All Entries in the "File" Category
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 [...]
