This time around, she may offer a few more casual, 70s radio rockers than normal, but there is still enough of her signature, heroin drone ballads meandering along to give it that eerie comfort she effortlessly creates.
The String Cheese Incident release their fifth studio album, One Step Closer, on June 28, 2005 on their own record label, SCI Fidelity Records. One Step Closer was recorded at a friend’s home in the hills of Colorado’s Front Range, and was produced by Malcolm Burn (Bob Dylan, Chris Whitley, Emmylou Harris, Daniel Lanois). The recording experience proved to be cathartic for the five members of SCI, and the high and low points of the process are revealed in an accompanying DVD that features 30 minutes of exclusive B-roll footage. The end result: a gritty, free-wheeling and powerfully honed collection of 13 original songs, and a band reborn and re-inspired to continue their legacy as one of today’s most visionary and talented rock bands.
You know that a show has been around a long time when they start measuring milestones in episodic increments of 50.
But it’s understandable that “The Simpsons” should want to make a big deal out of hitting 350 episodes with this Sunday’s installment.
As the legendary Fox series wraps up its 16th season, the denizens of Springfield are wading in some uncharted prime-time waters. When executive producer Al Jean boasts that “The Simpsons” “just enjoyed the best 16th season of any comedy ever,” that’s because no other comedy has ever made it this far.
How many episodes is 350? More than the combined total of “Seinfeld” and “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.” “The Simpsons” will pass “Dallas” (357 episodes) on the all-time series list before 2005 is out. Then it takes aim at the only two comedies to have produced more segments: “My Three Sons” at 380 episodes and “The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet” at a somewhat astounding 435.
Can “The Simpsons” really make it to 435 — a feat that would require the show see a (gasp) 20th season?
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With its new single, “Speed of Sound,” infiltrating radio worldwide, Coldplay has confirmed the first five dates of its late summer/early fall North American tour. At deadline, the route begins Aug. 8 at the Tweeter Center outside Boston and runs through Sept. 24 in Houston. No opening acts have yet been announced for the tour, although they will reportedly include Franz Ferdinand and Rilo Kiley.
Coldplay has also been gradually confirming a series of North American club/theatre gigs to build buzz for its upcoming Capitol album, “X&Y, due June 7. On tap so far are shows on May 4 in San Francisco, May 6 in Chicago, May 11 in Toronto and May 17 in New York. The day before the latter, Coldplay will tape an episode of VH1’s “Storytellers” program at Brooklyn’s Academy of Music.
The band’s official Web site is offering a VIP travel package to New York for the May 16-17 shows, including tickets and three nights of hotel.
Meanwhile, a video for “Speed of Sound” was shot over the weekend with director Mark Romanek (Beck, Jay-Z, Madonna). The cut will debut tomorrow (April 28) at No. 2 on Billboard’s Hot Digital Songs chart, having logged 44,000 paid downloads. “Speed of Sound” also will open at No. 8 on Billboard’s Modern Rock Tracks tally and No. 31 on the Adult Top 40 roundup.
Coldplay is gearing up for its Saturday headlining slot at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., and will warm up the night before with a Las Vegas club gig featuring Rilo Kiley.
Source billboard.com.
Recently, a pair of legends rolled into a city that has seen some pretty hard times, and is trying to redo its image. The most beautiful day so far of 2005, with an 80-degree evening, lent itself to some adventure, so after a short train ride from the Big Apple I entered Newark, NJ and headed for the magnificent NJPAC.
Strangers is familiar, like bumping into an acquaintance you haven
Pearl Jam will embark on a 15-date tour of Canada this fall, on which it will debut material intended for its as-yet-untitled new studio album. The trek, which was hinted at in a recent newsletter to members of the band’s Ten Club fan association, will begin Sept. 2 in Vancouver and wrap Sept. 24 in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Ten Club members can purchase tickets beginning today; tickets go on-sale to the general public at the end of May.
Earlier this month, Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready revealed to Billboard.com that the band was about halfway finished with the new album, which he hopes will be released before the end of the year via J Records/BMG. He said Pearl Jam has “about 20-25” songs in the mix, comprising “some ballads and some pretty harder stuff, and some Who-ish type-stuff.”
McCready said the band had been approaching the project from a new angle by revisiting songs after they were first put to tape, as opposed to Pearl Jam’s usual approach, where, “we generally just go in, do some demos and record.” “It is like taking them out live, although that’s an exciting way to do it too,” he said of the process.
The upcoming tour will mark several changes in the way Ten Club tickets are distributed to members. For the first time, seats will only be available online via PearlJam.com, and fans will not have to wait in long lines on the day of the show for an opportunity to obtain the closest tickets to the stage.
Pearl Jam last toured in the fall as part of the Vote for Change outing, and has only played one show since, a March benefit for Seattle’s Northwest School at the city’s Paramount Theatre.
Here are Pearl Jam’s Canadian tour dates:
Sept. 2: Vancouver (GM Place)
Sept. 4: Calgary, Alb. (Pengrowth Saddledome)
Sept. 5: Edmonton (Rexall Place)
Sept. 7: Saskatoon, Sask. (Credit Union Centre)
Sept. 8: Winnipeg, Manitoba (MTS Centre)
Sept. 9: Thunder Bay, Ont. (Fort William Gardens)
Sept. 11: Kitchener, Ont. (Memorial Auditorium)
Sept. 12: London, Ont. (Labatt Centre)
Sept. 13: Hamilton, Ont. (Copps Coliseum)
Sept. 15: Montreal (Bell Centre)
Sept. 16: Ottawa, Ont. (Corel Centre)
Sept. 20: Toronto (Air Canada Centre)
Sept. 20: Quebec City (Colisee Pepsi)
Sept. 22: Halifax, Nova Scotia (Metro Centre)
Sept. 24: St. John’s, Newfoundland (Mile One Stadium)
Source billboard.com.
Photos by Robert Massie of Ekoostik Hookah and Ray
A year ago the Bravery were toiling in obscurity, recording on a laptop in a Chinatown walkup, struggling to make ends meet. By the early roar of 2005, they had appeared in every major music magazine here and abroad, and earned the label of the next big thing.
Celebrate over 25 years of sports, music, and road rash in downtown Athens, Georgia April 29 – May 1, 2005. Founded in 1980 by Gene Dixon, the Athens Twilight Criterium was the first nighttime bicycle race in the United States in over 60 years.
Friday April 29th, Twilight Music features a free concert in Downtown Athens – 300 Block of College Avenue. Nate Nelson, The Weight (featuring Joseph Plunkett) and Cracker are scheduled to perform.
The main event of the Athens Twilight, the men’s and women’s criterium, features cyclists representing teams from all over the nation and the world. The men’s criterium is a 60-km race around historic downtown Athens. The course start-finish is on Clayton Street at College Avenue. The 1-kilometer course runs clockwise on Clayton, Lumpkin, Washington and Thomas. The high-speed action of nighttime criterium racing is unparalleled in the world of spectator appeal and action sports. With $20,000 in prize money on the line, the Athens Twilight Criterium is dubbed the most insane criterium in the world. Don’t miss a minute of the evening
