Music Profile

Brent Bader, Columnist
March 21, 2013
Filed under A&E, Featured A&E, Music

Many traits and interests are passed from one generation to the next and these hobbies instilled in us from childhood usually play a large role in our development, and in David Mills’ case this was music.  His father instilled in him an interest in music, specifically the guitar, but eventually Mills... Read more »

Irish Night fund-rasier features Chicago band

IV Leader Staff
February 23, 2013
Filed under A&E, Music

The Larkin and Moran Brothers band of Chicago will return to the Illinois Valley for the first time in three years when they play for the Illinois Valley Community College Foundation’s ninth annual Irish Night celebration Saturday, Feb. 23 at the Knights of Columbus, 209 Gooing St., La Salle. Doors... Read more »

Local band turns on amp for farewell performance

Kyle Russell, IV Leader staff
December 11, 2012
Filed under A&E, Music

Before shooting photos or reporting for any event there are always a lot of preparations that swamp your mind. Are the cameras packed, did I charge the batteries, do I have my notebook for the interviews? For once I can honestly say that these questions were the last thoughts on my mind as I was cruising... Read more »

Joan Jett still has it

Jessie Winchel, IV Leader columnist
November 6, 2012
Filed under A&E, Music

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts performed at Lawrenceburg Festival, a free music festival in Lawrenceburg, Ind., on Sept. 29. It took a total of a 12-hour drive and a night in a hotel to see the wonderful rock star for only an hour and a half, but it was well worth it. She played a ton of new songs... Read more »

Album impresses students

Kyle Russell, IV Leader columnist
November 6, 2012
Filed under A&E, Music

In the hardcore music scene it is very hard to find a single stand out album that has the potential to completely blow my mind. There are the albums that have one or two decent songs on them and then there are albums that I just have to own for the sake of having the original copy of the CD. Well... Read more »

August Burns Red changes views on metal

Kyle Russell, IVLeader Columnist
September 4, 2012
Filed under A&E, Featured A&E, Music

When you think of Manheim, Pa., a town of a mere 4,800 residents, you wouldn’t usually think of it being home to one of the bigger up and coming metalcore bands of the era, but that was destiny from the second that August Burns Red first took to the stage. It was the classic story of five friends... Read more »

IVCC Choir to begin rehearsals

Matthew Gerding, IV Leader Editor
August 14, 2012
Filed under A&E, Music, News

IVCC’s choir will begin holding rehearsals Aug. 20 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in room B223 under the direction of Norm Engstrom. Rehearsals will be Mondays and are open to anyone in the IVCC district who wants to join. “I like to work with different types of music and in the fall term it is mostly... Read more »

Music reflects changing roles of women over time

Katie Millard, IV Leader Columnist
April 26, 2012
Filed under A&E, Music

Editor’s Note: The following column contains song lyrics that some readers might consider offensive. The roles which women have been allowed by society to embody have changed drastically, even within the last 50 or 60 years. Women may question their roles because of what they see portrayed by the... Read more »

What Are You Listening To?

Haley Petre, IV Leader Staff
April 5, 2012
Filed under A&E, Music

The music that people choose to listen to has always been something that has interested me. I constantly talk to my friends and family about what they're listening to and can be found sneaking onto their iPods to check out their most played songs. I recently found out that the IV Leader used to have... Read more »

Student Meets Up With Indie Band

Ty Noel, Collumnist
March 2, 2012
Filed under Music

Why You Should Know As a Heart Attack By: Ty Noel In the past week I recently got in contact with the members of the band As A Heart Attack while they were in the studio recording a new EP. Once together and ready to go, the group put their heads together and braved the barrage of questions I threw... Read more »