Archive for December, 2024
Q&A
The Uruguayan rock band No Te Va Gustar formed when members were still teenagers. While many bands that start out in those circumstances don’t make it past an album or two, these guys have persevered for more than 20 years now.
Flicks
Forty years after the death of Elvis Presley, two-time Sundance Grand Jury winner Eugene Jarecki bought Presley’s 1962 Rolls-Royce at an auction and took a road trip to some of Presley’s old haunts, visiting places such as Sun ...
Concert Recaps
Hip-hop dominated the third day of Lollapalooza. In a mid-afternoon set, Lil Pump delivered a set so raucous that he had to stop several times to tell fans to take a step away from the stage so anyone standing near the front wo...
Concert Recaps
The major attraction of Day Two of this year’s incarnation of Lollapalooza at Chicago’s Grant Park was clearly Bruno Mars. Much like Prince and/or Michael Jackson, Mars mixes rock, funk, soul and R&B. He’s a decent dancer, ...
Concert Recaps
At the start of this year’s incarnation of Lollapalooza, the four-day music fest that takes place annually at Chicago’s Grant Park, we caught the tail end of a set by the UK punk band Slaves. Undeterred by the sparsely filled v...