37 Years Ago Today – Imagine That: Allman Brothers Band & The Grateful Dead Cancel Duel Headlining Show Due To Poor Ticket Sales (Watch “One Way Out” w Keytar)

37 Years Ago Today – Imagine That: Allman Brothers Band & The Grateful Dead Cancel Duel Headlining Show Due To Poor Ticket Sales (Watch “One Way Out” w Keytar)

37 years ago today (11/27/81), The Allman Brothers Band and the Grateful Dead canceled a show at Orlando’s Tangerine Bowl because only 10,000 tickets have been sold to the 60,000-seat stadium. Although this is hard to fathom that such revered bands would draw such a small audience, we’ll have to…
Jeff Tweedy Announces Tour Dates in Support of New Solo LP ‘WARM’

Jeff Tweedy Announces Tour Dates in Support of New Solo LP ‘WARM’

Jeff Tweedy’s first solo album of entirely new original material, WARM, is out this Friday on dBpm Records. In advance of this occasion, Jeff has shared a new video for “I Know What It’s Like,” a new song off the album, and announced a solo US tour for early 2019. Tickets for the newly announced […]

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Art Rock Pioneers: Roxy Music’s Case For Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction- The Genius of Ferry, Manzanera and Eno

Art Rock Pioneers: Roxy Music’s Case For Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction- The Genius of Ferry, Manzanera and Eno

Roxy Music’s nomination for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame offers an intriguing opportunity to recognize an unorthodox outfit for its ingenuity and innovation. In reality, that hardly qualifies as a fate complete, given the fact that the Hall of Fame isn’t necessarily known for rewarding rock’s more adventurous outfits. It was […]

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SONG PREMIERE: Peter Stampfel and the Atomic Meta Pagans Team Up With Hubby Jenkins For Country Blues Tune “Casey Jones”

SONG PREMIERE: Peter Stampfel and the Atomic Meta Pagans Team Up With Hubby Jenkins For Country Blues Tune “Casey Jones”

Fiddle player, violinist and singer-songwriter Peter Stampfel is perhaps best known for his work in the psychedelic folk band The Holy Modal Rounders, but these days he often plays with his project the Atomic Meta Pagans. This group of talented friends are interested in keeping things loose and focusing on paying homage to the canon […]

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35 Years Ago Today- Quiet Riot’s ‘Metal Health’ Becomes First #1 Metal Album in America (Listen to “Bang Your Head”)

35 Years Ago Today- Quiet Riot’s ‘Metal Health’ Becomes First #1 Metal Album in America (Listen to “Bang Your Head”)

35 years ago today (11/26/83). Quiet Riot’s Metal Health hits #1 in America, becoming the first heavy metal album to reach the top spot. It’s one of just six albums to top the chart in 1983, as Michael Jackson’s Thriller (22 weeks) and The Polices’ Synchronicity (17 weeks) take up…
The Glide 20 – Glide’s 20 Best Albums of 2018

The Glide 20 – Glide’s 20 Best Albums of 2018

With 2018 just about wrapped up, it’s never too early to round up Glide’s calls for best of the year. The year didn’t spell for any significant trend or sound but instead was influenced by the artistic growth of many a female songstress including Becky Warren, Courtney Marie Andrews and Erika Wennerstrom- making her solo […]

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Phosphorescent Treat Portland To Easygoing Rock Performance (SHOW REVIEW)

Phosphorescent Treat Portland To Easygoing Rock Performance (SHOW REVIEW)

Phosphorescent played a mellow show at Portland’s Crystal Ballroom on Tuesday, November 20. The stage lighting was soft and warm and the words C’est La Vie were hung in the background with little blinking yellow lights. Matthew Houck is the main creative force behind Phosphorescent, having performed under that name, often solo, since 2001 while […]

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Cannibal Corpse Unleash Sprawling Set of Glorious Devastation on Houston (SHOW REVIEW)

Cannibal Corpse Unleash Sprawling Set of Glorious Devastation on Houston (SHOW REVIEW)

“Three decades of gore.” That was the statement on the back of the tour shirts being sold by Cannibal Corpse on this go around, and it’s a crazy one to think about. Death metal and extreme metal, like hip-hop, is generally thought of as a young man’s game. Most either soften their sound over time […]

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Midwest Soul Xchange Translate Flint Water Crisis Through Rock Opera ‘Weakened at the Asylum’ (ALBUM REVIEW)

Midwest Soul Xchange Translate Flint Water Crisis Through Rock Opera ‘Weakened at the Asylum’ (ALBUM REVIEW)

[rating=8.00] A rock opera is an ambitious undertaking for any band – particularly at a time when rock operas seem very much a thing of the past. However, Midwest Soul Xchange has not only produced a rock opera, but a rock opera with a very unexpected theme. Weakened at the Asylum is a collection of […]

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25 Years Ago Today- Metallica Release First Live LP ‘Live Sh*t: Binge & Purge’ (Watch/Listen “Whiplash”)

25 Years Ago Today- Metallica Release First Live LP ‘Live Sh*t: Binge & Purge’ (Watch/Listen “Whiplash”)

25 years ago today (11/23/93), Metallica released ‘Live Sh*t: Binge & Purge’ their first live LP. Released in a box set format on November 23, 1993. The initial first pressings contained three CDs or cassette tapes, with songs from concerts in Mexico City on the Nowhere Else to Roam tour,…

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