Posts by Scott Bernstein

Licorice Pizza has posted some of Eddie Vedder’s demos from 1988, a few years before he joined Pearl Jam. The blogger unearthed a bit of information about the four tracks, including this description which comes with the files: “This tape was sent by Eddie to the guy who lived downstairs from he and Beth in […]

Back in the ’80s and ’90s it wasn’t easy to find unauthorized live concert videos. Even if you found a local record store that sold videos, the prices were outrageous and you never knew what you were gonna get when you popped the tape in your VCR. The advent of DVDs and broadband internet have opened live concert DVD collecting to the masses.

Now we can head over to torrent sites like dimeadozen and thetradersden that have a virtually endless supply of incredible footage. Many of the DVD torrents are so well-seeded that you can download them in less than 24 hours with a broadband connection. While we may not have been around for the early days of U2, or made it out to Bonnaroo for Radiohead, we can get a glimpse into what those performances were truly like by popping in a DVD. With the digital age upon us, it has become easy for collectors to transfer their old videos onto their computers and then distribute them quickly via bit torrent.

It seems like everyday incredible DVDs that we didn’t know existed come out of the woodwork. So this edition of Grousing The Aisles looks at four high-quality videos that have just started to make the rounds. Read on after the jump for a three-camera cut of Radiohead at Bonnaroo, The Police on its 2007 reunion tour, the Grateful Dead in ’82 and U2 in 1981. Enjoy.

The next two nights offer a rare opportunity to see two of the best cover bands while cruising around New York City on a boat. Tonight, Give Us The Money Lebowski show off their jukebox-like repertoire, frenetic improvisations and sparkling wit on the 200-capacity Half Moon at 8 pm. Tomorrow night, Led Zeppelin face-melters Bustle […]

NBC tonight will be showing a special called Live From New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live at 8 pm. While we’re sure there will be plenty of hilarious clips from the likes of John Belushi and Bill Murray, we’re far more excited for the musical performances they’ll be dredging up. SNL […]

We’ve got big news for fans of The Boss (no, Papa Steinbrenner’s not dead yet). Bruce Springsteen today announced an extensive fall tour that will once again reunite him with the badass E Street Band. The Boss also announced that Radio Nowhere, the first single from his new album, will be available exclusively as a free track on iTunes for the next week. Full dates listed after the jump…

MCA of the Beastie Boys is breaking into the virtual world, where he will be a character in the new Tony Hawk video game. Tony Hawk: Proving Ground will be released in October, and if you are good enough at the game you’ll be able to unlock MCA’s character. Jewish skateboarders…what will they think of next?

We ain’t just Beastie X Games…we’ve got plenty of other news to report:

• The Rolling Stones’ Bigger Bang World Tour came to an end last night in London after an incredible 146 performances
• The Cure have delayed their plans to tour North America in the fall
• Coachella 2008 will take place April 25th- 27th [via thedailyswarm]
• Ben Harper lists his favorite bands for the New York Times
• Rage Against The Machine packed Alpine Valley
• The Playlist talks to Royal Mountain Band about playing The Band in the new Dylan biopic, I’m Not There
• Bright Eyes will be touring this fall
• Part II of Randy Ray’s interview with Trey Anastasio and Tom Marshall
• Grace Potter and the Nocturnals recently stopped by WXPN’s World Cafe for an interview and performance
• Pitchfork interviews Daryl Hall…seriously
• Hometracked lists 10 Recording Bloopers That Made The Album [via Largehearted Boy]
• Check out some of these photos from Van Halen — hey, assless chaps!
• Herbie Hancock talks to the Chicago Sun-Times about why he recorded an album of Joni Mitchell’s music
• Tour dates from the Disco Biscuits, including Halloween in Boston
• AC/DC is releasing a three-DVD set on October 16th, a compilation featuring both Bon Scott and Brian Johnson on lead vox

And as usual on Mondays, read on after the jump for a full slate of setlists from the weekend, including but not limited to Arcade Fire, Black Crowes, Kings of Leon, Rage, Ratt, RAQ, TLG, Umphrey’s, Wilco and many more…

I will be spending the weekend with my new nephew Oliver, but my DVR will spend the weekend recording the following: Friday [all times Eastern]: Mando Diao will be Conan’s musical guest on Late Night [NBC 12:35 AM] Ronnie James Dio leads Black Sabbath through Heaven and Hell Live From Radio City [VH-1 Classic 12:00 […]

After 11 years the Kirkwood brothers have once again reunited, and they’ve released a new Meat Puppets album entitled Rise to Your Knees. Scott Mervis of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette does a fine job profiling the Meat Puppets rise and fall: The piece includes a wide-ranging interview with Curt Kirkwood. Kirkwood discusses opening for Phish […]

Soundchecks are a touring band’s chance to work out new material, get comfortable with a stage and, sometimes, let loose with each other (non-sexually). This week’s B List kicks off a two-part series in which we’ll feature the best soundcheck videos on YouTube. Some are hilarious, some rock, and others are simply…bizarre.

The first 10 videos follow after the jump, so read on for little-seen footage of Marley in Canada, Steve Vai showing off, Randy Rhoads rockin’ out, Mastodon, Macca, Axl Rose and more. Go on…

We hope you’ve been taking our advice and downloading the MP3s that the Grateful Dead and Rhino Records have been giving away through its Taper’s Section on dead.net, because the party may be over. Rhino recently changed the format of every file to shitty QuickTime and Windows Media files — we can’t get these new […]