THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with Cheap Trick, live at ChicagoFest ’81! Can you honestly tell me you forgot? Forgot the magnetism of Robin Zander, or the charisma of Rick Nielsen? Your set…

Jon Pratt: Pate’s frontman shares “Silvertone.” Kevin Morby plays KUTX. Clinic shares “Wild In The Streets.” GracieHorse shares “5 Card Stud.” Toner shares “Cleo.” Font shares “Texas.” John Lennon’s first grandchild has…

Of Montreal, backing actor Paul Rudd and actor-director David Wain on Boston’s classic “More Than A Feeling.” Amble plays World Cafe from Dublin. Susanna Hoffs & Rufus Wainwright have a “Bad Case…

Earth, Wind & Fire: The fish, the barrel, the smoking gun. Stereolab, Live at First Avenue. The Jayhawks (back as a four-piece) shares “Keeping Our Heads Above Water.” Told Slant shares “Sailor.”…

Issac Hayes croons “Walk On By.” New Releases: Paste will point you to Alabama Shakes, Mastadon, and more. Bill’s Indie Grotto has Dinosaur Jr, Ty Segall, and more. Olivia Tremor Control shares…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with The B-52s! The quirky combo from Athens, GA, has had a long and storied career, but we’ll (mostly) stick to the early stuff this weekend. So, from…

Tim Curry, the offbeat British actor who specialized in playing eccentrics like the seductive, cross-dressing scientist Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and such fiendish villains as Pennywise the Clown…

DOLLY PARTON, the country singer, songwriter, entertainer, philanthropist, and entrepreneur known for her outsize persona and prodigious vision and talent that placed her in a class by herself, has died at 80,…

Grease is the word marking the start of a new school year, with “Summer Nights” and “You’re the One That I Want” marking Twofer Tuesday. Weezer visits World Cafe. I saw someone…

The Godfathers: “Birth, School Work, Death.” New Releases: Paste will point you to Westside Cowboy, Lambchop, and more. Bill’s Indie Grotto has The Afghan Whigs, The Cramps, and more. Friko shares “Necessary.”…