Tag: Mark Taylor

Hello My Name Is … Jim Kerr of Simple Minds + Photo Gallery • Friday, June 20: Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island • Chicago
Although Scottish art-rockers Simple Minds enjoyed massive support in Europe and elsewhere, mainstream success in the United States remained elusive through the early ‘80s. The band had gained a modest foothold with college radio airplay for songs like the shimmering “Promised You a Miracle” from 1982’s New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) and the anthemic homage to […]

Around Hear: June 2013
Oddly named quintet Brighton, MA fill Oh Lost with jaunty, rollicking rock streaked with an ambitious flair, but without the blatantly offensive bombast.
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