Illinois Entertainer presents:
The 25 Songs That Make Chicago Shake
With the album declining due to the Internet, we’re here to help kick it out the door and celebrate the songs that gave them life. But not just any songs: Chicago songs. Good grief, was this difficult. First, don’t ask what the parameters were – ink and paper are too expensive these days. Time’s continued crawl only raised the probability we’d snub a classic, so we kinda took a different tack. The highlighted songs are those our staff deemed indispensible to the city, its cultural history, and for that reason we’ve included a couple words explaining how each selection achieved such exalted status.
IE Rates 2008:
Our Best Ofs
Click below to see our choices for top albums, songs, DVDs, reissues, and shows, and don’t forget Trevor Fisher’s “Caught In A Mosh,”David Gedge’s “Gear,” and Beverly Zeldin-Palmer’s “Sweet Home” columns, as well as our “Best Of Around Hear.”
Shot Baker
You Aren’t Here
Shot Baker frontman Tony Kovacs finds himself in the unusual position of hoping for continued economic distress. The passing of the presidency from George W. Bush to Barack Obama threatens to take the arts community, including Chicago-based punk bands like his, off its game.
Appearing: Friday, March 6th at Reggie’s Rock Club in Chicago.
The Hip-Hop Project
Connected
It’s no secret commercial radio in Chicago has never been best buddies with hip-hop. It almost seems surreal to recall there was once heard an all-hip-hop station in the city – “Rap Radio” on WJPC-AM (950) – even if it didn’t last long. But where mainstream stations have failed to properly support beats and rhymes, college radio has always been a reliable outlet. And on the North Side specifically, The Hip Hop Project has been an integral piece of the local rap game since 1995, thanks to Loyola’s WLUW-FM (88.7) – one of Chicago’s most respected community-oriented channels despite its relatively weak signal.
