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January 2019 • Volume 45, Number 02 • www.illinoisentertainer.com COVER STORY: NOTHING NOWHERE Cries for help don’t come much more urgently. Last month, brash young Saturday Night Live come- dian Pete Davidson — who had joked for months in sketches about being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder — lost any remaining shreds of humor about his often-debilitating condition. Some, like the Vermont-and-Massachusetts- reared rap-rocker Joe Mulherin, who writes and performs under the lower-case moniker nothing, nowhere, don’t bother firing any online warning shots about what they’re experiencing. They let it all out in cathartic songs, like this artist’s new stand-alone military march of a single, “Dread,” one of the most squeamishly uncomfortable anthems ever penned. And if it feels like it was torn from a private diary, that’s because it essen- tially was. Tom Lanham talked to Mulherin about his RPMs. 8 Page 22 - Nothing Nowhere HELLO MY NAME IS JOHN BUTLER Down Under folk-rocker John Butler permanently traded his urban digs in Fremantle, Australia for the relative wilderness of the southern countryside where he grew up. It wasn’t exactly as he’d remembered it. Sure, the wild kangaroos and cockatoos that already called his property home were a refreshing sight for him and his vocalist wife, Danielle Caruana, when they first arrived. “And it was great to see all this greenery around for once, and we even bought a dog, which was lovely,” he rhapsodizes. “But I live on seven acres, and there is just so much to look after there, like digging ditches, building gardens, fixing irrigation, chopping firewood. It was overwhelming.” Despite all the extra work Butler explained to Tom Lanham it was time for a rural retreat after his heavy touring schedule. File Best albums, concerts and reissues of 2018. Sweet Home Blues Lane. Cinemascopes Best of the best. 6 12 14 Media 16 Spins 20 Morning Dave. Iron Maiden, Brian Eno, the Rolling Stones and more. Calendar Over 1200 shows to see, the best bands, at the best venues. Caught In A Mosh Best metal albums of 2018. Classifieds You dumped your boyfriend's guitarist, now you're looking for another. Studiophile Way Down Wanderers in studio means a new album. Gear Epiphone's newest signature guitar. 28 34 42 45 46 Page 06 - Best of 2018: Lo Moon Publisher Advertising Sales Contributors: John Vernon Scott Assmann Mike Engel Andy Argyrakis, Guy Arnston, Penelope Biver, Patrick Conlan, Deena Dasein, Jaime de'Medici, Jeff Elbel Terrence Flamm, Steve Forstneger Michael Gallucci, Michael C. Harris, Max Herman, Tom Lanham, Carter Moss, Michael Obrecki, Greg Olma Arsenio Orteza, Rodney Pawlak, Bruce Pilato, Matthew Pollock, Jason Scales, Kelley Simms, Ed Spinelli, Tim Shockley, James Turano Contributing Editors Curt Baran Mike Meyer Tom Lanham Lori Vernon Advertising Director Design Team Notion Pool Notion Pool Dragon Design Vision Design Teknigram Graphics Senior Columnists John Vernon Website Direction David Gedge Rosalind Cummings-Yeates - Sweet Home Rick Kaempfer - Media Founder Kelley Simms - Caught In A Mosh Kenneth L. Voss David C. Eldredge - East Coast Classified Advertising Publisher Emeritis David Roberts 4 illinoisentertainer.com january 2019 SUBSCRIPTIONS: $35 per year (first class). Material for insertion must reach our office by the First Of The Month preceding publication. We cannot assume responsibility for unsolicit- ed manuscripts or photographs. Follow us online at: facebook.com/ieentertainer instagram: illinoisentertainermagazine twitter.com/ie entertainer Address All Correspondence to: Illinois Entertainer 4223 W. Lake St., Suite 201 Chicago, IL 60624 [phone] - Chicago/North Sub [phone] - West/South Suburbs [phone] - Fax email us at: Editorial: [email protected] Advertising: [email protected] The ILLINOIS ENTERTAINER is published monthly by Roberts Publishing, Inc, All materials copyright 2018 by Roberts Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced without written permission from Roberts Publishing, Inc. Current and back issues of the IE are $10.00 postpaid.