PJ Harvey is a powerful performer and an interesting artist. If you can get past the generic music video filler, there are some truly rare gems worth the look.
It is amazing that a band playing together since 1981 can still manage to play with such grace and fire, fresh songs alongside classics, with everything working out so seamlessly. Hopefully the Yeah Yeah Yeahs can reach that point someday. But if they needed any guidance, all they had to do was open their ears to one of the best bands of the last quarter century playing beside them.
Omaha indie rock act Cursive has more than three months of touring coming up in support of its latest album, Happy Hollow.
The group’s European itinerary includes gigs in Austria, Belgium, the UK., Ireland, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, the Netherlands and France. After finishing in Paris September 6, Cursive will head to Japan for gigs in Osaka and Tokyo.
A lengthy U.S. trek will follow, starting September 22 in Fargo, N.D. Opening acts for the nine-and-a-half-week tour will include The Thermals, Ladyfinger, The Detachment Kit, Chin Up Chin Up, Eastern Youth, and The Cops.
The schedule is packed through November 27, with the final gig scheduled for Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, Okla.
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Everyone Orchestra is hitting East Coast stages in October with an exciting edition assembled from a rotating cast of all star musicians, including EO founder/conductor Matt Butler, Phish drummer Jon Fishman, guitar legend Steve Kimock, string wizard Jamie Masefield (Jazz Mandolin Project), saxmen Jeff Coffin (The Flecktones) and Peter Apfelbaum (Hieroglyphics Ensemble; Trey Anastasio), bassist Reed Mathis (Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, SKB), hammered dulcimer player/percussionist Jamie Janover (Zilla), guitarist Scott Law, keyboardist Asher Fulero and more.
What makes Everyone Orchestra performances stand out from other jam band collaborations is the conducting and audience participation. Butler facilitates the jams using giant cue cards, hand signals and more which direct the musicians and audience alike in flowing, playful and incredibly dynamic co-creations.
The list of Everyone Orchestra alumni reads like a who
