Posts by Scott Bernstein

Largehearted Boy always does a nice job of rounding up MP3 and FLAC downloads for all the major festivals. Check out recordings of Amy Winehouse, Interpol, Ben Harper, Pearl Jam and many other artist’s sets on its Lollapalooza page. Talkin’ About My Revolutions looks at Wounded Lion, an unreleased Bob Marley tune Pick up some […]

Let’s fire up the Hidden Track Wayback Machine for a trip to the heady days of the 1970s. This week’s edition of Grousing The Aisles features three tasty soundboards from the early ’70s, along with an all-star concert from 1996 that features many musicians who got their start in that decade.

We’ll begin with a newly circulated Led Zeppelin soundboard from 1973 that sounds particularly awesome. Next we shine the light on a crispy recording of a controversial Dead show and one of the few great sounding CCR recordings that we’ve come across. Finally, we take a look at a pro-shot DVD of a once-in-a-lifetime concert starring one of the best pickup bands ever put together…

Led Zeppelin 01/22/1973 SBD [FLAC, MP3]

I get excited anytime a new Zeppelin soundboard makes it into circulation. Recently a soundboard from a show at Southampton University from 1973 fell into our grubby little hands. But this is no ordinary soundboard — this is a multi-track recording, which essentially means the mix of all the instruments nears perfection.

The setlist from the gig includes all the heavy hitters: Stairway to Heaven kicks off the second disc, which also features Whole Lotta Love, Heartbreaker, Thank You, How Many More Times and a Communication Breakdown that would make any of today’s jambands extremely jealous. Does it get much better than Led Zeppelin at their peak? Read on after the jump for much more Grousing…

The lineup for October’s Echo Project just keeps on getting better. Les Claypool, the Flaming Lips and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are among the additions playing the festival, which takes place outside Atlanta on October 12th – 14th. A review of last night’s DMB show, which featured a Trey sit-in So this happened: Kanye West actually played […]

Apple is getting in on the social music scene started by Last.fm, MOG and iLike with the launch of MyiTunes. The new service is a series of three embeddable widgets that can help you tell the world what is in your iTunes collection. But there’s more: Tech Crunch does a nice job of examining why Apple started MyiTunes, and like Brown, what the new widgets can do for you.

• It turns out Pearl Jam wasn’t the first artist to be censored by AT&T
• Modest Mouse and Kraftwerk have been added to the Vegoose lineup
• Dweezil Zappa talks about the first-ever Frank Zappa Day in Baltimore
• The Decibel Blog digs up Anthrax’s appearance on Married With Children
• Gathering of the Vibes featured both good music and good weather
• Spinner lists 20 Bitter Band Breakups
• Remember this name: FLORATONE
• Cheap Trick and some of their friends paid tribute to Sgt. Pepper’s at the Hollywood Bowl this weekend
• Ickmusic examines The Faces covering Love In Vain
• IFC has acquired the distribution rights to Julien Temple’s documentary on Joe Strummer
• Everyone is calling Daft Punk the show of the summer
• The Hits Just Keep On Coming assembled a blogswarm to celebrate Vinyl Record Day
• Fareed Haque is giving virtual guitar lessons through his web site
• After reading David Fricke’s articles for years, it’s kinda nice to find out about the guy behind the glasses
• Neddy lists the shows shows of the week in New York City

And as always on Mondays, read on after the jump for a full roster of setlists from the weekend, including The Black Crowes, Bob Dylan, Gillian Welch, Ween, Rush, Ozzy, Peter Gabriel and the String Cheese Incident’s final notes…

The Untz Untz Community will descend upon the Indian Lookout Country Club on Thursday for Camp Bisco VI. The Disco Biscuits headline all three nights of the now-three night festival at the ILCC, which is about 25 minutes from Albany.

As usual, the Biscuits have put together an eclectic lineup that should appeal to all of the various contingencies within the Bisco community. The Breakfast, Umphrey’s McGee and Zeppelin tribute Bustle In Your Hedgerow should satiate all of the rock fans in the audience. Hip-hop is well represented by Lyrics Born and Slick Rick, among some others, and there’s no lack of livetronica bands thanks to the likes of STS9, The Join and Future Rock.

Girl Talk’s Gregg Gillis, a man who cuts through all of those genres, will be making his first appearance at Camp Bisco. Recently, we talked to Gregg about performing at Camp Bisco and what the future holds for Girl Talk:

Scott Bernstein: How familiar are you with Camp Bisco, and the music of the Disco Biscuits in general?

Gregg Gillis: I’m not too familiar with the whole world of Camp Bisco. People tell me I’m going to have an enlightening experience though.

Read on after the jump for much more of Scott’s interview with Gillis, including fights with 30-person G-Unit entourages, opening for Widespread Panic, and whether or not his new project, Trey Told ‘Em, is about a certain redhead…

There’s a solid handful of amazing music-related shows on the ol’ telly this weekend, so check them out or set your DVR to do your dirty work: Friday [all times Eastern]: The hilarious Flight of the Conchords make an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman [CBS 11:35PM] Grace Potter and the Nocturnals are […]

The tracklist for I’m Not There has leaked, and we can’t wait to hear some of the Bob Dylan covers they have lined up for the album. Some of the most interesting tracks include Stephen Malkmus & The Million Dollar Bashers playing Maggie’s Farm, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James and Calexico doin’ Goin’ to Acapulco […]

The past few weeks in New York City have been hotter than two rats fuckin’ in a wool sock. To beat the heat, I usually retreat to my air-conditioned apartment and throw on some shows from my favorite artists. So this week’s edition takes a look at what’s been playing on my stereo recently: a few of my favorite things.

Zappa Plays Zappa 07/19/2007 DAUD (FLAC, MP3):

Dweezil Zappa is currently leading the Zappa Plays Zappa troupe on the road this summer for a second world tour. This year’s tour features a completely different setlist than last year, one that relies heavily on tunes from the ’70s. A few weeks back the band played a killer set at the 10,000 Lakes Festival in Minnesota, and luckily someone taped the show and uploaded it to etree. Zappa Plays Zappa played a truncated set at the festie, but they hit many of the highlights they play nightly on this tour.

The night started with Dweezil and the band nailing Echindna’s Arf (Of You,) one of FZ’s most difficult compositions to play. Some of the other standout tunes of the set include a nasty run through Willie The Pimp and a rockin’ version of San Ber’dino. ZPZ did a nice job of mixing up long compositions with more accessible pop songs: In the middle of the show the band plays a long, drawn-out Dupree’s Paradise, only to follow it up with a two-minute romp through Uncle Remus. Zappa Plays Zappa is currently finishing their U.S. tour, but they will be back in October.

Read on for three more great downloads in this week’s Grousing The Aisles…

We’re back with our newest regular department, and this week we turn to our buddy Neeko, who alerted us to this treasure trove of Springsteen bootlegs. Check out the Bruce Springsteen MP3 Bootleg Index for recordings that span from the early ’70s through the more recent Seeger Sessions shows. If you aren’t into Springsteen, we’ve got plenty of […]

Our buddies over at Spinner debuted a new column this called Shout It Out Loud in which artists will get on their soapbox to write about an issue affecting them. Motley Crue’s Nikki Sixx has penned the first Shout It Out Loud about how drug addiction ruins careers. Seems obvious, but a rocker wrote it, […]