Archive: 2011

Matt Butler chats with Carly Shields about EO’s first-ever studio album.

Black Keys say no to streaming, Shins detail new album and more.

The Shins, Radiohead, the Civil Wars and Rodrigo y Gabriela and C.U.B.A. will appear on ACL.

Grateful Dead / Furthur bassist sat in with Chris Robinson’s band for a whole set.

Earlier today, the Twitter account for legendary San Francisco music venue Great American Music Hall tweeted, [blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/#!/GAMH/status/147053566329233408″] Shortly after that, the Twitter account for Hardly Strictly Bluegrass also got in on the fun. [blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/#!/HSBFest/status/147064023844786177″] 4:20 came and went, but at 4:23 we got the somewhat vague, [blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/#!/GAMH/status/147109473029324801″] Chris Robinson Brotherhood which features […]

Keep up with tonight’s MMJ/Band of Horses show as it happens.

Steppenwolf may have famously sang that we were born to be wild, but on a hot late November night in New Orleans the band sitting with me upstairs at the House Of Blues looks just a little frayed around the edges, as if they could stretch out on the couches and go soundly asleep. It is the official last show of their long tour and Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights are feeling mixed emotions.

It is a little disturbing how many people with very serious problems wrote to the former (and future) Black Sabbath front-man regarding serious medical problems, and while he was always willing to put his two cents in, Ozzy told every single one of them to visit a real doctor. Trust Me, I’m Dr. Ozzy isn’t going to change the way you live day to day, but it will provide you with plenty of entertaining anecdotes that just may prove to be applicable to your life.

In this second part of our conversation, we look into Shenale’s history as one of Tori Amos’ closest collaborators. We also look at his involvement with the Night of Hunters world tour, in which he’s rearranged a large number of works from Amos’ catalogue and reinterpreted them for the show.

Wye Oak has been touring the release of their third album Civilian since the beginning of this year, and despite playing 200 shows this year alone, the rhythmic and lyrical integrity of the album's songs have lost none of their potency after months on tour.