B-Sides

Nova’s 1977 LP, ‘Wings of Love,’ is both high and low-brow, equal parts meat and cheese.

Stephen Stills and Manassas were the headliners at this 1973 show, but Joe Walsh & Barnstorm brought the true climax.

The weather is here to stay and ohh how it’s changing things. Transitioning from April to May was a blur, and 2 weeks in, things are speeding. I’ve been reluctant to put a cap on any of it because the flow wont stop, in turn unable to sit myself down to write any of it […]

If you’re familiar with Brooklyn’s Pimps of Joytime the first thing that most likely comes to mind is their live shows, which are bubbling with funky energy to say the least. The group’s third studio album, Jukestone Paradise, sees them harnessing their explosive live power within the confines of a studio into something that grooves […]

Last week, Aerosmith front-man-turned-American-Idol-shill Steven Tyler announced plans to release a solo country album for newly revived country label Dot Records. The news sent alternating waves of amusement and bafflement through the Glide offices as we each pondered and discussed the question that was on everybody’s mind: “What the actual fuck is he thinking?” Tyler […]

Chicago’s Ryley Walker is a folk singer whose unique brand of musicianship is a melding of styles, from the fingerpicking schools of Bert Jansch and Pentangle to the blue-eyed soul of Van Morrison and the free-jazz guitar of Sonny Sharrock. He can discuss any number of these influences, and although he doesn’t claim to have some all-encompassing […]

Although the two leaders of Steely Dan – Donald Fagen and Walter Becker – are grouchy New Yorkers as they approach their 70’s, their songbook still stands up as some of the most original and funky music ever laid to tape. Steely Dan have never been directly derived from any other artist, and instead they […]

Todd Rundgren has had one of those eclectic careers that keeps your name on the musical radar even when you’re sitting at home twiddling your thumbs … which is not something Rundgren does very often. He is full of gears and switches and nobs that keep his brain humming and his body synchronizing out the […]

As a greater drunk than I once opined, “time is a flat circle.” Nowhere is this idea—the idea that history is in a constant state of repeating itself—more apparent than in the world of pop culture. As the wheel of pop culture turns, the popular becomes passé and fades from memory, until such a time […]

Following years of work as a sideman for musical greats including David Bowie, Radiohead, St. Vincent, Elton John, The National, Grizzly Bear, Sufjan Stevens, Rufus Wainwright’s band, Alberta Cross and playing as a member of Polyphonic Spree, Louis Schwadron is now focusing his energy on solo project, Sky White Tiger. Schwadron released his debut album […]

Believe it or not, the Grateful Dead had a far-reaching influence that stretched way beyond their inner circle of improvisational minded bands.  Since playing their first shows 50 years ago the Dead have earned their place in the lexicon of culture as perhaps the quintessential American band. In light of their final shows, which take […]

Tweedy hit up “Conan” and performed “World Away” from Sukierae (check out the sticky bass line) further emphasizing all that’s “dad rock” with son Spencer. Conan O’Brien has a connection with Tweedy as he recently appeared in their Nick Offerman directed video for “Low Key.” “Places You Will Go,” the latest track from Patrick Watson’s […]

John Medeski is keeping busy. In late February, the jazz-funk heavyweight and member of Medeski, Martin & Wood spent some time at his alma mater giving a master class, participated in a program celebrating the diverse heritage of jazz, and played two sets in Cambridge, Massachusetts to kick off a tour with his newest project, […]

As the weather and city are clearing up I’m starting to realize just how long I’ve been sick for. I’ve had the brutal head colds, stomach viruses and even a scare of infestation, but I’m talking about actually being sick. Sick of hearing that everything “Is so great, I love it”. What happened to the […]

Fare Thee Well isn’t the only Dead-related happening coming to Chicago this year. A new auction will give Deadheads a chance to own historical memorabilia from the band. In celebration of the Grateful Dead’s 50-year legacy, former employees and friends of the Grateful Dead are bringing the most extraordinary private collection of Dead-related memorabilia ever at […]

If there ever was a record shop where everybody knows your name, it might be Pure Pop Records in Burlington, VT. In fact it shares a distinctive downstairs entry way, identical to the set of the fabled NBC show Cheers. In the city that gave us Phish and Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Pure Pop […]

Believe it or not, the Grateful Dead had a far-reaching influence that stretched way beyond their inner circle of improvisational minded bands.  Since playing their first shows 50 years ago the Dead have earned their place in the lexicon of culture as perhaps the quintessential American band. In light of their final shows, which take […]

I first learned about the Tuesday music release date when I began copping the ICE magazine newsletter in about 11th grade. They used to have it on the sales counter of Rhino Records in New Paltz, NY, a place I have been shopping since it opened up in town 25 years ago this year. I […]

Wally’s obscure 1974 LP is a lost soft-prog masterpiece, suggesting the bizarre crossover of David Crosby fronting Curved Air.

In the fourth edition of Musings of Metal Deviant the Deviant offers his two cents on a few choice releases… Napalm Death – Apex Predator-Easy Meat Napalm Death is an institution. It’s hard to pull up dirt on a band like who’ve consistently topped and contended with the best. 1989’s From Enslavement to Obliteration made […]