Archive: 2007

He’s part Pete Carroll, part Bill Maher, and we love’m. Thanks to T-Money for the heads up about Roger Waters adding some American dates to his 2007 World Tour: Thursday, May 24th East Rutherford, NJ Continental Arena Wednesday, May 30th New York NY Madison Square Garden Friday, June 1st Philadelphia PA Wachovia Center Saturday, June […]

After keeping the Stones’ recent live tours from completely falling off the rails, guitarist Ronnie Wood has issued a vast and enjoyable compilation of his personal best. The two-disc, 27-track collection contains his solo work and group work. Disc one is all solo beginning with the reggae-tinged “I Can Feel The Fire” featuring David Bowie on backing vocals while “Cancels Everything” is a mellow, roots-y tune with Keith Richards helping out.

8 PM Update: We just got the official press release, and everything you’ve heard today is correct. One thing we can add: The comedians are back, and Bonnaroo 2007 will feature Lewis Black & Friends, Dave Attell and David Cross. Props to PT user jtr210 and the BonnarooDetective for discovering a link (since removed) to […]

“Hey, you…get your damn hands off my Internet videos.” –George McFly, 1955 Some time during HT Weekend Posting Hours I salivated over the upcoming SXSW premiere of the new David Berman-intensive documentary Silver Jew. In dual congratulatory honor of this release and my salivary glands working properly, here’s a cool clip of the Jews playing […]

One of the most unique aspects of Umphrey’s McGee’s music is the near-nightly improvisational jam — known as “Jimmy Stewart” — the band inserts into its sets. Now thanks to UM Street Team Coordinator, Jon McLennand, the best improvisations from February through June 2006 have been compiled into two discs called “Jimmy Stewart” – The Second Album, available now.

Umphrey’s played more than 50 shows during that time period, and it wasn’t easy for McLennand to decide which jams made the cut. His process? “I go through all the shows (of a certain period) and collect all of the improvisation. Then I listen to everything, ad nauseum, until I’m able to whittle down the best pieces of improv. Then, I jigsaw everything together so that it fits, is listenable, and flows.”

The result is an album that shows off all the different sides of the band’s music that isn’t based around two verses and a chorus. Read on for further details on the second Jimmy Stewart album, a full tracklisting and much more…

As part of our continued effort to geek everyone up about underrated artists we can’t wait to see down at Langerado next month, today we’ll sneak a peek into the Apollo Sunshine archive and get particularly geeky. Sadly I missed this trio of Berkelee gents at this year’s NYC Freaks’ Ball, but redemption is only one month away under the chicken soup-infused […]

The cult of Claypool has worshipped for years at the alter of Primus’s unique sound but greatest hit packages are never for the die-hards, they serve as an intro or a recap of a band you may have missed over the years, in either of these roles …Zingers succeeds.

Simultaneously psychedelic (“The Girl”) and soulful (“Worst Trip”)—We All Belong is seemingly the result of the Beatles spending spring break with The Allman Brothers Band and getting delirious with sunburn and their 24 track, 2 inch tape machine.

On the heels of the release of their two most recent albums, Jesse Sykes and Sparklehorse made it a lively Tuesday night at the Clubhouse.

For moe., 2006 was a killer year. Sure, they played and ran their own festivals, including the annual moe.down and snoe.down, as well as the second sailing of the moe.cruise. And of course they took on their typically strong touring schedule, but all of that is normal for moe. No, it was a killer year because while it was full of accomplishments, it could have killed them in the process.