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Learn To Write!
Chart Topping Songwriter To Host Chicago Workshop Jason Blume, who has written or co-written songs for Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, and Colin Raye, will be in the Chicago area on Saturday, July 15th for a writing workshop.
Replacements anthologized
The Replacements Don’t You Know Who I Think I Was? The Best Of The Replacements (Sire/Reprise/Rhino) Touted as the first compilation featuring both The Replacements’ label careers, Don’t You Know Who I Think I Was? concentrates a little too heavily on their serious side.
Dinosaur reissues
Dinosaur Jr. Green Mind/Where You Been (Reprise/Rhino) Aiding in Merge’s reissuance of the early, SST Dinosaur albums, Rhino finishes the job.
Evangelicals reviewed
Evangelicals So Gone (Misra) Norman, Oklahoma’s Evangelicals have little in common with the college football powerhouse in their hometown and, culturally for the villa, couldn’t have come any soooner.
Kooks singles reviewed
The Kooks “Eddie’s Gun”/”Naive” (Virgin UK) They’re already crowning a successor to Arctic Monkeys in the U.K.
Blow Up Hollywood reviewed
Blow Up Hollywood The Diaries Of Henry Hill (MJ12) Similarly themed to Sleep Station’s After The War, Diaries Of Henry Hill is based on the private writings of a KIA Iraqi War veteran (not a Goodfellas reference).
Cover Story: Ministry
Ministry Allied Forces According to his publicist, legendary Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen wasn’t up for doing a lot of interviews to promote his new album and summer tour. But Illinois Entertainer? He wanted to talk to us. That was worrisome. Appearing: 7/1-2 at House Of Blues (329 N. Dearborn) in Chicago.
Intonation Festival
Intonation Music Festival Union Park, Chicago Saturday, June 24, 2006 Sunday, June 25, 2006 The second annual Intonation Music Festival in Union Square was a successful mashup of old and new, rockism and hip-hop. While not as well-attended as a roster of this caliber might deliver individually, the anything-goes format catered to the strengths (and […]
Slayer Live
Slayer, Lamb Of God, Mastodon, Children Of Bodom Aragon, Chicago Tuesday, June 20, 2006 There’s an episode of “Seinfeld” where George Costanza, while talking to his date, suggests toilet paper hasn’t changed in his lifetime and never will. In fact, he claims, everything has and will change, but not TP. His bubble is later burst, […]
Hello, My Name Is Ramblin’ Jack
Hello, My Name Is Ramblin’ Jack Q&A with folk legend Ramblin’ Jack Elliott IE: You were just in England with Devendra Banhart? Ramblin’ Jack Elliott: Well, I did one show with him. I wasn’t really with him; he was in one theater and I was in another theater at the same festival [All Tomorrow’s Parties]. […]
Scott H. Biram feature
Scott H. Biram Road Tested There’s a point during “18 Wheeler Fever,” one of 14 songs on Scott H. Biram’s new record, Graveyard Shift (Bloodshot), where the Texan admits “Well it’s been sung about a thousand times/that old song about a truck driver’s life.” Appearing: 7/21 at Abbey Pub (3420 W. Grace) in Chicago.
Rhymefest feature
Rhymefest Keeps His Head Up Rhymefest is no ass-kisser. In addition to having come up in the formerly overlooked Chicago market, his refusal to bow to anyone in the music industry is largely why it has taken this animated MC so long to get heard. It also explains why he has been fired from most […]
The Futureheads Feature
The Futureheads Born A’Sunder At first glance, every musician residing in Sunderland, England is in one of three bands: The Futureheads, Field Music, and Maximo Park. (Actually, it isn’t true, and Sunderland has veritable pop music pedigree up there in the shadows of Newcastle, including Roxy Music’s Bryan Ferry and Eurythmic Dave Stewart). But, as […]
Tim O’Reagan feature
Tim O’Reagan Full Frontal Despite their personnel issues and disabling encounters with the vast and varied exigencies of the record industry, The Jayhawks produced, both live and on record, perhaps the most consistently fine pop music of their era (with or without Mark Olson).
Redding Feature
Redding Little Big Men It’s shockingly easy to record and distribute music in this digital age, but it’s still like finding a needle in a haystack to come across music that is worth a listen. Even more difficult is finding a band who can make devoted fans out of those listeners.
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