Archive: 2010

The Bridge will release their fifth studio album National Bohemian on February 1, 2011 through Woodberry Records/Thirty Tigers. For its latest effort, the Baltimore-based six-piece enlisted Grammy Award-winning producer and Los Lobos multi-instrumentalist Steve Berlin to join the band behind the boards. Ranging from the sonically dense, voodoo-tinged rock of "Sanctuary" to the modern day […]

The Mountain Goats have confirmed the March 29 release of ‘All Eternals Deck,’ their debut album for Merge Records. As with their last album, ‘The Life of the World To Come,’ the group treated the recording sessions as commando raids on several studios with a few different producers: four songs at North Carolina’s Fidelitorium with […]

Gorillaz are set to release a new album on Christmas Day as a free download. Damon Albarn is planning to release the record, recorded on his iPad, through his band’s online advent calendar, through which he has been handing out digital goodies at Gorillaz.com since the start of this month. His Gorillaz partner Jamie Hewlett […]

For the past six months there’s been lots of rumors floating around about a potential Phish festival at Watkins Glen over the Fourth of July Weekend. Today, the print edition of Corning, NY’s The Leader newspaper included an article on the potential concerts that featured a few quotes from WGI president Michael Printup. [Article in […]

PBS, a band formed by bassist George Porter Jr., drummer Russell Batiste and guitarist Brian Stoltz, broke up late in 2009 after what Porter described as un-music-related bullshit. Back in January on Jam Cruise, Porter told us that he loved playing with those guys, but just couldn’t deal with all the headaches on the business […]

Furthur bassist Phil Lesh is no stranger to the world of internet message boards. He’s posted on the PhilZone.org message board in the past including a visit in March, where he told fans about the circumstances behind Jay Lane’s departure from Furthur. This past Saturday night, Phil and his wife Jill headed to the less friendly confines of the RatDog.org message board and had an interesting three-hour visit, in which they posted 32 posts at that forum for the seemingly defunct Bob Weir-led band.

Phil and Jill started off by announcing that Furthur.net will host a message board of its own and took a shot at a few RatDog.org community members who have bashed Furthur and Phil in the past…

Hey, gang;

It’s a slow Saturday here, so we thought we’d log on and let you know that in the coming weeks, Furthur will be inaugurating our new community message board soon, and we’d like to invite the Ratdog community to join us there. Some of Furthur’s team will be available online to answer questions and discuss any issues that may arise in the community. furthur.net will have details soon.

This music can only exist in a harmonious balance between the energies of the band and the audience. Negative energy clogs the channels of communication, unbalancing the energy. We really want to keep a positive tone at our shows and on this new board, so we’d appreciate it if any negative sentiments or issues could be dealt with face to face. We travel constantly, and would be very happy to meet with anyone who wants to man or woman up and trash us to our faces.

Wheelman?
Rutil8ed?
You game?

Phil and Jill

After going back and forth with “Wheelman” for a bit, Phil and Jill took turns answering some questions from a few of the community members. READ ON for a summary of their responses from the lengthy thread…

Yesterday, Daft Punk revealed their official video for Derezzed (via MTV), the most quintessentially “Daft Punk” song on the soundtrack for the upcoming movie sequel, Tron: Legacy. Fans of the old school arcade game will appreciate this, as it pays homage to the original Tron video game with the jousting & futuristic motorbikes. Daft Punk’s […]

Umphrey’s McGee guitarists Jake Cinninger and Brendan Bayliss treated Chicago fans to a set filled with interesting covers, holiday songs and originals from UM’s repertoire at Park West for their Eighth Annual Acoustic Christmas Show this past Friday night.  The performance was a benefit for USTORM – a non-profit organization aimed at raising funds to […]

Southern living is good living.  Backyard barbecues, little league baseball, red clay dirt, and porch swings.  The days are warm, the nights are warmer, and good vibes abound.  Such is the mood conjured by Athens, Georgia-based singer-songwriter Adam Klein on his latest release, Wounded Electric Youth. 

AC/DC: High-Voltage Rock 'n' Roll: The Ultimate Illustrated History by Phil Sutcliffe is all that you want out of a hardcover/coffee table book:  pictures galore.  And like AC/DC’s power chord repetitive formula, this illustrated history is quite simple to read: big letters, big pictures and big pages.