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May 2021 • Volume 47 , Number 07 • www . illinoisentertainer . com

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COVER STORY : DEL AMITRI
Over the years , Justin Currie seems to have survived the turbulent music industry on his shrewd wits alone . And he does not suffer any less street-savvy fools gladly . Take , for example , when the Del Amitri frontman was padding his income a few years ago , working part time as a bartender in his native Glasgow . “ I wouldn ’ t spike their drinks or anything , but if I didn ’ t like people , I would give them three times the amount of alcohol in their cocktails than they were expecting ,” he snickers , while calling to discuss his band ’ s thought-provoking new janglefest Fatal Mistakes , out May 14 . “ So by the time they came back for their third one , they were basically unconscious — it was very satisfying . They got drunk so quickly because I was giving ‘ em so much booze that they just went home , which was great .” Tom Lanham spoke to the Scottish rock legend .
HELLO MY NAME IS FOXES Phoning from her native England recently , Louisa Rose Allen admitted that over a year of on-again , off-again pandemic lockdown had essentially ground her life to a screeching halt . “ It ’ s like a rollercoaster that ’ s just not moving , isn ’ t it ?” she asked rhetorically , adding a wry chuckle for punctuation . Because the existential irony certainly is not lost on her — at the beginning of 2017 , this songwriter / model who records and performs as Foxes had already watched her career shut down , of her own carefully-planned volition . Only a few years earlier , her name was everywhere — long before her chart-topping 2014 debut Glorious was released , she had won an actual Best Dance Recording Grammy for “ Clarity .” In 2016 , she reckoned that what she need was a long , relaxing break from showbiz , until she recently returned with a punchy synthtropical single , “ Love Not Loving You ,” also featured on her new seventrack comeback EP , Friends In the Corner . Foxes were happy to map out the trail that led her into her den and then back out again . Tom Lanham talked to the English songstress about her new music .
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Our interview with English songstress Foxes .
Cinemascopes
Spring Movie Preview .
Media
Dash making waves at The Mix .
Spins
Liquid Soul , Pink Floyd and more .
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" THE WHO SELL OUT " REISSUE REVIEWED
The Who ’ s third album The Who Sell Out arrived in December 1967 , hailed as a triumph that fulfilled the pop potential of debut My Generation . The album endures as a top-flight mod-era touchstone , even if author Pete Townshend himself once dismissed it as a “ ragbag of an album .” For context , consider that Sell Out followed quickly on the heels of the Beatles ’ Sgt . Pepper ’ s Lonely Hearts Club Band , the Beach Boys ’ Pet Sounds , the Kinks ’ Something Else , and Hendrix ’ Axis : Bold as Love , with many critics at the time declaring the Who ’ s collection to be the year ’ s best album . Arriving between A Quick One and the groundbreaking Tommy , Sell Out was a pause between Townshend ’ s ambitious rock opera efforts while engaging a different sort of concept . The album ’ s enduring singles are led by the anthemic expression of karmic revenge “ I Can See For Miles ” with its showcase for Keith Moon ’ s manic drumming and Townshend ’ s slashing power chords . The program is interspersed with radio bumpers and advertising jingles , casting the album as a pirate radio broadcast – a radio format outlawed in the UK only months prior to Sell Out ’ s release . Products both real and imagined are promoted in Sell Out ’ s songs and artwork . Jeff Elbel reviewed what many consider the Who ' s best album .
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