All Entries in the "File" Category
File: February 2012
If the Thirsty Whale could do it, why not? Durty Nellie’s in Palatine has slotted February 26th to reanimate a potential competitor: Haymakers. The Prospect Heights club, shuttered in 1984, will return for one night before rushing home in glass slippers.
Hello, My Name Is Alaina
Q&A with Tennis’ Alaina Moore
IE: Was the hype for your debut thrilling or scary?
Alaina Moore: It was definitely more scary. Obviously, we appreciated it and were going to take the opportunity, but we didn’t know what we were doing. Our way of handling that was forcing things to stay as small as possible.
File: Year-End Top 10s
The IE staff picks its favorite albums, reissues, live shows, and local bands of 2011.
Best Songs Of 2011
Is that a giant list of songs, or are we just happy to see ya? For all the discussion surrounding the deaths of various recording styles and formats, 2011 was a fantastic year for songs. IE found very little overlap when our writers submitted their votes, which is astounding.
Hello, My Name Is J
IE: We were intrigued by the local connection to The Office Of Future Plans.
J Robbins: [Laughs.] It’s Jeff Dean’s fault that we’re a band. Dean is hard to say no to. His enthusiasm in this case was relentless.
File: December 2011
The cover photo on Taylor Swift’s Holiday Collection – lying apparently topless on a futon while clutching a guitar – set a new low for increasingly tossed-off seasonal albums. Seeking to inject some life into winter music, we asked our staff to dig up the best of what’s around.
Hello, My Name Is Lykke
Q&A with Lykke Li
IE: People are excited about your cover of “Unchained Melody.”
Lykke Li: They [Triple J Radio] called me at like 12 in the morning, and they were like, “Pick a cover!” And oh, God!
File: November 2011
To The 13 Björoughs
Most Americans know Björk as that girl who showed up to the Oscars in a swan dress. Rebranding was in order and, several years down the line, the former Sugarcube’s ninth outing, Biophilia, has been billed as the world’s first “app” album.
Hello, My Name Is J.
Q&A with J. Cole
IE: I know you were born overseas, but had you traveled much before the Rihanna tour?
J. Cole: Oh yeah, on my own tours for two years at least. Growing up I was kind of a military brat. But after coming back from Germany as a kid, I never traveled much.
File: October 2011
Energizing Bunnies: The Windy City’s resurgence as a setting for motion pictures has spilled onto the small screen, notably with “Boss” and “The Playboy Club” hoping to outlast the since-canceled “Chicago Code.” These programs draw high numbers of Chicagoans, who no doubt sit close to their sets wearing loupes to pinpoint flaws.
Hello, My Name Is Susan
Q&A with Human League’s Susan Ann Sulley
IE: What’s been going on during the decade between Human League albums?
Susan Ann Sulley: The last album, Secrets, didn’t do so well because the record company [Papillon] went bankrupt when it came out, and we had to pick ourselves up from that.
File: September 2011
Festival Tragedies
The way they’re marketed – like vacations – it’s easy to forget that music festivals are as prone to fate’s whim as anything. While flash-mob gate-crashing at Lollapalooza didn’t become a national epidemic like the England riots, Cheap Trick’s experience at the Ottawa (Canada) Bluesfest in July shockingly repeated itself twice more in August. [...]
Hello, My Name Is Rik
Q&A with Triumph’s Rik Emmett
IE: What did your life look like throughout the ’80s during the Triumph whirlwind?
Rik Emmett: I remember it being an exciting time and a pressure-filled time. We were a unique entity in managing ourselves and we had our own office, studio, and a pretty intense relationship with the record company.
File: August 2011
Timlollarpalooza
In keeping with last month’s baseball-themed Pitchfork Festival preview, we’ve dedicated our Lollapalooza snippet to the playing days of former San Diego Padres pitcher Tim Lollar, who did his damnedest to help the Cubs win in ‘84 (4 IP, 2 HR, 4 BB). Lollar also wears the distinction of having been traded to the White [...]
Hello, My Name Is Dolly
Q&A with Dolly Parton
IE: What advice would you pass on to a 20-year-old Dolly?
Dolly Parton: One of my favorite sayings of all time is that to thine ownself be true. I think that says so much.
