Nada Surf Plans Spring 2008 Tour
Nada Surf’s has announced plans for their Spring 2008 tour. Starting at SXSW, the tour will see the band supporting theirforthcoming full-length release "Lucky" due out on February 5th, 2008. Nada Surf have already sold out a short five-date run in late January/early February that will take them down the west coast and end in […]
Taylor Hicks Loses Record Deal
Taylor Hicks might have won "American Idol," but he doesn’t have his record deal anymore. Taylor Hicks was boosted by his "Soul Patrol" on "American Idol." The soul singer, who claimed the "Idol" title in 2006, has apparently been dropped by J Records, a label within Sony-BMG, which signs the show’s singers. "Taylor is going […]
Feat: Led Zeppelin, Ed Harcourt, Blake Lewis, Genesis
The Shotgun is a monthly series of shotgun album reviews by Glide contributor Eric Saeger.
Radiohead Confirms U.S. Tour Cities
There’s no dates or venues yet, but Radiohead has confirmed the cities for its North American summer tour. The first leg will come prior to the band’s summer European jaunt, which begins June 6 in Dublin, while the second leg will start after the European dates end July 8 in Berlin. Radiohead last toured in […]
Rumor: Levon, Warren and Fab Faux To Join Jimmy Vivino & The Ghost of Bill Graham?
The fine folks at Brooklyn Vegan certainly caught our attention today when they posted this mind-blowing potential lineup for Thursday night’s Jimmy Vivino/Bill Graham birthday celebration at BB King’s in Times Square.
Thursday Jan 10th at BB KIng’s. “Return To The Fillmore East” With….. THE PRISONERS OF 2ND AVE Featuring: JIMMY VIVINO, RICH PAGANO + JOHN CONTE
Bill Graham Birthday Show!
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A Jimmy Vivino Birthday Celebration!With special guests and special friends …
THE FAB FAUX, LEVON HELM, WILLIE NILE, AL KOOPER, WARREN HAYNES, PAUL SHAFFER, JOHN SEBASTIAN, DAVID JOHANSEN, HUBERT SUMLIN, ROBERT GORDON, CATHERINE RUSSELL, LARRY CAMPBELL
All of these legendary performers has a long history with Vivino, so this certainly isn’t beyond the realm of possibilities. The BB King website listing for the show is playing coy, but a recent press release we received may prove it’s worth: “The evening promises to be colorful and it would be beneath us to advertise the names of current and former lineups who want to celebrate and play.”
Tickets are still available at the moment (half-price with the code ‘OFFER’). Do any of our readers out there have any inside information about this show?
Better Than Noodling: Blitzen Trapper
Face it, hipsters: Nothing beats the peak of a red-hot jam. But many of the jambands left on the scene just don’t do it for Some Dude of Hits from the Blog, so he’s here to coach us on which bands we should turn to for greatness…
Let’s face it, folks, the jamband scene is dead and decomposing. The Fat Man isn’t walking through that door; pre-hiatus Big Red isn’t walking through that door. The bands left in the wake of the once-thriving scene of the late ’90s/early aughts have either hit their ceiling, called it quits or are currently cashing in as glorified cover bands. So as we all wait for the next big thing to violently shake up the scene and make it relevant again, it’s time to broaden our horizons.
While some have resorted to labeling bands “post jam” — sorry, I almost threw up in my mouth after typing that — to sugarcoat it, I’m here to tell you there is no such thing (apologies, Mr. Greenhaus). For something to be post-anything it has have been influenced by its predecessor, and I doubt the members of bands like Wilco and My Morning Jacket were slinging veggie burritos and selling homemade blown glass out of a 1987 Chevy Shitbox in the Phish tour lot.
There are, however, exciting bands out there that should appeal to those of us rooted in classic rock and improvised jamming, groups that have opted to jump head-first into the indie-rock pool like the two mentioned above. So without any further posturing, I’d like to introduce you to the musical stylings of Portland’s own Blitzen Trapper. Read on for less lecturing and more music…
Slash-dot: Rockin’ Out with The Geeks
So just how awesome is Microsoft founder Bill Gates? This guy can apparently pick up a phone and get Slash to play some Guns ‘N Roses licks any time, anywhere. That’s what happened during Gates’ last-ever keynote address at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Check out the video, four minutes into it. […]
OK Go & Bonerama Team Up With You’re Not Alone
This Mardi Gras (February 5th), OK Go and Bonerama will release You’re Not Alone, a five-song digital EP. OK Go spent the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina recording with the New Orleans soul trombone band at Piety Street Studios deep in the city’s Upper 9th Ward. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the EP […]
Ari Hest Launches “52” – Subscription Song Service
New York Indie artist Ari Hest will launch an ambitious new project titled "52," a web-based subscription service designed to deliver a new song each week throughout 2008 to all registrants, with his first single titled "One Two." At the end of the year, Hest will compile the top tracks as voted by fans on […]
Crystal Castles Kicking Off Six Week Tour
They don’t like to show their faces, they don’t do many interviews but Toronto duo, Crystal Castles are going to get in front of a lot of people on their 6 week tour they’ve just announced. The tour is book-ended by 2 "secret location" shows. The dates, which kick off February 21 in Toronto ON, […]