Posts by Jeffrey Greenblatt

Word on the street is that everyone’s favorite Scientologist, Beck Hansen, is set to follow in the footsteps of Radiohead, NIN and The Raconteurs by putting out his next album in mere weeks. According to a report by MTV News the new album was produced by Danger Mouse and will feature a number of collaborations […]

One of the odder releases hitting record store shelves in a few short weeks is Anywhere I Lay My Head – the debut album from hottie starlet Scarlett Johansson. The odd part isn’t the fact that an actress is putting out a record, it’s the fact that this project consists solely of Tom Waits covers. […]

Just thought we’d point you in the direction of The Weight who seemed to have stumbled on the early scoop about this year’s Bonnaroo SuperJam. They do their best Woodward and Bernstein by tying together the odd rumor that Gogol Bordello’s Eugene Hutz, Kirk Hammett and Les Claypool will be teaming up for a set […]

For the third summer in a row Jelly NYC will bring their free Sunday Pool Parties back to Brooklyn’s McCarren Pool. While no official schedule has been released the following acts have been confirmed to play – The Breeders, MGMT, The Hold Steady, Liars, Aesop Rock, Black Lips, Deerhunter, Fuck Buttons, Matt Kim, Black Moth […]

In an effort to thwart scalpers from gobbling up the best seats for their upcoming tour industrial-rockers Nine Inch Nails will offer their fans exclusive access to purchase tickets beginning roughly 72 hours before the general on-sale. Taking things even a step further, each ticket will be personalized with the purchaser’s legal name. Their ducats […]

Vivid Video, the home to numerous celebrity sex tapes over the years, is set to release their latest consisting of eleven grainy, black and white minutes of an Afro’d man that may or may not be Jimi Hendrix. Check out TMZ for a clip. Here’s some details from the New York Times: The film shows […]

The company that theoretically killed rock radio as we knew it, is looking to get back some its cred with it’s latest format – eRockster – which is inspired by the diverse line up of Coachella. The company launched their latest format over the weekend as a planned stunt to coincide with the fest. Here’s […]

Before anyone had heard of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers there was Mudcrutch – Petty’s original band made up of his Gainesville buddies. The band released one single in 1975 on Shelter Records called Depot Street, and broke up when the label was more interested in Tom as a solo act. Peter Bogdanovich’s lengthy documentary […]

Stealing a page straight out of the Live Nation play book, Knitting Factory Entertainment recently announced that they would be extending their brand name to two venues they acquired last fall in Boise, ID and Spokane, WA: Knitting Factory Entertainment brings 20 years experience in venue management and concert promotions to the new venues. The […]

It’s not much of a secret that a healthy number of musicians are pulling for a certain Junior Senator from Illinois to get the Democratic Presidential nomination. As the continuing primary slug fest enters another week, we get a couple more concert/rallies in support of Barrack Obama. This time Arcade Fire and Chapel Hill’s own […]