Stick this one in the Better Late Than Never file…yeah, we just saw it. We’re hearing mostly positives from Van Halen’s resurrection n’ resuscitation tour, but this version of Jump
When I was seven years old my Uncle Bobby gave me a copy of Dave Marsh’s Book of Rock Lists, and I studied it harder than the Torah before my Bar Mitzvah. I’ve got a short attention span, so I loved being able to sit down for five minutes and learn all sorts of new things about rock and roll. And digesting all the lists in that book allowed my eight-year-old self to freak out the adults by telling them 20 things they didn’t know about Bruce Springsteen.
From the day Ace asked me to work with him on Hidden Track, I knew that I’d finally have a chance to share all of the lists I’ve made up in mind since my uncle gave me that book. Now let’s take a look at the 10 best B Lists of Hidden Track’s first year of existence. Click on the title to look back at the actual lists…
10. The B List: Brothers In Arms — 09/13/2007
Recently we put together a list of 10 favorite sets of brothers that jam together
Scott and Seth Avett [The Avett Brothers]
The Avett Brothers of Mount Pleasant, North Carolina may play instruments typically associated with bluegrass, but the sound that comes out is more Nirvana than Bill Monroe. Scott and Seth began writing songs together in 2000 and are beginning to gain national notoriety for their unique batch of originals. In May the boys made their television debut on Late Night with Conan O’Brien. The Avett Brothers will be on the road through the end of the year. Read on…
Twenty-four hours ago we posted, and this is a technical journalism phrase, “a wickedly kickass” photo gallery of the inaugural Echo Project’s first day from the masterful Dave Vann. If you missed it, you can click here and make up for your unforgivable transgression…or you can be a stubborn dick about it. As the legendary philosophers from Black Sheep once directed, the choice is yours.
Thankfully the Illustrious Mr. Vann is back with the second of his three sweet galleries. Saturday mixed the usual festival touring bands like Disco Biscuits, moe., Tea Leaf Green and Perpetual Groove with electronica-based acts like MSTRKRFT, Thievery Corporation (above) and Brazilian Girls, adding a touch of hip hop from Common, folk rock from the Avett Brothers and some singer/songwriter shenanigans from Cat Power. Oh, but there’s plenty more as well, so get goin’…
So read on after the jump for the second of three photo galleries from Echo, and hey, if you’ve got some stories from the festival, let ’em loose in the comments.
Bruce “I was the best keyboard player the Grateful Dead ever had” Hornsby counts many amateur and professional musicians among his myriad fans. And some of these musicians have collaborated
New York-based band Nada Surf will be releasing their new record, "LUCKY," on February 5th, 2008 on Barsuk Records, and are offering fans the opportunity to hear the track "See
The book on this year’s Vegoose Festival, aside from the typical late night debauchery, is a curveball lineup card that has more in common with Coachella than its jam-friendly past. And with Ghostface Killah, Public Enemy, Cypress Hill, Lupe Fiasco, Atmosphere and M.I.A.on the bill, you can count on a bit of sampling. Add the recently reunited Rage Against the Machine with Daft Punk – possibly playing their last ever U.S. show – and the Stooges featuring Iggy Pop performing Fun House in its entirety, Vegoose proper may be hotter than Rehab Sundays by the pool at the Hard Rock
When attempting to describe the HBO comedy cult hit Flight of the Conchords, the short answer is that it is Tenacious D for people who like Crowded House.
In the days where a huge corporate rock band like Rage Against the Machine reunites to enrich themselves under the guise of protest music, seeing a band who lived their message as DOA did is engaging and inspiring. When DOA was tearing up stages in protest to all they saw wrong with the world, there was no major label money, no big arena shows and no slick videos, just some kids trying to make a difference.
Radiohead are to play live dates next year, beginning in May, their management has revealed. Speaking to Billboard, Radiohead‘s manager Bryce Edge revealed that the band plan to begin touring
