Posts by Jeffrey Greenblatt

The Muppets show has left an indelible mark on arguably all of the HT Staff, as we all became attached to its mix of loveable characters, kitschy smart humor (much of it which went over our heads at the time) and celebrity guests. So we were pretty psyched to see the franchise getting a major […]

We keep our eyes peeled for new tour dates announcements each week and compile them on Tuesdays for this handy column… While still remaining active over the last few years, via festival appearances and curated multi-day runs, String Cheese Incident haven’t done any sustained touring since announcing a break from the road in 2007. Well, […]

In a recent issue of Rolling Stone, the venerable music magazine did something that caught me a bit by surprise, as they dedicated their lead album review to The Bright Lights – a four-song EP by 27-year-old Austin-based blues revivalist Gary Clark Jr.’s that garnered four out of five stars. The 500-plus word piece, penned by […]

It’s make or break time in the baseball season as we are officially entrenched in the dog days of summer. While Brett Dennen’s Oakland A’s can only hope to play the role of spoiler this year, they did the singer-songwriter the thrill of a lifetime by letting him shot the video for his latest single […]

With the Grateful Dead’s massive, drool-inducing Europe ’72 box set set to finally roll out this fall, the band’s 22-date tour will once again be mined for a scaled-down companion release for those that didn’t want to pony up for all 73 discs. The latest compendium will come in the form of a 2-disc set […]

We keep our eyes peeled for new tour dates announcements each week and compile them on Tuesdays for this handy column… In 2007, Lisa Hannigan parted ways with Damien Rice, after recording two critically acclaimed albums, as frustrations arose within their working relationship. The split, which was far from amicable, seemed to have worked out […]

Supergroups are nothing new in the world of music, in fact they date back all the to the mid-1960s when Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker formed arguably the first one with Cream. The trend has been has a big renaissance in recent years with the likes of Monsters Of Folk, Wild Flagg, Them […]

Last week the, two titans of the world of hip hop – Jay Z and Kanye West – dropped their long in the works debut album Watch The Throne. For their first single, the dynamic duo, who have dubbed themselves The Throne, choose to go with the statement track Otis, a wordy, boastful, hook-less tune, […]

You couldn’t have ordered up a more perfect New York City night for Deer Tick’s free show at Pier 54 than last night, as temperatures hovered somewhere in the low 80s and a cool breeze came rolling off the Hudson River. The band treated a very enthusiastic crowd to a rowdy set that included a […]

We keep our eyes peeled for new tour dates announcements each week and compile them on Tuesdays for this handy column… As live music junkies we get really excited when our favorite bands reveal a new batch of tour dates, but when two of them decide to team up to hit the road together, it […]

Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter got their first mention here on Hidden Track back in January of 2007, during HT 1.0, when we had a reoccurring feature around these parts called Listen To This Shit, which featured a mix of music that former E-i-C Slade Sohmer had advised to shove in your ear holes. […]

After spending the majority of 2010 on the road with Pavement, a reunion that indie-music fans had been awaiting for over a decade, Stephen Malkmus will get back to business as usual with now full time band The Jicks. On August 23, Malkmus & Co. will release their Beck-produced, fifth studio album Mirror Traffic. The […]

As we mentioned earlier this week, the mighty My Morning Jacket dropped their new music video for Holdin On To Black Metal on Monday via the somewhat struggling new social media service Google+. The Southern-psychedelic-soul-rock act’s latest clip mixes live performance footage, with a trippy story line that includes the imbibing of some dubious liquid […]

The fallout from this past weekend’s Vomitgate continues to bring some more less then wanted attention on the Kings Of Leon. First came the news that the cancellation of the remaining 29 dates of the U.S., due to lead singer Caleb Followill’s “vocal issues and exhaustion,” could cost the band as much as $15 million […]

Over the last couple of years, West London’s folk scene has been churning out a number of much buzzed about bands, with Mumford & Sons leading the charge. The other rising star of the burgeoning movement is the 21-year-old Laura Marling, who earlier this year won the 2011 Brit Award for Best Female Solo Artist. […]

Back in 2003, it seemed as if you couldn’t turn on the radio or MTV without hearing the Fountains Of Wayne’s ubiquitous hit Stacy’s Mom. The song helped earn the power-pop act some justifiable attention for their highly recommended release Welcome Interstate Managers – a collection of smartly written songs that wove tales of the lives […]

It’s not too often we talk about the world of metal music around these parts, but when I saw the music video that Mastodon contributed to Adult Swim’s 2011 edition of their Singles Program it seemed like a must to share. While the actual music borderlines on being slightly aggressive and grating, they’ve created a […]

If you’re trying to put your finger on why the name Eleanor Friedberger sounds familiar , it may be because you may know her better as one half of the brother-sister duo The Fiery Furnaces. Earlier this month Friedberger released her debut album Last Summer, an instantly likeable record which sounds something along the lines […]

On September 27, HT faves Wilco will release their eighth studio album The Whole Love via their brand new label dBpm Records. While we still have a couple more months to wait to finally hear what they’ve been cooking up, the Chicago-based band is currently offering a variety of pre-order options that include everything from […]

While we certainly don’t pretend to be experts on the world of hip-hop around these part, we undoubtedly had to sit up and take notice when two of the biggest names in the genre decided to not only team up to put out an album, but to also hit the road together. On August 8, […]