Archive: 2008

Approximately a month after returning from the historic adventure to the Great Pyramid (captured on Rocking the Cradle Egypt 1978), the Grateful Dead staged a grand gesture of homecoming in the form of a three-night run at Winterland Arena. Little did they know at the time, these shows would be their last at the venue until they closed it at the end of the year or that these recordings of the October performances, thirty years later, would form the basis for the fourth installment of Road Trips.

Death Cab For Cutie, Snoop Dogg, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, Dashboard Confessional, Broken Social Scene and Girl Talk lead the bill for the seventh Langerado Music Festival, to be held March 6-8 at Bicentennial Park in Miami.Thievery Corporation, Slightly Stoopid, Flogging Molly, Chromeo, Mute Math, Black Kids, Gym Class Heroes, the Faint, the Pogues, […]

Indie rock act Akron/Family will release its fourth album in April through Dead Oceans/Secretly Canadian, Billboard.com has learned. The as-yet-untitled set is the follow-up to 2007’s "Love Is Simple" and is the first studio recording the group has done as a three piece."There were other record labels that we liked, but Dead Oceans/Secretly Canadian/Jagjaguwar was […]

Trent Reznor has said Nine Inch Nails’ 2009 gigs will be their last "for the foreseeable future". Writing on nin.com, Reznor offered little explanation as to why the band would stop touring, but did say he wanted to try a "different approach" to playing live. "This was an amazing tour and production – certainly the […]

U.K. rock act Blur will reform for an open-air show in London’s Hyde Park next summer. The band has been on hiatus following the campaign for its album "Think Tank" (Parlophone).The Hyde Park show takes place on July 3 and is promoted by Live Nation and Metropolis Music, in association with CMO management and booking […]

After three years, Steve Kimock announces his new nationally touring band, Steve Kimock Crazy Engine. This is Kimock unleashed. The ensuing revelry featuring Melvin Seals on Hammond B3, will push the boundaries of rock and roll, rhythm, gospel and soul for undeniably feel-good music.

We’re getting very excited to check out Rich Pagano’s full-length CD after hearing the three song EP he’s been giving out through his website and at Fab Faux shows. Rich recently shared an update about the new disc… A bit of gossip: Ian Hunter’s vocal – Ian was so enthusiastic to sing a verse on […]

Remember G.E. Smith? You remember, long blond hair, a jaw line that is kindly referred to as ‘chiseled’ and enough guitar playing talent to be the de facto band leader whenever he plays anything, even the radio. Sure you remember him. He toured for years with Hall & Oates. Led the Saturday Night Live Band for about ten years. Heck, I think he was even married to Gilda Radner about that same time. Played with Dylan, Jagger, and Bowie. He even led the house band at Live Aid back in ’85. Yeah, THAT G.E. Smith.

Well, he’s taken on a new persona in 2008. He is forever on to be known as “Hardwood Moonalice”, tireless guitarist and bass guitarist for Moonalice. Moonalice, according to legend, is a Native American tribe that dates back to the beginning of time. They were nomadic hemp farmers whose clans were called bands.

You see where this is going already, don’t you?

Moonalice, the band, played the Aladdin Theater the other night as opening act for the New Riders Of The Purple Sage. I was pumped for the headliner, but was blown away by the nomadic minstrels who came on first. The current Moonalice line up include the following, in no particular order: Jesus H Moonalice (the incredible Barry Sless) on bass, guitar and pedal steel, Sir Sinjin Moonalice (Pete Sears, from Hot Tuna, Rod Stewart Band, Jefferson Starship et al.) on bass and keys, Blue Moonalice (Ann McNamee) on vocals and percussion, Chubby Wombat Moonalice (Roger McNamee) on guitar, bass, and finally, Dawnman Moonalice (Jimmy Sanchez) on drums.

READ ON for more about the New Riders and Moonalice at the Aladdin…

We have to give credit where credit is do with today’s ‘Tubes selection. Six months back when the HT Staff dropped their favorite albums from the first half of the year, Rupert piqued my interest by touting The Midnight Organ Fight from the curiously named Scottish band Frightened Rabbit. While the album is a bit […]

This week Stormy Monday brings the funk, kicking off with Herbie Hancock’s super-bad, late night, chick-a-wah classic Doin’ It from Secrets, which really marks the end of his seventies fusion collection.  Another stellar fusionist, master of the backbeat Idris Muhammad, gives his take on Hendrix’s Power of Soul, with a full complement of horns and […]