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Feature: Little Boots • Alliance with Abba
Long before she conquered overseas charts with her dazzling 2009 dance-pop debut, Hands, British keyboardist/vocalist Victoria Hesketh as Little Boots worked with top-flight talent like current Adele producer Greg Kurstin, who helmed recordings by her all-girl outfit Dead Disco. And even though she just finished producing her upcoming album herself, she still knows the value […]
Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz – December 14 – December 19 • Metallica Celebrates 40 Years, Rod Stewart & Nile Rodgers, Bat for Lashes, Deafhaven, Pentatonix
Celebrate the holiday season with LeAnne Rimes’ “Home For the Holidays” live stream. Rimes will perform holiday classics, and her iconic hits live from Nashville, Indiana, this Tuesday, December 14, at 7 PM. Get tickets here. Of Monsters and Men continue celebrating the 10th anniversary of their debut album My Head Is An Animal […]
CinemaScopes Review: The Beatles: “Get Back”
Peter Jackson’s three-part docuseries begins with a backstory montage that brings us from 1956 to 1969. Let’s encapsulate just one moment in that timeline that became the defining moment for the Beatles as it was for millions: February 9, 1964. This particular date fell on a Sunday. Americans had gone through their weekend routine that […]
Photo Gallery – 101WKQX’s NWSC Night 4: Evanescence • Aragon Ballroom • Chicago
The Nights We Stole Christmas featuring Evanescence Thursday, December 9 Aragon Ballroom Chicago, IL Recap and photos by Curt Baran Night 4 of The Nights We Stole Christmas arrived at the Aragon Ballroom in Uptown with goth metal rockers Evanescence delivering a massive light show and even bigger sound to the black-clad masses. Singer Amy […]
Spins: Neil Young & Crazy Horse • Barn
Neil Young & Crazy Horse Barn (Reprise) Neil Young collects his trusty, veteran Crazy Horse gang for a freewheeling album that sounds like a joyful weekend getaway among friends in the garage – or in Young’s case, the restored 19th-century barn. The ambiance is amiable, loose, and natural. The recording draws together an intuitive band […]
Photo Gallery – 101WKQX’s NWSC Night 3: Kings of Leon, Dayglow, Almost Monday • Aragon Ballroom • Chicago
The Nights We Stole Christmas featuring Kings Of Leon Aragon Ballroom December 8, 2021 Chicago, IL Recap and photos by Curt Baran We made it to midweek, which means it’s time for Night 3 of The Nights We Stole Christmas (perhaps you noticed our conspicuous Night 2 absence? Photographers were asked by that evening’s headliner […]
Photo Gallery – She & Him at Chicago Theatre • Chicago
She & Him Tuesday, December 7 Chicago Theatre Chicago, IL She & Him (Zooey Deschanel and Matt Ward) brought their much needed Very She & Him Christmas Party to State Street Tuesday, mixing vintage classics (“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” “Winter Wonderland,” and (gasp!) “Baby It’s Cold Outside,”) with their beloved album tracks. The […]
Photo Gallery: The Lumineers at 101WKQX’s The Nights We Stole Christmas • Aragon Ballroom, Chicago
The Nights We Stole Christmas featuring The Lumineers Aragon Ballroom Chicago, IL December 6, 2021 Recap and photos by Curt Baran ‘Tis the season for the end of the year, terrestrial radio station kissing booth concerts. It’s an annual tradition in which bands that stations have promoted throughout the year give thanks by playing considerably […]
Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz December 8 – December 12 • Dave Gahan, The War on Drugs, Andrea Bocelli, .38 Special, Brandi Carlile
Join Of Monsters and Men as they celebrate the 10th anniversary of their debut album, My Head is an Animal, with a full album performance live from Reykjavik, Iceland, where they held the album release show for this album ten years ago. Stream the show this Wednesday, December 8, at 8 PM. Find details […]
Photo Gallery: Baroness at Cobra Lounge • Chicago
Baroness Cobra Lounge December 1, 2021 Chicago, IL – Recap and photos by Curt Baran Baroness have finally clawed their way back onto stages in America! Their most recent album, Gold & Grey, was released in 2019, and we all know what happened next. So, the quartet from Savannah, Georgia, is doing something special to […]
Stage Buzz: Livestreams – December 1 – December 5 • Bone Thugs-n-Harmony v Three 6 Mafia, Michael McDermott, Lizzo
Moment House presents An Evening With Jerry Cantrell, celebrating the release of the Alice in Chains member’s new solo album Brighten, on Dec 1. Tickets start at $12, and you can buy them here. Mandolin presents Of Monsters and Men celebrating the 10th anniversary of their debut album My Head Is An Animal with four […]
Media: December 2021 • Never Forget
At the end of every year, we like to take a moment to acknowledge the media giants in Illinois we lost during the year. This year the list includes television and radio icons, familiar faces and voices, and people behind the scenes. One of the most consequential names you might not know is former […]
IE Rewind: Cheap Trick • Best of 2021
At a seasoned 72, Rick Nielsen is the Frank Buck of the rock and roll world. By his own admission — and he’s not bragging, just stating the facts — the Cheap Trick axeman and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer has bagged and brought home over 2,000 guitars in his lifetime. His trophy room […]
Spins: Damon Albarn • The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows
Damon Albarn The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows (Transgressive Records Ltd) The stark black and white boulder on the cover of Damon Albarn’s new solo album announces immediately that this will not be the Day-Glo dance party of his band Gorillaz, nor will it conjure the dandy day-in-the-English-life of his 90s Britpop […]
Live Review: Musical Box at Arcada Theatre • St. Charles
The Musical Box Saturday, November 20, 2021 Arcada Theatre, St. Charles by Steven Kikoen There’s an understanding among Genesis fans that when the time came where arguably the most prolific progressive rock ensemble that ever existed crossed the line into the pop microcosm, they would all secretly fain forgiveness and pretend to ignore this […]
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