Posts by Jeffrey Greenblatt

Over the course of the seven year existence of Bonnaroo the folks at Superfly Productions and AC Entertainment have had their fair share of impressive bookings – including grabbing Pearl Jam and Metallica this year. I doubt that anyone would argue with the fact that their biggest booking took place in ’06 when they nabbed […]

With the seventh installment of Bonnaroo kicking off in mere hours, we have some unfortunate news to report for those of you that had planned to be at That Tent on Friday afternoon to catch M.I.A. in action. The multi-cultural, indie-popster has pulled the plug on her performance along with her upcoming European tour – […]

Bonnaroo Week rolls on here at Hidden Track with a feature for the stat geeks everywhere. We were taking a look at this year’s performers, and we couldn’t help but notice all of the artists who keep coming back year after year. So we figured we’d lay out a list of the folks who just can’t stay away from Manchester, followed by a few fun facts to help keep you busy on your way into the festie…

[Photo via Goochy.org]

Two-timers:

Ben Folds, Cat Power, Gogol Bordello, Rilo Kiley, Iron & Wine, Ozomatli, Abigail Washington (Uncle Earl/The Sparrow Quartet), Jack White (White Stripes & The Raconteurs), Death Cab For Cutie, Glen Hasard (Swell Season & The Frames), Alison Krauss, The Wood Brothers

READ ON for the rest of our list, and some fun factoids…

The Superjam at Bonnaroo has been a staple since the inaugural edition of the festie in 2002. Typically, it was a bit of an after-thought with a hodge-podge of musicians who happened to stick around until Sunday jamming together with varied results. It wasn’t until 2006, when Superfly threw down the gauntlet with the mysterious […]

Some interesting news came out of Camp Bonnaroo yesterday, as it was announced that rapper Kanye West will become the first artist to play a late-night on the main stage. Here’s some info about the change… We are excited to announce that Kanye West will now be performing a late night show on the Main […]

In a few short days 60,000+ people are set to descend on the small southwestern Tennessee town of Manchester for the seventh installment of the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. What started out as a predominantly jam-minded festival with four stages has morphed into what is arguably the premier music festival in the United States, […]

You have to love a band that thinks outside the box when it comes to promoting a new release. Example A  = indie-popsters the Annuals. The band which recently released their brand new EP – Wet Zoo – have announced an interesting contest to coincide with it and their upcoming tour. For each stop on […]

When former Talking Heads front man David Byrne isn’t busying biking around town, blogging or sitting in with Paul Simon he’s been hard at work on his lastest project – Playing The Building – a 9,000 square foot interactive site at the Battery Maritime Building near South Ferry in Lower Manhattan. Visitors to the installation […]

For my final contribution to Classic Rock Week I thought I’d dig deep into the vaults and introduce you to a band that should have been as big as any of the acts that came out of the San Francisco scene of the mid ’60s: Moby Grape. Fronted by original Jefferson Airplane drummer Skip Spence, […]

For those of you that can’t wait until next Tuesday for My Morning Jacket’s Evil Urges to hit stores, we urge you (sorry for the cheap joke) to head over to the Spring Lounge tonight where you’ll be able to hear the album in its entirety for an official listening party. Check out the flier […]

Scotty loved the idea of digging into the archives yesterday so much so that we’ve decreed it Classic Rock week around here. Sorry to spring it on you without any big fanfare or ticker tape parade, but just sit back and enjoy the gems we throw at ya over the next few days. Today I […]

Between all the jam and the indie we cover around here it’s quick to forget about all the classic rock bands that got us to this point. Well that’s going to change, I’m instituting a new policy around here that we’re going to do some digging into the YouTube archives to bring you some classic […]

Maybe I’m a little skeptical about the validity of the story because it comes from something called News Of The World – which has a supermarket tabloid ring to it, and judging by their website I think that assessment is on par – but the U.K. site is reporting that the ashes of Kurt Cobain […]

Bob Dylan tour dates usually don’t warrant a post of their own, considering the amount of dates the legendary bard plays every year. Yet when we saw that Zimmy would be playing a rather intimate show at the Prospect Park Band Shell on August 12, we thought we had to pass that along. The pre-sale […]

Since getting back together with the E Street Band in the late ’90s The Boss has kept busy with his backing band churning out some great albums and epic concerts. While NJ’s favorite sons are about announce the final leg of their Magic tour, which is rumored to include a five night stand at Madison […]

I’m going to leave it up to the snarky hipster blogs to pass judgment on Sonic Youth for releasing their new “greatest hits” album – Hits For Squares – exclusively at Starbucks stores in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. (as well as online). That’s not really the […]

While we’d probably like to forget we ever wasted what’s most likely added up to days watching stuff like the Numa Numa guy or the Leave Britney Alone dude (we still love leave Kang alone though) – the guys in Weezer seem to have a difference in a opinion on the topic. For their first […]

As we mentioned earlier this week, the hot trend over the last few years among indie-rock acts has been performing a classic album from their catalog live. Most of these have been one-off performances at the a festival. Well, original indie-rockers Built To Spill are looking to change that trend when they hit the road […]

Like most of you on the Thursday before a long weekend I’ve already turned my brain off, but luckily there are some more dedicated bloggers out there who haven’t – so let’s check in and see what they’ve got for us…. Cover Lay Down steps into the ring with songs about boxing Brooklyn Vegan shares […]

Last month we gave you the news that ATO Records would be releasing a deluxe 15th anniversary edition of Liz Phair’s seminal album Exile In Guyville this June. Since it’s sort of been the hot trend over the last couple of years Phair will be performing the album in its entirety with three special intimate […]