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Photo Gallery: Summer Smash Festival Day One and Day Two • Douglas Park • Chicago
Ed Spinelli was thrilled to capture Day One and Day Two of Summer Smash in historic Douglas Park, Discover his photo gallery featuring Little Uzi Vert, Post Malone, Wiz Khalifa, Polo G, Ski Mask The Slump God, BIA, Lil Tecca Dreezy, G Herbo, Nardo Wick Bad Neighbors and more.
Photo Gallery: The Strokes at Metro • Chicago
The Strokes Metro Chicago, IL June 17, 2022 Recap and photos by Curt Baran “I was at a party in New York, and I met a tall guy named Julian.” Congressional candidate Kina Collins mentions this in front of a sold-out crowd with all the nonchalance of spotting your postal worker on your block. But […]
Photo Gallery: Tears For Fears with Garbage • Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • Tinley Park
Tears For Fears with Garbage Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Tinley Park, IL June 16, 2022 Recap and photos by Curt Baran It’s been nearly two decades since Tears For Fears released their 2004 record Everybody Loves a Happy Ending. And almost ten years in the making, the band has finally released a follow-up, The Tipping Point. The English […]
Stage Buzz: Blues on The Fox, Adam Melchor, Flogging Molly, Bayside
Don’t miss The Chicks at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, IL, this Wednesday, June 15, at 7:30 PM. Get tickets here. Bayside performs at Concord Music Hall with Thrice and Anxious on Wednesday, June 15. Doors open at 6:30 PM. Tickets are available here. Iconic duo ’80s and ’90s Tears for Fears bring […]
Live Review: The Musical Box at Arcada Theatre • St Charles
The Musical Box The Arcada Theatre, St. Charles, IL Friday, June 10, 2022 The Musical Box, the renowned Genesis-with-Peter Gabriel tribute band, has long been a fan-favorite musical export from The Great White North. This Canadian marvel has entertained the enormous Genesis and Peter Gabriel following for 29 years, with next year marking […]
Live Review and Photo Gallery: Midnight Oil at the Riviera Theatre • Chicago
Midnight Oil Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL Friday, June 10, 2022 Review by Jeff Elbel; Photos by Curt Baran It was the final hurrah in Chicago. The last dance. When Midnight Oil performed Friday night at the Riviera Theatre on what has been dubbed Resist: The Final Tour, the band and its dedicated fans joined forces to […]
Photo Gallery: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss at Jay Pritzker Pavilion • Chicago
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Jay Pritzker Pavilion Chicago, IL June 7, 2022 Recap and photos by Curt Baran Robert Plant has packed away his Golden God persona for more than a few decades now. This is fine because it’s difficult to imagine those Led Zeppelin songs being performed now without it somehow feeling like […]
Photo Gallery: Slipknot with Cypress Hill • Alpine Valley Music Theatre • East Troy, WI
Slipknot with Cypress Hill Friday, June 4, 2022 Alpine Valley Music Theatre East Troy, WI Recap and Gallery by Edward Spinelli Alpine Valley, it’s been a while! Knotfest 2022 arrived in the beautiful hills of East Troy, Wisconsin, this year, featuring Slipknot (now with 23 years under their belt) and crossover hip-hop vets Cypress Hill. […]
Photo Gallery: Phoebe Bridgers at Huntington Bank Pavilion @ Chicago
Phoebe Bridgers Huntington Bank Pavilion Chicago, IL June 4, 2022 Recap and photos by Curt Baran Phoebe Bridgers swept back into town in a sold-out show powering her momentum. When she last played Chicago, her rapidly rising star found her headlining Night One of the 2021 Pitchfork Music Festival, a pretty big flex in and […]
Stage Buzz: Dead, Ezra Furman, Styx, Phoebe Bridgers
Kick off June with a show from Orville Peck and The Nude Party this Wednesday, June 1 at the Riviera Theatre. Doors open at 6:30 PM. Get tickets here. Rüfüs Du Sol brings their “Surrender Tour” to the Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island on Wednesday, June 1. Doors open at 6:30. You still have […]
Media • June 2022 • “Janda’s Journey To The Drive”
Janda Lane’s journey to becoming the afternoon co-host at the Drive (WDRV-Chicago) has taken her from North Carolina (her home state) to Charleston, South Carolina, to Seattle, and through Los Angeles since the radio bug bit her in high school. And Janda polished her rock and roll credentials along the way. For instance, her experience […]
Cover Story: Halestorm: “Never Give In”
It’s a question without an answer, a paradox rooted in an ancient Chinese fable about a vendor selling both a spear that was impervious to attack and a corresponding shield that could never be pierced. What happened when you employed them against each other? No mere mortal could ever conjecture, leading to the latter-day rephrasing […]
Photo Gallery: Tori Amos at Auditorium Theatre • Chicago
Tori Amos Auditorium Theatre Chicago, IL May 25, 2022 Recap and photos by Curt Baran Five years used to be an eternity in the music industry. Post-COVID (at least at its peak), it now feels like nary a blip. Like everyone else in the business, Tori Amos had to postpone her “Ocean To Ocean” tour […]
Stage Buzz: Joss Stone, Belle & Sebastian, Deftones, Coldplay
Want to see a show but not leave the house? Check out Joss Stone’s “Live from the Ryman in Nashville” on May 24 at 9:30 PM. Purchase your virtual ticket here. Tori Amos brings her breathtaking “Ocean to Ocean Tour” to the Auditorium Theatre with support from Companion this Wednesday, May 25, at 7:30 PM. […]
Photo Gallery: Lucius at Metro • Chicago
Lucius Metro Chicago, IL May 20, 2022 Recap and photos by Curt Baran If a rainbow could sing, it might sound a lot like Lucius. When the two voices of Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig intertwine, it can feel like the heavens are parting. The duo brought their Second Nature tour to Chicago’s storied Metro for […]
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