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Photo Gallery: Rob Zombie, Mudvayne, Static-X and Powerman 5000 – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • Tinley Park
Rob Zombie, Mudvayne, Static-X, Powerman 5000 Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Saturday, August 5 Photos by Jenafur Schlangn It was a modern day “World Series of Rock” in the shadow of Interstate 80 on Saturday. Jenafur Schlangn captured the Zombie action (and friends) in all their glory.
Photo Gallery: Fleet Foxes at The Salt Shed • Chicago
Fleet Foxes The Salt Shed Chicago, IL August 3, 2022 Recap and photos by Curt Baran The music of Fleet Foxes is perfectly suited for smoldering summer nights. So when they made their debut at Chicago’s newest venue (The Salt Shed), it felt as though the planets had aligned. Their brand of folky, melodic storytelling […]
Photo Gallery: Lollapalooza 2022 • Day One • Chicago
Lollapalooza Day One Grant Park Chicago, IL Thursday, July 28th Recap and photos by Curt Baran The big dog was most decidedly not curbed this past weekend in Grant Park. Lollapalooza returned to its summer home in Chicago’s front yard, and it boasted a thick lineup of up-and-comers, as well as repeat offenders Metallica as […]
Photo Gallery: Lollapalooza 2022 • Day Two • Chicago
Lollapalooza Day Two Grant Park Chicago, IL July 29, 2022 Recap and photos by Curt Baran Day 2 of Lollapalooza offered just as many choices for music as its predecessor. Headliner Machine Gun Kelly kept things minimalist (Dua Lipa declined our photo request), bringing only ONE giant helicopter on stage with him. Most everyone else […]
Photo Gallery: Lollapalooza 2022 • Day Three • Chicago
Lollapalooza Day Three Grant Park Chicago, IL July 30, 2022 Recap and photos by Curt Baran It seemed like Saturday at Lollapalooza was custom-made for lovers of loud guitars. It was also arguably one of the rare moments when the bands on the undercard seemed to outplay the headliner, J. Cole. The impossibly great back-to-back […]
Photo Gallery: Lollapalooza 2022 • Day Four • Chicago
Lollapalooza Day Four Grant Park Chicago, IL July 31st, 2022 Recap and photos by Curt Baran Lollapalooza 2022 wrapped up by making history. J-Hope, part of the BTS collective, became the first South Korean performer to ever headline a major U.S. festival. On the opposite end of Grant Park, Green Day was repeating another appearance […]
Photo Gallery: Roger Waters at United Center • Chicago
Roger Waters United Center Chicago, IL July 26, 2022 Recap and photos by Curt Baran “…if you’re one of those ‘I love Pink Floyd, but I can’t stand Roger’s politics,’ you might do well to fuck off right to the bar!” This was the message that greeted concert goers on an arena-length video screen […]
Photo Gallery: Pitchfork Fest 2022 – Day One • Union Park • Chicago
Pitchfork Music Festival Day One Union Park Chicago, IL July 15, 2022 Recap and photos by Curt Baran If the return of the Pitchfork Music Festival has proven anything, it’s that Pitchfork, the music website, has consistently been excellent at curating and recognizing emerging talent. Bands that have previously played more miniature stages early in […]
Photo Gallery: Pitchfork Festival – Day Two • Union Park • Chicago
Pitchfork Music Festival Day Two Union Park Chicago, IL July 16th, 2022 Recap and photos by Curt Baran Day Two of the Pitchfork Music Festival saw the rain finally push on, which definitely brought heavier crowds to Chicago’s Union Park. Mitski, Lucy Dacus, and Japanese Breakfast all graduated to larger stages this year. Arguably, the […]
Photo Gallery: Pitchfork Fest 2022 – Day Three • Union Park • Chicago
Pitchfork Music Festival Day Three Union Park Chicago, IL July 17th, 2022 Recap and Photos by Curt Baran Day Three at Pitchfork Music Festival was the most chill day of the weekend, which is the polite way of saying the day with the fewest guitars. Sure, The Roots brought their giant, brassy, boss sounds to […]
Photo Gallery: Rage Against The Machine – United Center • Chicago
Rage Against The Machine United Center Chicago, IL July 12, 2022 Rcap and photos by Curt Baran They warned us. It’s all there on the tape. And then they were gone. Rage Against The Machine seems to be both prophetic and simultaneously obvious. Their politics have always been the stuff of ultra-leftist viewpoints, but they’ve […]
Live Review and Photo Gallery: ABC at Des Plaines Theatre • Des Plaines
ABC Saturday, July 9, 2022 Des Plaines Theatre Review and photos by Jeff Elbel Never let it be said that ABC founder and frontman Martin Fry doesn’t know his audience, and how to butter them up. “You look too young to be children of the ‘80s,” he said, wondering aloud whether he’d accidentally walked into […]
Photo Gallery: My Morning Jacket • Huntington Bank Pavilion • Chicago
My Morning Jacket Huntington Bank Pavilion Chicago, IL July 2, 2022 Recap and photos by Curt Baran There were capes, which can only mean that My Morning Jacket has returned. Frontman Jim James donned his signature said garment multiple times during the quintet’s epic set at Huntington Bank Pavilion Saturday. The Louisville band plowed through […]
Media: July 2022 • “Rich and Ike”
For 48 years, Rich King was a constant presence on Chicago radio and television, first as a reporter/writer/editor at WGN Radio and WBBM Radio, then later with WBBM-TV (Channel 2) and WGN-TV (Channel 9). He hosted one of the first sports radio shows in Chicago and covered all of the biggest sports stories. […]
Cover Story: Tears For Fears • “Heritage This!”
After many years of touring with a bevy of classic pop hits from their ‘80s heyday, including “Change,” “Pale Shelter,” “Shout,” and “Sowing the Seeds of Love,” British band Tears for Fears have returned to the road with a powerful new album. With The Tipping Point, co-leaders Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith revisit the heady […]
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