You can’t fault The Pnuma Trio for its nerve: another keyboard-plus-rhythm-section jamtronica live album? Does the amorphous genre have room for one more, especially one that at first listen bears so much resemblance to the New Deal, Lotus, and the rest?
With Modest Mouse and Death Cab for Cutie, Built to Spill arguably round out the current top three of hard-working, indie-pop, Northwest-based bands. Though hailing from Idaho, Built to Spill has long held the affections of the Seattle music scene firmly in its grasp. Unsurprisingly, the first night of their recent three night stand at The Showbox showed them to be in top form.
Alt-country rocker Ryan Adams has booked a 12-city summer tour with this band the Cardinals, culminating with a stop at this year’s Lollapalooza festival in Chicago.
The itinerary includes a return visit to Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, where in 2002, Adams became incensed when a fan shouted a request for similarly named rock act Bryan Adams’ “Summer of ’69.”
Tomorrow (June 23), the Cardinals will be in action at two separate warm-up shows: as part of the Benefit for Arthur Lee at New York’s Beacon Theatre and starting after midnight at the intimate Bowery Ballroom.
After releasing three separate studio albums last year, Adams has yet to reveal his next recording project.
Here are Ryan Adams’ tour dates:
June 23: New York (Beacon Theatre; Benefit for Arthur Lee)
June 23: New York (Bowery Ballroom)
July 20: Sayreville, N.J. (Starland Ballroom)
July 21: Baltimore (Sonar)
July 22: Norfolk, Va. (NorVa)
July 23: Charlottesville, Va. (Pavilion)
July 25: Knoxville, Tenn. (Bijou House)
July 27: Myrtle Beach, S.C. (House of Blues)
July 28: Charleston, S.C. (Music Hall)
July 29: Atlanta (Tabernacle)
Aug. 1: Nashville (Ryman Auditorium)
Aug. 2: St. Louis (Pageant)
Aug. 3: Indianapolis (the Vogue)
Aug. 4: Chicago (Grand Park; Lollapalooza
Source billboard.com.
Following the breakup of Grandaddy shortly before the release of their final album Just Like The Family Cat, the band’s songwriter and frontman, Jason Lytle, will be hitting the road solo in July and August. The tour kicks off July 18th in Baltimore and runs through two shows in Los Angeles in early September.
Jason Lytle Tour Dates.
07-18 Baltimore, MD – Sonar *
07-19 Philadelphia, PA – World Caf
In the months leading up to his passing on September 12, 2003, Johnny Cash had been recording new material with producer Rick Rubin. On July 4, 2006, “American V: A Hundred Highways,” the all-new Johnny Cash album taken from those sessions, will be released on the American Recordings label through Lost Highway. It will include the last song Cash ever wrote.
The songs that comprise “American V: A Hundred Highways” are as eclectic an assortment as any on the previous albums in the American series: “Help Me,” a poignant plea to God, the hauntingly beautiful ballad “If You Could Read My Mind,” “God’s Gonna Cut You Down,” a traditional spiritual, the touching “Love’s Been Good To Me,” the heartrending “On The Evening Train,” and “Further On (Up the Road)” are among the tracks on the new album. Songwriters for the tracks run the gamut from Hank Williams to Rod McKuen to Bruce Springsteen.
In addition, two original Cash compositions are featured, “Like the 309” and “I Came to Believe.” “Like the 309” is the last song Cash wrote and, like his first recorded single, 1955’s “Hey Porter,” is a song that incorporates one of his favorite settings, trains: “Everybody take a look/See I’m doin’ fine/Then load my box/On the 309.” “I Came to Believe” is a song he wrote and originally recorded earlier in his career, and addresses the pain of addiction and connecting to a higher power.
“I think that ‘American V’ may be my favorite of all of the albums in the American series,” said Rubin. “It’s different from the others, it has a much different character. I think that this is as strong an album as Johnny ever made.”
The months following the May, 2004 passing of his wife June Carter Cash, were among the most physically and emotionally painful times in Cash’s life, but keeping focused on the recording of “American V: A Hundred Highways”
proved to be his salvation. Rubin remembers, “Johnny said that recording was his main reason for being alive, and I think it was the only thing that kept him going, the only thing he had to look forward to.”
Cash and Rubin began recording the songs that would find their way onto “American V: A Hundred Highways” in 2002, specifically on the day after they finished “American IV: The Man Comes Around” which was released that November. Johnny feared that “American IV” might be his last release, so Rubin suggested that he immediately begin writing and recording new material. Over the next eight months, songs were cut at Rubin’s Los Angeles studio and in Nashville at Johnny’s main home and at his fabled cabin located across the road. Due to Cash’s frail health, Rubin arranged for an engineer and guitar players to always be on call for the days that Cash felt strong enough to work.
