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WEBPulp Aragon Ballroom Chicago, IL September 8th, 2024 Recap and photos by Curt Baran They gained success during the Brit Pop era with Blur, The Charlatans, Oasis, and dozens of others. By the mid-90s, they had carved out an expansive international audience, spurred by a reputation as an explosive live act.
IE Monthly Music Calendar - Illinois Entertainer
WEBRecent Posts. Cover Story: Myles Kennedy • The Golden Voice; Media: October 2024 • Chicago’s Very Own Dean Richards; Recap and Gallery: Jeff Lynne’s ELO at The United Center • Chicago
Live Review: The Musical Box at Arcada Theatre • St Charles
WEBJun 10, 2022 — St. Charles, IL. Friday, June 10, 2022. The Musical Box, the renowned Genesis-with-Peter Gabriel tribute band, has long been a fan-favorite musical export from The Great White North. This Canadian marvel has entertained the enormous Genesis and Peter Gabriel following for 29 years, with next year marking the 30th anniversary of the band forming ...
Photo Gallery: Jawbreaker with Smoking Popes and Built To Spill at ...
WEBApr 13, 2022 — Jawbreaker House Of Blues Chicago, IL April 13, 2022. Recap and photos by Curt Baran. When Nevermind broke in the early 1990s, the inevitable aftermath was that every record label was now on the hunt for the next Nirvana.New York trio Jawbreaker was one of the countless bands swept up in the hype.
Media: January 2022 • Signal Stays Strong at MeTV FM
WEBDec 31, 2021 — For the last few years, fans of MeTV FM (87.7FM) in Chicago have been bracing for their favorite station to be shut down by the FCC. Program director Rick O’Dell has good news for them if they haven’t heard it yet. “We reached a critical point last July where the FCC had imposed a deadline, whereby they required all 87.7 stations to be digital or go off the air,” he explains.
IE Rewind: The 1975 : Illinois Entertainer
WEBFeb 1, 2016 — The 1975. It was quite an unusual sight for a winter afternoon in Oakland, California – an entire line of black-garbed, quasi-Goth girls, all teen or pre-teen – snaking from the front door of the sprawling Fox Theater practically all the way around the entire building. It was quitting time, 5:00 p.m., and business folk getting off work and ...
Avenged Sevenfold interview : Illinois Entertainer
WEBOct 31, 2007 — The Avenged Sevenfold bassist was supposed to call Illinois Entertainer at 3:30 Central time, 1:30 at the band’s Huntington Beach, California homebase. Forty-five minutes later, though, still nothing. Appearing: November 8th at Congress Theatre in Chicago. A call to one of A7X’s publicists at Warner …
Media: June 2017 - Illinois Entertainer
WEBMay 31, 2017 — Media: June 2017. When WXRT night jock Ryan Arnold says he grew up on WXRT, he doesn’t just mean that he listened to the station. His mom Marge Arnold worked there when he was growing up, and he spent a lot of time in the hallways. “I literally grew up in the bowels of WXRT back when it was the Bunker on …
Live Review: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Illinois Entertainer
WEBWednesday, June 12, 2024. Review by Jeff Elbel. Photos by Kyle Dunleavy/Ravinia Festival. Wednesday’s concert at Ravinia Festival celebrated the seemingly serendipitous pairing of rock legend Robert Plant and bluegrass torchbearer Alison Krauss. While emphasizing roots music and Americana, the bandleaders’ partnership testified to the ...
Live Review and Photo Gallery: Spoon with Margaret Glaspy at …
WEBApr 19, 2022 — Spoon. Riviera Theater, Chicago, IL. Tuesday, April 19, 2022. Review by Jeff Elbel. Photos by Curt Baran. Spoon traveled to Chicago on Tuesday and visited the Riviera Theater for a hotly anticipated and sold-out concert in support of its new album Lucifer on the Sofa.. “All right!