Riot Fest 2010

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File: September 2010

File: September 2010

Throw It to Lucas

Leafing through the photo album with even the most casual interest suggests Local H frontman Scott Lucas was once scowling when someone hit him on the back, thus sentencing him to a life term with a frown on his puss. Though his hardened demeanor – great for this fall’s prison fashions – [...]

Hello, My Name Is Jeff

Hello, My Name Is Jeff

Q&A with Jeff Daniels

IE: Your musical ambitions seem pretty friendly and harmless.
Jeff Daniels: I’m not trying to hurt anybody.

Hello, My Name Is Carl

Hello, My Name Is Carl

Q&A with My Morning Jacket’s Carl Broemel

IE: A lot of people might see your gentle solo album as an extreme reaction to My Morning Jacket’s classic rock gusto. Is it?
Carl Broemel: I definitely don’t think of it that way. There are lots of things about MMJ that embrace the quiet and gentle, so I see [...]

File: August 2010

File: August 2010

New: The New New

We all remember the consternation when Sergei Makarov took home the NHL’s 1990 rookie award at age 31. An age mandate was added (the Makarov Rule) and, incidentally, an Igor Makarov will be trying to make the Blackhawks this fall. Anyway, the Grammys has endured similar bouts of hand-wringing and finger-pointing over [...]

Hello, My Name Is Paul

Hello, My Name Is Paul

Q&A with Paul Weller

IE: Are you gearing up for the England/ Algeria game?
Paul Weller: Yeah. I’ll watch with me girlfriend tonight. Just be home.

File: July 2010

File: July 2010

Rough Boys

On the Monday after Blues Fest, Out The Box Records invited a select group to view a rough cut of White, Black & Blues at Film Row Cinema. John Anderson’s film honors Chicago Blues Reunion members Barry Goldberg, Nick Gravenites, Harvey Mandel, and Corky Siegel,

File: June 2010

File: June 2010

Buddy Buddy With A New Space

We like to laugh, so we’ll look back at the henny-penny from a couple years ago and loosen a huge guffaw. When Columbia College first announced its interest to convert Buddy Guy’s Legends — a tenant on its property — into space for students, the mood of the time was [...]

Hello, My Name Is Elia

Hello, My Name Is Elia

Hello, My Name Is Elia
Q&A with Scotland Yard Gospel Choir’s Elia Einhorn

IE: The show on the 19th – that’s the first show back?
Elia Einhorn: Yeah, that’s the Choir’s comeback show and, strangely enough, our record-release show after nine or 10 months. The only show we’d done was a private [gig] for fans where we sent out [...]

File: May 2010

File: May 2010

In The Radio

While the record labels continually empty chambers and reload hoping to find that magic bullet, record stores have taken charge and adapted themselves to the crashing and surging marketplace. At 5045 N. Clark St. in Andersonville (less than a mile west and slightly north of the Aragon and Riviera), Transistor has taken steps [...]

Hello, My Name Is Eddie

Hello, My Name Is Eddie

Q&A with Montgomery Gentry’s Eddie Montgomery

IE: What’s it like playing up north? How do you approach the crowd and set?
Eddie Montgomery: Let me tell you first off, what you see with me and “T” [bandmate Troy Gentry] is what you get. A lot of people think they can fool country fans, but they can’t.

File: April 2010

File: April 2010

Tuning Up

It’s April, so that means Guitar Month in IE! While we were foiled in attempts to snag a certain shaggy axeman for our cover story (don’t worry, the album ain’t much), we felt like we could take a tiny break with our Hendrix coverage last month and the imminent Crossroads Guitar Festival bonanza coming [...]

Hello, My Name Is David

Hello, My Name Is David

Q&A with The Wedding Present’s David Gedge

IE: The Wedding Present turn 25 this year. Do you ever ask yourself “How did I get here?”

Hello, My Name Is Melissa

Hello, My Name Is Melissa

Q&A with Melissa Auf Der Maur

IE: So after a long absence, you’re back in a big way, with a three-part conceptual piece Out Of Our Minds, an album, comic book, and 28-minute film directed by Tony Stone. But where in the hell have you been for the past six years?

File: March 2010

File: March 2010

Cloudy With A Chance Of Emo

Though beloved, The Dismemberment Plan’s breakup several years ago was greeted with joy by headline writers who had a field day with “self-fulfilling prophecy” jibes. With Wilmette’s Fall Out Boy on the brink, it’s open season again. (Given bassist Pete Wentz’s online logorrhea, credit the folks who waded through his [...]

File: February 2010

File: February 2010

Fallen: Can’t Get Up

It’s hard to pinpoint exactly when old age becomes a source of amusement, but the thrash-metal community caught quite a jolt when the frontman of its charter member, Slayer, had to cancel a megatour because of back problems. (If only it had been a hip.) If it had been one of Dave [...]