is worth celebrating.So far, the 37-year-old Reed has been best known for booking the annual Pitchfork Music Festival in Union Park, and he’s be

“Buzz” is the most elusive and mysterious of all qualities in the music world. Bands that don’t have it are desperate to get it. Bands that have it worry that it will prompt a backlash. And few people even can really say what it is.At its core, buzz simply means people are excited about a band.

For decades summer has been synonymous with street festivals in Chicago. But outside of major downtown events, Chicago street fests used to mean fried food and beer accompanied by cover bands.

Once again netting the sort of publicity that money just can’t buy, former Punk Planet editor and Columbia College journalism instructor Dan Sinker launched The F***ing Epic Twitter Quest of @MayorEmanuel, the cash-in book compiling his satirical Tweets during the recent mayoral campaign, w

I'm so thrilled by the new Wilco album The Whole Love.

Though I am the last to climb aboard—give me a break; I’ve been on vacation!—this blog would be remiss if it did not note the coolest event happening this Labor Day weekend, if not the entire summer: Monday’s celebration of the immortal TV dance party “Soul Train” at Millennium Park.Bringing to life