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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 […]
Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz January 28th – January 31st
iHeartRadioâs “ALTer EGO 2021 Festival” airs this Thursday with new performances by Billie Eilish and Foo Fighters, along with previous performances from Beck, Blink-182, Cage the Elephant, Coldplay, The Black Keys, Mumford & Sons, Weezer, The Killers, Muse, and Twenty One Pilots. Tune in on January 28th at 8 PM on LiveXLive. Music Feeds will […]
The Lockdown Interviews ⢠Hen Ogledd
Given the turbulent, truly batshit-crazy year that weâve all just staggered through, it was easy to overlook a lot of great, often idiosyncratic albums that continued to be released, pandemic be damned. And weâd like to pause, catch our mask-in-place breath, and bring you up to speed on a few obscure aural delights you might […]
Featured: Steve Wynn and Linda Pitmon ⢠The Impossible Tour
For many enterprising artists, live-streaming concerts from home during last yearâs pandemic lockdown became a requisite new skill that demanded mastering; finding a way to implement several online platforms to your benefit when touring was no longer possible. But for Dream Syndicate bandleader Steve Wynn and his drummer wife Linda Pitmon, it had a cold, […]
Featured: Beki Hemingway
Earth, Asphalt, and Places in the Soul The tall tales and small stories captured on Beki Hemingwayâs new album Earth and Asphalt suggest that her audience has a lot of catching up to do, with the assurance that it will be time well spent. Much has happened since the release of 2017âs Whins and Weather, […]
Featured: The Avalanches
âBuild a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door,â goes the old Emerson-attributed adage. And Australian producer-multi-instrumentalist Robbie Chater can definitely relate. Back in 2000, his unassuming but ambitious little electronic trio The Avalanches came up with a debut disc like no other before it, the buzz-crackling Since I Left […]
Cover Story: George Thorogood
By all accounts, it was a triumphant prodigal-son homecoming: The night of November 23, 1982. when the newly-crowned Tazmanian Devil of roadhouse-scruffy blues George Thorogood and his backing band The Destroyers tornadoed back into their adopted hometown of Boston sprawling, 27-song set at a club then known as the Bradford Ballroom. After making his mark […]
Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz December 29th – January 2nd
CKY presents an âevening of mayhem, madness, and musicâ with âsweet sounds and special guestsâ as one final kiss-off to the year on Tuesday, December 29th at 9 PM. Get tickets here. The legendary Patti Smith and her band will perform in celebration of Smithâs birthday on Wednesday, December 30th at 8 PM. Get […]
Hello My Name is…Exene
Itâs not like Exene Cervenka, and her bandmates in the Los Angeles proto-punk quartet X are just sitting around their respective houses, idly twiddling their thumbs this enforced-lockdown December. But they are coming to surreal grips with the fact that for this Yuletide season, at least, they will not be the hardest-working band on the […]
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 […]
Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz November 24th – December 1st
Tim McGraw and Justin Moore will perform fan favorites and sit down for a chat with Radio.Com LIVE Tuesday, November 24that 5 PM. Watch for free here. “The 16th Annual Last Waltz Revisited” goes live from the Boulder Theater Wednesday, November 25that 7 PM. Watch the show here. Danny Brownâs seventh annual “Bruiser Thanksgiving” […]
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 […]
Spins: Tom Petty ⢠Wildflowers & All The Rest Deluxe Edition – Reviewed
Tom Petty Wildflowers & All the Rest Deluxe Edition (Warner Bros.) After seven gold and platinum-selling albums with the Heartbreakers, Tom Petty released his first solo album in 1989.Chart favorites including âFree Fallingâ and âI Wonât Back Downâ helped the Jeff Lynne-produced Full Moon Fevereclipse even the success of 1979âs Damn the Torpedoes. When Into the […]
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 […]
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