Archive: 2009

This four piece shoegazing crew from Norway is a rocket blast out of the frozen north.  A Thousand Years of Deconstruction contains all the elements for future success, it has punchy fuzzed out punk (“Acid Blues” and “Son of J”), dramatic guitar interplay with dueling vocals (“Exploding Eyes”) even an acoustic come down gets an airing (“Everytime (oxygen)”).  The gravy for these disco fries is the EP’s centerpiece; an exhilarating drawn out escapade of deep space audio adventure called “Mad Mary”.

Red Hot Chili Peppers’ guitarist John Frusciante has left the band, according reports. Frusciante is said to have already been replaced by Josh Klinghoffer, states Musicradar.com. Klinghoffer toured with Red Hot Chili Peppers, still featuring Frusciante, in 2007. "Josh Klinghoffer has been playing with the group for a couple of months now," a source close […]

The aughts have been quite the decade for Eric Clapton fans, as Slowhand has been going through a career renaissance having reunited with both Cream and his former Blind Faith band mate Steve Winwood for separate tours. The guitarist has also dug deeper into his back catalog during his solo shows some of which featured […]

This rock epic was originally released in 1975 on the Queen Album A Night At The Opera. According to allmusic.com, the album was the most expensive rock record ever made at the time. They also have this to say…

The first single from the record, “Bohemian Rhapsody,” became Queen’s signature song, and with its bombastic, mock-operatic structure punctuated by heavy metal riffing, it encapsulates their music. It also is the symbol for their musical excesses — the song took three weeks to record, and there were so many vocal overdubs on the record that it was possible see through the tape at certain points. To support “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Queen shot one of the first conceptual music videos, and the gamble paid off as the single spent nine weeks at number one in the England, breaking the record for the longest run at number one.

The Contestants:

California Guitar Trio: Leading off this week is our only instrumental rendition. Bohemian Rhapsody is a very popular cover and there were many other instrumental versions out there, but of the few I listened to – this one is the best. Source: Echoes

Some video of California Guitar Trio:

READ ON for the scoop on the rest of this week’s contestants…

I’ve got good news and I’ve got bad news. The good news is we’re about to peep a video of Bonnie Raitt singing Dirty Work with Steely Dan at Shoreline back in 2006. The bad news is that the clip only contains about half of the song and there’s an annoying woman yapping next to […]

The lineup for the the 2010 New Orleans Jazz Fest has been announced with the Allman Brothers Band, My Morning Jacket, Aretha Franklin, Widespread Panic, The Neville Brothers, B.B. King, Jeff Beck and Van Morrison topping the bill.

The full list of Jazz Fest performers is absolutely massive. Take a look…

APRIL 23 – 25 (1st WEEKEND)

Artist TBA, Lionel Richie, Allman Brothers Band, My Morning Jacket, Anita Baker, Dr. John, Darius Rucker, The Black Crowes, Steel Pulse, Johnny Lang, Band of Horses, The Levon Helm Band, Drake, Keely Smith, Baaba Maal, George Clinton and Parliament/Funkadelic, Imagination Movers, Ledisi, King Sunny Ade & His African Beats, Better Than Ezra, Blind Boys of Alabama, Elvin Bishop, funky Meters, Sax for Stax featuring Gerald Albright, Kirk Whalum, and Jeff Lorber, Marcia Ball, Shawn Colvin, Pastor Smokie Norful, Terence Blanchard, Cowboy Mouth, The Campbell Brothers, Chocolate Milk, Sam Bush,

READ ON for the rest of the 2010 Jazz Fest lineup…

Words: Stanch

The band that took the stage Friday night in Newmarket, NH at Stone Church, one of northern New England’s legendary live music meccas, might have been confused for a group in the middle of a long national tour.

They seemed relaxed as they cruised workman-like through their high-energy opening number. As it ended and the front-man leaned into the mic and said simply, “It’s great to be back in the Stone Church,” one might have thought that these six musicians (billed as “Old School Percy Hill”) had last played the venue in the summer. If so, it was in the summer of 1996.

Depending on your metrics, the now defunct Percy Hill endured as many as seven lineup changes between the release of their first album (Setting The Boat Adrift -1993) and that of the much acclaimed Color In Bloom (1998).

While each version had its defenders and detractors, many argued it was “Old School Percy Hill” – the version that played on Friday (guitarists Tom Powley and Joe Farrell, brothers keyboardist Nate Wilson and percussionist Zack Wilson, drummer Dylan Halacy, and bassist Jeremy Hill), which cemented the band’s place in early jamband lore. Shortly after the release of Setting The Boat Adrift, the “Old School” lineup was born when original drummer Tim Leavy left the band and was replaced by the frenetic and high energy Dylan Halacy. That lineup would last until 1996 when original bassist (and Percy Hill namesake) Jeremy Hill departed.

READ ON for the rest of Stanch’s take on Old School Percy Hill…

Under One Beat Entertainment is thrilled to announce a three-night series of Phish After-Party shows at the White Room in Miami, FL, December 28-30. The musical line-up features some of the best dubstep, electro and IDM acts in the country, including Break Science, Boombox and Eoto. Also on the bill are many of Miami’s top […]

As we all know, it’s damn near impossible to blow up on the jamband scene, so don’t let Steez fool you. After releasing their first feature length debut this past August, Creepfunk Crusade, the funky Madison kids did crack their first issue of Relix; get named New Groove of the Month on Jambands, receive a nod as one of the ten most influential Madison bands of the decade; and are currently in the running studio album of the year on the Homegrown Music Network, but that all comes after six years of pounding the pavement

Danger Mouse, aka Brian Burton, and James Mercer of The Shins have teased that they’ve begun work on a new project- temporarily titled Broken Bells. A Sony/Columbia newsletter went out earlier today with some cryptic info, fancy animations, and binary code. Once translated, the code revealed a message- "The high road is hard to find." […]