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Late Show Announcements
After we went to deadline for our October issue, a couple of surprise shows were announced, including Matmos and Ian MacKaye’s The Evens.
Corrina Repp Reviewed
Corrina Repp The Absent And The Distant (Caldo Verde) If anyone belongs on tour with ex-Red House Painter Mark Kozelek, it’s stark rumbler Corrina Repp. As it stands, she’s the only other artist on his label.
Justin Sconza Reviewed
Justin Sconza Paint By Numbers (Brilliante) Walter Meego member Justin Sconza goes it alone on seven-track EP.
Ad Astra Per Aspera Reviewed
Ad Astra Per Aspera Catapult Calypso (Sonic Unyon) Blistering debut from University Of Kansas spazmoids.
Cities Reviewed
Cities Variations (Yep Roc) Yep Roc’s resident post punkers get remixed shortly after releasing their debut album.
Cover Story: The Killers
The Killers MÃ s Vegas You have to hand it to Brandon Flowers. The guy certainly knows how to make an entrance. And it’s never exactly what his audience is expecting. Appearing: 10/17 at Congress Theatre (2135 N. Milwaukee) in Chicago.
Hello, My Name Is Ian
Hello, My Name Is Ian Q&A with Ian Anderson IE: How is touring with the orchestra project different than touring with Jethro Tull? Ian Anderson: Well, it’s a little bit scaled down. We don’t use as many people in the crew; we have less in the way of equipment, but we do have more *people […]
The Damnwells feature
The Damwells Go Airborne Ask any number of aspiring/up-and-coming rock songwriters who their influences are, and you’re likely to get a response that includes names from the last two decades, or predictable staples like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, or Bob Dylan. These are respectable idols, but the exponential inbreeding of styles has given us […]
Califone interview
Califone The End Is The Beginning At the bottom of a career-threatening funk following the tour behind Califone’s 2004 release, Heron King Blues, Tim Rutili happened across an old mix CD a friend had given him, and found his salvation somewhere in the middle. It came via Psychic TV’s “The Orchids,” released on the band’s […]
The Hold Steady interview
The Hold Steady Ratted Out “I’ve had kids come up and say to me, ‘God, you guys and Drive-By Truckers are the only bands that I ever go see that look like they’re having any fun at all,’” recounts Hold Steady vocalist Craig Finn. We’re discussing his band’s triumphant, early-afternoon appearance at Lollapalooza back in […]
Catfish Haven interview
Catfish Haven Floor To Ceiling To say George Hunter, of Chicago-based trio Catfish Haven, was having a bad day is an understatement. First, he had double booked IE‘s phone interview with some dog-walking he had agreed to do for his bass player’s business. When the time came to do the interview, he was four pooches […]
The Rakes interview
The Rakes If It All Ends Tomorrow The story behind London’s The Rakes is one that has been written countless times before. The group built major U.K. buzz and scored an international record deal after about a year of touring. Upon being imported to America, they lit up the CMJ Festival in New York followed […]
DVD Zone: October 2006
SEVEN SAMURAI The Criterion Collection Countless films over the years have been dubbed “masterpieces.” From Fritz Lang to John Ford, Peckinpah to Scorsese, all have created what many consider quintessential pieces of filmmaking. Few films, however, actually change the very nature of cinema itself.
File: October 2006
HUMANITARIAN OF THE YEAR Eddie Van Halen knows two things very well: smokin’ guitar licks and smokin’ cigarettes. Apparently adult entertainment and curing cancer can be added to the list. The six-string maestro called Howard Stern‘s Sirius Satellite show on September 8th, Launch Radio Networks reports, to promote a porn movie (more on that in […]
Killers 2
[ page 1 ] Finding an ethical new center — that was merely one part of Flowers’ quest. Where else did he find solace? Again, fans who think they have him pegged will be somewhat stunned. In the work of — believe it or not — Bruce Springsteen, he happily confesses. And it all started […]
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