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July 2021 • Volume 47 , Number 09 • www . illinoisentertainer . com

COVER STORY : RISE : RISE AGAINST AGAINST

For the members of Rise Against , the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on the live event industry in 2020 provided something wholly unfamiliar for the band : downtime . “ It ' s kinda madness , when you look back on it all and think about what we did , and then managed to create this band and all the albums we made , but still raise families and have some semblance of normalcy ,” frontman Tim McIlrath affirms , reflecting on Rise Against ’ s nonstop schedule of writing , recording , and touring for a solid two decades . “ Like there ' s a lot of different balls that you ' re juggling . And so , yeah , the pandemic was like a good moment to kind of give ourselves permission , to kind of like ... I think we needed that year off , and we were never going to give it to ourselves .” After the unplanned year off , the members of Rise Against are ready to get back to what they do best : delivering connection and community from the stage to scores of passionate fans . Jaime de ' Medici caught up with frontman Tim McIlrath and bassist Joe Principe to discuss their new record Nowhere Generation , connecting with a new generation of fans , and Rise Against ' s official mayoral recognition in their hometown of Chicago .

HELLO MY NAME IS BILLY

You ’ ve got to hand it to storied Cult guitarist Billy Duffy — he doesn ’ t bury the lede when it comes to late-breaking news stories . Only a minute into a recent phone call to discuss Coloursound — the ephemeral side project he and Alarm vocalist Mike Peters launched , then abandoned with a single album back in 1998 , which jolted back to lockdown life with a new Coloursound II followup — and he goes right for the topical jugular . He ’ ll be returning to his native Britain in a few weeks , he says , before announcing his secret reason for spending much of his pandemic in Los Angeles . “ I ’ ve been here for a little while , kind of writing and working on some Cult stuff , so I ’ ve been fairly busy ,” During the pandemic downtime , he and Peters picked up the long-dormant Coloursound dialogue from 1998 and carried it into new folk / metal heights . Tom Lanham spoke to Billy in " Hello My Name is ..."

MOOG SOUND STUDIO REVIEWED

This box should come with a warning label because it ’ s a gateway to electronic obsession and willingly lost hours of exploration from which you may never return . The Moog Sound Studio is an all-in-one , Eurorack-compatible kit that welcomes all ages and experience levels . Moog ’ s small Werkstatt-01 reissued last year offered a compelling introduction to the basic concepts of analog synthesis . Still , Moog Sound Studio explodes that tutorial experience into Technicolor with a much deeper dive inspiring into tools that can be put to practical use in musical settings . There are obvious applications for genres , including electronica , EDM , hip-hop , ambient , revisionist new wave , alt-rock , and more . The price point may intimidate those with only passing interest , but the bang for your buck is substantial . This organized bundle will quickly have you creating otherworldly sounds . Jeff Elbel reviewed Moog ' s newest must-have .

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File : Billy Duffy

Our interview with the legendary guitarist from The Cult and Coloursound

Cinemascopes

Summer Movie Preview , part II .

Media

Joan Esposito is WCPT ' s local progressive stalwart .

Spins

Wolf Alice , The Wedding Present , Jonathan Richman and more

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