Today we draw the curtains on a week in which I couldn’t quite shake off the ACL hangover or get this catchy-as-shit Arctic Monkeys tune out of my head… [youtube]2kbNko-4-4w[/youtube]
Photo via ChristianJamesPhoto Friday [all times Eastern]: Velvet Revolver are Letterman’s musical guest on The Late Show [CBS 11:35 PM] The Tonight Show with Jay Leno features a performance by
My Sunday @ ACL partner in crime has returned to the comforts of the north, rested and ready, and he’s posted his own coverage of the Texas festival. But Neddy’s
The Beastie Boys announced plans for a vocal version of the previously instrumental album, The Mix-up, according to Billboard. Adam Yauch (aka MCA) says the B-Boys have their eye on
A lot of bands these days have been rehashing the 80s, but very few of them bring anything particularly new to the table. For me, it's really dull to have your own teenage years spit back to you as if it's new, so it's refreshing to hear a band do something interesting with it. Foreign Born are pretty steeped in the 80s, but they are most definitely not regurgitating it back. Instead, they take that era of post-punk, new-wave and pop, dig back to its influences and come up with their own sound.
Beantown’s Dropkick Murphys have announced another round of dates for a North American tour behind the band’s new release, The Meanest Of Times. The band kicked off its tour September
riginally released in 1999, M. Ward’s debut, Duet for Guitars #2—which was reissued in July by Merge Records—is certainly a low-key affair. Almost entirely acoustic, with a couple of fuzzy electric tracks and the occasional hint of mandolin and dulcimer, the album drifts from track to track in a near weightless manner.
Modest Mouse has announced a fall slate of dates in support of "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank." Beiginning with a Halloween show in Spokane, WA, the band
Does Suge Knight have anything to do with the music business these days? Well, since the guy once allegedly dangled Vanilla Ice out a window, I think the Death Row
The summer has been incredibly kind to Hidden Track. Both Ace and I have seen a ton of good shows, and we’ve both come across some great music that we’ve shared with our readers. Before the season officially ends, we’re gonna point out the tracks that helped us beat the heat. This week’s B List pays tribute to 10 songs that really stood out to us this summer…
10. On July 13th Ace previewed two exclusive, unfinished tracks from A Big Yes and a small no, including I’m Always Manic
9. One of my favorite shows of the summer was the Crowded House performance at the Masonic Lodge on July 21st where they played a bunch of new material; the best of these was the frenetic She Called Up
Photo by Adam Kaufman
8. On July 20th Ace came across an amazing video of 1,500 plus incarcerated inmates performing Michael Jackson’s Thriller
Read on after the jump for seven more Songs of Summer 2007…
