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Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz May 5-10
Celebrate the life of the late acclaimed songwriter Adam Schlesinger during the Adam Schlesinger, A Music Celebration, Virtual Show. Performers include Micky Dolenz (Monkees), Sean Ono Lennon, Courtney Love, Jody Porter and the Berlin Waltz, Chris Carrabba (Dashboard Confessional), James Iha, Taylor Hanson, Ben Kweller, Patrick Carney (The Black Keys), Drew Carey, Peter Buck […]
Media: May 2021 ⢠“Call Him Dash”
First of all, letâs get an explanation of the name. The night jock at WTMX is named Dash. âAll my life, when I told people my name,â he explains, âI would say Jordan Gabriel Orman-Weiss. The dash was part of my last name. Thatâs where the name Dash comes from.â Secondly, Dash is a […]
Cover Story: Del Amitri ⢠“In The Flesh”
Over the years, Justin Currie seems to have survived the turbulent music industry on his shrewd wits alone. And he does not suffer any less street-savvy fools gladly. Take, for example, when the Del Amitri frontman was padding his income a few years ago, working part-time as a bartender in his native Glasgow. If […]
Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz April 28 – May 1
Smashing Pumpkins will stream their 2012 Barclays Center show, where they played Oceania in full on Wednesday, April 28 at 4 PM. Check it out via Oculus. Tune-Yards perform live from their story during their âParty in a Canâ livestream on Wednesday, April 28 at 8 PM. Find tickets here. Ratboys commemorate their 10th anniversary with […]
Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz April 20 – April 25
Celebrate 420 with Cypress Hillâs â420 Celebration Live at The Roxy Theatreâ livestream on Tuesday, April 20 at 6:20 PM. The band will perform a greatest hits set along with some âspecial surprises.â Get all the details and early bird tickets here. Weedmapâs virtual 420 celebration returns with Snoop Dogg as host and performances from […]
Spins ⢠Rob Zombie: “Lunar Injection Kool-Aid Eclipse Conspiracy”
Rob Zombie Lunar Injection Kool-Aid Eclipse Conspiracy (Nuclear Blast) For the past three decades, Rob Zombie has been musicâs master of macabre. Heâs built his career on disco metal groove songs about witches, monsters, and sexy mamas. He excels in disco sleaze groove metal horror-inspired songs to shake your ass to. And thatâs exactly […]
The Lockdown Interviews: Foxes
Phoning from her native England recently, Louisa Rose Allen admitted that over a year of on-again, off-again pandemic lockdown had essentially ground her life to a screeching halt. âItâs like a rollercoaster thatâs just not moving, isnât it?â she asked rhetorically, adding a wry chuckle for punctuation. Because the existential irony certainly is not lost […]
Stage Buzz: Livestreams April 14 – April 18, 2021
Watch Elle King performs live from Nashvilleâs Brooklyn Bowl on Twitch Wednesday, April 14 at 8 PM. Tune in for free on Twitch. “Little Kids Rock” benefit show streams live this Wednesday and features appearances from James Hetfield of Metallica, Brian Hardgroove of Public Enemy, Jack Black, Todd Rundgren, Carlos Santana, Jade Bird, and […]
Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz April 6th – April 11th
Rufus Wainwright returns to the stage during his âAh! Live Againâ shows at City Winery NYC on April 6th and 7th at 6 PM. Tickets available here. Shane Told of Silverstein (via his Lead Singer Syndrome Podcast) interviews Jacoby Shaddix of Papa Roach on Twitch on Tuesday, April 6Â at 2 PM CDT. “Rock the […]
Media: April 2021
Itâs hard to describe everything Jon Hansen brings to Chicago media. Heâs really a Jon-of-all-trades, able to shift from television to radio to just about anything else that requires a microphone. First and foremost, heâs one of the stars of the nightly gabfest (6-7 pm), The Jam on WCIU-TV. âItâs your Twitter feed on […]
CinemaScopes: April 2021
New film releases are finally starting to pick up, with more cinemas opening around the country (specifically on the West Coast). The backlog of film debuts begins this month as we lead up to the summer season. Here are some top picks for April. Concrete CowboyDirected by Ricky StaubRated RApril 2nd on Netflix Inspired by […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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