Posts by Jeffrey Greenblatt

We’d like to welcome Some Dude of Hits From The Blog to the Hidden Track editorial team. For the last month Some Dude has been contributing the Better Than Noodling column, but now he’s gonna take a bigger role. We’ve been big fans of his site for years, so we’re honored he’s come on board. […]

Lollipops is the latest offering from alt.comedian Patton Oswalt. Hopefully you know Oswalt as the mastermind behind the brilliant Comedians of Comedy – it’s the antithesis of Dane Cook and Blue Collar Comedy, meaning smart and funny. Odds are though you recognize him from his stint on The King of Queens or from this past summer’s Ratatouille – so you may need to forget your G-rated perception of him before settling into stand-up act.

There was a time when rock bands recorded songs exclusively about sex, drugs and rock n

Can you get anymore-quintessential New Orleans then combining Dr. John, Tipitina

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Sun, Sun, Sun is a throwback record, chocked full of early 70s California rock – reminiscent of efforts of bands like Beachwood Sparks and The Thrills.

Thunder, Lightning, Strike might actually be one of the only albums to have made Top Ten lists two years in a row and justly so.

For those of you out there that got subjected to listening to oldies radio on those long car rides with your parents, all the songs here will take to back to those days fighting with your brother and sister in the back seat, and they will be as familiar as the artists covering them.

Whether you call it underground, intelligent or backpacker it

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The latest in the line of the hip Canada bands are art rockers Wolf Parade with the release of their self-titled Sub Pop EP. At four tracks and a little over thirteen minutes long the discs give you a good taste of what

The twelve tracks on Haughty Melodic display Mike Doughty

Guests are a plenty during the course of the concert

Just like in sports there seems to be an East Coast/West Coast bias when it comes to the world of jambands.

A mix of new originals and SCI classics that Hollingsworth has reinterpreted, with some special guests assisting along the way.

Regina Spektor is truly living the modern version of the

So Jealous is their latest effort, and shows that the girls have continued to evolve their sound, which is now less Lilith Fair and more hipster-indie-pop – combining a folk aesthetic with 80s new wave.

Mixing a blend of rock, soul, R&B and even a little hip-hop thrown into the mix, the group has just released their fourth album, Ok To Go.

Like everything else in the Crescent City, death is a time for celebration and this album is meant to give listeners a glimpse into a traditional New Orleans jazz-funeral precession from church to cemetery with the DDBB offering up the soundtrack.

Taking a page right out of the Keller Williams playbook is singer/songwriter/guitarist Michael John Mollo