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How Old Are You?

How Old Are You?

| February 14, 2007 | 0 Comments

Every year, unfortunately, it seems the glow of Chicago’s blues scene fades just a little as more and more clubs close their doors. There’s no dimmer switch at Rosa’s Lounge, though, which celebrates its 23rd anniversary in February with a month-long party.

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Grammys Report

Grammys Report

| February 12, 2007 | 0 Comments

49th Annual Grammy Awards The call it “Music’s Biggest Night,” and by the looks of last night’s Grammy Awards — broadcast by CBS to more than a billion viewers worldwide from Los Angeles’ Staples Center — the title certainly fits.

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Electronic Warfare

Electronic Warfare

| February 7, 2007 | 0 Comments

The Battle Of MySpace The First Gulf War was hailed as smart-bomb theater, a new age of warfare where buttons could be pressed thousands of miles away to guide an explosive into a thimble on a street corner at night. Battles are fought online. And with the advent of MySpace, so are battles of bands.

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Family In Need

Family In Need

| January 24, 2007 | 0 Comments

Benefit For Callum Robbins A lineup featuring Eleventh Dream Day, Chin Up Chin Up, Bobby Conn, The Life And Times, and Red Eyed Legends will be on hand at Empty Bottle on January 27th to raise money for the afflicted one-year-old son of musician/producer J. Robbins.

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Grammy me? Grammy U!

Grammy me? Grammy U!

| January 24, 2007 | 0 Comments

BEHIND THE MUSIC The Chicago Chapter Of The Recording Academy is offering college students a peek at what goes on “behind the scenes” in the music industry, but nobody is promising you’ll like what you see.

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Buddy Guy’s Legends moving

Buddy Guy’s Legends moving

| January 5, 2007 | 0 Comments

Buddy Guy’s Legends To Move According to an Associated Press report published this morning, Chicago blues legend Buddy Guy announced his namesake club will move by June. Speaking from the stage Thursday, January 4th, at the beginning of his annual month-long residency, Guy reportedly told the audience Columbia College bought the space for a new […]

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Stay In This New Year’s Eve!

Stay In This New Year’s Eve!

| December 20, 2006 | 0 Comments

Auld Lange HDTV INHD Network doesn’t really need to provide a lot of reasons to watch “London Live” on New Year’s Eve, what with the state-of-the-art high definition, Dolby 5.1 sound, and 1080i picture and all. But if they are looking for a selling point, we have an easy one: It’s this or Carson Daly […]

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Hip-Hoppers Survive Bus Accident

Hip-Hoppers Survive Bus Accident

| December 6, 2006 | 0 Comments

IE was originally slated to bring readers a preview of Saturday’s Mr. Lif/The Coup show at The Abbey until shocking news broke early Tuesday morning from the groups’ respective labels (Definitive Jux and Epitaph).

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Kid Rock

Kid Rock

| November 15, 2006 | 0 Comments

Normally, we would make jokes at the expense of anyone who blows 25,000 smackers on a Who autographed guitar. Friday, December 1st, though, we encourage it.

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Stones Throw From An Adult Swim

Stones Throw From An Adult Swim

| October 25, 2006 | 0 Comments

Stones Throw From An Adult Swim Adult Swim, sort of the WB for Cartoon Network, is sponsoring a tour for the members of the Stones Throw imprint, stopping at Metro on Saturday, October 28th.

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Recording 101

Recording 101

| October 18, 2006 | 0 Comments

Whether you’re just starting in the recording business or have been at it for awhile, we’re guessing advice from a couple Grammy Award winners wouldn’t hurt ya.

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Heal The World

Heal The World

| October 11, 2006 | 0 Comments

Monday, October 16th is World Food Day, and Metro hopes to do its part with the Stand Up Against Poverty benefit concert that night.

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Bad Brains At Delilah’s . . . Kinda

Bad Brains At Delilah’s . . . Kinda

| October 11, 2006 | 0 Comments

They might be going out of business, but Tower Records, alongside MVD Entertainment, will debut a Bad Brains DVD at Chicago punk haunt Delilah’s on Tuesday, October 17th.

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Late Show Announcements

Late Show Announcements

| October 4, 2006 | 0 Comments

After we went to deadline for our October issue, a couple of surprise shows were announced, including Matmos and Ian MacKaye’s The Evens.

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RIP Bob Wiggins

RIP Bob Wiggins

| September 27, 2006 | 5 Comments

R.I.P. BOB WIGGINS IE would like to extend our sympathies to the family and friends of Bob Wiggins, who passed away on the night of September 22nd.

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