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Bill MacKay Announces New Album 'Locust Land' & Shares Lead Single Photo Bill MacKay Announces New Album 'Locust Land' & Shares Lead Single
by Michael Major - February 13, 2024

Alongside the album announcement, MacKay is sharing the album's lead single, “When I Was Here,” with its accompanying video, and tour dates, beginning in June. “When I Was Here”, featuring Mikel Patrick Avery on percussion and Sam Wagster on bass,  is a surging, blistering, blues-inflected jam with ...

The Smashing Pumpkins Continue 30th Anniversary Celebrations of 'Siamese Dream' Photo The Smashing Pumpkins Continue 30th Anniversary Celebrations of 'Siamese Dream'
by Michael Major - September 06, 2023

Continuing the 30th anniversary celebrations of their groundbreaking album, Siamese Dream, The Smashing Pumpkins have teamed up with Tower Records to recreate their historical album release event in 1993 with a special Tower Records pop-up at Madame Zuzu’s in Highland Park, Illinois....

Douglas Andrew McCombs to Release First Ever LP Pressing of His Debut Solo Album Photo Douglas Andrew McCombs to Release First Ever LP Pressing of His Debut Solo Album
by Michael Major - August 17, 2023

The Chicago innovator has a busy slate lined up for the fall - with the long-awaited LP release of his debut solo  album under his own name, VMAK

Kathleen Shares New Single 'The Longest Year (Live)' Photo Kathleen Shares New Single 'The Longest Year (Live)'
by Michael Major - December 16, 2022

In the midst of the global pandemic, she originally recorded this six-song set live in a Los Angeles backyard accompanied by bandmates and collaborators Aaron Liao (bass, backing vocals) and Jay Tibbits (drums, synth bass). The tracklisting notably consists of favorites from her breakthrough Kathlee...

The Smashing Pumpkins Release Two New Tracks Photo The Smashing Pumpkins Release Two New Tracks
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 09, 2020

The Smashing Pumpkins continue to tease their highly anticipated eleventh studio album 'CYR,' with two brand new tracks 'Anno Satana' and 'Birch Grove,' both out today ahead of their Friday, November 27 20-track double album release. ...

BWW Exclusive: THE 101 GREATEST PROTEST SONGS OF ALL TIME - with Bob Dylan, Aretha Fr Photo BWW Exclusive: THE 101 GREATEST PROTEST SONGS OF ALL TIME - with Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, John Lennon, Kendrick Lamar & More
by Peter Nason - June 18, 2020

BWW Reviewer Peter Nason chooses the 101 greatest protest songs from 1939-2020. See if your favorite songs or artists made the list!...

Green Bandleader Jeff Lescher Released His First Solo Album Photo Green Bandleader Jeff Lescher Released His First Solo Album
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 04, 2020

As the leader of the seminal Chicago band Green, Jeff Lescher unleashed a synthesis of the punk, pop, glam, soul and country music he was obsessed with growing up. Rising from the fertile scene in the 80s that included bands like Material Issue and Shoes, Green released a string of critically acclai...

The Sea and Cake Announce 2020 US West Coast Dates Photo The Sea and Cake Announce 2020 US West Coast Dates
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 19, 2019

The Sea and Cake have announced a string of select dates across the US West Coast in early 2020, with more dates to follow. The core trio of Sam Prekop, Archer Prewitt, and John McEntire will be joined by bassist Douglas McCombs (Tortoise, Brokeback, Eleventh Dream Day) on the road for their first s...

Mind Over Mirrors New Song-Cycle / Album to Premiere Live at Chicago Museum of Contem Photo Mind Over Mirrors New Song-Cycle / Album to Premiere Live at Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art
by Macon Prickett - January 29, 2018

Mind Over Mirrors has announced a new song-cycle and album entitled Bellowing Sun, which will be released by Paradise of Bachelors on April 6th and premiered live at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago the same night. An encore performance will be presented April 7th. Mind Over Mirrors' Jaime Fen...

Steve Hackett Live DVD 'Wuthering Nights: Live in Birmingham' Out 1/26 Photo Steve Hackett Live DVD 'Wuthering Nights: Live in Birmingham' Out 1/26
by Caryn Robbins - November 21, 2017

On 26th January 2018, Inside Out Music release Wuthering Nights: Live in Birmingham, the new live release from guitar legend Steve Hackett. Wuthering Nights was filmed at the Birmingham Symphony Hall during Hackett's recent, critically-acclaimed Genesis Revisited & Classic Hackett tour....

Steve Hackett Releases Live DVD 'Wuthering Nights Live' Photo Steve Hackett Releases Live DVD 'Wuthering Nights Live'
by Caryn Robbins - November 09, 2017

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Miley Cyrus Set to Release her New Album 'Younger Now' on 9/29
by Richard Best - August 08, 2017

Variety.com reports that Miley Cyrus has announced the release date of her upcoming new album, “Younger Now,” which is set to be released on Sept. 29....












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