These are the 2025 albums I loved the best, played the most, and felt the deepest — 20 of them, because there were too many greats to cut it down to a mere top ten. Musically, they’re all over the map ...

The story of Chicago rock outfit Sybris is partly about the infrastructure of independent music and the networks that keep it ...

The six-man soul group takes the stage Friday for its fifth annual “Hollyy-Days” show, with holiday covers and new songs.

Our favorite albums of the year include a new release from Chance the Rapper and the final album engineered by Steve Albini.

Limited tickets may also be available via SeatGeek and StubHub. “West End Girl” was released on Oct. 24, and is Allen’s first studio album in seven years. The album includes the lead single “Madeline” ...

The 33-year-old enlisted artist Slate for the devilish cover art, and $9.99 CD versions quickly sold out. Resellers have listed the four CD pack on sites such as eBay for prices north of $300 and $400 ...

One band absolutely dominated the hardcore conversation this year, and they did it by working way, way harder than anyone else. Affable Boston bruisers Haywire spent 2025 playing sweaty, cathartic, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Piling on, stripping down, looking back, pushing ahead: Musicians found all sorts of uses for the album form this ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press has selected its 10 best albums of the year, presented in no particular order and with a legend describing who might particularly enjoy them, in the vein of our ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago native Chance the Rapper will not only host but is among the lineup of performers for "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve." The City of Chicago released the full lineup that ...

Styx's Tommy Shaw says he remembers getting “goose pimples” the first time he heard a Chicago record. “I couldn’t believe there was music that elaborate and soulful and it was still rock,” the ...

Chicago and Styx, two bands that got their start in the Windy City, will play together for the first time on a national co-headlining tour that will stop at Northwell at Jones Beach Theater next ...