Tal Rosenberg
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Chicago, IL, United States
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Spoon: Lucifer on the Moon Album Review
On-U Sound legend Adrian Sherwood gives Spoon’s latest album a surprisingly sprightly and occasionally awkward dub reconstruction. → Read More
Brian Eno: ForeverAndEverNoMore Album Review
Confronting the climate crisis and the prospect of humankind’s demise, the veteran experimental musician takes an unconventional approach: He gets in touch with his feelings. → Read More
No Age: People Helping People Album Review
The LA duo’s sixth album is notably abstract and eccentric, showcasing a renewed sense of possibility. → Read More
Destroyer’s Ken simplifies symbolism with similes and simpering
Dan Bejar, aka Destroyer, is well-known for being a “literary” act. The description is fitting: front man Dan Bejar’s lyrics feel like symbolist poetry, with lines of varying lengths crammed with allusions to history, film, and—especially—pop music stacked on top of each other like records in a wobbling tower. → Read More
The madness to Jim Carrey’s method
Chris Smith’s documentary Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond looks at the actor’s immersive screen performance as Andy Kaufman. → Read More
Isabelle Frances McGuire’s bread and butter is their art
“I’m a Cliche” at Prairie Gallery uses yeast and fermentation to explore issues of identity. → Read More
Bill Walker, Dapper Bruce Lafitte, and the virtues of angry art
A review of two concurrent, improbably similar solo shows of artists working in different time periods and locations. → Read More
The inaugural Chicago Art Book Fair isn’t for art-book people—it’s for everyone
No Coast Editions launches the city's first fair for both art people, book people, and art-book people. → Read More
Sights to see at CIMMfest
The Chicago Movies & Music Festival makes its November debut with feature films about David Bowie, queer punk, New Orleans piano, gospel quartets, Ozzfest, Malian traditional music, and lots more. → Read More
Faye Driscoll gives a welcome flip of the bird to all things stuffy
Expect to have fun at Thank You for Coming: Play. → Read More
Ten best bets for fall visual arts
Chicago Architecture Biennial Aside from the main exhibition taking place at the Cultural Center, this year's biennial boasts a number of smaller satellite shows, including... → Read More
George Takei on his childhood in Japanese internment camps, his career after imprisonment, and, ugh, Donald Trump
The actor, artist, and activist speaks in Chicago in connection with "Then They Came for Me," an art exhibit about Japanese internment during World War II. → Read More
Tears for Fears: Songs From the Big Chair Album Review
Tears for Fears’ second album is the one sound pop-rock in the ’80s. Its personal psychology, meticulous compositions, and world-sized choruses evoked the loss of control in an overwhelming era. → Read More
At Shane Campbell, another great Japanese art exhibit to see this summer
Painter Yui Yaegashi is the subject of a solo show, and she also curates a charming supplement. → Read More
Who was the real Whitney Houston?
A new documentary about the famous singer doubles as a study of identity. → Read More
What kind of movie is Detroit trying to be?
The latest from director Kathryn Bigelow and writer Mark Boal is ambitious but uneven. → Read More
Rod Stewart is ridiculous, but he wears it well
Rod Stewart is a buffoon and a lech who’s spent nearly 40 years proudly embarrassing himself onstage and on numerous musical projects (the cover of... → Read More
In rap right now, there’s Kendrick Lamar and there’s everyone else
The reason you’ll want to see Kendrick Lamar in concert is that he’s indisputably the best rapper alive right now. Lamar had the daunting task... → Read More
Everyone in Chicago should see ‘Then They Came for Me’
A powerful art exhibit about Japanese-Americans and internment camps is also deeply relevant in the current historical moment. → Read More
A one-man show about Lester Bangs has no psychotic reactions
How to Be a Rock Critic doesn’t quite capture the greatness of the famous writer and critic’s work. → Read More