Archive: 2006

You’ve likely seen the smiling faces behind the Rock the Earth booth at numerous shows and festivals across the nation. An environmental advocacy organization born from and serving the music community, with a staff of volunteers recruited from the music community, the projects upon which the legal and technical staff work are suggested by artists and their fans. Outreach, education, canvassing and membership solicitation is done in conjunction with the music community — at concerts and festivals throughout North America

Superfly Productions and A.C. Entertainment have announced the dates for the sixth annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. The four-day weekend will take place June 14 – 17 at the usual location, a 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, 60 miles southeast of Nashville. A limited quantity of discounted early-bird tickets will be available before the […]

In the below posting on Ween’s website, Gene and Dean are back at work on a new album, set for release sometime in 2007. we have a lot of demos of new material (and we’re  still writing more) and have pretty much picked  out the keeper songs with our producer Andrew  Weiss. Andrew is currently […]

Son Volt is preparing to release its fifth full-length, "The Search," on March 6 via Transmit Sound/Legacy. The follow-up to 2005’s "Okemah and the Melody of Riot," "The Search" was produced by frontman Jay Farrar, who suggests that the title is indicative of the band’s increasingly diversified sound. "The Search" finds Son Volt toying with […]

Loss and loneliness are at the core of Lucinda Williams’ eighth album, "West," slated to be released Feb. 13 via Lost Highway. The disc finds the critically acclaimed singer/songwriter coping with another painful breakup and the passing of her mother, whom she reminisces in songs like "Mama You Sweet" and "Fancy Funeral." In such songs […]

With the release on ‘The Trials of Van Occupanther’ earlier this year Midlake has been lauded as one of the most unique and refreshing bands of recent memory.   They’ve been widely held up as a favorite new band by the likes of Thom Yorke, Beck, Danny Masterson (of That 70’s Show), Jason Lee (My Name […]

Friday, December 08, 2006 The Crash So, we got on the bus after doing a show at The House of Blues San Diego as part of The Coup/Mr. Lif tour. As the bus took off, I thought that I would go lay in my bunk, listen to my Ipod, and write. But then Zhara, Mr. Lif’s […]

Thanks to the headiest message board in town, the glorious PhantasyTour, we’ve got a great sample of Mike Gordon playing bass with Victor Wooten’s band on 12/5/06. “What’s his name? What’s his name? Mike Gordon, Mike Gordon.” Cactus with Victor Wooten’s Soul Circus at Higher Ground I kinda wish Victor and Mike had a more […]

This week dragged on and on, but we’ve finally made it to Friday. I wanted to raise the bar higher this week with plenty of links, so let’s get down to business: Trey Anastasio is also trying to raise the bar with his latest round of shows Another preview of Trey’s weekend shows in San […]

If you’re looking for something productive to do today around noon, tune in XPN.org to stream a live performance from unsung singer/songwriter Chris Harford and The Band of Changes. Sitting in with the talented Mr. Harford today will be Dean and Gene Ween, Diamond Dave Dreiwitz, Scott Metzger and Young Eric Slick. Ya know, I was looking to […]