In a recent interview with Billboard, Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament broke the news that the band will soon enter the studio to record a new album. Ament explained that
The fourth snoe.down Winter Music & Sports Festival 2011, presented by Great Northeast Productions and headlined by moe., will take place March 25 – 27. Two pre-party shows are scheduled for March 24. This will be the second consecutive year the event is held at the Spartan Arena in Rutland, Vt. and in Killington, Vt. at the Killington Resort. Tickets are being sold with optional ski lift passes for those that want to hit the slopes as well as rock out at the concerts.
Moe. will headline Friday and Saturday night at Spartan Arena. One-man-band Keller Williams will open the Friday show and progressive dance-party instrumental rockers Lotus will lead off the Saturday show. Moe. will also play one long set on the Swany Stage on the side of Bear Mountain on Saturday afternoon with the neo-folk Ryan Montbleau Band opening.
On Sunday, moe. will play a special acoustic set for VIP ticket holders at the Wobbly Barn wrapping up the band’s scheduled appearances for the weekend. Brunch will be served along with infamous moe. banter for the VIPs. VIP tickets are sold out, but festival tickets and single day tickets, with optional ski lift passes, are still available.
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What better way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day than with a free webcast? IClips will broadcast sets from the Mike Gordon Band and Galactic live from The Pageant in St.
The amount of weirdness converging upon Austin this week for South by Southwest is too much for even a three-headed beast to devour. To better make sense of the insane scheduling, inescapable hype and impenetrable venues, Three Grown Men has adopted an alternative coverage strategy.
[All photos by Conor Kelley]
We compiled the list below to help us get our fill of bands, BBQ and booze. Maybe we’ll hunt down everything or maybe we’ll find nothing, but check Hidden Track every day at 1PM ET to join us on our exploits. You can also follow us on Twitter, and friend us on Facebook for all-day coverage. From March 15-20 we are SXSW scavengers.
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Bright Eyes @ Radio City Music Hall, March 9
Words: Jeffrey Greenblatt
Images: Jeremy Gordon
It’s hard to believe that it has been four years since Conor Oberst last recorded under his longtime moniker Bright Eyes, an eternity for a guy that is known for his prolific output. Since the 2007 release of Cassadaga
The album, which may or may not be his last as Bright Eyes depending on who you want to believe, is a sonic departure from his recent work. Oberst has traded in his acoustic guitar for an electric, and his Americana-drenched sound for a maudlin, synth-driven, straight ahead rock one.
Last week, Oberst and his latest version of Bright Eyes – which has featured a rotating lineup over the years, but typically includes multi-instrumentalists Nate Walcott and Mike Mogis – pulled into the Big Apple for a two-night stand at the majestic and cavernous Radio City Music Hall. It was a curious night to be a Bright Eyes fan as the crowd was vocally and visibly excited for the band’s live return to the room they had last played in November of ’07. However, the audience’s enthusiasm seemed to ebb and flow over the course of the two hour show in sync with the crowd’s familiarity with the set list, which included a number of deep cuts.
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This oldie-but-goodie from Aziz Ansari is one of the funniest comedy bits in recent memory. Aziz loves to harass his Cinnabon-eating Will Smith-loving teenage cousin, Harris. In this segment –
Bassist Phil Lesh turned 71 yesterday and celebrated the occasion with his Furthur bandmates and about 2,100 of his fans at the Best Buy Theater in New York City last
Considering it was just a Tuesday night and the hype for the evening was centered on Phil Lesh’s 71st Birthday Show down Broadway at the Best Buy Theater in Times
Over the past 15 years, Green Mtn. Concert Services (GMCS), an established leader in Crowd Management and Security have been sought after for concerts and sporting events throughout the Northeast since 1995. From the Grateful Dead in Highgate, Phish festivals, and Burlington Discover Jazz Festival, the folks at GMCS have not only spearheaded the safety of the events but also the planning of it. Glide recently caught up with GMCS President and CEO Kevin Cheney to get a bit more insight to what goes on in the world of security and event services.
Last week, we kicked off the beginning of Cover Wars March Madness by announcing our first ever “play-in” game. We took ten covers that had not previously participated in a Cover Wars and let the readers select up to three for automatic entry into this year’s tournament.
The winners of the play-in round are:
1) Live and Let Die (Paul McCartney) as performed by Perpetual Groove
2) Across 110th Street (Bobby Womack) as performed by My Morning Jacket
3) FM (Steely Dan) as performed by 2D (Gorillaz) featuring Nathain Haines
The other 29 entries already gained entry into the tournament the conventional way – by winning a Cover Wars in the past year. Now that we’ve got our 32 covers selected, let’s take a look at the matchups…
Matchup #1 (Bob Dylan Covers):
The Black Crowes – Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
In addition to performing the song live, The Black Crowes also contributed a studio take to this 1995 disc for NORML that also includes Gov’t Mule performing Don’t Step On The Grass, Sam, and Widespread Panic’s studio take of And It Stoned Me, amongst other tracks. Source: Hempilation: Freedom is NORML
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The Black Keys – Wicked Messenger
There are some real gems from the 2007 I’m Not There soundtrack and this is one of them. Previously on Cover Wars, Stephen Malkmus and the Million Dollar Bashers contributed a cover from the same release for Ballad Of A Thin Man. Source: I’m Not There (Music From The Motion Picture)
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