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Live Review and Gallery: Green Day with Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid and The Linda Lindas⢠Wrigley Field ⢠Chicago
Green Day and friends Wrigley Field Chicago, IL Tuesday, August 13, 2024 Review by Jeff Elbel. Photos coming soon by Curt Baran. Rock fans in Chicago have had a busy summer, with Lollapalooza, Pitchfork, and stands by the Rolling Stones and Metallica as a few recent examples. Tuesdayâs concert at Wrigley Field stands among the […]
IE Rewind: Remembering Lin Brehmer: Media – September 2018
WXRT morning man Lin Brehmer is more than just a friendly voice on 93.1 FM every day, he is your âbest friend in the whole world,â a moniker he has used now for several years. âBut I usually say it in a pathetic âwhy donât I have any friends at allâ whine,â he points out. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Cover Story – Pale Waves
If anyone didnât know it when she first got into showbiz as a wide-eyed, small-town British naif, they know it now â Pale Waves front-vixen Heather Baron-Gracie pulls no punches, suffers no fools gladly, and always shoots straight from the hip. Sheâs justifiably proud of her newfound industry acumen, and sheâs even developed an alter […]
Cover Story: The Smashing Pumpkins
Oh, that irascible old Billy Corgan. Even in a foreboding, energy-sapping, pandemic Plague Year, you just canât take him ANYWHERE. It was a solid, thought-provoking opening question, intended to kick-start our recent interview with the man about CYR! The remarkably-assured new double-record set from Smashing Pumpkins, its 11th, featuring the mostly-original lineup of James Iha […]
Photo Gallery: deadmau5 with Bentley Dean and Kiesza at SeatGeek Stadium
deadmau5 / Bentley Dean / KieszaSeatGeek Stadium – At The Drive-InBridgeview, IL October 30, 2020 Ed Spinelli captured EDM pioneer and producer deadmau5 with Bentley Dean and Kiesza on a chilly evening in Bridgeview’s SeatGeek Stadium. All three came together for “Bridge By A Lightwave,” making it the highlight for the night. Drive-In concerts have […]
Media: November 2020
When you have already been inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame, the National Radio Hall of Fame, and you are featured in the radio wing of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, you might think that there isnât really anything left to accomplish. But when John Records Landecker recently got […]
Cover Story: Steve Kilbey
Serenity is where you find it; Steve Kilbey has decided, mid-pandemic. And in his beachside home in gorgeous Sydney, Australia, itâs something that the spiritual-minded Church frontman has been actively seeking, from the moment he awakens every potentially-oppressive day. First of all, he says, âI have to be near the sea, I need to see […]
IE Rewind: The Outfit
Combining savvy songwriting rooted in power-pop and glammy metal, The Outfit is breaking the mold for local music veterans. Over two albums, they’ve managed to not only defy the sophomore slump, but they’ve also shown that educated music stalwarts can still have something to say. The band features a group of seasoned Chicago musicians, including […]
Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz October 14th-17th
This week Teenage Cancer Trust Unseen will stream archival performances from Pulp (October 14th), Noel Gallagher (October 15th), Them Crooked Vultures (October 16th), and The Cure (October 18th). The performances are free to watch on their YouTube Channel at 2 PM. Get all the details here. The one and only Spinal Tap reunites virtually to […]
Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz October 6th-11th
Watch Gloria Estefan, and the cast of Hamilton perform at The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysisâ 35th Annual “Great Sports Legend Dinner” on Thursday, October 8th at 6 PM. Grab tickets here. Teenage Cancer Trust is opening up their vault of never-before-seen archival footage of live performances at the Royal Albert Hall in support of […]
Feature: The Mission
It was literally the last thing Wayne Hussey expected. His classic British goth-rock outfit, The Mission, had been on an extensive tour of Europe in March when the coronavirus started shutting down venue after venue until the situation got so desperate that he barely made it back to his new hometown of Sao Paulo, Brazil, […]
Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz September 15th – 19th
The Killers will perform a mix of classic hits along with tracks from their new album, Imploding the Mirage, as part of Pandora LIVE. Tune in Tuesday, September 15th at 8 PM. The show is free, but you have to RSVP here. Devendra Banhart continues his “OLA: Devendra Banhart Sings Songs In the Order They were Written” livestream series on September 16th. This time heâll perform songs from Cripple […]
Feature: G.E. Smith and LeRoy Bell
Timing, they say, is everything. Thereâs no possible way that legendary Long Island-based musicologist and guitar slinger G.E. Smith could have predicted meeting Washington state-reared, soul stylist LeRoy Bell roughly a year ago, or that they would hit it off so well that they would enter the studio to launch a new duo only two […]
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