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Photo Gallery and Recap: Temple Of The Dog – Philadelphia
The Seattle music scene thrived in the ‘90s, and one of its greatest gifts was the collaboration between Chris Cornell and Matt Cameron of Soundgarden, Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament of Mother Love Bone, and guitarist Mike McCreedy. The project – Temple of the Dog – served as a tribute to Mother Love Bone vocalist […]
Stage Buzz – Steve Grimmett’s Grim Reaper at Tailgaters
Legendary British heavy metal band Grim Reaper is back. Original vocalist Steve Grimmett reformed the band in 2006 as Steve Grimmett’s Grim Reaper, and they’ve just released their first album of new material in 29 years. Walking In The Shadows combines 12 fiery tracks reminiscent of the band’s early roots with a vigorous spirit. Usually […]
Stage Buzz: Epica at Concord Hall
Dutch symphonic metallers Epica return to Chicago via Concord Hall only nine months after their rescheduled North American tour, which was cut short due to a family illness. At the time, the band was already in songwriting mode for its new album, which ultimately became the fantastic The Holographic Principle. Epica’s writing and recording schedule […]
Live Review and Gallery: Keith Urban at Allstate Arena
Keith Urban Allstate Arena, Rosemont Friday, October 28, 2016 Not even the Chicago Cubs playing in the World Series could keep Keith Urban from selling out the Allstate Arena on Friday night, and outside of the few folks locked on the TV in the concourse, the Australian country hunk managed to keep more than 15,000 […]
Media: November 2016
Patti Haze remains one of the iconic radio voices from the rock and roll era in Chicago. Her sexy alto voice and friendly demeanor graced the airwaves of every major rock station in Chicago (save WXRT). She was on WLUP (twice), WMET, WCKG, and CD 94.7. Despite her incredible pedigree—as arguably the Queen of Chicago […]
Cover Story: Good Charlotte
For protean punk – and part-time thespian – Joel Madden, of Good Charlotte renown, there’s only one thing better than his cameo appearance last year on Lee Daniels’ hit TV series Empire, alongside his wife of six years, designer Nicole Richie. And that’s building an actual empire of his own, which he’s quietly been doing […]
Photo Gallery: Green Day at Aragon Ballroom
Powered behind their best-selling, #1 Billboard charting album Revolution Radio, Green Day‘s rescheduled show at the Aragon Ballroom proved to be worth the wait. Acclaimed Chicago-based photographer Katie Hovland captured the pop-punk legends at Broadway and Lawrence for IE.
Photo Gallery – Widespread Panic at The Riverside Theater
Widespread Panic returned to Milwaukee’s Riverfront Theater for their annual autumn visit. Taking over the intersections of Wisconsin and Plankinton Ave for an entire weekend, we found find their followers trying to scrape-up tickets to their sold-out shows, while a mini Deadhead-like flea-market full of hippy stuff served the faithful. Panic fans consider the Milwaukee […]
Photo Gallery – Tegan and Sara at The Riviera Theatre
IE’s Curt Baran took a break from obsessing over post-season baseball to get back in the pit with Tegan and Sara…
Photo Gallery – Alice Cooper @ Genesee Theatre
IE’s Ed Spinelli captured the godfather of glam-rock, the legendary Alice Cooper at the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan.
Media: October 2016
In 2014, when WGN Radio unveiled their Walk of Fame, two of the inductees were their long-time overnight team – the husband and wife radio duo of Steve King and Johnnie Putman. “That was one of those pinch-me moments,” King says now. “To be mentioned in the same breath as Wally Phillips and Bob Collins […]
Cover Story: Rachael Yamagata
The truth is out there, believes Rachael Yamagata …. life-changing answers will become self-evident.
Live Review: Magnificent Coloring Day at US Cellular Field
Chance The Rapper puts the ghost of disco demolition to bed on the South Side…
Photo Gallery: Magnificent Coloring Day @ US Cellular Field
Curt Baran captured a historic day of music on the South Side produced by Chance The Rapper with special guests Kanye West, Tyler The Creator, John Legend, Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, Common, Alicia Keys and more a cast of 44,000 fans. Read Jessi Roti’s full review HERE
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