Stage Buzz
Dokken preview
Dokken First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park Sunday, August 3, 2008 Because it’s protocol for some rock critics to hate, or pretend to hate, anything associated with ’80s metal, some of you will surely accuse us of ripping on Dokken’s Lightning Strikes Again (Rhino) simply because of their hair metal roots. The IE editorial staff, […]
Cross Examination preview
Cross Examination Reggie’s Rock Club, Chicago Monday, August 4, 2008 Ironically, the tour calling itself Thrash And Burn that stops at the Pearl Room in Mokena Monday night is not be the thrashiest show in Chicagoland that evening.
Bryan Adams preview
Bryan Adams Sears Centre, Hoffman Estates Tuesday, August 5, 2008 The joke at the IE office focuses on the fantasy that if only Sting made an appearance at the Rod Stewart/Bryan Adams double-bill next week, the ad hoc trio could perform “All For Love” from the 1993 Kiefer Sutherland film, The Three Musketeers.
Tilly And The Wall preview
Tilly And The Wall Abbey Pub, Chicago Wednesday, August 6, 2008 Garth Algar, standing over our shoulder while we read the newest Tilly And The Wall press release, declared, as he once did on the set of “Wayne’s World”: “We fear change.” He needn’t.
The Coke Dares
The Coke Dares Ronny’s, Chicago Thursday, July 24, 2008 Jumping out of an airplane and finding out halfway down your parachute fails to open will probably result in one of those life-flashing-before-your-eyes moments. The same can be said of The Coke Dares’ second full-length, Feelin’ Up (Essay/Reibenbach). The trio blast through 33 songs in less […]
Jonny Rumble preview
Jonny Rumble Metro, Chicago Friday, July 25, 2008 Rock ‘n’ roll hasn’t kicked the bucket yet, but according to Jonny Rumble, it’s definitely seen better damn days.
Earlimart preview
Earlimart Hideout, Chicago Saturday, July 26, 2008 Nonchalant indie rockers Earlimart dropped two members and broke their customary, three-year stretch to post Hymn And Her (Majordomo) within a year of their last album, Mentor Tormentor. How does this blistering pace manifest itself?
Pitchfork Music Festival preview
Pitchfork Music Festival Union Park, Chicago July 18 – 20, 2008 Chicago-based Pitchforkmedia.com hosts its annual festival this weekend, and though tickets only remain for Friday night’s “Don’t Look Back” expose, we’ve marked some highlights for those of you inside and outside the gates.
Pat Benatar preview
Pat Benatar House Of Blues, Chicago Friday, July 18, 2008 Everything that once was comes back again and again. Walk into an Express these days and you’ll find leggings, stirrup pants, and wide elastic belts for sale. Someone having an ’80s party? No need to scrounge thrift stores or those old boxes in the basement […]
Valient Thorr preview
Valient Thorr Reggie’s Rock Club, Chicago Saturday, July 19, 2008 Tom Cruise believes they attach their souls to chosen humans, members of the Air Force’s 509th Bomb Group stationed in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947 might have captured a few, and Sammy Hagar was abducted by them (twice!), but most of us know very little […]
Bowerbirds preview
Bowerbirds Schubas, Chicago Sunday, July 20, 2008 This backwoods-dwelling, North Carolinian trio emerge for another road trip, supporting the re-release of their homespun debut.
Feufollet preview
Feufollet Dawes Park, Evanston Sunday, July 20, 2008 It’s not hard to imagine Anne Rice’s vampire, Lestat, sulking in the dark corners of a Louisiana dance hall scoping out the lean necks of his potential victims with Feufollet’s music driving the activity.
Punch Brothers
Punch Brothers Ravinia, Highland Park Monday, July 21, 2008 Bluegrass is a virtuosic style of music — no denying that. But King Crimson it ain’t, or at least shouldn’t be. So beware of bands like Punch Brothers and their four-movement, 41-minute songs.
Van Morrison live!
Van Morrison Rosemont Theatre, Rosemont Tuesday, July 8, 2008 Anyone who has seen Van Morrison knows there’s no telling what mood he’ll be in, what genre he’ll focus on, what hits he’ll sing (if any), or how long he’ll play. At 62, with 35 self-produced solo CDs under his belt, Morrison is certainly entitled to […]
Modey Lemon preview
Modey Lemon Beat Kitchen, Chicago Friday, July 11, 2008 Pittsburgh-based (how often do you read that?) Modey Lemon used to get so rough it wouldn’t have been unexpected for frontman Phil Boyd to emerge from the crowd with a fan’s newly decapitated skull dangling by its white afro. He’d probably mock headbang with it, and […]
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