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Curt Baran
Albums John Vernon
Albums
1. PUP Morbid Stuff (Rise)
2. Tool Fear Inoculum (Tool Disectional)
3. Lana Del Rey Norman Fucking Rockwell (Interscope)
4. Angel Olsen All Mirrors (Jagjaguwar)
5. Billie Eilish When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We
Go? (Interscope)
6. Big Thief U.F.O.F./Two Hands (4AD)
7. Mannequin Pussy Patience (Epitaph)
8. Sharon Van Etten Remind Me Tomorrow (Jagjaguwar)
9. Black Midi Schlagenheim (Rough Trade)
10. Jenny Lewis On The Line (Warner Bros.) 1. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Ghosteen (Self)
2. Sam Fender Hypersonic Missles (Polydor)
3. Toronzo Cannon The Preacher, The Politician Or The
Pimp (Alligator)
4. Angel Olson All Mirrors (Jagjaguwar)
5. Brittany Howard Jaime (ATO)
6. The Twilight Sad It Won't Be Like This All the Time
(Rock Action)
7. Stick Figure World on Fire (Ruffwood)
8. The Specials Encore (Universal)
9. Dessa Sound The Bells: Live (Doomtree)
Jeff Elbel
Concerts
1. Cage the Elephant Huntington Bank Pavilion (July 31)
2. King Crimson Auditorium Theatre (Sept 25)
3. Bob Dylan Credit Union 1 Arena (Oct 30)
4. Mott the Hoople Chicago Theatre (Apr 3)
5. Saga Arcada Theatre, St. Charles (Oct 16)
6. Mark Knopfler Chicago Theatre (Sept 1)
7. Andrew Bird The Green Mill (April 2)
8. Neko Case Vic Theatre (April 27)
9. The Magpie Salute Metro (Jan 26)
10. The Flat Five FitzGerald’s (Apr 13)
10. Gary Clark Jr. This Land (Warner Bros)
Best Of Local Artists
IE Staff
Signal The Launch
Wilmette
Twin Peaks
Way Down Wanderers
Curt Baran
Concerts
1. Janelle Monae Lollapalooza (Aug 2)
2. Sharon Van Etten Thalia Hall (Feb 5)
3. Tool United Center (Nov 3)
4. Sleater-Kinney Riviera Theatre (Oct 18)
5. Lizzo Riviera Theatre (May 3)
6. Idles Lollapalooza (Aug 2)
7. Black Midi Pitchfork Music Festival (July 21)
8. The Distillers Metro (May 22)
9. JPEGMAFIA Pitchfork Music Festival (July 21)
10. Billie Eilish United Center (June 6)
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Tiny Kingdoms
The JAB
Monarchy Over Monday
Way Down
Wanderers
Jeff Lescher
The Safes
Dead Original
Whitney
Varaha
Signal The Launch
Jeff Elbel
Reissues Kelley Simms
Metal Albums
1. The Beatles Abbey Road (Apple)
2. Pink Floyd The Later Years: 1987-2019 (Columbia)
3. The Kinks Arthur (BMG/Abkco)
4. The Rolling Stones Let it Bleed (Abkco)
5. The Band The Band (Capitol/UMe)
6. The Zombies Complete Studio Recordings (Varese Vintage)
7. The Replacements Dead Man’s Pop (Sire)
8. R.E.M. Monster (Craft)
9. Paul McCartney Egypt Station Explorer’s Edit. (Capitol)
10. U2 The Unforgettable Fire (Island/Universal) 1. Cattle Decapitation Death Atlas (Metal Blade)
2. Nile Vile Nilotic Rites (Nuclear Blast)
3. Opeth In Cauda Venenum (Nuclear Blast)
4. Blood Incantation Hidden History of the Human Race
(Dark Descent)
5. Mayhem Daemon (Century Media)
6. Possessed Revelations of Oblivion (Nuclear Blast)
7. Suicidal Angels Years of Aggression (NoiseArt)
8. Crypt Sermon The Ruins of Fading Light (Dark Descent)
9. Flotsam and Jetsam The End of Chaos (AFM)
10. Devin Townsend Empath (HevyDevy/Inside Out)