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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 […]

When Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds recorded their sophomore record, Pound Of Dirt, frontwoman Arleigh Kincheloe learned something very important about herself as a singer. “I learned a lot about my voice and I learned how to accept who I am as a singer and what that means,” she told me back then. “I […]

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.

Juliana Hatfield was a star. Her 1993 album, Become What You Are, which she recorded with her band The Juliana Hatfield Three, hit the ground running, spawning the #1 single “My Sister.” She was all over MTV, made the cover of Spin, had a song in the Winona Ryder flick Reality Bites, hung out with […]

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 […]

Each one of us loves turning on the radio and being hit in the face with a balls-out rocking tune. It just makes the day worth living, the place you’re headed to a little bit better. Unfortunately, in today’s overgrowth of bland indistinguishable pop, that experience happens less and less. But because of the simple […]

The Good Shit is a new Glide column which revisits and weeds out the televised and tubed trash of the prior week and highlights the good shit you might have already saw or could have missed. The third solo record from Old Crow Medicine Show’s Gill Landry was released last week. The self-titled LP features […]

Note: This article originally appeared on The Horn.  It’s easy to get swept up in the hype of major names like Kanye West and Prince playing intimate shows during SXSW, but at some point it’s good to remind yourself that the festival has always been for the little guys. We all like to brag about […]

The Good Shit is a new Glide column which revisits and weeds out the televised and tubed trash of the prior week and highlights the good shit you might have already saw or could have missed. THEESatisfaction proved that hip hip has can revamp itself in the form of quirky, weird, odd and adventurous in […]

No matter how long and prosperous one’s life may be, eventually it must end. Leonard Nimoy passed away the morning of Friday, February 27 as a result of COPD—a byproduct of years of smoking—and he leaves behind a larger than life legacy that will live on long past any of us. Though he did a […]

Seattle, Austin, Portland, Chicago, Nashville….we know what we’re getting at here – all kick ass music cities. Everything from the venues, record stores, local bands gone big and music festivals, there’s no shortage of cool and hip. But what about Phoenix, Arizona? Well, there’s no way Phoenix even dares come close to top tier music […]

If you only know Deen Castronovo as the drummer of Journey, then you’re about to be awakened to what this man can really do behind a drum set. Known as being the live backbeat behind such iconic ballads as “Faithfully,” “Open Arms” and “Don’t Stop Believin’” for the last seventeen years, Castronovo actually had his […]

The Good Shit is a new Glide column which revisits and weeds out the televised and tubed trash of the prior week and highlights the good shit you might have already saw or could have missed. Moving radically from the electronic-tinged song-craft of 2010′s The Age Of Adz, the first tune off Sufjan Steven’s new […]