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This story was originally published in 2019 and is being recirculated now following Steve Albini's death at age 61.One of America's top music engineers…

Concerts on the Quad have been filling pleasant summer Mondays since the 1980s at Illinois State University.Mondays in July the concerts begin at 7 p.m.…

He had to teach and didn't have time for a summer vacation, so GLT's Culture Commentator spent some summer time catching up with rock heroes and icons.…

The title track to Sherwood Forest’s just released “No Retreat” EP is a personal plea to an unnamed person."I wanted the song to represent the struggles…

Galen Weston was like a lot of college grads: proud of his shiny diploma on the wall, daunted by the immense loans that financed it. Taking a breath, the…

Is this real what I’m feeling/Is this real or am I dreaming my life away?Those lines from the song “Pills” open “Phantom Power,” the just released…

The music world has had many romantic couples; the most famous include Sonny & Cher and Ike & Tina Turner. It’s probably not the best comparison to San…

Supersuckers returns to Bloomington-Normal to play the Castle Theater on Thursday, Aug. 10.When Jeff Wilson of North Street Records in Uptown Normal…

George Thorogood & the Destroyers have been ripping through blues classics for four decades. Their ferocious recorded takes on "Move It On Over," "One…

So how does the name "Mongolian Death Wyrm" symbolize J Alan Balmer's vision for his progressive blues/rock/funk trio?"It doesn't symbolize it so much as…