“He always wanted to work,” said Rubin. “Every morning when he’d wake up, he would call the engineer and tell him if he was physically up to working that day. Our main concern was to get a great vocal performance. Johnny would record a song, send it to me and I would build a new track up under it. In the past, at the end of this process, he’d come to L.A. And we’d go through everything together, he would re-record any vocal bits that needed re-recording. But this time, we didn’t have that opportunity.”
Last year, Rubin began going through these final recordings. He admitted, “I kind of dreaded doing it, after Johnny passed, going back and listening to it…it was difficult.
“With all of the albums Johnny and I made together, our goal was for each one to be the best it could possibly be, and that remained the case with ‘American V,'” Rick explained. Eventually, Cash’s long-time engineer David “Fergie” Ferguson, Heartbreakers Mike Campbell (guitars) and Benmont Tench (keyboards), and Smokey Hormel (guitars), all of whom had worked on previous albums in the American series, along with Matt Sweeney (guitars) and Johnny Polonsky (guitars) went into the studio.
“We felt Johnny’s presence during the whole process through to the end,”
said Rubin. “It felt like he was directing the proceedings, and I know that the musicians all felt that as well. Almost all of the songs were cut solely to Johnny’s original vocal tracks, the musicians all keyed off his voice and were playing to him, supporting the emotion of his performance. More than once, Fergie and I would look at each other and say ‘Johnny would love this,’ because it was so good and so different from anything we’d done before, we knew he would be excited by what was happening.”
It was decided to wait to release “American V: A Hundred Highways” until the recent Cash hubbub had run its course. What separates this album from the re-packages, compilations, movie soundtracks and everything else that has surfaced since Johnny’s passing is, according to Rubin, “These songs are Johnny’s final statement. They are the truest reflection of the music that was central to his life at the time. This is the music that Johnny wanted us to hear.”
To celebrate the release of the brand new 2-DVD and 3-CD set, Live In Brooklyn, Phish is thrilled to present to fans a very special, one-night-only Big Screen Concerts screening of their entire June 17, 2004 show. Live In Brooklyn will be shown in High-Definition at 99 participating Regal, United Artists, Edwards, AMC and Georgia Theatre Company movie theatres nationwide on Monday, July 10th.
Live In Brooklyn was filmed June 17, 2004 at the band’s opening night performance at Keyspan Park on Coney Island. The concert footage has not been shown since that night, when 16,000 Phish fans in the sold-out baseball park danced in the rain and 30,000 fans watched the original live simulcast in movie theatres across the country. For those who were there, this is a unique chance to relive this landmark show in its entirety. It’s also a great opportunity for those who missed it the first time to experience the magic of Phish at their best. Live In Brooklyn includes all the footage from the simulcast, re-edited in 1081i HD and remixed in 5.1 Surround Sound and uncompressed Stereo PCM audio. This screening is the only scheduled public showing of the release in full HD resolution.
Tickets are $12.50 in advance and will go on sale today, Friday, June 23rd at 5:00 PM EST at http://www.BigScreenConcerts.com as well as individual box offices (there is no service charge when purchased at the box office). This is an all ages event. Taping and use of cameras and videocameras is strictly prohibited. A full list of participating theatres is below.
Screenings will begin at 9:00PM Eastern time, 8:00PM CST, 7:00PM MST, and 6:00PM pm PST. Running time of the screening is approximately 3 1/2 hours, with a brief intermission between sets. There is a no re-entry policy.
