Wednesday Intermezzo
It is only Wednesday, yet already I’m getting excited for the Super Bowl. I’m picking the Bears by a point, with Adam Vinatieri missing a potential game-winning kick. To help pass the time between now and kickoff, check out these stories: The Grateful Dead provide some free mp3 love in the latest Taper’s Section Alex […]
Mike Patton’s Peeping Tom Prepares March Tour
Peeping Tom, the latest project from Mike Patton, has lined up its first tour, a month-long spring trek culminating in a slot at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. Patton, who originally gained fame as Faith No More’s frontman, will take the new band on the road starting March 30 at the Granada Theater […]
Sage Francis Returns With Human The Death Dance
Rapper, poet, activist, humorist and cultural provocateur, Sage Francis will release Human The Death Dance, his second Anti/Epitaph release, on May 8, 2007. Bolstered by the many facets of Sage’s complex persona, Francis goes beyond his acclaimed back catalog with humor, anger and poetic passion. Featuring collaborations with artists as diverse as Jolie Holland, Buck 65 and […]
The Wood Brothers: Club Passim, Cambridge, MA -1/21/2007
On a Boston night, where the hometown New England Patriots were in the process of losing the AFC championship, the Wood Brothers were bringing their unique blend of folksy, jazzed out Americana to a small crowd at Club Passim.
The Good, The Bad & The Queen Launch U.S. Dates
THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE QUEEN, the collaboration between Damon Albarn (Blur/Gorillaz), former Clash bassist Paul Simonon, Verve guitarist Simon Tong and Fela Kuti/Africa 70 drummer Tony Allen, whose eponymous, Danger Mouse-produced debut was released last week, have confirmed the following first-ever series of North American dates: March 11th Toronto Kool Haus March 12th […]
Army of Anyone: Spontaneous Invasion
Richard Patrick, the man at the forefront of the rock band Filter for the past ten years has enlisted with bassist Robert DeLeo and guitarist Dean DeLeo –the brothers and musical architects behind Stone Temple Pilots. Add veteran drummer Ray Luzier, formerly of the David Lee Roth band and you have Army of Anyone. Together, the sum is even greater than its parts and the proof is in their self-titled debut album.
Pullin’ ‘Tubes: Excitable Edition
It’s Tuesday, and I’m in England. But it’s time to break out the European Ouija board and channel my ‘cross-the-pond spirit for this edition of Pullin’ ‘Tubes. You can’t go wrong with Warren Zevon. Everything I’ve ever posted on my blogs from his catalog has always been greeted by a friendly pat on the ass […]
The Good, The Bad & The Queen: The Good, The Bad & The Queen
Two words best describe the quartet’s sound – groove and hook. Albarn’s tinkery piano chops, combined with his suave British crooning, joined at the hip with Simonon’s dub bass lines, make The Good, The Bad & The Queen an identifiable weapon.
Patty Griffin: Children Running Through
By now you probably know Patty Griffin as a talented singer/songwriter through her connections with Emmylou Harris and The Dixie Chicks or her timeless albums like Impossible Dream, 1000 Kisses, or Living With Ghosts. And although Harris does appear on the flaming red head’s new album, Children Running Through, on the soft “Trapeze,” it’s only Patty Griffin who you’ll remember after the disc is finished playing.
The Police Rumors Are True – Trio Will Play The Grammys
In an historic GRAMMY® moment, the Police (Sting, Stewart Copeland, and Andy Summers) will reunite and perform together for the first time on the GRAMMYs when they open the 49th Annual GRAMMY® Awards telecast on Feb. 11, it was announced today by The Recording Academy®. With five GRAMMY Awards to their list of accolades, the […]