Chicago jazz fusion and hip-hop collective Afrofuturistics just released their debut EP, The Enigmatic, via Big Bonkey Records, streaming exclusively ahead of release at New Noise Magazine. The release show lands August 29 at Le Piano in Chicago. Stream it now. Continue reading
Before diving into our review of Blow by Blow: The Jeff Beck Story
(Da Capo Publishing) by Brad Tolinski and Chris Gill (both best known from the pages of Guitar World), I must divulge that I am one of the most devoted Jeff Beck fans you will ever meet. I was fortunate to see him perform live fifteen times between 1989 and 2022, and met him twice and shook his hand both times (his hands were said to be insured for 10 million dollars USD). Not to be a conceited know-it-all, but I am one of the best people to shed light on this book for you, dear music fans. Continue reading
Day 3:
The easily induced crying listening to Warning, when just the night before Patrick Walker was hosting a heavy metal Karaoke in the basement of the 013. Nothing throwing down one of the best performances I’ve seen from them. The insanity of the skate park stage, people moshing and crowd surfing on one of the boxes; all the lights have to stay on for insurance reasons, and I agree with that. The sets I missed: Mandy Indiana, Acid Mothers Temple, Chained To the Bottom Of The Ocean, to name a few. Continue reading