October 31, 2005

Athfest Sets Date For 10th Anniversary

The Athens, GA Music & Arts Festival, AthFest, will celebrate 10 years of existence in 2006 and the organizers have got some big plans. Dates for the event are set for June 22-25, 2006 in downtown Athens. Bands and artists to be announced.

Please visit athfest.com to find out the latest news and information about AthFest 2006.

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Jeff Tweedy Returns To Two Side Projects- Loose Fur & Golden Smog

In between touring and making a new record with Wilco, frontman Jeff Tweedy is returning to two prior side projects. First up is Loose Fur, his trio with producer/artist Jim O’Rourke and Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche, which will issue the follow-up to its 2003 self-titled debut next spring via Drag City.

“We’re finishing it this week,” Tweedy tells Billboard.com. “It’s all recorded and is basically down to doing the vocal overdubs and mixing.”

Asked to compare the new album’s sound to the eclectic folk/rock mix heard on the debut, Tweedy offers, “It’s maybe a little bit heavier. There’s definitely a lot of harmonized guitar parts. I think it’s a similar mix of folk-ish elements, but the rock elements are a little less stridently abrasive, and maybe a little bit more prog-rock or something.”

The new set will be the first concentrated batch of original O’Rourke material since his acclaimed 2002 solo album, “Insignificance.” Says Tweedy, “He has been really busy with other people’s music. I love getting to work with Jim and he has some really, really great songs on this, so I can’t wait to hear it finished.”

Meanwhile, Tweedy is planning to regroup at some point in the near future with the Jayhawks’ Gary Louris and Soul Asylum’s Dan Murphy for a new album under the moniker Golden Smog. The group’s last effort was 1998’s “Weird Tales.”

Source billboard.com.

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Dave Matthews Band Releasing Weekend on the Rocks

Dave Matthews Band’s Sept. 9-12 stand at Colorado’s famed Red Rocks Amphitheatre, which included a benefit that raised $1.5 million for hurricane victims, will be commercially available beginning Nov. 29 in a variety of formats.

“Weekend on the Rocks” is a two-CD/one-DVD package comprised of highlights from the shows, while “The Complete Weekend on the Rocks” features all four performances on eight physical CDs and a DVD or via digital download.

Fans who pre-order the items via DMB’s official store will be entered to win a Red Rocks poster personalized and autographed by Matthews. Ten runners-up will receive autographed copies of the nine-disc “Weekend.”

The two-CD edition blends new material like “American Baby,” “Steady As We Go,” “Hunger for the Great Light” and “Louisiana Bayou” with guest Robert Randolph on pedal steel with old favorites such as “Recently,” “Don’t Burn the Pig,” “Halloween” and “#41.” A cover of the Zombies’ “Time of the Season” is also included.

The DVD features several songs not found on the two-CD “Weekend,” including “Crash Into Me,” “So Much To Say,” “Jimi Thing” and “Too Much.”

As previously reported, DMB will begin a brief tour Nov. 26 in Minneapolis, while Matthews will anchor the first Dave Matthews & Friends Caribbean Cruise Getaway in February.

Here is the track list for “Weekend on the Rocks”:

CD 1:
“The Stone”
“American Baby”
“Time of the Season”
“Say Goodbye”
“#34”
“Steady As We Go”
“Hunger for the Great Light”
“Bartender”

CD 2:
“Don’t Burn the Pig”
“You Never Know”
“Stand Up (For It)”
“#41”
“Stolen Away on 55th and 3rd”
“Smooth Rider”
“Halloween”
“Louisiana Bayou”
“Everyday”

DVD:
“Stand Up (For It)”
“Time of the Season”
“Dreamgirl”
“Everybody Wake Up (Our Finest Hour Arrives)”
“Crash Into Me”
“So Much To Say”
“Too Much”
“Louisiana Bayou”
“Recently”
“Jimi Thing”

Source billboard.com.

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Beastie Boys Releasing Solid Gold Hits

In celebration of Beastie Boys’ 24th anniversary, Capitol Records has decided to pay tribute to their second (or third) best band ever: Michael “Mike D” Diamond, Adam “Adrock” Horovitz and Adam “MCA” Yauch – known collectively as Beastie Boys-will be lionized November 8th with the release of Solid Gold Hits. (No, the group is not breaking up.)

The infomercial-worthy 15-track compendium distills the NYC trio’s storied career into an ADD-friendly digest format: Covering the Boys’ first platinum-mining expeditions with “No Sleep ‘Til Brooklyn” and “Fight For Your Right” through west coast detours “Shake Your Rump”, “So What’cha Want” and “Sabotage,” up to last year’s return to #1 with the million-plus-selling To The 5 Boroughs’ “Ch-Check It Out,” “An Open Letter To NYC” and “Triple Trouble” -and all points between.

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