The Sprint Center has been fuller than it was Saturday night, but not much. It has also been louder than it was Saturday night, but not by much. And it has hosted shows that were longer than Saturday's, but not much longer.
Four bands entertained a capacity audience Friday at the Midland Theater, but the evening's biggest attraction was the price of a ticket. More than 2,500 listeners of KQRC, 98.9 (The Rock), paid a nominal fee to hear Sevendust and Drowning Pool at the radio station's "Low Dough Show."
Several times during her 90-minute set at a sold-out Knuckleheads on Friday night, Terri Clark paused to explain her presence in a downtown honky-tonk that holds about 125 people. Clark is a highly decorated country-music veteran who played the big-label game in the 1990s but never quite reached the heights of peers who, artistically, were her equals.
Robert Cray is one of our best-known modern bluesman, blessed with a good voice and ample skills as a rhythm and lead guitarist. But his best asset is his songcraft, which regularly plumbs and mines love and romance and their many rewards and harsh, messy consequences.
He'll be at the Midland theater on April 18, a Sunday night. He'll bring B.o.B and a few other guests. He has finished his new album, "Lasers," and is still waiting for his label to tell him when it'll be released.
Thom Yorke is bringing his Atoms For Peace band to Chicago's Aragon Ballroom on April 10 and 11. The band lineup: Yorke, Flea, Mauro Refosco, Joey Waronker and Nigel Godrich. Tix on sale March 3. Above, they do "The Eraser."
July 13, a Tuesday, at the Sprint Center: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with the Drive By Truckers. Tickets go on sale March 8, according to Live Nation. Plus this:
The motto of Eric Records: “Since 1969 (we have) brought you the original versions of the hits you remember in the highest quality sound.”
If you grew up in the ’60s listening to AM radio, you’ll recognize a lot of the hits and one-hit wonders on the label’s latest releases. It revisits a time when pop hits were short, sweet and crafted to a sheen.
Magnet The online version of "the bi-monthly, internationally distributed, glossy music magazine that gives well-deserved attention to musicians largely ignored by mainstream publications."
Metacritic Lots and lots of critics praise and bitch about music (and movies, DVDs, games, books and TV).
Paste "The premier magazine for people who still enjoy discovering new music, prize substance and songcraft over fads and manufactured attitude, and appreciate quality music in whatever genre it might inhabit."
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