One of the cooler new trends on ‘net is the emergence of taper blogs. This week NYCTaper posted a list of seven different taper blogs from across the country that
In our never-ending quest to dig up some great bands that cost less than a corned beef sandwich at Katz’s Deli, we bring you another round of Blips. Blips highlights some great bands that are largely still in their larvae stage, but will soon morph into their beautiful butterfly. In this edition, we have some really cool new music, so take a sec, poke around their various websites, and see what you think.
Boombox
Last week I headed down to the Knitting Factory’s Tap Bar to check out Boombox, a band fronted by guitarist Zion Rock Godchaux. Yes, he’s Keith and Donna’s son; but don’t go in expecting to hear Dead tunes. A Boombox concert is a nonstop dance party filled to the brim with lush soundscapes, groovy beats and Godchaux’s smooth lyrics and fretwork. Here’s how the duo’s music works: Producer/DJ Russ Randolph lays down the basic structure of a song for his partner to solo and sing over. The end result kept everyone at the bar on their feet from the moment Boombox took the stage until they finished 90 minutes later.
Read on for more about Boombox and Austin’s White Denim…
We’ve finally reached the point of no return. That’s right, we’ve completely run out of jokes about the obscene amount of festival lineups that have been announced recently. So let’s
High on my list of living legends that I’ve yet to see in concert is most certainly Paul McCartney (I smell a future At The BBQ with that topic). The
Charlie Daniels has a bone to pick with the makers of Guitar Hero after he got word that The Devil Went Down To Georgia had been included in the third installment of the game. Check out this posting from his blog…
I had a rude awakening recently when I looked at a video game.It was called Guitar Hero and is wildly popular with the younger set. I heard they had used one of my songs but I hadn’t seen it until recently and when I did I was in for some unpleasant surprises.
The game features a rock band playing heavy metal covers of different songs and enables the player to become part of the band, pushing colored buttons on a faux guitar neck which correspond with colors going by on the screen as the song plays.
Actually the game really has a dark side complete with grotesque monsters on stage with the band, strange, eerie lighting effects and all manner of weird things popping up on the stage.
Read for more of Mr. Daniels’ ramblings…
We’d like to congratulate Spencer Sorenson for winning an autographed copy of Yonder Mountain String Band’s latest live album, Mountain Tracks Volume 5. Spencer picked Mother’s Only Son as his
Does Bob Dylan actually sleep? Somehow between relentless touring, playing DJ on XM and winning a Pulitzer the legendary singer/songwriter managed to find some time to crank out a children’s
In one of the more interesting pairings of 2008 The String Cheese Incident’s keyboardist Kyle Hollingsworth will hit the indie scene this week, when he sits in with Brooklyn rockers
Well, I never said it was going to be fair! With a little help from Mike Gordon, the Benevento/Russo Duo ran away with last week’s Cover Wars, which featured seven versions of You Enjoy Myself.
Today marks the ninth installment of Cover Wars, and I figured it was about time that I picked a Talking Heads’ song. I’m operating with a few less brain cells than normal having seen four shows in four days, traversing well over 900 miles in my car while of course working Thursday, Friday and Monday. With that in mind I chose a Talking Heads’ tune that only a few bands on the Archive have covered: Making Flippy Floppy.
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Read on for the scoop on this week’s competitors…
While the Allman Brothers are out of commission for a little bit, the hardest working man in jam’s other band is currently on a month long tour leading up to
