Gram Parsons with The Flying Burrito Bros: Live at the Avalon Ballroom 1969 (Archives Vol. 1)
omprised of approximately ninety minutes of rare concert recordings on two CDs, Live at The Avalon Ballroom 1969 is a formidable set of recordings documenting an ever so fleeting phase of Gram Parsons’ career.
Gov’t Mule: Beacon Theater, New York, NY 12/28/07
Gov’t Mule began their annual New Year's run at the Beacon Theater on Friday December, 28th. Opening with “Brighter Days,” one of their High & Mighty tunes that usually appears much later in the show, they immediately threw their fans an even bigger curveball with Robert Johnson's “32/20 Blues.”
Mick Jones – Clashing To Carbon/Silicon
Mick Jones, former Clash lead guitarist and vocalist, would never have imagined that he would be considered a punk icon, no less a major part of a legendary band. The whole concept is overwhelming as he says, “I try to ignore all of that otherwise my head will explode.” Almost six years ago, Jones teamed up with his old bandmate and fellow punk legend, Tony James (Sigue Sigue Sputnik/Generation X) to create Carbon/Silicon. These days, Jones seems fulfilled to the point where just making music is enough. Getting there though, has been a trip and a half…
The Shins’ Marty Crandall Assaults ‘Top Model’ Girlfriend
Marty Crandall, keyboardist with The Shins has been arrested in California following a violent incident involving his girlfriend. Crandall (pictured far left) was taken into police custody in Sacramento, CA on Friday night (January 4) after a domestic violence dispute in a hotel room. According to a Live Journal blog posted by Crandall’s girlfriend Elyse […]
James McMurtry Delivers Just Us Kids
Lightning Rod Records will release singer/songwriter James McMurtry’s new CD, titled Just Us Kids, on April 15, 2008. McMurtry’s ninth album, which features 12 new songs, is a follow-up to 2005’s critically acclaimed and award-winning project, Childish Things. McMurtry has long been known as fine storyteller, but he has lately received nationwide attention for his […]
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks Map Spring Tour Dates
Stephen Malkmus and his band, The Jicks, have mapped out the first leg of a spring headlining tour in support of their forthcoming new LP, "Real Emotional Trash." The former Pavement frontman and crew (which still includes former Sleater-Kinney drummer Janet Weiss) will kick off the tour on March 19 in Minneapolis and runs through […]
The Black Crowes Performing Warpaint In Entirety On Select Dates
For the first time in their 18-year career, THE BLACK CROWES will perform an album of theirs in its entirety. On a special run of "One Night Only" shows beginning March 2 and wrapping March 20, fans will experience WARPAINT–the group’s first album of all new studio material in seven years, due out March 4 […]
Televised Tune: On the Tube This Weekend
Crowded House mixes their classics with tunes from their latest album during their first appearance on Austin City Limits. The band’s come back with a vengeance after an 11-year layoff and is preparing to enter the studio to record a batch of new songs with Matt Sherrod on drums. The folks at ACL have kindly […]
Pullin’ ‘Tubes: Sweet Child of Vishnu
We’re sure this one’s making the rounds virally, but our main man Coach just alerted us to a spectacular piece of video. You may have seen Sweet Child O’ Mine through the years covered by Texas, Sheryl Crow, Most Precious Blood, Akasha featuring Neneh Cherry, Schmoof, Flat Pack, Luna, Chester the Pup, Dead Tongues, DJ […]
Friday Mix Tape: Test Run with Imeem
Like my cool Uncle Frank back in the day, we’ve been playing around with imeem behind closed doors, probing its parts and figuring out what buttons to press. So instead of offering up our regular Friday mediafire-type download that requires you to take a few extra steps to listen, allow us to present our first […]