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Stagebuzz: Livestream Buzz March 9th – 14th
Todd Rundgrenâs virtual tour, âClearly Human,â continues this week with shows from Austin (March 10), Denver (March 12), Salt Lake City (March 13), and San Diego (March 16). Buy tickets here. Patti Smith pays tribute to Robert Mapplethorpe with a “NY PopsUp” performance this Tuesday, March 9th, at 11:30 AM at Brooklyn Museum. You can […]
Spins: Paul McCartney ⢠McCartney III
Paul McCartney III (Capitol) III is compelling and worthwhile, even if thatâs more because of what the album represents as an artifact of its time and Paul McCartneyâs artistic resilience than it is for the songs themselves. The album was built upon the back of its most fully-realized song, a lovely chestnut from the vault […]
Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz March 2nd-March 7th
Gerard Way and Julian Baker perform and join a panel discussion on mental health benefits during the âUnwound & Unpluggedâ livestream on Tuesday, March 2nd at 7 PM on Facebook. Join Liz Phair for her first livestream event, âLiz Phair: I was Almost There.â Phair will perform new songs along with classic hits with […]
Stage Buzz Review and Photo Gallery: Todd Rundgren Clearly Human Livestream from Chicago
Todd Rundgren Clearly Human Virtual Tour Private Venue, Chicago, IL Friday, February 26, 2021 Review by Jeff Elbel Photos by Jim Snyder Celebrated innovator and musical polymath Todd Rundgren is conducting his 25-date âClearly Humanâ tour entirely from an unnamed theater in Chicago. Each show has featured all of the songs from 1989âs Nearly […]
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 […]
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