Posts by Jeffrey Greenblatt

It only took seven years for the mainstream media to realize that there must be something to the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, which attracts crowds in excess of 80,000 people every year to Southwest Tennessee, that’s worth covering. Well, yesterday news broke that the music network Fuse had struck a three-year deal to be the “exclusive television partner” of the festival.

Since I’m not making it down their this year, I’m sure I’ll be glued to my TV set all weekend long for their coverage – though fist step is to figure out what channel Fuse is. Let’s also hope that the network that is is known for it’s love of all things emo and mainstream rock has no input in the lineup or else next year we might be seeing My Chemical Romance playing the Hot Topic Tent. But we have faith the fine folks at Superfly know better than that. Right?

READ ON for some details on Fuse’s arrangement with Bonnaroo…

I know we missed our usually Monday morning link dump, so don’t hold it against us that Hors D’Oeuvres are a day late – but everyone loves leftovers though right? So let’s kick the week off and even we’ll throw in few extra stories… The Boss joined Mike Ness on stage at the Stone Pony […]

It’s only Monday, but we already have our eyes on the prize with the long weekend ahead of us and the “official start of summer”. So, let’s kick the week off with a little acid-drenched weirdness from psychedelic-freak-rockers Animal Collective. Enjoy, Fireworks, the seven-minute freak-out of what looks like the kind of late night party […]

It’s been awhile since we’ve given you a festival announcement around these parts, but old habits die hard and we thought the inaugural New American Music Union Festival was worth mentioning. The fest which is set to take place in scenic Pittsburgh, PA on August 8th and 9th is being curated by RHCP’s lead singer […]

Last year the Superfly folks one upped themselves with the addition of an additional tent at Bonnaroo called Somethin’ Else which brought a “downtown New York City jazz club” to Manchester – and by all accounts they nailed it. This year Somethin’ Else has been reinvented as a venue dedicated to celebrating the music on […]

I know we promised a moratorium on baseball stories here, but we couldn’t pass on telling you about The Baseball Project – the all-star collaboration between R.E.M.’s Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey (Minus 5), Steve Wynn and Linda Pittman. The group’s debut (and cleverly titled) album Volume 1: Frozen Ropes And Dying Quails will hit stores […]

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Last week, we brought you the news that after years of a rumored release cantankerous singer/songwriter Neil Young would finally be putting out his pet archive project. The first installment, a whopping ten-disc set available exclusively on Blu-Ray will hit shelves this fall and cover the years 1963 to 1972. While most of us may […]

For the eighth year in a row the Village Voice will bring their Siren Festival back to Coney Island. The all day FREE fest will take place on Saturday July 19, and once again features a fantastic line up for those willing to take the D,F,N or Q train to its last stop. This year’s […]

A few months back it was announced that Harp magazine’s April/May issue would be it’s last. While this was sad news for fans of their fantastic music mag, today comes news that their editors have joined together to launch a new digital magazine and website called Blurt. The site will go live in June, with […]

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 […]