2007

One of Canada’s finest exports is returning to these United States.

Legendary rock trio Rush today announced a monstrous 62-show, five-month Snakes & Arrows World Tour that’ll take them through North America and Europe, with tickets for most shows going on sale later this week.

I’m excited to hit one of these shows, just to see Geddy Lee and Neil Peart in person and on stage before I die (well, actually, before they die). Relatedly, outside of big Rush fans, is guitarist Alex Lifeson the most unknown third member of a rock trio in the history of music? I vote yes, but I’ll open it up for discussion.

It’s nice to see Geddy Lee get time away from ESPN’s Baseball Tonight studio for this tour. Read on for the full tour dates, which follow after the jump…

Gene Ween isn’t dead, even though he finished Friday night’s show at the Gramercy Theater by eulogizing himself in an awkwardly funny version of Gener’s Gone. The gentleman who entered life as Aaron Freeman played an entertaining 80-minute set that featured forgotten album tracks, a cover of Space Oddity, and a few Ween classics. Ween‘s principal singer was even joined at parts of the show by his band’s bass player “Diamond” Dave Dreiwitz and drummer Claude Coleman.

Read on for a full review, some more photos and a couple of videos from Friday’s fantastic show at the Gramercy Theater in New York…

It was Friday afternoon, and all of the sudden the impact of a long work week had me doubting my decision to spend my weekend seeing multiple concerts. The moment

This week, to celebrate the Allmans’ annual Beacon run, we have just a single track. This meaty Mountain Jam, clocking in at thirty nine minutes, is the end of a

It was tough getting back into the real-life groove this week after the amazing time I had in Florida at Langerado, and this weekend can’t come soon enough. Let’s hope

See that speck of light down there, like 10 football fields away? That’s legendary Brazilian songwriting guitarist Gilberto Gil. In 1969, the military government arrested Gil and a singer compatriot