Participating theatres are as follows (organized by state):
Birmingham AL – BIRMINGHAM TRUSSVILLE STADIUM 16
Huntsville AL – HOLLYWOOD STADIUM 18
Little Rock AR – BRECKENRIDGE STADIUM 12
Phoenix, AZ – DESERT RIDGE 18*
Scottsdale AZ – SCOTTSDALE PAVILIONS 11
Burbank, CA – BURBANK 16*
Fresno CA – FRESNO STADIUM 22
Alhambra CA – ALHAMBRA RENAISSANCE 14
Irvine, CA – IRVINE SPECTRUM 21
Santa Clara, CA – VALENCIA STADIUM 12
Sacramento, CA – NATOMAS MARKETPLACE STADIUM 16
San Diego, CA – MISSION VALLEY 20*
San Diego, CA MIRA MESA STADIUM 18
San Diego, CA – HORTON PLAZA 14
Dublin, CA – HACIENDA CROSSING GS STADIUM 20
Emeryville, CA – EMERY BAY STADIUM 10
Denver, CO – DENVER PAVILIONS 15
Lakewood, CO – COLORADO MILLS 14
Branford, CT – HARTFORD BRANFORD 12
Wilmington, DE – BRANDYWINE TOWN CENTER
Ft. Myers, FL – BELLTOWER 20
Gainseville, FL – GAINESVILLE CINEMA STADIUM 14
Miami Beach, FL – SOUTH BEACH STADIUM 18
Miami, FL – MOVIES @ THE FALLS 12
Orlando, FL – WATERFORD LAKES STADIUM 20
Tampa, FL – CITRUS PARK STADIUM 20
Tampa, FL – ROYAL PALM BEACH STADIUM 18
West Palm Beach, FL – DISCOVER MALL 18
Athens, GA – BEECHWOOD STADIUM CINEMAS 11
Gainesville, GA – HOLLYWOOD STADIUM CINEMAS
Chamblee, GA – HOLLYWOOD STADIUM 24
Altanta, GA – PERIMETER POINTE 10*
Augusta, GA – EXCHANGE STADIUM 20
Warner Robins, GA – GALLERIA MALL STADIUM CINEMAS
Valdosta, GA – VALDOSTA STADIUM CINEMAS
Boise, ID – BOISE STADIUM 21
Crystal Lake, IL – SHOWPLACE 16
Lincolnshire, IL – LINCOLNSHIRE STADIUM 20
Indianapolis, IN – GALAXY STADIUM 14
Olathe, KS – STUDIO 30- OLATHE STATION
Lexington, KY – HAMBURG PAVILION STADIUM 16
Framingham, MA – FRAMINGHAM 15*
Marlborough, MA – SOLOMON POND 15
Swansea, MA – SWANSEA 12
Abingdon, MD – BEL AIR CINEMA STADIUM 14
Columbia, MD – SNOWDEN SQUARE STADIUM 14
Brunswick, ME – BRUNSWICK 10
Livonia, MI – LIVONIA 2*
Walled Lake, MI – COMMERCE TOWNSHIP STADIUM 14
Eagan, MN – EAGAN STADIUM 16
Minneapolis, MN – BROOKLYN CENTER STADIUM 20
Kansas City, MO – STADIUM 18 CINEMAS*
Hazelwood, MO – MILLS 18
Charlotte, NC – STONECREST AT PIPER GLEN STADIUM 22
Garner, NC – GARNER TOWNE SQUARE 10
North Brunswick, NJ – COMMERCE CENTER STADIUM 18
Albuquerque, NM – COTTONWOOD STADIUM 16
Las Vegas, NV – VILLAGE SQUARE STADIUM 18
Las Vegas, NV – COLONNADE STADIUM 14
Albany, NY – CROSSGATES 18
Buffalo, NY – TRANSIT CENTER STADIUM 18
New Rochelle, NY – CITY STADIUM 18
New York, NY – UNION SQUARE STADIUM 14
Westbury, NY – WESTBURY THEATRE STADIUM 12
Victor, NY – EASTVIEW MALL 13
Syracuse, NY -CAROUSEL 17
Akron, OH – MONTROSE MOVIES STADIUM 12
Cleveland Heights, OH – SEVERANCE TOWN CENTER STADIUM 14
Westlake, OH – CROCKER PARK STADIUM 16
Columbus, OH – GEORGESVILLE SQUARE STADIUM 16
Beavercreek, OH – HOLLYWOOD STADIUM 20 @ FAIRFIELD COMMONS
Bend, OR – OLD MILL STADIUM 10
Portland, OR – LLOYD CENTER 10 CINEMA
Harrisburg, PA – HARRISBURG 14
Bensalem, PA – NESHAMINY MALL 24*
Wattington, PA – WARRINGTON CROSSING STADIUM 22
Philadelphia, PA – RIVERVIEW PLAZA 17
King Of Prussia, PA – KING OF PRUSSIA STADIUM 16
Greenville, SC – HOLLYWOOD STADIUM 20
Chattanooga, TN – HAMILTON PLACE MALL STADIUM 9
Knoxville, TN – WEST TOWN MALL STADIUM 9
Nashville, TN – GREEN HILLS STADIUM 16
Nashville, TN – OPRY MILLS STADIUM 20
Austin, TX – METROPOLITAN STADIUM 14
Dallas, TX – GALAXY THEATRE STADIUM 10
Fort Worth, TX – FOSSIL CREEK STADIUM 11
Houston, TX – WILLOWBROOK 24*
Houston, TX – HOUSTON MARQ*E STADIUM 23
San Antonio, TX – CIELO VISTA STADIUM 18
Norfolk, VA – MACARTHUR CENTER STADIUM 18
Glen Allen, VA – VIRGINIA CENTER STADIUM 20
Danville, VA – DANVILLE STADIUM CINEMAS
Alexandria, VA – HOFFMAN CENTER 22*
Arlington, VA – BALLSTON COMMON STADIUM 12
Fairfax, VA – FAIRFAX TOWNE CENTER 10
Auburn, WA – AUBURN STADIUM 17 THEATRES
Redmond, WA – BELLA BOTEGA STADIUM 11 CINEMA
Spokane, WA – NORTHTOWN MALL STADIUM
Appleton, WI – COLLEGE AVENUE STADIUM 16
* These select theatres will begin their ticket sales on Tuesday AM.
