Amy Sussman, WireImage Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox is known for joking around onstage and being quite talkative in general. Therefore, it seemed a little out of place when he barely spoke 10 words throughout Deerhunter's sold-out show at the Metro in Chicago on Friday night. Sporting a Snoopy t-shirt that depicted the cartoon dog yawning and ...

"My horoscope today said I would feel an outpouring of love," Cap'n Jazz singer Tim Kinsella announced as he and the rest of his bandmates -- Mike Kinsella, Sam Zurick, Victor Villareal and Davey von Bohlen -- took the stage at the Metro on Saturday night to play the band's last Chicago reunion show of the year. Kinsella's horoscope proved to be ...

Getty Images Although it's been nearly five months since Broken Social Scene released their new album, 'Forgiveness Rock Record,' you wouldn't have been able to guess it from the packed crowd at The Riviera Theater in Chicago on Saturday night. The band seemed just as excited to be there as their fans did. "We've spent a lot of time in this ...

Tim Mosenfelder, Getty Images With strings of light bulbs stretched across the cavernous stage of Millennium Park's Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago, dedicated fans filled the architectural landmark row after row on Monday evening, awaiting Pavement's return to their city after the band played the Pitchfork Music Festival just two months prior. No ...

Daniel Boczarksi, Redferns / Getty Images Although the clock may have rolled a few minutes past 1AM by the time Wavves took the stage, fans still showed up in droves to watch their official Lollapalooza aftershow at Chicago's Empty Bottle Saturday night. "F--- these festivals; they're not good for the fans," exclaimed frontman Nathan Williams, ...

Eric Nowels Many band leaders release solo albums, but not many preview songs from their forthcoming solo albums at 99-person capacity venues. Fortunately, Cursive's Tim Kasher is not like other frontmen, and chose to perform selections from his debut solo album, 'The Game of Monogamy,' at Chicago's Tonic Room on Tuesday night. As its title ...

Die-hard Best Coast fans filled Chicago's Empty Bottle to full capacity on Saturday night for the band's official Pitchfork Music Festival after-show, preferring to see the trio in a more intimate setting than in front of the thousands they would be playing for during their scheduled Sunday afternoon set. "This is our first official show with ...