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Sweet Home: November 2012

Sweet Home: November 2012

| October 31, 2012 | 0 Comments

Wayne Baker Brooks has always been a rebel. While most blues musicians were weaned on a steady diet of classic blues, he also listened to house music, ’80s rock, and hip-hop. While most scions of blues legends gain musical schooling from the masters themselves, Brooks is self-taught. And while most musicians regularly perform riveting examples […]

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Gear: November 2012

Gear: November 2012

| October 31, 2012 | 1 Comment

Fender Guitars Jaguar 50th Anniversary The Fender Jaguar electric guitar is 50 years old. Wow. Unveiled in 1962, it was the last and arguably, most criticized of the guitar maker’s four signature electric guitars to be introduced, and, as it turned out, the last major “six-stringer” by Leo Fender whose name is still adorned on […]

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Studiophile: November 2012

Studiophile: November 2012

| October 31, 2012 | 0 Comments

Longtime studio owner/engineer Michael Kolar has upgraded his Chicago-based SOUNDSCAPE STUDIOS with Carl Tatz Design‘s (CTD) acclaimed PhantomFocus System, a monitor tuning protocol that stands above all other possible control room upgrades. “When you can mix from instinct and taste as opposed to compensating for playback anomalies, the sky is the limit,” Kolar contends. “At […]

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Graveyard Smash

Graveyard Smash

| October 31, 2012 | 0 Comments

Concert preview: Leon Russell

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Sara Evans live!

Sara Evans live!

| October 30, 2012 | 3 Comments

Country queen shakes up sleepy suburb

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Afghan Whigs live shots!

Afghan Whigs live shots!

| October 30, 2012 | 0 Comments

The lighting gods were not with our photographer Ed Spinelli during Saturday’s Afghan Whigs show at Metro, but the shadows do give the shots a Halloween flair. (Hey, over here at the IE offices we believe in turning pumpkins into pumpkin spice lattes.) Afghan Whigs:

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Anthrax/Testament live shots!

Anthrax/Testament live shots!

| October 30, 2012 | 0 Comments

So much hair!

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Public Image Ltd. live shots!

Public Image Ltd. live shots!

| October 26, 2012 | 0 Comments

Former Sex Pistols frontman returns with PiL

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Win Shenker, UFO and Rome Tickets!

Win Shenker, UFO and Rome Tickets!

| October 26, 2012 | 0 Comments

IE, Arcada Theatre and Bottom Lounge have tickets for you! See Acclaimed Guitarist Michael Shenker tonight 10/26 at The Arcada Theatre in Geneva! Legendary British Hard Rock UFO at The Arcada Theatre Sunday, Oct 28 in Geneva! Sublime Singer Rome at Bottom Lounge on November 9th! Enter on our CONTEST PAGE

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Just hit preset

Just hit preset

| October 25, 2012 | 0 Comments

Concert preview: The Presets

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WATCH: Jimmy Kimmel interviews Axl Rose

WATCH: Jimmy Kimmel interviews Axl Rose

| October 25, 2012 | 2 Comments

The Guns N’ Roses frontman is human after all

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New Order live!

New Order live!

| October 24, 2012 | 2 Comments

New Order returns after long hiatus

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Smashing Pumpkins live!

Smashing Pumpkins live!

| October 23, 2012 | 0 Comments

Billy Corgan shares the spotlight

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INTERVIEW: Deftones’ Chino Moreno

INTERVIEW: Deftones’ Chino Moreno

| October 22, 2012 | 0 Comments

It’s been said you are the company you keep. But for Deftones, that was never true.

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Taking the Electric Highway to Bear Creek

Taking the Electric Highway to Bear Creek

| October 19, 2012 | 0 Comments

Concert preview: Brandi Carlile, Rockie Fresh

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