Photos by George Weiss of the Big Summer Classic tour – featuring String Cheese Incident, Keller Williams, Umphrey’s McGee, Yonder Mountain String Band, Michael Franti & Spearhead, New Monsoon and Xavier Rudd.
Photos taken on July 8th and 9th at Alexian Field, Schaumburg, IL and July 10th at White River State Park, The Lawn, Indianapolis, IN
You can judge this book by its cover. This is cute and fierce grrrl power-pop that had a little punk rock as part of their complete breakfast
Happy anniversary High Sierra Music Festival! This year marks the fifteenth anniversary of the best-managed, most enjoyable, and just plain old greatest festival on the planet. The beauty of this festival is there are so many diverse musical styles showcased throughout the weekend, that regardless of one
The Cowboy Junkies rarely record other songwriter’s material. However, when they do they are usually diamonds in the rough that only the hardcore fans of a particular artist have heard.
There’s one thing that can definitely be said about Built to Spill: The band sure has a following. The trio is from Boise, Idaho, but it has a lot of fans in New York City and Portland, Ore., too. The group consistently sell-out large clubs, playing multiple nights in some markets.
Built To Spill consists of vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Doug Martsch and whomever he wants to play with, currently bassist Brett Nelson and drummer Scott Plouf. The band has been around for 13 years in one form or another, and an album of new music is on the way in the fall.
The band’s been on the road a lot lately, and the new gigs include July 31st in Seattle, and plenty in September, including Lawrence, Kan.; Houston, New Orleans, St. Louis, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh.
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Highlights from last year’s Austin City Limits festival are heading to CD late next month via Rhino. Due Aug. 30, the eponymous collection rounds up 16 tracks by acts ranging from the Pixies and Franz Ferdinand to the Blind Boys Of Alabama and the Neville Brothers.
Also featured are tracks from My Morning Jacket, Cake, Dashboard Confessional, Broken Social Scene, Calexico (covering Love’s classic “Alone Again Or”), Ben Harper and former Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio. Elsewhere, rootsy rock’n’roll is represented by Shelby Lynne, Los Lonely Boys, Josh Rouse and the Drive By Truckers.
As previously reported, the 2005 edition of Austin City Limits will be held Sept. 23-25 in Zilker Park. Headliners include Coldplay, Widespread Panic, Oasis, the Black Crowes, the Allman Brothers Band, Wilco and Jimmy Cliff.
Newly added to the bill are psychedelic rock legend Roky Erickson and his band the Explosives, Kaiser Chiefs, Blues Traveler and Jack Ingram.
Here is the track list for “Austin City Limits”:
“Debaser,” the Pixies
“Hands Down,” Dashboard Confessional
“Darts of Pleasure,” Franz Ferdinand
“Be Be Your Love,” Rachael Yamagata
“Crazy Dream,” Los Lonely Boys
“Walk in Jerusalem,” Blind Boys Of Alabama
“It’s the Nighttime,” Josh Rouse
“Anthems for a 17 Year Old Girl,” Broken Social Scene
“Streets Are Callin’,” the Neville Brothers
“Your Lies,” Shelby Lynne
“The Day John Henry Died,” Drive By Truckers
“Wheels,” Cake
“The Way That He Sings,” My Morning Jacket
“Alone Again Or,” Calexico
“Brown Eyed Blues,” Ben Harper
“First Tube,” Trey Anastasio
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Primus’ classic lineup of bassist/vocalist Les Claypool, guitarist Larry LaLonde and drummer Tim “Herb” Alexander will hit the studio later this year to record its first album together since 1995’s “Tales From the Punchbowl.” It will be Primus’ first new studio album since 1999’s “Antipop.” It is unknown if the new set will be released by Claypool’s Prawn Song imprint or via another label.
Claypool, LaLonde and Alexander regrouped in the fall of 2003 for a North American tour and the Interscope release of a DVD/CD, “Animals Should Not Try To Act Like People.”
On Saturday (July 23), the group will be the only performer at the revived Lollapalooza festival in Chicago that was a part of the event in its 1990s heyday. Claypool will also play a solo show the night before at the Vic Theatre.
Source billboard.com.
