Monday’s Hors d’Oeuvres: Road Trips Vol. 2
Rhino Records and the Grateful Dead have set the way back machine to 1990 for the latest edition of Road Trips. Road Trips Volume 2 Number 1 contains highlights from the Dead’s first post-Brent run at Madison Square Garden from Fall Tour 1990. These shows are among keyboardist Vince Welnick’s first gigs with the band […]
Televised Tune: On The Tube This Week
Sacred steel ensemble The Lee Boys visit Late Night with Conan O’Brien tonight where they will perform Come On, Help Me Lift Him Up capping off a phenomenal year for the Florida-based band. You can see the high-octane guitar-infused stew the Lee’s cook up live at Sullivan Hall on Tuesday night. Monday [all times Eastern]: […]
Golden Animals – Dawn Of A New Era
Golden Animals aren’t your typical California by way of Brooklyn duo. With a sound that’s more reminiscent of The Doors than Television, the duo comprised of Tommy Eisner and Linda Beecroft released their full-length debut (Free Your Mind and Win a Pony) earlier this year and have been opening their ears with their “groovy blues” sound.
The Prentenders, I’m From Barcelona, Pink
The Shotgun is a monthly column of "shotgun" CD reviews by Glide contributor Eric Saeger. The Pretenders, Break Up the Concrete (Shangri-La Records) The only whiz-bang epithet for this occasion is The Girl’s Still Got It. It’s hard to imagine it any other way, though. Chrissie Hynde got away with an ultimate groupie trip – […]
The Walkmen Announce Winter Dates With Beach House
The Walkmen have announced a short string of dates this Winter with Baltimore duo Beach House. The five dates find the Brooklyn rockers traversing the left side of the country for the month of January. Their latest album, You & Me is out now on Gigantic Music. The Walkmen w/ Beach House Tour Dates: January […]
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Chairlift, Beirut Lined Up At Brooklyn Festival
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Chairlift, Beirut and Kaki King have all been announced to play the Sounds Like Brooklyn Music Festival, taking place in February. The event, which is billed as a celebration of Brooklyn’s musical talent, will see acts perform in 13 venues across the New York borough from February 6-7 and 12-14. […]
Guitar Hero DJ Spin-Off Due Next Year
A DJ based spin-off of the phenomenally successful Guitar Hero game is due out next year, according to reports. The DJ Hero spin-off has long been rumoured to be in the works by developers Activision, but the cat has apparently been let out of the bag by Dutch techno DJ Tiësto. A newsletter apparently from […]
Friday Mix Tape: 2008’s Best Live Albums
2008 has been a really strong year for live archival releases. Yesterday, I put together a list of my ten favorite live archival releases of 2008 and there are some exceptional albums that didn’t even make the top ten. We’ve included six tracks from that list for this week’s Friday Mix Tape. Widespread Panic kicks […]
Leftovers: Glide’s Top 20 Albums of 2008
Earlier today, our friends and partners at Glide Magazine released this year’s Glide 20 featuring their top albums of 2008. Most of my favorites have made honorable mention, but Invisible Baby, Magnificent Fiend and Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust would all be near the top of my list as well. Head over to […]
NYE News: TLG In SF / MMJ Taps Bernstein
We’re getting closer to one of our favorite live music holidays – New Year’s Eve. If you still haven’t found something to do, be sure to check out our Rolling Stone-approved New Year’s Eve 2008-2009 Concert Guide. [Photo by Matt Ziegler] I’m heading to the Garden on the 31st for the latest installment of My […]