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Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz December 17 – December 20
Audiotree: Staged presents Chicago punk rock trio Meat Wave live from Lincoln Hall on Thursday, December 17th at 8 PM. Tickets available here. Grandsonâs Death of An Optimist: The Movie features never before seen footage from the studio, the road, and the grandkids, along with the live debut of his new album, Death of an Optimist. […]
Hello My Name is…Exene
Itâs not like Exene Cervenka, and her bandmates in the Los Angeles proto-punk quartet X are just sitting around their respective houses, idly twiddling their thumbs this enforced-lockdown December. But they are coming to surreal grips with the fact that for this Yuletide season, at least, they will not be the hardest-working band on the […]
Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz December 10th-December 15th
Parquet Courts celebrate their 10th anniversary with a livestream performance from New Yorkâs Brooklyn Pioneers Works. âTen years ago, our adventure began by playing our first show to virtually no one, and to celebrate, weâve decided to play a show to everyone, virtually,â Parquet Courts said in a statement. Celebrate with the band Thursday, December […]
Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz – December 1st – December 5th
Punk rockers Salem will stream a socially distanced show presented by Kerrangâs K! Pit Tuesday, December 1st at 12 PM. Watch it for free on their Facebook page. Clint Black and wife Lisa Hartman Black will perform live from the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee Wednesday, December 2nd at 8 PM. Get tickets […]
Spins: U2 – “All That You Can’t Leave Behind” ⢠Super Deluxe Vinyl Box Set
U2 All That You Canât Leave Behind Super Deluxe vinyl box set (Island/Interscope/UMe) During the year 2000, U2 was a band on a mission. After the perceived disappointment of 1997âs experimental and techno-friendly Pop (an album that went âmerelyâ platinum in the United States), the Irish quartet were determined to reclaim their signature soundâand with […]
Media: December 2020
2020 was a rough year everywhere, but we lost some of our all-time greatest broadcasters in Chicago. Television greats like Sheldon Cooper (WGN-TV general manager), Lee Phillip Bell (The Lee Phillip Show), Bob Petty (Channel 7/ABC anchor/reporter), Dick Johnson (anchor at Channel 5/NBC), Jerry Taft (longtime Channel 7/ABC weatherman), and Joel Daly (iconic Channel 7/ABC […]
Cover Story: The Smashing Pumpkins
Oh, that irascible old Billy Corgan. Even in a foreboding, energy-sapping, pandemic Plague Year, you just canât take him ANYWHERE. It was a solid, thought-provoking opening question, intended to kick-start our recent interview with the man about CYR! The remarkably-assured new double-record set from Smashing Pumpkins, its 11th, featuring the mostly-original lineup of James Iha […]
Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz November 24th – December 1st
Tim McGraw and Justin Moore will perform fan favorites and sit down for a chat with Radio.Com LIVE Tuesday, November 24that 5 PM. Watch for free here. “The 16th Annual Last Waltz Revisited” goes live from the Boulder Theater Wednesday, November 25that 7 PM. Watch the show here. Danny Brownâs seventh annual “Bruiser Thanksgiving” […]
Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz November 17 – November 23
Yungbludâs The Weird Time of Life virtual tour kicks off its European leg this week. The singer will perform from Glasgow, Manchester, Paris, Dublin, and Berlin starting Tuesday, November 17that 11 AM. You can get tickets here. Catch Edwin McCain and Lauren Hall at “2020 Sucks: A City Paper Streaming Concert for Charleston,” a benefit […]
Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz November 10th – November 14th
Halsey celebrates the release of her poetry book, I Would Leave Me if I Could, with a special livestream Tuesday, November 10that 5 PM. Pre-order a copy of her book and show proof of purchase to get a ticket. 311 will perform songs from their debut album Music live from their Hive studio in LA Wednesday, November 11that […]
Spins: Bobby Bare ⢠Bobby Bare Sings Shel Silverstein Plus
Bobby Bare Bobby Bare Sings Shel Silverstein Plus (Bear Family) Country music superstar Bobby Bareâs career spans more than six staggering decades, with an extensive catalog peppered with hits from the heyday of American radio from the late ’50s to the mid-’80s. Bareâs 1958 #2 single âThe All American Boyâ (errantly credited to Bill Parsons) […]
Spins: Paul McCartney ⢠McCartney 50th Anniversary Half Speed Master
Paul McCartney McCartney 50th Anniversary Half-Speed Master (UMe/MPL/Capitol) Paul McCartneyâs debut solo album McCartney followed releases by all three of his Beatles bandmates and arrived a month before the bandâs 1970 swan-song release Let it Be. This 50thanniversary reissue made its own debut with Septemberâs Record Store Day Drop and now remains available in a […]
Spins: Credence Clearwater Revival ⢠Cosmos Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival Cosmoâs Factory (Craft) In a brief career littered with highlights, most fans point to CCRâs fifth album as its best. Cosmoâs Factoryarrived in July 1970 with a feel-good country-folk single âLookinâ Out My Back Door.â The LP produced six top-ten hits and spent nine weeks atop the Billboard albums chart, toppling chart rivals […]
Spins: The Rolling Stones ⢠Steel Wheels Live: Atlantic City
The Rolling Stones Steel Wheels Live: Atlantic City, New Jersey (Eagle Vision) The Rolling Stones hit the road in 1989 like they had something to prove. It was the British juggernautâs first North American run in eight years, and the band was keen to make a good showing for the solid work heard on their […]
Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz November 3rd – November 7th
HeadCount presents the #iVOTED Festival Stage livestream featuring appearances and performances from over 600 artists, including Colin Meloy of The Decemberists, Drive-By Truckers, Billie Eilish, Jim James of My Morning Jacket, Dave Hause, Julien Baker, Chris Thile, Bowerbirds, Disq, My Brightest Diamond, Max Pain and The Groovies, Ramesh, Roger Harvey, Sammi Lanzetta, Saves the Day, Songhoy Blues, Taking Back Sunday, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, The Polyphonic Spree, The Dresden […]
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