Adrian Nicholas Matthews Thaws, better known as "Tricky" to most fans, left an indelible mark on the music world 15 years ago with his game-changing 1995 classic album Maxinquaye, which won England's coveted Mercury Prize and was named NME's album of the year. Tricky also had his hands in one of our favorite groups here at the Chicagoist offices, Massive Attack; having rapped on their critically acclaimed debut Blue Lines. more ›

Last Friday Massive Attack played The Riviera to a nearly-packed house. For us, the opportunity to see the legendary trip-hop duo was near the top of our list of must-see shows in 2010. With a force and magnitude few acts can match today, Massive Attack vindicated that list. more ›

Massive Attack, legendary pioneers of trip-hop, will make a long-awaited tour stop in Chicago this weekend at The Riviera. Just off their 2010-released Heligoland, Massive Attack's return to Chicago is among the highlights of an impressive fall concert lineup for the city. For those that grew up with the trailblazing electronic music, their visit represents a must-see event. more ›

Picture if you will a world without iPod or YouTube, a world where a superfast connection means 56K, and google is just another numeric term and not a verb. A world without Chicagoist. We know -- too terrible to imagine! That world was 1996, the year that RESFEST was inaugurated to celebrate the possibilities of film and digital media. In 1996 the first DV cameras and affordable desktop video-editing systems were just making their way... more ›

The return of fall means no more suburban sheds or city parks filled with the sounds of rock. Instead, it’s time for live music fans to head inside to dark clubs that smell of cheap menthols and stale beer. We couldn’t be happier. Apparently, we’re not the only ones, as shows from Sufjan Stevens and Social Distortion/Supersuckers are already sold out. Here are a few with tix still available. We've never really bought what Cursive's... more ›

Remix albums are often a very bad idea riding the back of the easy cash-in cow. There have been exceptions, as with Massive Attack’s Mad Professor mauled No Protection or even The Space Monkeyz Vs. Gorrilaz collab Laika Come Home, but usually they just end up more like P-Diddly-doo’s We Invented the Remix. Recently Vice Records gave us a re-tooling of this year’s Bloc Party debut in remix form and that arguably could be filed... more ›