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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 […]
Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz October 28th-31st
Nothing But Thieves will perform three unique sets across two days for their “Live From the Warehouse” event. The shows kick off Wednesday, October 28th, followed by two shows on Thursday, October 29th. Tickets available here. Motionless in White will perform Creatures in its entirety Wednesday, October 28th, at 4 PM. Tickets are available here. FEVER 333 continue their virtual demonstration tour from New […]
Featured: Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers
Springsteen collaborator wants Americans to come together with new music.
“There’s too much blue-state/red-state, us-against-them stuff going on — we should all be in this together because there are certain things that everybody should agree on.”
Stage Buzz: Pegboy 30th Anniversary Show with Local H at SeatGeek Stadium on October 17th
Originally scheduled as a 30th Anniversary bash with two indoor shows in May, Chicago stalwart punk rockers Pegboy have recalibrated due to COVID and teamed up with Chicago Drive-in to offer a safe, socially distant drive-in concert at Seat Geek Stadium in Bridgeview on October 17. Powered by the Haggerty brothers – John (on guitar), […]
Stage Buzz: Live Review – The Claudettes at City Winery
City Winery, Chicago, IL Saturday, October 10, 2020 Chicago’s own The Claudettes are an uncategorizable but captivating blend of cheeky cabaret, gut-level blues, raucous rockabilly, cartoonish whimsy, and pop songcraft. 2020 was initially primed to be the band’s year, with the release of its most highly-praised set of songs. High Times in the Dark arrived in April […]
IE Rewind: Photo Gallery – Van Halen @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre July 24, 2015
IE’s Curt Baran was in Tinley Park at Van Halen’s last ever Chicago area appearance 5 years ago. In memory of the groundbreaking guitarist Edward Van Halen we take a look back to July, 2015…
Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz October 6th-11th
Watch Gloria Estefan, and the cast of Hamilton perform at The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis’ 35th Annual “Great Sports Legend Dinner” on Thursday, October 8th at 6 PM. Grab tickets here. Teenage Cancer Trust is opening up their vault of never-before-seen archival footage of live performances at the Royal Albert Hall in support of […]
Cover Story: Mastodon
In the cold, clinical coronavirus age, no gift horse should ever be looked at directly in the mouth, reckons Mastodon drummer/lyricist Brann Dailor. So, take the Grammy-winning prog-metal outfit’s latest odds-and-sods anthology Medium Rarities at face value — as a surprise mid-pandemic present to diehard fans, featuring the jarring new juggernaut “Fallen Torches,” alongside a […]
Feature: The Mission
It was literally the last thing Wayne Hussey expected. His classic British goth-rock outfit, The Mission, had been on an extensive tour of Europe in March when the coronavirus started shutting down venue after venue until the situation got so desperate that he barely made it back to his new hometown of Sao Paulo, Brazil, […]
Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz September 15th – 19th
The Killers will perform a mix of classic hits along with tracks from their new album, Imploding the Mirage, as part of Pandora LIVE. Tune in Tuesday, September 15th at 8 PM. The show is free, but you have to RSVP here. Devendra Banhart continues his “OLA: Devendra Banhart Sings Songs In the Order They were Written” livestream series on September 16th. This time he’ll perform songs from Cripple […]
Feature: G.E. Smith and LeRoy Bell
Timing, they say, is everything. There’s no possible way that legendary Long Island-based musicologist and guitar slinger G.E. Smith could have predicted meeting Washington state-reared, soul stylist LeRoy Bell roughly a year ago, or that they would hit it off so well that they would enter the studio to launch a new duo only two […]
Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz September 9 – 12
Margo Price hits Nashville’s Brooklyn Bowl stage for a pair of full-band, audience-free performances on September 9th, and September 10th at 7 PM. Get tickets and tune in at fans.com. Singer/songwriter Devendra Banhart kicks off his “OLA: Devendra Banhart Sings Songs In the Order They Were Written” livestream series on September 9th. This week features songs from Oh Me Oh My, Rejoicing in the Hands, and Niño Rojo. The […]
Spins: Depeche Mode • Live Spirits Soundtrack
Rock Hall of Fame inductees Depeche Mode remain a touring force 40 years into their career. No stranger to selling out massive stadiums around the world, the band embarked on their longest trek yet with the Global Spirit Tour. To commemorate the outing, the final date in Berlin was filmed for the 2019 documentary Spirits […]
CinemaScopes: September 2020
We’ve waited so long to see a movie on the big screen, and with about 65% of U.S. theaters now open, we finally get the chance – albeit with limited seating capacities, mandatory masks, and strict social distancing guidelines required. And as promised, Christopher Nolan’s long-awaited Tenet will be leading the way as the first […]
Cover Story: The Bobby Lees
Oddsmakers could never correctly assess it. Fortune tellers could never predict it. And even the shrewdest talent scout this side of Col. Tom Parker could never pinpoint with any historical accuracy exactly where, when, or how tomorrow’s Next Big Thing would be arriving in the music world. Rock stars — however carefully cultivated they might […]
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