Britt Julious

We usually have no clue how the songs we love grew from point A to point B. But Perfume Genius’s show felt like a trip back in time to when these songs were first written.

At one point, Boyz II Men threw roses to the audience as they sang “I’ll Make Love to You.” I almost caught one, but a woman elbowed me for it. Understandable.

The Swedish pop star has been waiting years for her breakout moment, and her tour behind "Midnight Sun" is finally it.

On a Tuesday evening in the Kohler Spa at the Ritz-Carlton in downtown Chicago, a group of around 20 or so people were maneuvering their bodies onto oversized floating beds.

Don't get it twisted. Edging, a local post-punk five-piece band, has been grinding on the fringes of the city's DIY music scene for years.

There's no shame in nostalgia tours, but they should give the fans what they want. Too many moments felt awkward or wasted in this Chicago concert.

At an intimate yet welcoming venue called Pour Souls in the Wicker Park neighborhood, friends and strangers fill up couches and settle in for an evening of deep listening.

Any Samara Joy show is a special one, and this one was no exception. Joined by her septet and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, she performed a medley of tunes to rapturous applause.

In the birthplace of house music, two DJs are proposing that audiences do something different: sit down.