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Caught In A Mosh: April 2010
No ‘Throne On The Phone Darkthrone drummer/vocalist Fenriz dislikes phone interviews. “Caught In A Mosh” columnist Trevor Fisher dislikes e-mail interviews. Who caved in order for Darkthrone to be featured in this month’s column?
Sweet Home: April 2010
At The Gates Of Dawn A home represents the place where you feel nurtured and secure. It’s the one place where you know you are valued. Chicago offers the blues a home on many levels, but there’s no place where it’s valued more than on Steve Cushing‘s “Blues Before Sunrise” radio program.
Digital Divide: April 2010
Attack Of The Clooneys To paraphrase Dennis Miller: I was watching home movies the other night and damned if George Clooney wasn’t in ’em.
File: April 2010
Tuning Up It’s April, so that means Guitar Month in IE! While we were foiled in attempts to snag a certain shaggy axeman for our cover story (don’t worry, the album ain’t much), we felt like we could take a tiny break with our Hendrix coverage last month and the imminent Crossroads Guitar Festival bonanza […]
Hello, My Name Is David
Q&A with The Wedding Present’s David Gedge IE: The Wedding Present turn 25 this year. Do you ever ask yourself “How did I get here?”
Gear: April 2010
Fernandes Ravelle & Monterey Elite Guitars Just in time for Guitar Month, Fernandes Guitars has introduced the Ravelle Elite and Monterey Elite models with a new locking tremolo. Elite Tremolo models will feature same specs as regular Elites, only with a full locking-tremolo system instead of the Tune-O-Matic bridge and a trem nut.
Studiophile: April 2010
Throbbin’ ‘Em Blind Legendary Chicago punk rockers Naked Raygun recorded at TRANSIENT SOUND STUDIOS in Chicago on March 19th. The band intend a slew of songs for release on their “7-inch Series” in 2010. The first single (their first recordings in 20 years) sold out quickly and the second will be released in vinyl and […]
Hello, My Name Is Melissa
Q&A with Melissa Auf Der Maur IE: So after a long absence, you’re back in a big way, with a three-part conceptual piece Out Of Our Minds, an album, comic book, and 28-minute film directed by Tony Stone. But where in the hell have you been for the past six years?
File: March 2010
Cloudy With A Chance Of Emo Though beloved, The Dismemberment Plan’s breakup several years ago was greeted with joy by headline writers who had a field day with “self-fulfilling prophecy” jibes. With Wilmette’s Fall Out Boy on the brink, it’s open season again. (Given bassist Pete Wentz‘s online logorrhea, credit the folks who waded through […]
Around Hear: March 2010
Local Band Reviews Hailing from Chicago, blues trio The Black Oil Brothers‘ sound is 100-percent pure Mississippi. The band’s debut, Long Way From The Delta, actually sounds like it was recorded right in the heart of it, with soul-stirring blues from start to finish.
Media: March 2010
Chicago’s Very Own: CHIRP Radio & ‘JBTV’ photo by Cara Jepsen Two of the nation’s coolest indie-rock outlets originate right here in Chicago. Both “JBTV” and CHIRP radio are staffed by volunteers who are more passionate about music than money. And both have launched 24-hour Internet stations.
Caught In A Mosh: March 2010
Bow To Your Kreator All the talk nowadays is about the big boys. Slayer, Megadeth, Testament, and Exodus are all touring together in some way, shape, or form, and rumors of a Big Four package (Dave Mustaine told Decibel magazine that Megadeth received an offer) continue to swirl. It’s easy, then, to get swept up […]
Sweet Home: March 2010
Gospel Woman Blues Although she didn’t hear secular music until she was a teen, Valencia Bey always knew she wanted to be a blues/rock diva. She grew up in Chicago but her musical chops were formed in the Mississippi Delta, where she’d spend summers with her grandparents. There, she absorbed the intricacies of gospel music […]
Digital Divide: March 2010
The Informant! Warner Bros. The hip thing to do these days is to take all your anger and frustration about the stagnate economy, aim it at big business, and let the bile fly. All the cool kids are doing it, and rightfully so. Insurance companies make record profits only to jack up premiums to ungodly […]
Gear: March 2010
Tascam DP-008 8-Track Recorder Old-timers will remember Tascam invented the home-recording studio with the original cassette Portastudio 4-track recorders back in the 1970s. Their new DP-008 takes the ease-of-use of those classic songwriting cassette recorders and aims to add the same portability and ease of use for new musicians. Unlike the lo-fi qualities of cassette […]
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