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Media: February 2023 ā¢ Waking Up with Q101’s Brian and Justin
Brian Haddad and Justin Nettlebeck have been doing mornings at Q-101 for the last four years, but there have been a few changes in the last few months. First, long-time co-host Ali Mattacola left the show in November. As of this writing, they are still looking for the right person to fill that slot. But […]
Live Review and Photo Gallery: Fall Out Boy at Metro’s 40th Anniversary Show ā¢ Chicago
Fall Out Boy Metro, Chicago Wednesday, January 25th, 2023 By Jaime deāMedici; Photos Elliot Ingham Before Fall Out Boy performed a sold-out show at the Metro Wednesday night, the bandās crew set up their stage, including a backdrop with a half-smiley, half-frown face resembling a yin and yang symbol. Itās a design thatās been heavily […]
Stage Buzz: Wynton Marsalis, Couch, Anthrax with Black Label Society
Chicago blues legend Buddy Guy continues his annual January residency with friends and peers at his club Buddy Guyās Legends. Thursday (Jan. 26), he performs with special guest Mzz Reese; Friday (Jan. 27), you can see him with Sheryl Youngblood; and Saturday, he performs a sold-out show with Nublu Band featuring Carlise Guy. Heāll […]
Hello My Name is Ian Broudie of The Lightning Seeds
On the surface, itās difficult to believe that 13 long years have crept by since brainy producer/multi-instrumentalist Ian Broudie released Four Winds, his last picture-perfect pop album as The Lightning Seeds, a dormant period the Brit is finally breaking with the shimmering new See You in the Stars, out last month. And when he […]
January 2023: Media ā¢ In Memoriam
As we enter a new year, we do so without a talented group of broadcasters we lost in 2022. I wonāt be able to name all of them, but here are a few that passed away from the world of radio and television. It became clear that 2022 wasnāt going to be a great […]
Cover Story: Elle King
If youāre craving some homespun wisdom in theseĀ complicated, hi-tech times, you need look no further than old episodes ofĀ The Beverly Hillbillies, a popular CBS TV series that ran from 1962 to 1971 (and 1993 film) and applied old-saw simplicity to complicated modern society. For any Gen X-, Y- or Z-er who might have […]
Live Review and Photo Gallery: Andrew Bird with My Brightest Diamond at Fourth Presbyterian Church ā¢ Chicago
Andrew Bird with special guest My Brightest Diamond Gezelligheid concert at Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, IL Wednesday, December 14, 2022 Review and photos by Jeff Elbel Absent since 2019, Andrew Birdās seasonal Gezelligheid concerts returned in grand style this year. The homecoming event sold out a series of seven nights at the stately setting of […]
Feature: From Bauhaus to Love And Rockets, and the new Night Crickets, David J always delivers
Man of many bands, David J, is no stranger to iconic songwriting and inventive bass parts, dating all the way back to post-punk/gothic architects Bauhaus, continuing with alternative rockers Love And Rockets and now starting an entirely new chapter fronting the Night Crickets, all while juggling a slew of solo and passion projects. Along with […]
Live Review and Photo Gallery: The Claudettes at SPACE ā¢ Evanston
The Claudettes SPACE, Evanston, IL Saturday, December 10, 2022 Review by Jeff Elbel. Photos by Timothy Hiatt. Chicagoās genre-hurdling quartet The Claudettes concluded a busy year of touring with a show at Evanstonās SPACE on Saturday. The air of a special event drifted through the evening from beginning to end. Before welcoming his bandmates onto […]
Feature: X-Mas Tidings with Exene Cervenka
Itās not like Exene Cervenka has suddenly been transformed ā through the charming stop-motion animation process of Rankin-Bass ā into a warm, fuzzy feel-good protagonist this year. But the formerly feisty X firebrand has chilled out, post-pandemic, and actually become one Humble new Bumble as her four-decade-old combo heads out on its annual X-Mas Tour […]
Live Review and Photo Gallery: The Smile at the Riviera Theatre ā¢ Chicago
The Smile Riviera Theatre Chicago, IL Thursday, December 1, 2022 Review by Jeff Elbel, photos by Curt Baran The Smile has earned praise as the most satisfying among Radioheadās side projects by many fans, a status that benefits from inclusion of Radioheadās creative engine. Singer Thom Yorke is joined by multi-instrumentalists Jonny Greenwood and Sons […]
Cover Story: 40 Years of W.A.S.P.
When youāve been consistently composing rabble-rousing metal anthems for several decades ā like brainy W.A.S.P. bandleader Blackie Lawless has, to the point where heās currently on a prestigious 40th Anniversary Tour ā it helps to set your standards impeccably high. Which, for this Staten-Island-bred shock-rocker ā whoās not claiming his method would work […]
Media : December 2022 ā¢ Baby Onions – Itās Chuck Swirsky
Chuck Swirsky is in the midst of his 25th season as an NBA play-by-play man, and his 15th year doing radio play-by-play for the Bulls. Next month heāll do his 2000th game. āIf everything goes according to plan,ā he says, āit will happen on January 13, a Friday night, against Oklahoma City.ā Thatās a […]
Live Review and Photo Gallery: Suede and Manic Street Preachers at Auditorium Theatre ā¢ Chicago
Suede and Manic Street Preachers Wednesday, November 16, 2022 Auditorium Theatre Chicago, Il Review by Jeff Elbel. Photos by Curt Baran. Despite careers spanning decades and ample respect among music fans in the know, British glam-rock innovators Suede and sociopolitical firebrands Manic Street Preachers are not household names in the United States. These facts were […]
Q&A and Photo Gallery: Steve Vai at Copernicus Center November 16 ā¢ Chicago
Hey, Chicago: guitar extraordinaire Steve Vai wants to make it up to you for canceling his concert in March of this year at the Copernicus Center. Due to personal injuries (undergoing two serious surgeries), hisĀ InviolateĀ Tour 2022 was postponed and rescheduled to the new date of Wednesday, November 16. As Steve explains, he couldnāt […]
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