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90’s rock juggernaut Soul Asylum are back in 2020 with a new album, Hurry Up And Wait, which is due out 4/17/20. The band are out on tour in anticipation of the new release, and stopped into Chicago’s Metro on Valentine’s Day to air out old SA classics as well …

The world needs more Pete Yorns: singer/songwriters who actually play instruments, have unique voices (literally and figuratively), and who make good music. A novel concept in a time of more disposable music than ever before, right? My first exposure to Pete Yorn was his debut album, Musicforthemorningafter, back in 2001. …

Chicago based Progressive Thrash Metal Band AFTERMATH has released the lyric video for “Scientists and Priest.” Originally premiered on Decibel Magazine, “Scientists and Priest” is off of the band’s recently released LP, There is Something Wrong, which is available in physical CD and vinyl in stores and online at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other retailers …

Rock stalwarts, Toto, are still celebrating their 40th anniversary (their first album, which I still have on vinyl!, was released in 1978) and their greatest hits album, 40 Trips Around The Sun, out on tour bringing the music to the people. The band brought their eclectic style of music, some …

Chicago based Heavy Metal Band BENEATH THE HOLLOW has released both a lyric and live video for their newest single, “Spellbound,” available NOW via The Label Group / INgrooves. “Windy city rockers Beneath the Hollow return with their first single to follow up 2018’s Nihilist EP. “Spellbound” builds on the band’s hauntingly melodic approach to heavy music.” …

“This album tells an evolutionary story about my past relationships, and how I learned to prioritize my relationship with myself.”— Cami Galles Cami Galles has known since the age of 4 she was here to sing. Yet, over the years, she’s succumbed to her own fears and yielded to the …

Confession: I haven’t followed Stone Temple Pilots since Chester Bennington left the group in 2015. It’s tough enough for a band to reinvent themselves when a well know singer, such as their first frontman, Scott Weiland, leaves. But I thought Chester’s addition to STP was a stroke of genius. He …

Those coming to Guns ‘N’ Roses bassist, Duff McKagan’s, solo show at Chicago’s Thalia Hall on Thursday expecting to hear the rock ‘n’ roll renaissance man run through a set of GNR big hits might have left disappointed…and there were many attendees in Guns shirts at the show. But for …