Archive for November, 2020
Spins: U2 – “All That You Can’t Leave Behind” • Super Deluxe Vinyl Box Set
U2 All That You Can’t Leave Behind Super Deluxe vinyl box set (Island/Interscope/UMe) During the year 2000, U2 was a band on a mission. After the perceived disappointment of 1997’s experimental and techno-friendly Pop (an album that went “merely” platinum in the United States), the Irish quartet were determined to reclaim their signature sound–and with […]
Media: December 2020
2020 was a rough year everywhere, but we lost some of our all-time greatest broadcasters in Chicago. Television greats like Sheldon Cooper (WGN-TV general manager), Lee Phillip Bell (The Lee Phillip Show), Bob Petty (Channel 7/ABC anchor/reporter), Dick Johnson (anchor at Channel 5/NBC), Jerry Taft (longtime Channel 7/ABC weatherman), and Joel Daly (iconic Channel 7/ABC […]
Cover Story: The Smashing Pumpkins
Oh, that irascible old Billy Corgan. Even in a foreboding, energy-sapping, pandemic Plague Year, you just can’t take him ANYWHERE. It was a solid, thought-provoking opening question, intended to kick-start our recent interview with the man about CYR! The remarkably-assured new double-record set from Smashing Pumpkins, its 11th, featuring the mostly-original lineup of James Iha […]
Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz November 24th – December 1st
Tim McGraw and Justin Moore will perform fan favorites and sit down for a chat with Radio.Com LIVE Tuesday, November 24that 5 PM. Watch for free here. “The 16th Annual Last Waltz Revisited” goes live from the Boulder Theater Wednesday, November 25that 7 PM. Watch the show here. Danny Brown’s seventh annual “Bruiser Thanksgiving” […]
Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz November 17 – November 23
Yungblud’s The Weird Time of Life virtual tour kicks off its European leg this week. The singer will perform from Glasgow, Manchester, Paris, Dublin, and Berlin starting Tuesday, November 17that 11 AM. You can get tickets here. Catch Edwin McCain and Lauren Hall at “2020 Sucks: A City Paper Streaming Concert for Charleston,” a benefit […]
Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz November 10th – November 14th
Halsey celebrates the release of her poetry book, I Would Leave Me if I Could, with a special livestream Tuesday, November 10that 5 PM. Pre-order a copy of her book and show proof of purchase to get a ticket. 311 will perform songs from their debut album Music live from their Hive studio in LA Wednesday, November 11that […]
Spins: Bobby Bare • Bobby Bare Sings Shel Silverstein Plus
Bobby Bare Bobby Bare Sings Shel Silverstein Plus (Bear Family) Country music superstar Bobby Bare’s career spans more than six staggering decades, with an extensive catalog peppered with hits from the heyday of American radio from the late ’50s to the mid-’80s. Bare’s 1958 #2 single “The All American Boy” (errantly credited to Bill Parsons) […]
Spins: Paul McCartney • McCartney 50th Anniversary Half Speed Master
Paul McCartney McCartney 50th Anniversary Half-Speed Master (UMe/MPL/Capitol) Paul McCartney’s debut solo album McCartney followed releases by all three of his Beatles bandmates and arrived a month before the band’s 1970 swan-song release Let it Be. This 50thanniversary reissue made its own debut with September’s Record Store Day Drop and now remains available in a […]
Spins: Credence Clearwater Revival • Cosmos Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival Cosmo’s Factory (Craft) In a brief career littered with highlights, most fans point to CCR’s fifth album as its best. Cosmo’s Factoryarrived in July 1970 with a feel-good country-folk single “Lookin’ Out My Back Door.” The LP produced six top-ten hits and spent nine weeks atop the Billboard albums chart, toppling chart rivals […]
Spins: The Rolling Stones • Steel Wheels Live: Atlantic City
The Rolling Stones Steel Wheels Live: Atlantic City, New Jersey (Eagle Vision) The Rolling Stones hit the road in 1989 like they had something to prove. It was the British juggernaut’s first North American run in eight years, and the band was keen to make a good showing for the solid work heard on their […]
Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz November 3rd – November 7th
HeadCount presents the #iVOTED Festival Stage livestream featuring appearances and performances from over 600 artists, including Colin Meloy of The Decemberists, Drive-By Truckers, Billie Eilish, Jim James of My Morning Jacket, Dave Hause, Julien Baker, Chris Thile, Bowerbirds, Disq, My Brightest Diamond, Max Pain and The Groovies, Ramesh, Roger Harvey, Sammi Lanzetta, Saves the Day, Songhoy Blues, Taking Back Sunday, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, The Polyphonic Spree, The Dresden […]
Photo Gallery: deadmau5 with Bentley Dean and Kiesza at SeatGeek Stadium
deadmau5 / Bentley Dean / KieszaSeatGeek Stadium – At The Drive-InBridgeview, IL October 30, 2020 Ed Spinelli captured EDM pioneer and producer deadmau5 with Bentley Dean and Kiesza on a chilly evening in Bridgeview’s SeatGeek Stadium. All three came together for “Bridge By A Lightwave,” making it the highlight for the night. Drive-In concerts have […]
Spins: Tom Petty • Wildflowers & All The Rest Deluxe Edition – Reviewed
Tom Petty Wildflowers & All the Rest Deluxe Edition (Warner Bros.) After seven gold and platinum-selling albums with the Heartbreakers, Tom Petty released his first solo album in 1989.Chart favorites including “Free Falling” and “I Won’t Back Down” helped the Jeff Lynne-produced Full Moon Fevereclipse even the success of 1979’s Damn the Torpedoes. When Into the […]
CinemaScopes – November 2020
With many films officially postponed or rescheduled until 2021/2022, the slate for what would normally be the biggest release window of the year has definitely changed due to COVID. Theaters are still open, but many films have now made the jump to VOD and streaming services to get their product out while still trying to […]
Media: November 2020
When you have already been inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame, the National Radio Hall of Fame, and you are featured in the radio wing of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, you might think that there isn’t really anything left to accomplish. But when John Records Landecker recently got […]
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