Band Spotlight | Thursday, November 15,2012

Chicago Farmer

After an upbringing among offerings of punk and grunge sounds in his hometown of Delavan, Ill. in southern Tazewell County, Chicago Farmer, aka Cody Diekhoff, saw the light upon hearing the songs of H

Band Spotlight | Thursday, November 8,2012

Hospital Job

By Tom Irwin

A self-described “melodic indie/punk band,” Hospital Job also says to, “think Superdrag meets The Ramones trying to play Jesus and Mary Chain covers” as a good way to understan

Band Spotlight | Thursday, November 1,2012

Randy Houser

By Tom Irwin

His father worked as a professional musician and by age thirteen, Randy Houser was fronting his own band. From his native Miss., Randy took off for Nashville in 2002. One of his first cuts was a co-wr

Band Spotlight | Thursday, October 25,2012

Ray Wylie Hubbard

By Tom Irwin

Unfortunately many folks, not from the great state of Texas and not into the intense singer-songwriter-Americana scene that sustains and supports songwriting there as an art to be experienced and beli

Band Spotlight | Thursday, October 18,2012

Chicks with Picks

By Tom Irwin

What do you get when three of the best female guitar-playing and singing songwriters in town come together on the same bill? Chicks with Picks is the correct answer. Josie Lowder, Monica Morris and Sa

Band Spotlight | Thursday, October 11,2012

Porkpie & the Northend Allstars

By Tom Irwin

Born of a jam session as good bands often are, Porkpie & the Northend Allstars began when Hipbone Sam introduced Kirk Lonbom and Craig Wood at a last-Friday jam at Abe’s Southside Pub back i

Band Spotlight | Thursday, October 4,2012

Suit & Tie Guy

By Tom Irwin

This mysterious character lives in Chillicothe, Ill. quietly plotting intricate and intense electronic music while blithely being behind the mask of the ubiquitous suit and tie. Along with his persona

Band Spotlight | Thursday, September 27,2012

Eva Hunter Band

By Tom Irwin

A Fancy Prairie native and Athens High School graduate, Eva got her start in show business with a family band, singing with her sisters. As the emotive vocalist developed into a rhythm guitar player a

Band Spotlight | Thursday, September 20,2012

Mathien

By Tom Irwin

Began in Carbondale and molded in Chicago, the hard driving, pop-rock, soul-funk band Mathien comes back to town on the opening weekend for Donnie’s Homespun nightclub in the Vinegar Hill Mall.

Band Spotlight | Thursday, September 13,2012

The Hitmen and a Dame

By Tom Irwin

These guys have been playing the popular hits for awhile or, as the promo coyly states, “deez guyz been playing da hits of the 60s, 70s & 80s since 2001,” booking everything from bar g