Archive: 2006

As a collective, the latest from The Minus 5 is summed up by “Cigarettes Coffee and Booze” and “Twilight Distillery,” two substance flavored tracks that toy with rockabilly, country and jangly pop. Sure, we’ve heard this all before with The Minus 5, but it’s the guests that keep you coming back. “The Gun Album” is no exception.

The band seemed to have a decent stage presence and the tracks on their debut album are played in a punchy Franz Ferdinand style that should translate live, but I guess we will have to wait for another show to find out for sure.

This survey of 30 years of Rush history is necessary for any serious fan or as a brilliant

Seattle’s Rocky Votolato is an old voice for a young crowd. Opening for Bob Mould last week, Votolato inherited an audience arguably present to see an icon, and took them on a ride of his own making. With a soulfully evocative voice, Votolato and his über-competent backing trio led the audience down the musical back roads of what sounded like the American southwest, with a touch of Nashville and hint of Austin thrown in for good measure.

George Clinton & Parliament / Funkadelic are starting their spring tour on February 27, 2006. The monthlong tour includes stops in Washington D.C., New York City, Providence New Haven, Worcester, Atlantic City, Burlington VT, Baltimore, Chicago, Columbus, Cincinnati and Philadelphia.

Mon 02/27/2006 Washington, D.C.: Nightclub 9:30
Tue 02/28/2006 New York City, NY: B.B. King Blues Club & Grill
Wed 03/01/2006 Providence, RI: Lupo’s
Fri 03/03/2006 New Haven, CT: Toad’s Place
Sat 03/04/2006 Worcester, MA: Palladium
Sun 03/05/2006 Atlantic City, NJ: House of Blues
Tue 03/07/2006 Burlington, VT: Higher Ground
Thu 03/09/2006 Allentown, PA: Crocodile Rock Cafe
Fri 03/10/2006 Baltimore, MD: Rams Head
Sat 03/11/2006 Sayerville, NJ: Starland Ballroom
Sun 03/12/2006 Farmingdale, NY: Crazy Donkey
Wed 03/15/2006 Chicago, IL: House of Blues
Fri 03/17/2006 Traverse City, MI: Streeters
Sat 03/18/2006 Columbus, OH: PromoWest Lifestyle Communities Pavilion
Sun 03/19/2006 Cincinnati, OH: Bogart’s
Tue 03/21/2006 Madison, WI: Orpheum
Wed 03/22/2006 Indianapolis, IN: Music Mill

See georgeclinton.com for more info.

From the start, the deeply soulful sounds of the American South helped inspire Morrison to one of the most enduring and consistently impressive careers in music history. For forty-years, he

Seldom seen but often gossiped about Guns N’ Roses is set to play the RDS Arena in Dublin, Ireland, June 9 and at the Download Festival in Donington, England, on June 11.

The Dublin gig also features Motley Crue. Tickets go on sale February 25 through Ticketmaster and the usual outlets. Guns N’ Roses’ last Irish concert was at Slane Castle in May 1992.

Tickets are already on sale for the Download Festival. The three-day event will see Metallica headline on June 12. Other artists confirmed include The Prodigy, Deftones, Korn, Lacuna Coil, Clutch, and Hatebreed.

The GNR touring lineup hasn’t been announced – at least not by Axl Rose. There have been a lot of Internet forum posts about the classic GNR band-mates reuniting to perform but that seems unlikely, even under the most ideal circumstances.

The real questions are: Is the incredibly long-time-coming album ever going to see the light of day, and can a tour happen without the drama and trauma that has surrounded the last several efforts to get the band in front of its fans?

Earlier this year, Rose told Rolling Stone that GNR would finally release the Chinese Democracy album this year. A number of tour dates have been talked about – including a Rock in Rio Lisbon stop and summer festival dates in Italy, Germany and Austria. So far, only the Dublin and Donington concerts have been confirmed.

Source pollstar.com.

Cake took over the House of Blues with a show so exothermic it thawed through the harsh conditions and truly brightened up the faces and hearts of all in attendance.

It wouldn’t be fair to compare my first Sigur Ros concert experience with the one I had last week. You see, in 2004 I witnessed one of my favorite live concert experiences in Louisville at the Brown Theatre when Sigur Ros was on their first American tour. Being exposed to the band and their unique stage show was amazing. So, heading into Thursday nights show at the Taft Theatre, I naturally had high expectations. However, my expectations were that I would not be able to duplicate my initial experience.

According to Billboard.com: Nine Inch Nails, Beck, Death Cab For Cutie, Queens Of The Stone Age, the Flaming Lips, the Shins, Ben Harper, Arctic Monkeys and Matisyahu lead the bill for the fifth Sasquatch! Festival, which will be held May 26-28 at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Wash. The event will also feature Sufjan Stevens’ only scheduled performance of the summer.

For more info see: billboard.com