Tag: Jane’s Addiction

Cover Story: The Effigies • The Spirit of the Scene

Brassneck | November 30, 2024 | 0 Comments

At its outset, 2023 looked to be an unexpected banner year for Chicago punk-scene legends The Effigies. COVID had finally waned, national concert attendance had rebounded, and the once-moribund music business itself was on a creative upswing — a perfect backdrop for Burned, the band’s latest (fifth) album, a surprise power-chorded treat for longtime fans […]

Cover Story: Smashing Pumpkins: Never Mind the Gatekeepers

Brassneck | October 31, 2022

It’s not often that an artist is afforded the privilege of seeing the importance of their career painstakingly delineated in its relative historical importance. You usually have to wait until your screen has faded to afterworld black for that kind of cumulative honor. But at 55, after nearly four decades spent helming Smashing […]

Hello My Name Is Peter Hook

Brassneck | September 4, 2022

Arguably, Mancunian musician Peter Hook’s primary survival skill is his totally unique bass-playing style, a melodic, stage-scraping thrum that — ever since he launched with the legendary but short-lived outfit Joy Division, then perfected it in his ensuing combo New Order; it’s a sound that’s often been imitated but never once been equaled. […]

Photo Gallery: Eddie Vedder at Auditorium Theatre • Chicago

Brassneck | February 10, 2022

Eddie Vedder Auditorium Theatre Chicago, IL February 9, 2022 Recap and photos by Curt Baran Considering the fandom that surrounds him, it’s surprising that it has taken this long for Eddie Vedder to release a “proper” solo record. Yeah, technically, it is the Pearl Jam frontman’s third outing on his own if you include a […]

Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz May 25 – May 30

Brassneck | May 24, 2021 | 0 Comments

Phish’s next installment of “Dinner And a Movie” features a broadcast of their 1993 concert at Great Woods in Mansfield, Massachusetts. Tune in on Tuesday, May 25, to watch. Country Now Live presents a free virtual concert with Dierks Bentley from Nashville’s Brooklyn Bowl this Wednesday, May 26, at 9 PM. Tune in over at […]

Cover Story: Perry Farrell

Brassneck | July 1, 2019 | 1 Comment

It took Brazilian author Paulo Coelho just two weeks to write back in ’87, but the compact little novel The Alchemist is one of those metaphysical, feel-good reads that not only deserves to be on every literate bookshelf alongside The Little Prince, but demands to be revisited every couple of years lest its wisdom be […]