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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers live!
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers United Center, Chicago Wednesday, July 2, 2008 There’s nothing like getting a jumpstart on Independence Day weekend with a surefire set from one of rock’s quintessential American bands. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers parlayed a juggernaut Super Bowl halftime show into a sold-out crowd at the United Center last Wednesday. […]
Modey Lemon preview
Modey Lemon Beat Kitchen, Chicago Friday, July 11, 2008 Pittsburgh-based (how often do you read that?) Modey Lemon used to get so rough it wouldn’t have been unexpected for frontman Phil Boyd to emerge from the crowd with a fan’s newly decapitated skull dangling by its white afro. He’d probably mock headbang with it, and […]
Gavin Rossdale preview
Gavin Rossdale House of Blues, Chicago Sunday, July 13, 2008 Bush never pretended to be everyone’s cup of tea, but the Gavin Rossdale-led foursome enjoyed more than a modicum of success during grunge and alternative rock’s heyday. While often considered a second- or third-tier act on a scale defined by Nirvana, the band made the […]
Son Ambulance preview
Son Ambulance Schubas, Chicago Tuesday, July 15, 2008 For their latest album, Saddle Creek’s radar jammers waft through a tour of American songwriting techniques, lingering mostly on the West Coast.
Cancer Bats preview
Cancer Bats House Of Blues, Chicago Tuesday, July 15, 2008 On their new album, Hail Destroyer, Cancer Bats prove mixing hardcore and metal doesn’t have to equate to lame-ass metalcore. Maybe tourmates Bleeding Through will take note.
Albert Hammond, Jr. reviewed
Albert Hammond, Jr. ¿Cómo Te Llama? (Black Seal/Sony BMG) With the Drew Barrymore aftermath currently the only interesting Strokes news, Albert Hammond, Jr. releases his second solo album.
Motley Crue reviewed
Motley Crue Saints Of Los Angeles (Eleven Seven/Motley) With a guitarist who shows less life than Bernie Lomax, a drummer who’s convinced he’s a DJ, and a summer tour “extravaganza” with Buckcherry, Papa Roach, and fuckin’ Trapt, it’s doubtful anyone had high expectations for a new Motley Crue record. But guess what? Saints Of Los […]
Kansas preview
Kansas Eyes To The Skies Festival, Lisle Friday, July 4, 2008 “Nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky,” go the lyrics to Kansas’ career-defining hit, “Dust In The Wind.” Well, there’s one other thing in addition to the earth and sky . . . a Kansas concert.
Hacienda Brothers preview
Hacienda Brothers FitzGerald’s, Berwyn Saturday, July 5, 2008 Despite the recent passing of founding-member Chris Gaffney, Dave Gonzalez will carry the band’s flag for this year’s American Music Festival.
Patriotic Country three-quilled
Various Artists Patriotic Country 3 (Razor & Tie) America is under siege. That’s the message emanating from this 17-track compilation, proceeds from which will benefit the families of the National Guard and other military reservists.
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson reviewed
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson (Say Hey) Gravel-voiced and broken, rarely does a singer-songwriter come with a story as compelling as the soul-scarred narratives this one brings to life. Expanding his name the way he does on the album sleeve only serves to underscore one man’s awful fall from innocence to inferno.
Cover story: Alkaline Trio
Alkaline Trio No Place Like L.A. Season Three, Episode 27: “No Place Like Home.” It’s a sunny morning in Los Angeles, and the stars of the most-watched TV show among 12- to 34-year-olds are in front of the cameras as usual. Heidi is at the office, accepting an offer for an out-of-town job that could […]
Amy Ray interview
Amy Ray Together Apart Anyone who has followed Amy Ray’s solo career since it sprouted from the Indigo Girls in 2001 can vouch that it bears little resemblance to the group’s cozy, folk rock stylings. From her Stag debut to 2005’s Prom and now Didn’t It Feel Kinder (all on her own Daemon Records), she […]
Allá interview
Allá (Pet) Sonidos De Los Animales Favoritos (Sounds) “My goal,” says Jorge Ledezma, “is that we get a Latin Grammy nomination.” The “we” to whom Ledezma refers is Allá (pronounced “ah-yah”), a Chicago-based band that, in addition to Ledezma, includes drummer Angel Ledezma (Jorge’s older brother) and singer Lupe Martinez. The album for which he […]
RZA feature
RZA Self Taught Robert Diggs isn’t one to wait around to be directed and shown how to achieve something. If this producer/MC/composer best known as RZA is curious about picking up a craft, he is often his own teacher. Appearing: Tuesday, July 1st at House Of Blues in Chicago.
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