It’s Uncle Neddy to the rescue with a bag full of downloadable presents… Here’s a guest minimix for the Hidden Track crowd. It’s time to give the drummers some, as
State Radio graced a sold out, hometown crowd at Boston’s Avalon Ballroom to an energized set of riff-fused neo-ska-rock that showcased an onslaught of Chad Urmston’s post-Dispatch material, as well as a few well executed covers.
Umphrey’s McGee and the Disco Biscuits have announced the details of their Caribbean Holidaze excursion to Jamaica in December. Right by ‘da beach. The two bands will play three shows
I wanted to check out one of Beirut‘s three shows this week at the Bowery Ballroom, but alas, I bricked it like the keg guy coming early to the Pickford residents. By all
The Austin City Limits lineup is official, and it’s fucking nasty. Seriously, just nasty. In fact, I’ve never been so impressed by an initial artist announcement. Then again, I’m not
Unfortunately my 9-5 is demanding some much-needed attention today, so this week’s edition of The B List is gonna be short and sweet.
The Beatles weren’t content revolutionizing music; they also changed the level of creativity put into album covers. Each member of the band attended art school, and the Beatles realized the importance of packaging. Once Revolver and Sgt. Peppers were released, every other band tried to top them, with little success.
So today, let’s take a look at the 10 best Beatles album covers:
10. The White Album (1968):
Read on for the rest of this week’s B List as we reveal the best nine covers…
Photos by Ashley Suszczynski of the Kottonmouth Kings performing at the Theater of Living Arts in Philadelphia, PA on April 7, 2007. click to watch Ashley's exclusive interview backstage
DJ Shadow announced a completely impromptu concert a few weeks back for a hometown audience in San Francisco at the legendary Fillmore Theater. The show quickly sold out; partly due to the fact that Shadow has only performed in the Bay area three times since his latest album (The Outsider) was released last fall.
moe. is the little band that could. Many people predicted the group’s demise back in the mid ’90s when it was rotating drummers faster than Spinal Tap, and again when the boys lost their record deal with Sony a few years later.
But moe. continues to fuck the face of its loudest critics, selling out large shows, hosting sold-out festivals and pulling big-time gigs. Just last week moe. became the second group to play the brand-spanking new Highline Ballroom in New York’s increasingly glamorous Meatpacking District. The band played to five capacity crowds, and as usual, left their most ardent supporters satisfied and their critics stupified.
To give a little background on myself, I fall somewhere in the middle ground between fluffer and hater. My relationship with moe. began in 1995 when I saw an interesting post about the band on rec.music.phish and headed to a church in New Brunswick to check them out. I became hooked on their songs from the moment they started St. Augustine. Over the next few years I saw dozens of shows, and I loved them all. But something happened around that time, a weird situation when the band put an emphasis on jamming more then depending on the songs themselves. For many bands, I’d be happy as a pig in slop to see a 30-minute version of a song, but with moe., I just got bored. The band is full of capable musicians, but I’ve always felt many of their jams meander.
Let’s return to the present and talk about the show Ace and I caught last Thursday night at the Highline. It was moe.’s second night of five, and the place was buzzing with energy as the band started. Timmy Tucker opened the show, the song that most symbolizes my biggest issue with the band. Timmy is a fun tune, but after a 10-minute Chuck Garvey solo I’m a little impatient when Al Schnier starts a 10-minute solo of his own. Within 20 minutes I had remembered what I liked and disliked about this band.
Read on for more of Nate’s great pics and the rest of Scotty’s review…
We’ve already shown you the pictures, but now we’ve got some videos from YazzFest rolling into our Hidden Track Headquarters. Well…not really, we’re just digging through YouTube like the rest of you
