Archive for May, 2011
![Bob Seger live! Bob Seger live!](http://illinoisentertainer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Bob-Seger-3-lr-150x150.jpg)
Bob Seger live!
Bob Seger recently turned 66, and readily admits he doesn’t like touring. With his hair and beard four-and-a-half-years greyer since the last road trip, and with his “newest” album released in 2006, one could expect a slower-paced, toned-down show. That didn’t happen.
![The Dredg report The Dredg report](http://illinoisentertainer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dredgl-150x150.jpg)
The Dredg report
This much has always been known about Dredg: the band has long resisted the shackles ready to be attached to it. The phonetic spelling suggests nu-metal, use of interludes and segues exposes classical/art-rock tendencies, and Gavin Hayes’ vocal wanderings push the prog ends of emo. But few would have predicted what it has become. Its […]
![Frosted Blake Frosted Blake](http://illinoisentertainer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/jamesblake-150x150.jpg)
Frosted Blake
Out of the bedroom and into the fire: the fact James Blake has chosen to tour America either speaks to a fealty to public demand or an actual need for cash, because otherwise it’s completely counterintuitive.
![Neil Young live! Neil Young live!](http://illinoisentertainer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/young-neil-150x150.jpg)
Neil Young live!
Neil Young strolled onto the stage at the Chicago Theatre on Friday night as casually as a man entering a friend’s living room. He patiently surveyed the sparse surroundings, almost as if he was taking inventory for his two-night residency. But, as soon as he slipped on an acoustic guitar, he was all business.
![Fried as a Berger Fried as a Berger](http://illinoisentertainer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/lithesebesta-150x150.jpg)
Fried as a Berger
When sibling duo The Fiery Furnaces first popped up a decade ago, local writers would automatically mention that though they were based in Brooklyn, they were originally from Oak Park. Not Chicago, or Chicagoland.
![Not your typography Not your typography](http://illinoisentertainer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/tuneyards-150x150.jpg)
Not your typography
You might notice a stubbornness in your IE, an inflexibility when it comes to how we present a band or artist’s name in print. We don’t bother with specific punctuation, unconventional capitalizing, or extraneous mother-effing ümläüts.
![Alter Bridge live! Alter Bridge live!](http://illinoisentertainer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/alterbridge-150x150.jpg)
Alter Bridge live!
Myles Kennedy is a rock star, but doesn’t seem to know it yet. Alter Bridge rose from the ashes of Creed in 2004 after the embattled Scott Stapp nearly self-destructed and turned the band from one of the most-loved to most-hated acts around. Mark Tremonti and bandmates were committed to keep making music,
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