1964 was a killer year for jazz (and for metallic green Buick Skylarks), and we’ve prepared a short list of highlights to kick off your work week. Thelonious Monk’s Stuffy
MCA of the Beastie Boys is breaking into the virtual world, where he will be a character in the new Tony Hawk video game. Tony Hawk: Proving Ground will be released in October, and if you are good enough at the game you’ll be able to unlock MCA’s character. Jewish skateboarders…what will they think of next?
We ain’t just Beastie X Games…we’ve got plenty of other news to report:
And as usual on Mondays, read on after the jump for a full slate of setlists from the weekend, including but not limited to Arcade Fire, Black Crowes, Kings of Leon, Rage, Ratt, RAQ, TLG, Umphrey’s, Wilco and many more…
Photos by Brian Diescher of The Allman Brothers Band performing at the Bank of America Pavilion in Boston MA on August 7th and 8th, 2007.
Shiny Toy Guns are an L.A. quarter who have been gaining steam playing sold out crowds here and abroad as well as at some top notch exclusive get-togethers (more on that later). Their alive style of new wave/guitar/pop/electronica creates dense textures both musically and vocally. Thanks to melodious male/female leads sung by Chad Petree and Carah Faye and complex song structures, Shiny Toy Guns are able to tackle issues of gender and fear in fresh ways testing at times and reassuring at others along the journey. This is not your typical synth-pop band.
The forefathers of French electro-house music, Daft Punk, will release a live album – entitled Daft Punk Alive 2007 on November 20th, 2007. The album was recorded at the Palais
Tonight’s your first chance to catch the second season premiere of the altogether funniest television show of 2006. And since many of us missed the first season altogether when it
Just an edumacated guess here, but we’re thinking Ted Nugent’s campaign contributions are not going to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. (Wait, this batshit crazy video was taken in Anaheim?
It’s time to look back at a week in which we learned of a new Amy Winehouse album: Cut-Cuttin’ with the Dap-Kings. Please, Daptone, can this once and for all
In a messge posted on their website, Ween has announced that their new album, La Cucaracha kicks ass, and with a lengthy tour to follow: Read it from Gene and
This one needs no introduction — it’s an almost perfect piece of satirical craftsmanship, and the very reason YouTube exists. Well done. [youtube]kAO4EVMlpwM[/youtube]
