Black Lips Plan 2010 Shows
No strangers to the road, Atlanta’s road ragers Black Lips today announce plans for more touring in 2010. In addition to their previously announced five date West Coast run this month the band will be setting out on a four week tour of the Eastern half of North America with Omaha’s show stopping Box Elders […]
Spring Tour For Deer Tick
After finishing a US run with Neko Case late last year, Deer Tick completed a three week European tour – upon their return to the US on Dec. 13 the band entered the studio to put the finishing touches on its as-yet-untitled third album, which will be released in the first half of this year. […]
Hors: Pitchfork @ Pavement Fest / WSP NYE
Our friends at Consequence of Sound really have this “breaking stories about who’s headlining festivals” thing down as they continue to provide the scoop on 2010 festival headliners. Today, the CoS team revealed that Pavement will headline this year’s Pitchfork Music and Arts Festival in Chicago. The 2010 Pitchfork Festival takes place in Chicago in […]
Tour Diary: The Hue w/ Project/Object
Welcome to the first 2010 edition of Tour Diary – a column written by an artist about life on the road. Today, we’ve got Jared Rabin, guitarist for aggressive prog-rockers The Hue, to tell us about their early January tour with the incredible Zappa tribute band Project/Object.
I’m a fan of “Zappamusic.” Maybe not the biggest connoisseur freak out there, but I have always been a fan. I’ve also heard plenty of people play Zappamusic, ranging from really well to really badly. I’d seen Ray White play with Umphrey’s back in 2005 and knew his story and had read up on Ike Willis, so I had an idea that this would be cool heading into it.
Getting our dense, challenging music in front of the older prog crowd has long been an important goal for us, as their ears would hopefully be receptive to what is too much for some people to handle. With that in mind, we set out to open 3 shows for André Cholmondeley’s amazing Project/Object which this run featured Ray and Ike’s first tour together since 1984!
READ ON for more from Jared about playing with Project/Object…
Briefly: David Byrne Lecture Tonight
According to @CelebrateBklyn, one of our favorite New Yorkers – David Byrne – will wax poetic at The Bell House in the Gowanus area of Park Slope starting at 8PM. The former Talking Heads front man will present a short video/audio lecture called Creation in Reverse, in which he’ll talk about the ways that venue […]
Pullin’ ‘Tubes: More Spectacular Spectacle
We here at HT Headquarters were completely hooked on the first season of Elvis Costello’s talk show/variety hour Spectacle. From the great guests to Costello’s combination of music geekiness and witty charm, it was a must watch. When it was announced that the show would be back for a second season on the Sundance Channel, […]
Televised Tune: On the Tube This Week
VH1 Classic shows ZZ Top’s best concert film, Live in Texas, on Wednesday afternoon at 5:30PM. Filmed in 2008, Live in Texas features most of the band’s greatest hits including La Grange, Tush and Sharped Dressed Man. Monday, January 11 Tina Turner: Live in Holland [Palladia Noon] Woodstock: Three Days of Peace and Music [Palladia […]
Video: Elvis Presley – Tiger Man
Born in Tupelo, MI in 1935, last Friday marked what would have been Elvis Presley’s 75th birthday. To pay honor to The King, let’s head back to his landmark 1968 Comeback Special – which was his first live performance since 1961 and also served as the template for MTV’s Unplugged series. Check out this incredible […]
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings Going I Learned The Hard Way
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings are already well known as one of the most exciting acts in the nation for both their explosive live shows and their prolific output of gritty studio recordings. Their breakout release, 100 Days, 100 Nights, sold over 150,000 copies worldwide. On Jones’ birthday this year, the band will release I […]
?uestlove – Talking Soul Train & Past Rhythms
Ahmir Thompson is a busy man. It’s not enough that Thompson – better known as ?uestlove – has a nightly gig with the Roots as house band for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. He is also a road warrior, filling practically every free moment from “Late Night” with a quick tour or all-night jam session with the Roots. So, when Thompson recently agreed to write the score for an upcoming Soul Train documentary, it seemed like the amply afro-ed drummer was going to need a few more hours in the day to fit it all in.