Soul music legends including Issac Hayes, Booker T and the MGs and Mavis Staples are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Stax record label tonight in Memphis. We’re not sure
Spoon will back their new studio album, "Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga," with a schedule largely composed of festival appearances this summer and beyond. The extended outing runs into fall
Beirut have revealed the details of their forthcoming album. The follow-up to 2006’s ‘Gulag Orkestar’ is due out October 9 and includes 13 tracks. Masterminded by singer-songwriter Zach Condon, the
Summer has arrived – no more erratic springtime snow and freezing temps. Of course the trade off is unbearable humidity and those pesky cicadas. Outdoor music festivals return as do long anticipated releases from Interpol, The White Stripes, and Spoon. So, fire up the grill, slather on some SPF 40, and get ready to illegally download, I mean, check out these 20 essential summer songs.
Fan input will help shape the songs that will make the cut for "Dylan," a three-disc Bob Dylan retrospective and companion greatest hits disc due Oct. 1 via Columbia.The larger
Rage Against The Machine and Smashing Pumpkins anchor a lineup of rock heavy-hitters and acclaimed New Orleans musicians for the 2007 Voodoo Music Experience, which is expanding to three days
"Citizen Kane," Orson Welles‘ powerful portrait of an unscrupulous media baron, beat back an assault from "The Godfather," on Wednesday to retain its title as the greatest American film. Film
?uestlove‘s gotta be one tired motherfucker right now. Bonnaroo’s Man of the Match anchored three separate bands and logged countless hours on the festival’s various stages down in the dusty heat of
One likes to do the splits…one likes banana splits, and lots of ’em. But, together, James Brown and Luciano Pavarotti make one of the most badass singing tandems of all-time. Five
I’ve seen many cover bands in my day, and most have left me extremely cold. There’s just something that’s always annoyed me about bands that don’t have any original material. Lately I’ve started to change my tune, as a few innovative acts have done a nice job re-interpreting the classics. Sometimes you just want to go out, have a few beers and enjoy the music you have grown up with. Hey, artists die, but it doesn’t have to mean their songs should die with them. So for this week’s B List we take a look at eight cover bands that don’t actually suck…
Bustle is a Led Zeppelin cover band featuring Dave Dreiwitz, Joe Russo, Marco Benevento and Scott Metzger. What started out as a one-off gig has turned into an actual band that’s played shows in every U.S. time zone this year. Each member of the band is an absolutely incredible musicians who can handle Zeppelin with collective aplomb. Bustle shows cover a wide range of LZ material, sometimes played straightforward and occasionally with different arrangements. Wisely, the band refrains from singing the songs, with Scott and Marco playing the melodies on their instruments. The band rocks Cleveland tonight before heading to Asbury Park for this weekend’s School of Rock Festival, where Ace will drool for hours.
Read on after the jump for seven more cover bands that don’t suck…
