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Marilyn Manson & Slayer live!
Marilyn Manson, Slayer Allstate Arena, Rosemont Monday, August 13, 2007 Substance trumped style during one of the oddest double-headliner bills in recent memory, as legendary thrash gods Slayer and shock rocker Marilyn Manson performed at the Allstate Arena on Monday. Criticizing Christianity is about the only thing the two artists have in common (with Manson’s […]
Romantica live!
Romantica Schubas, Chicago Wednesday, August 8, 2007 Minneapolis-via-North Ireland folk-pop combo Romantica stopped into Schubas on a chilly August evening, bringing with them an unexpected, resilient warmth not counted upon given the tragic bridge accident just days earlier.
June preview
June House Of Blues, Chicago Friday, August 17, 2007 Baby steps. Chicago-area pop punk upcomers June made a snappy, if predictably safe debut album in If You Speak Any Faster (Victory), but while their mothers could pick them out of an emo police lineup, the rest of us do not have it so easy. Thankfully, […]
Sons Of Azrael preview
Sons Of Azrael The Note, Chicago Friday, August 17, 2007 In a scene where boundaries can’t be pushed hard enough, Sons Of Azrael nonetheless try to be the fastest, loudest, heaviest, and darkest.
Shameless Hours preview
Shameless Hours 2007 Stage 83, Lemont Saturday, August 18, 2007 The third-annual Shameless Hours festival continues to carve out its locals-only/Chicago punk niche.
Run To The Border
This IE-er’s favorite local music venues? Metro and House Of Blues. And it has nothing to do with the sound quality, sight lines, or drink prices. They’re both within walking distance of Taco Bell, the perfect boozy, post-show munch house!
Joe Satriani revisited
Joe Satriani Surfing With The Alien: Legacy Edition (Epic/Legacy) How appropriate the week Van Halen announce their shaky reunion does another aging guitar hero come to town with the intent of revisiting his past. Appearing: Thursday, August 16th at House Of Blues in Chicago
Lollapalooza review
Lollapalooza Grant Park, Chicago Friday, August 3 through Sunday, August 5, 2007 (Click above for more than 150 exclusive Lollapalooza photos) The summer festival can sometimes be a dicey proposition. Heat, rain, long lines for food/drinks/toilets are all conditions likely to arise. But you can’t deny the opportunity that it presents to hear lots of […]
Lolla Page 2
Saturday August 4, 2007 Resplendent in a costume that looked like a zebra-stripped bat cross-pollinated with a dungeon-dwelling dominatrix, Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Karen O leveled any remaining doubt as to her status as a brand-new breed of rock star. While Nick Zinner (guitar) and Brian Chase (drums) churned out the tornadic soundtrack that is “Cheated […]
Lolla Page 3
Sunday August 5, 2007 Though Pearl Jam closed out the festival, frontman Eddie Vedder acknowledged the real leader of the day — Iggy Pop & The Stooges. In fact, that band could’ve very well filled the final slot of the night, but instead were relegated to an afternoon appearance (although throngs of appreciators still showed […]
Electro Mayhem preview
Electro Mayhem Congress Theatre, Chicago Friday, August 10, 2007 It’s hard to keep up with Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee. If he isn’t on tour with the Crüe or starring in his own reality TV show (“Tommy Goes To College,” “Rockstar Supernova”), he has a new side project to promote.
Chuck Ragan preview
Chuck Ragan Metro, Chicago Thursday, September 9, 2007 By now, we’re pretty used to the whole rock-band-dude-mellows-out-for-a-unplugged story, so former Hot Water Music frontman Chuck Ragan releasing an acoustic record isn’t too surprising.
Danbert Nobacon preview
Danbert Nobacon The Hideout, Chicago Thursday, August 9, 2007 Danbert Nobacon might have gotten knocked down when his group Chumbawamba disintegrated in 2004, but the vocalist and keyboardist got back up again with the release of The Library Book Of The World (Bloodshot). Of course “Tubthumping” gained a new lease on life with the pursuit […]
The Rentals preview
The Rentals Metro, Chicago Tuesday, August 14, 2007 There’s The Return Of The Rentals and then there’s the return of The Rentals.
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