Hidden Track

Wade Ellis Wilby has experienced many angles of the music industry. He’s written songs for Rane and headed up production at Higher Ground; these days he finds himself working for Umphrey’s McGee. On Saturday night, Wade caught Ryan Adams at the Chicago Theater just two short nights after Adams’ latest blowup. Wade filed the following report from the Adams frontlines…

The Chicago Theater is a Windy City landmark. When the movie palace first opened its doors on October 26, 1921, people hailed it as “The Wonder Theater of The World.” The light bulb design of the marquee made it look like it could have been ’21 or ’72. In front of The Chicago Theater, there is no time.

Photo by Chad Leo

I arrived to a sea of hipsters with angels on their arms, women far too beautiful to be walking in to a place this romantic with men so poorly refined. And therein lies the beauty of Ryan Adams: any suburban punk, Williamsburg Trust Rat or drunken cowboy can come and feel like a hero. The music has this cleansing ability, a vindication for everything you’re not going to apologize for and the person you just can’t stop being. There is nothing wrong with any of us. We’re just trying to get through this together. And there is no one more understanding of that than Adams. Read on for Wade’s great review of Adams’ return to the stage…

All four original members of Los Lobos met, attended and graduated L.A.’s Garfield High School during the early ’70s. They must’ve been saddened when on May 20th a Garfield student committed arson and burned down a good portion of the school, including the auditorium. Los Lobos hasn’t forgotten its roots, and the band will perform at a benefit concert on October 14th in hopes of raising enough money to buy a new auditorium for the students of Garfield. Nice guys.

• Ween has a special message for Mets fans [via g-sus]
• Buffalo News’ Jeff Miers thinks Arcade Fire is “the next Springsteen”
  
• Battles will return to the States in late October for a three-week tour
• Sam Holt of Outformation talks about life after Michael Houser’s passing and his band’s new album
• Robert Plant claims the Zeppelin reunion will only be one night
• Tea Leaf Green, The Roots and Michael Franti are all a part of a heavy jamband presence performing at the Monterey Music Summit
• The daily schedule for the Echo Project has been released
• Cat Power will release a second album of covers on January 22nd
• Mike Greenhaus explores unlikely popstar Feist’s jamband roots
• IckMusic’s Mike relays his experience seeing Genesis at Giants Stadium
• Dean Budnick spoke with Jackie Greene about being Phil’s newest friend
• Jesse Jarnow’s got some Dylan & The Band doing Woody Guthrie

And while you’re still deciding how much you want to pay for the new Radiohead album, read on after the jump for the weekend’s setlists, including but not limited to Andrew Bird, Arcade Fire, Bela Fleck, The National, Van Halen, Tea Leaf Green, P-Groove, moe. and all your other favorite bands…

Radiohead fans and other salivating webgeeks were disappointed last week when a site called radioheadlp7.com — which featured a countdown clock until the band’s supposedly new album — turned out to be a hoax.

But misdirection led to some truth, and tonight we are hearing news of a pending release: Radiohead has just put up a link on radiohead.com to pre-order their new album In Rainbows. The new material will available for download in only 10 days, October 10th. And in a case of the ultimate switcharoo, radioheadlp7.com now redirects you right to the official InRainbows site, where you can pre-order the album. Now that, my friends, is what we call craisins.

Or is this all just another hoax? If it’s real, Radiohead has found an incredibly creative way to bypass leaks and can revolutionize the industry with tonight’s announcement. Those old-fashioned types who want an actual CD will have to wait until December 3rd, when the discboxes will be shipped. We can’t wait to see what Bob Lefsetz has to say about this news. Thanks to Jez for the heads-up.

• Click here to pre-order In Rainbows at Radiohead.com
• Read on after the jump for a tracklist and more details from radiohead.com

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After more than a decade of trying, Van Halen finally took the stage with David Lee Roth last night at Charlotte Bobcats Arena in North Carolina. Van Halen played 26 songs, all of which came from the six albums they recorded before Sammy Hagar came along in 1986, none of which came from men with 1980s teased hairdos.

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Reports say 16-year-old Wolfgang Van Halen handled both the bass playing and background vocals extremely well. It’s also nice to hear that David Lee Roth’s vocals are sounding good, and that Eddie Van Halen is still tearing it up. We just hope that Eddie and David Lee can continue to put the music above their petty bickering (at least until they hit the NYC area in early November). Van Halen plays their second show on Saturday night at the Greensboro Coliseum. Read on for the setlist from Charlotte…