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Media: March 2021
Bob Sirott has been part of the Chicago media landscape now for a half-century. âGeez, donât remind me,â he says. âYeah, thatâs true. 1971 was the first year on the air at WBBM-FM. First, it was just doing weekends, and fill-ins, and summer stuff, and at the end of the summer, they either rewarded […]
Cover Story: The Pretty Reckless
Youâve got to hand it to perfectionist Pretty Reckless anchor Taylor Momsen. Aesthetically, the 27-year-old knows exactly what she wants, down to the smallest accent — the minute, meticulous attention to detail you rarely experience these haphazard, slapdash days. To summarize her quartetâs mortality-themed new album (now #1 on Billboard‘s Album Chart)Â Death By Rock and […]
Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz February 23rd – February 28th
Todd Rundgren continues his virtual tour, âClearly Human,â playing his 1989 album Nearly Human in full, along with choice cuts from his catalog. This week includes shows from Detroit (Feb. 23), Indiana (Feb. 25), Chicago (Feb. 26), Milwaukee (Feb. 28), and Minneapolis (Mar. 1). Buy tickets here. Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen’s side project and the […]
The Lockdown Interviews: Steven Van Zandt
As anyone familiar with his anecdote-spiked DJ sets on his retro-rocking Underground Garage Sirius XM station can attest, Little Steve â AKA E Street Band and Asbury Jukes guitarist Miami Steve Van Zandt â has got stories. LOTS of serpentining stories, probably more than Aesop, Uncle Remus, and Grandpa Simpson combined. So naturally, all the […]
Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz February 16th-20th
Todd Rundgren embarks on his virtual tour, âClearly Human,â playing his 1989 album Nearly Human in full along with choice cuts from his catalog. This week includes shows from New York (Feb. 16 and 17), Virginia (Feb. 19), Pittsburgh (Feb. 20), and Ohio (Feb. 22). Buy tickets here. The Tibet House “U.S. 34th Annual […]
Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz February 11th – 14th
Hideout Chicago presents âA Very Special Valentineâs Day,â a benefit for Chicago community jail support this Thursday with Ohmme, NNAMDĂ, AJ Marroquin, Parker Callahan, Monogamy, Maggie Winters, Bone Reader, Meg Indurti, Grace, Freud, Julia Shiplett, and more. The show streams on February 11th at 7 PM. Tickets are on sale now. Tributosaurus members Chris Neville […]
Featured: Most Anticipated New Albums of 2021
After what has proven to be a pandemic-induced drought for new music around the holidays, we finally have some new music coming from some of the industry’s biggest names. Here are the most anticipated new albums for 2021: Pale Waves â Who Am I? (February 12) One of the most buzz-worthy bands of 2018 and this […]
CinemaScopes: February 2021
CinemaScopes – Dinner & A Movie Month! February is traditionally the month for relationship movies, given Valentineâs Day is on the 14th and dinner and a movie is a perfect date night for many couples. Theaters in the Chicago area are open, but with most of us still avoiding public places, streaming and VOD releases […]
Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz February 3rd – February 6th
Arlo Parks celebrates the release of her highly anticipated debut album, Collapsed in Sunbeams, with an intimate livestream performance and Q+A on Wednesday, February 3rd at 5 PM. To get access, pre-order the album via Amoeba Records. Umphreyâs McGeeâs âWrapped Around Nashvilleâ livestream series continues this week, featuring both a fan-voted setlist and a setlist […]
Media: February 2021
Former Partridge Family star Danny Bonaduce had an extremely memorable run on Chicago radio during the mid-90s. Still, since his time here, Danny has done radio in Detroit, New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and now for the last decade, heâs been the morning man in Seattle at KZOK (102.5FM). âI think this is my longest run […]
Cover Story – Pale Waves
If anyone didnât know it when she first got into showbiz as a wide-eyed, small-town British naif, they know it now â Pale Waves front-vixen Heather Baron-Gracie pulls no punches, suffers no fools gladly, and always shoots straight from the hip. Sheâs justifiably proud of her newfound industry acumen, and sheâs even developed an alter […]
Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz January 28th – January 31st
iHeartRadioâs “ALTer EGO 2021 Festival” airs this Thursday with new performances by Billie Eilish and Foo Fighters, along with previous performances from Beck, Blink-182, Cage the Elephant, Coldplay, The Black Keys, Mumford & Sons, Weezer, The Killers, Muse, and Twenty One Pilots. Tune in on January 28th at 8 PM on LiveXLive. Music Feeds will […]
The Lockdown Interviews ⢠Hen Ogledd
Given the turbulent, truly batshit-crazy year that weâve all just staggered through, it was easy to overlook a lot of great, often idiosyncratic albums that continued to be released, pandemic be damned. And weâd like to pause, catch our mask-in-place breath, and bring you up to speed on a few obscure aural delights you might […]
Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz January 21st -January 24th
Bandsintown Plus presents an exclusive Phoebe Bridgers performance and Q+A from Los Angeles on Thursday, January 21s at 8 PM. Sign up for Bandsintown Plus to watch. “The Hives Present: The Worldâs First World Wide Web World Tour 2021″ kicks off on Thursday with a live show in Berlin. Fans will have the chance […]
Featured: Steve Wynn and Linda Pitmon ⢠The Impossible Tour
For many enterprising artists, live-streaming concerts from home during last yearâs pandemic lockdown became a requisite new skill that demanded mastering; finding a way to implement several online platforms to your benefit when touring was no longer possible. But for Dream Syndicate bandleader Steve Wynn and his drummer wife Linda Pitmon, it had a cold, […]
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