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But what about some headliners?
A lot of ‘Palooza coverage has focused on a general overview, with brief glimpses of the sets. We sent Jaime de’Medici out with a focus.
Soundgarden would have wanted it that way.
We know. You don’t want to go out. We can’t make you. You just saw 147 bands forcryingoutloud, and excuse you if you’ll just lie there and sort out what happened. Screw that. More rock!
Mogwai live and on film!
After 15 years, six studio albums, and a fistful of compilations, soundtracks, and EPs, Mogwai has finally released an official live album. Sure, there have been plenty of live versions of songs available before, but nothing previously released comes close to conveying the spacious bliss, skyrocketing build-ups, and shock-and-awe crescendos the way Special Moves (Matador) […]
Lollapalooza!
Now in its fifth year as a Destination Festival, Lollapalooza sets out to test if bigger is better. This year, the festival grounds have been enlarged, pushing some stages west of Columbus to both accommodate more festival goers and ease the crowding that has plagued past events. Did it work? Kind of.
Kicks with The Undertones!
Union Square goes full tilt on the purveyors of John Peel’s favoritest song, and Terrence Flamm reviews it.
The New Pornographers interview!
Inter-Niecian Support In 2005, with Neko Case’s burgeoning solo career making her increasingly unavailable to regularly perform with the other seven members of The New Pornographers, the then primarily Vancouver-based band’s chief “orchestrator” and songwriter A.C. “Carl” Newman turned to his niece to be Case’s live replacement. Lest one think this was pure nepotism in […]
Ozzy Osbourne interview!
The Niceman Cometh I hate to let the secret out, but the Prince Of Darkness Ozzy Osbourne is actually rather lighthearted these days. And well he should be. He’s alive! Appearing: August 17th at First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre in Tinley Park.
Slayer interview!
Surgical Precision Things aligned nicely for Slayer in early 2010. World Painted Blood, the group’s 11th studio record, was just released in November and entered the Billboard chart at 12, their third-highest debut in nearly 30 years together. The band would kick off the United States tour cycle in fine fashion by co-headlining with fellow […]
Tegan And Sara interview!
Balancing Act Twin girls who play poppish punk rock are bound to attract attention, and as their success grows so will their cadre of obsessive fans. Tegan And Sara, the first names of the Canada-born Quin sisters, have more than their share of Web sites devoted to them, not the least of which was an […]
Hello, My Name Is Carl
Q&A with My Morning Jacket’s Carl Broemel IE: A lot of people might see your gentle solo album as an extreme reaction to My Morning Jacket’s classic rock gusto. Is it? Carl Broemel: I definitely don’t think of it that way. There are lots of things about MMJ that embrace the quiet and gentle, so […]
It only happens 7 times a year
Folks don’t love the number 31 enough. Especially as a date. It’s the only day of the month where you know the next day is a new month. And if it’s a Saturday, like this month? That means next month has a Friday the 13th! Woo-hoo!
July Buh-bye
Biblical storms, record heat, itchy shirt tags, and the nagging suspicion we forgot something — we’ve made it through July, Chicago. Together we can do anything. Together we can prevent forest fires. Here’s what’s left on Friday.
Natalie Merchant live!
Chicago Theatre, Chicago Thursday, July 22, 2010 After Natalie Merchant spent 2003 sifting through the vintage and contemporary folk vaults for The House Carpenter’s Daughter, it was apparent she was steering toward a more organic route than the jangle rock of 10,000 Maniacs and her blissful solo beginnings. Seven years later, she ups the random […]
Lilith Fair live!
First Midwest, Tinley Park Saturday, July17, 2010 Sarah McLachlan’s 2010 version of Lilith Fair arrived in Chicago carrying some heavy baggage, having already canceled over a dozen of the 35 showcases scheduled for other cities. A few days before the tour hit the First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre in suburban Tinley Park, it was announced that […]
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