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
It’s been a slow news week around these parts outside of the tremendous Phil and Friends shows goin’ down in San Francisco. Just in case you’ve been living under a
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
“Built to last till time itself falls tumbling from the wall”
So here we are once again. The democratic race rolls on, inflation continues to rise and natural disasters occur all over the world. Myanmar gets devastated by a cyclone, China gets destroyed by an earthquake, tornadoes rip through the south, and someone decided to start a bunch of fires in Florida. What the hell is going on?
Myanmar’s government is having problems accepting disaster relief. China’s death toll continues to rise. And we still have New Orleans.
New Orleans and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina is an interesting tale. Unlike Myanmar, our government did respond. Efforts to rebuild and restore have been hit or miss. Albeit disheveled, highly criticized and costly – New Orleans DID get relief. As evidenced by the recent natural disasters and using a little common sense, we will never be able to defeat Mother Nature and her awesome power. What we can do is prepare for the inevitable (unlike duct tape terrorist prevention). This leads me to the levees. READ ON for more of LoC…
After recently releasing their best album in years, Pearl Jam has started work on the follow-up. Guitarist Mike McCready broke the surprising news during a conference call promoting Bonnaroo. According
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
Over the past couple of months, I’ve wanted to write something about a growing obsession, which is The National’s May 2007 release, Boxer. The question was “what is relevant about writing about an album that came out an entire year ago that most people already know all about?”
Well, nothing really, but I revisited some reviews – in particular, the original May 2007 review on Pitchfork – and it struck a chord. This review by Steve Deusner, among about a million others, deemed the album, like its predecessor Alligator, a “grower” – meaning it grows on the listener as they embrace the quirky lyrical stylings and subtle nuances of the instrumentation. It’s kind of a bunk term, but whatever.
Boxer is the album equivalent to the Cable Guy, or as I like to call it, the “Mustache Movie.” It gets more powerful every time you see it. Anyway, this disc not only reels in the listener over time, but it continues to develop a new fan base as well, because it hooks people in like junkies and coverts them into passionate devotees who make it their mission to spread the word.
Thus, I suppose it is somewhat relevant to revisit the album a year later, because at least in this case, it really is a grower. So, what is it about Boxer and the National in general that has this effect on people?
READ ON for Rupert’s seven reasons why Boxer rules…
Last week, Some Dude mentioned the crazy spreadsheet goin’ round with links to downloads of hundreds of Phish shows. Our friend Bizarro Jerry is the guy behind the uploads, and
We don’t even know where to begin: [Photo via Cele/bitchy] Come on, give it your best shot by leaving a comment below…
Phil Lesh and his friends treated fans at the Warfield to another double-header of entire album covers. For their first set they played all of Aoxomoxa before busting out Live
