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February 2017 • Volume 43, Number 04 • www. illinoisentertainer. com
COVER STORY: TOVE LO
Tove Lo was always the edgy kid on the playground who accepted any dares, and she stunned her folks by switching to Sweden’ s arts-centered high school, Rytmus Musikergymnasiet. After graduation, she was soon sculpting hits for others, like Girls Aloud and Icona Pop( whose singer Caroline Hjelt had befriended her at Rytmus). Then she was invited into her country’ s most elite songwriting collective, producer Max Martin’ s secretive Wolf Cousins, which earned her Grammy and Golden Globe nominations for her work on Ellie Goulding’ s " Love Me Like You Do." IE ' s Tom Lanham finds out where her head was at when producing her provocative second record, Lady Wood.
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HELLO MY NAME IS... TIMOTHY
Tom Lanham learned Poco and Eagles bassist Timothy B. Schmit believes he’ s lived an unusually charmed life, for which he’ s incredibly grateful.“ So there are times when I’ m bitching and moaning and complaining about mundane stuff, and I have to sometimes tell myself,‘ Whoa! You have nothing to complain about!’” Schmit discussed late Eagles band member Glenn Frey, and his new album arriving this month.
OVERKILL
New Jersey ' s“ Wrecking Crew” and old guard thrash metal kings, Overkill are back with their 18th album, The Grinding Wheel on February 10th. The 2017 line-up features members vocalist Bobby“ Blitz” Ellsworth, bassist D. D. Verni, guitarists Dave Linsk and Derek Tailer and drummer Ron Lipnicki, and energized. Kelley Simms talked to Bobby about their return to the Windy City at Concord Hall on February 17.
File
Protest songs and vinyl phones.
Cinema Scopes
Oscar! Oscar!
Media
XRT ' s Vinyl wizard.
Sweet Home
Blues Angel.
Spins
Frank Zappa, The Flaming Lips and The xx.
Calendar
Over 1200 shows and 2000 bands in February.
Caught In A Mosh
DevilDriver ' s Dev talked to IE.
Classifieds
You dumped your boyfriend ' s vocalist, now you ' re looking for another.
Studiophile
What ' s going on at Rax Trax, Gravity and Bennet Road studios.
Gear
Chicago ' s Hamer returns, kinda.
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