Archive: 2010

Pixies frontman Black Francis has announced that he is releasing a new solo-album called ‘NonStopErotik’. The follow-up to 2008’s ‘Svn Fngrs’, ‘NonStopErotik’ was co-produced by Eric Drew Feldman and will be released on April 5. The tracklisting for ‘NonStopErotik’ is as follows: ‘Lake of Sin’ ‘O My Tidy Sum’ ‘Rabbits’ ‘Wheels’ ‘Dead Man’s Curve’ ‘Corrina’ […]

U2 have revealed that they have begun work on a new album. The follow-up to 2009’s ‘No Line On The Horizon’, the as-yet-untitled album is set to be "really special". "We are working on a lot of new songs," The Edge told EW.com. "Some of them are really, really happy. We’re convinced that we have […]

The National have confirmed their first shows of the new decade. Highlights include their biggest headlining shows to date in NYC and London at Radio City Music Halland Royal Albert Hall respectively, a performance with Pavement in Paris, and additional US dates on both coasts with more to be announced soon.Prior to the kick off […]

Mike and his band will embark on an 8-date March Tour beginning March 5th in Troy, NY and ending March 14th in Lebanon, NH. The headlining club tour features a returnto the Theatre of the Living Arts in Philadelphia and first time stops at Rams Head Live! in Baltimore, Jefferson Theatre in Charlottesville, and Revolution […]

The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien came to an end way too soon last night on NBC. After a heart-felt and inspiring speech about be thankful for what NBC has done for him over the past 20 years, O’Brien welcomed a supergroup made up of the Max Weinberg 7, Beck, Ben Harper and Billy Gibbons […]

In an announcement today posted on its website, The Rothbury Music Festival, has been canceled for 2010. During the past three years, all of us involved with ROTHBURY have greatly appreciated the tremendous outpouring of support for the future of the festival.  For 2010, we have had to make the tough decision to postpone our […]

I had already started planning my trip out to Rothbury, MI for the third annual Rothbury Music Festival which many thought would take place over the July 4th weekend. Sadly, the news just came down through the fest’s website that there won’t be a Rothbury 2010. Part of the problem stems from the community which […]

Tickets for tonight’s Umphrey’s McGee concert at the Belly Up in Aspen, CO are sold out, but XM/Sirius subscribers can hear the entire show live on Jam On (Sirius 17 and XM 56) at 10PM EST. UM has been tearing it up as of late and we bet they’ll finish their first run of the […]

Well now that I have shared most of the great food experiences I had in Vancouver in part 1 and part 2 of this series. Part 3 is the wrap up of some other food stuff from the trip. Next foodie city trip is Montreal, hopefully.

Part 3 features more photos & stories from my fun, short trip to Vancouver.

If you are a foodie and you are in Vancouver. The one place you MUST make time for is the Granville Island Public Market. It is part retail, part separate food stores and a real big part open air market. If I lived in Vancouver it would be near this market so I could shop there for everything.

There is also a bread store:

READ ON for more on Jon’s foodie trip to Vancouver…

Words and Images: Andrew Bender

Like many Hidden Track readers, I’ve spent thousands of dollars over my life, most of my time off from work and school, and have traveled countless miles by car and plane in pursuit of my favorite bands, their amazing music, and all the friends I’ve met along the way. For something different this past New Years Eve, I discovered for myself that one need not travel to Miami, Atlanta, New York, Chicago or San Francisco to get down to some killer sounds at year’s end – great things could be found in much smaller locales.

This year, the wife and I and two of our close friends traveled just a few short hours from our home base in Detroit, Michigan (no, you’re probably not cool enough to make it here, no I’ve never been mugged or carjacked, and yes I think the city and its inhabitants are amazing) to the western end of the great mitten of the north for New Years Eve in Kalamazoo (yes, there really is a Kalamazoo). In response to the question I can already hear people asking, “Why the hell would you spend New Years in Kalamazoo?” The answer is simple – to spend New Years Eve with hometown newgrass heroes Greensky Bluegrass.

The band, winners of the 2006 Telluride Bluegrass Festival Band Competition, were throwing down for its annual New Year’s Eve celebration at the historic, ornately decorated State Theater. The five-piece Greensky Bluegrass has spent the last few years earning a reputation across the country as an impressive group of musicians blowing many a mind with their improvisational prowess, non-traditional bluegrass covers, and perma-grin producing psychedelic jams. Although attendance was less than half the State Theater’s 1600 person capacity, it seemed that like me, most people were truly excited for a fun, homegrown party and a great night of music.

READ ON for more from Andrew on Greensky Bluegrass…