Posts by Jeffrey Greenblatt

Turns out that the James Brown left behind more the some of the funkiest grooves around when he died in 2006. The Godfather of Soul also left growing mounds of legal bills and overdue estate taxes. So, come this August, venerable auction house Christie’s will be selling off quite the selection of the Hardest Working […]

Are mashups still cool? I’m probably very ill-equipped to actually answer that question, but the folks behind the Austin City Limits Music Festival have dropped one called Car Stereo (Wars) via their MySpace page, which according to rumors drops numerous hints to who will be playing this year’s festival. Give it a listen and see what you can decipher and read on after to the jump to what the kidz have figured out…

We know this is kind of last minute, but if you don’t have any plans tonight we highly suggest you stopping by the Virgin Megastore in Union Square as Tapes ‘N Tapes will be doing a free in-store performance at 7 PM in honor of their sophomore release Walk It Off – which hits stores […]

Here’s a brief rundown of some of the accolades and awards the former Robert Zimmerman has garnered over the years: multiple Grammys, an Oscar, Golden Globe, Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Inductee, ranked #2 on Rolling Stone’s list of the Greatest Artist Of All Time, listed on Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of […]

Just when you thought you couldn’t possibly squeeze another festival into your busy summer concert calendar comes the news that influential indie-music label Sub Pop will be hosting a festival in celebration of their 20th anniversary. While nothing has been officially set, here’s what we do know (via Seattle Sound): * The festival will officially […]

Normally something like the passing of acting legend and NRA nut Charlie Heston wouldn’t get coverage here. But we’re unabashed Simpsons fans around these parts and for better or worse when I saw the news there was only on thing that popped into my head – Troy McClure’s show stopping role in Stop The Planet […]

If you ask us there is nothing better then seeing music outside in the summer. So we couldn’t be more excited when we saw the announcement of the Governor’s Island Concert Series – which will be booked by the folks from the Highline Ballroom. At press time moe., Dark Star Orchestra and The Saw Doctors […]

It was a little over a year ago that music mega corp Live Nation decided to do some re-branding of their venues around the country by slapping the Fillmore tag on them. The first of these venues was the former Irving Plaza, which is now known as the Fillmore New York @ Irving Plaza. While […]

If there was anything that would make us take a road trip out to the Clev this summer it very well may be to check out the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame’s latest exhibit that combines two of our favorite passions around these parts called Take Me Out: Baseball Rocks! – here’s some info… […]

I won’t waste you time with a long intro here, but if you’re a fan of M. Ward and Jim James you’re going to want to watch this video from their acoustic performance from SXSW. Be sure to thank me later. Aquarium Drunkard has this whole show for download too, which features solo sets from […]