Curation By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. Richie Ramone at Mayne Stage on Thursday night.
Posted on February 28, 2014
Local Music Notebook: Spider Eating Preacher & Sideman To The Stars
Master Bluesmen Practicing Their Craft
“Oak Park resident Eddie C. Campbell, a seminal blues guitarist and singer who played with Howlin’ Wolf, Willie Dixon and Muddy Waters, [received] a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Chicago Music Awards during a ceremony Sunday at the Copernicus Center,” OakPark.com reports.
“Campbell, 74, was born in Duncan, Miss., but moved to Chicago when he was 10. Two years later, he was learning from the great Chicago bluesmen and in the 1970s was a member of the Chicago Blues All-Stars.
Posted on February 27, 2014
The Harold Ramis Soundtrack
Hall & Oates’s Rich Girl Was A Spoiled Walker Brother Of Wilmette Pancake Fame
The Weekend In Chicago Rock
Curation By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. The Autumn Defense at Schubas on Friday night.
Posted on February 24, 2014
The Week In Chicago Rock
Curation By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. Courtney Barnett at the Empty Bottle on Tuesday night.
Posted on February 21, 2014
Robeson Recommends
By Steve Rhodes
The kids I work with at Robeson High School in the Urban Youth Journalism Program kinda mocked me for liking Sasha Go Hard and Katie Got Bandz, both of whom I still think have prodigious talent that separates them from the Chicago drill pack. So I asked them for recommendations (they named the artists; I picked the videos).
1. Lil Bibby.
Posted on February 20, 2014
Jon Langford’s “Drone Operator” Debuts Again
‘I didn’t know it was a wedding; it really wasn’t my call’
USA Today “debuted” Jon Langford’s “Drone Operator” video on Tuesday – even though it was actually uploaded to YouTube on January 7th. (The song itself has been around for more than a year, as we shall see.)
Still, it’s well worth the attention it may now get.
Posted on February 19, 2014
Chief Keef: Psychedrillic
Cancer Beef, Cough Syrup, Kanye
As much as Chief Keef has failed himself since signing a $6 million deal with Interscope, the label seems to have failed him.
From Billboard:
Keef’s 2012 debut, Finally Rich, only sold 50,000 its first week, according to Nielsen Sound-Scan, peaking at No. 5 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. It went on to sell 217,000 copies altogether.
“A lot of times, I got pissed off at Keef,” Peeda Pan, one of Keef’s managers, tells Billboard while driving from Los Angeles to Wavelengths [where Keef is in rehab].
He says the rapper blew off several high-profile opportunities surrounding Finally Rich, including BET’s 106 & Park and ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! – but adds that he respects his client’s autonomy.
“He knows what he’s doing a lot more than people give him credit for. He has control. People ask, ‘Why did he do that?’ He knows why.”
Maybe to preserve his credibility. Here’s the real problem:
Posted on February 18, 2014