Archive: 2012

As reported by Paste Magazine, Arcade Fire and former LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy have been in the studio together working on the Grammy-winners’ forthcoming album. Arcade Fire Facebook fan page Arcade Fire tube recently posted a photo of a blurb from Music Week magazine confirming the collaboration. The blurb originally comes from a piece […]

What is quickly becoming a Thanksgiving tradition Robert Randolph and the Family Band has found a warm hospitable venue to stretch out pre and post turkey stuffing’s around the holiday. Brooklyn Bowl plays host to multiple nights of feel good performances as the venue seems to mesh perfectly with the artists on stage.  Now in its second year, the shows are chock full of long improvisations, guest stars and a palpable sense of familial joy. 

Hot off the heels of an epic 5-month tour, Papadosio will kick off the New Year with a slew of performances booked for their 2013 Future Forest Tour. Set to take place over 19 days beginning this January; the tour will kick off with three-nights of Umphrey’s McGee in North Carolina and will continue through […]

POND share three of their six members with notable Aussie psych band, Tame Impala. Fans of either band will no doubt love the other, yet the bands remain separate in sound, energy, and approach. Similarities and differences accounted for, both bands are talented and are making names for themselves world-wide. Glide caught up with guitarist, Jay Watson, before POND opened for Oberhofer…

The thing about DJ Bonebrake that you immediately notice is his sense of humor. He laughs a lot and could have a second career as a stand-up comedian if he ever grew tired of playing drums. So while he flips through hundreds of CDs he really doesn’t want to part with, many of them jazz and big band era treasures, Bonebrake talks about his years in X, his love for jazz, his tragicomic youth and his new adventures with a band called The Stripminers.

2012 wasn't a very flashy year for new music, but what it did spawn were well-wrought, thoughtful and multi-layered releases that balanced introspection with muscle, unafraid to maybe make a few missteps but unabashed in their verve for making good, solid music.

Bob Weir invited his bros to join him for a set at L.A.’s Wiltern Theatre.

Listen to Medeski Scofield Martin and Wood deconstruct Scarlet Begonias by the Grateful Dead.

Watch hometown hero Mary J. Blige sing Gimme Shelter with The Rolling Stones.

Umphrey’s McGee’s guitarists teamed up for their annual acoustic holiday show in Chicago.