September 13, 2007

From their moniker to their setlists to their personalities everything about Give Us The Money Lebowski comes in the name of having fun. These guys just want everyone (including themselves) to have a good time at their shows. Consider the mission accomplished: GUTML jammed for three hours on a batch of amazing covers and one audacious original during a late August Rocks Off cruise around the bottom of Manhattan.

Wanting to make sure they got to play as much music as possible, Lebowski started their rendition of the Velvet Underground’s Rock N Roll as soon as the boat pulled away from the pier at East 23rd. The boys jammed the hell out of the tune for nearly 20 minutes before they worked their way into Also Sprach Zarathustra. The song commonly referred to as 2001 started with guitarist Chris Cartelli adding a unique pattern to the familiar theme. Lead guitarist Nick Setteducato and bass player Mike Sojkowski quickly picked up what Cartelli was layin’ down, and they proceeded to accentuate the phrase nicely for the next 10 minutes. Now that’s fuckin’ teamwork!

Read on after the jump for much more on the GUTML Good Times Cruise…

The time hath finally arrived, and I’m about 10 minutes from classifying myself as “officially en route to Austin City Limits.” This trip marks my inaugural jaunt to the annual

My sister just gave birth to her second son. One of the first things she said to me about having two sons was “now they can form a band.” Over the course of rock history there have been many pairs of brothers that have achieved major success. So this week’s B List looks at our 10 favorite pairs of brothers who jam together.

10. The Evans Brothers [Soulive]

The Evans brothers with band mate Eric Krasno

Neal [organ] and Alan [drums] Evans make up two thirds of the soulful trio known as Soulive. The Evans boys cut their teeth by playing with Moon Boot Lover in the mid ’90s before forming Soulive with Eric Krasno in 1999. Neal is an incredibly percussive musician who plays organ with one hand and a bass keyboard with the other. Alan is the king of inventive fills, always thinking of new ways to push the music. Soulive recently released No Place Like Soul on the revamped Stax label.

Read on after the jump for nine more pairs of musical brothers, sans Smothers…

Most MP3 blogs post bootlegs one at a time, but our friends at the music-hole have little patience. This week’s music-hole post contains 11 worthwhile downloads, including Pink Floyd at

Phil Lesh & Friends head out on a mammoth fall tour a week from Saturday with a new, lower budget lineup. Hey, let’s get real for a second here. Just