Live Earth: Al Gore Invents a Rock Concert
It’s unbelievable how far we’ve come from Al and Tipper Gore’s days of advocating censorship as leaders of the PMRC in the late 1980s. The former vice president today announced a campaign to make people aware of global warming called Save Our Selves, which will culminate in a live multi-venue concert on 07/07/07 dubbed Live […]
The B List: Backstage Antics
You can find some crazy videos when spelunking the depths of YouTube. This week’s edition of The B List presents 12 great clips from the backstage area at concerts. Some are funny, and others are just damn cool to see:
Read on below for a full list of 12 unbelievable backstage videos that span all genres, fantastic clips that include Van Halen, Jimi, DMX and Jay-Z, Leo Kottke, Nirvana, Dylan with Lou Reed and BB King, and Motley Crue’s meat fetish…
Our First Taste of Arcade Fire & Brimstone
The Arcade Fire’s about to begin playing the first few notes of their second New York City show, part of a five-night stand at Judson Memorial Church. I think this tour is in support of the band’s highly anticipated second album “We Can Stab a Rusty Shiv Into the Belly of a Pregnant Broad and […]
The U.S. vs. John Lennon Soundtrack : John Lennon
With an unpopular war claiming lives overseas, there just couldn't be a more appropriate time for the U.S. vs. John Lennon to be released. This relevant collection from one of the world's most fondly remembered musicians includes anthems inspired by a campaign for peace launched by John and Yoko.
Pagoda: Pagoda
The self-titled debut release from the New York City based quartet Pagoda, embraces indie-folk dimensions and merges it with alternative rock gales.
Elliott Smith Rarities Disc Due In May
A collection of unreleased music from late singer/songwriter Elliott Smith will be released this spring. "New Moon" rounds up 24 tracks recorded between 1994-1997. The project is due May 8 via Kill Rock Stars and will also be available as a double vinyl set. Some of the material is understood to have been produced by […]
L’hadlik ner Shel Langerado: Shabbat Lives!
Jews, call your overbearing mothers and tell ’em that attending the Langerado festival will not hinder your steadfast plans to observe the Sabbath as usual. Services will commence at sundown on Friday with a very special rabbinical leader. Matisyahu, a popular American Jewish reggae artist, performs Sunday, March 11th at the festival, and will be […]
Comedy Break: Rogan Schools Mencia
We’re aware this is a music blog first and foremost, but we’d like to present this not-so-funny clip about sparring comedians in this here space. And after all, the over-arching issue at hand, idea theft, has plagued the music community forever. I’ve been following the Joe Rogan/Carlos Mencia feud since the get-go, and it’s a doozy. Rogan accuses Mencia of stealing jokes and Mencia […]
Grousing The Aisles: A Mixed Bag
We’re trying something different for this week’s edition of Grousing The Aisles: For your continued enjoyment, we’re adding links to high quality mp3 versions of some of the shows that are featured. Please weigh in and let us know if this is something we should continue. Allright, let’s get down to business here:
Betts, Leavell, Hall, and Trucks 04/23/83 SBD (320kbps MP3):
I didn’t even know this band ever existed until I came upon a torrent of this show from Hobart College. In 1983, the Allman Brothers Band had been broken up for a while, allowing all the members to pursue individual projects. Dickie Betts and Butch Trucks formed a cleverly titled band called BHLT with former Allmans’ piano player Chuck Leavell and Jimmy Hall on harmonica.
This show is one of few that circulate from BHLT’s short tenure. The band plays a number of Allmans classics and a few originals Leavell wrote with Betts (Chuck Leavell features a clip of Rain, one of the originals he wrote with Betts, on his website). BHLT had plans to record but dissolved before that ever became a reality. Luckily for us we can re-live this meeting of southern rock all-stars by listening to this show.
Read on for more from the popular rock band Phish, Clapton and moe…
Wednesday Intermezzo
We confirmed the Bonnaroo 2007 lineup last night, Roger Waters is coming back to the USA, and all is right with the world halfway through the week. Let’s look around the cyberweb and check in on some of the shit that’s out there: Blogcritics.com presents a list of rock’s greatest bass riffs If you don’t have tickets to see […]