Archive: 2007

Brooklyn-based indie rockers The National, who are out on the European festival circuit promoting their latest release, Boxer, will return to North America before launching a full-scale world tour. The new run kicks off September 4 at the Theater of Living Arts in Philadelphia, Pa., and features stops across the U.S. and Canada, including the […]

Mark Knopfler will release his next solo album, "Kill To Get Crimson," Sept. 17 internationally and a day later in North America. The 12-track set began to take shape last year and was put to tape in early 2007. "Kill To Get Crimson" is the follow-up to 2004’s "Shangri-La," which debuted at No. 66 on […]

Season 2 Set Six from Jamcam Chronicles brings you a tasty performance from the Everyone Orchestra at the Crystal Ballroom in Portland, Oregon.

The White Stripes wrapped up their quirky Canadian tour yesterday with a single note in St. John’s, NF. Following shows on boats, buses, bridges and classrooms, Jack and Meg took to the stage on George Street in St. John’s and played a single note (reportedly a C-sharp) before announcing they have "now officially played in […]

Warren Zevon’s third album achieved strong commercial success, reaching its peak at 8th position on the Billboard pop charts in 1978. Excitable Boy remains Zevon’s highest-selling record, a darkly comical string of incredible narratives and parables that beg for multiple listenings. Werewolves of London climbed to #21 on the charts, and the album’s title song […]

We didn’t devote much ink to this weekend’s All Good Festival in Masontown, West Virginia — in fact, we neglected it just like I do to my illegitimate bi-racial children. More than anything, the lack of information stemmed from the fact that neither of us had computer access this weekend, as well as the fact […]

HT Contributor Eliot Glazer has tremendously terrible taste in music. But he’s an adroit wordsmith, and he’s gonna try to convince us that the bad is really good. Remember Charlotte Church? She was an absolute wonder, an extremely young, polite, pleasant-looking “opera prodigy” with a voice beyond her years. And, oh, the songs she sang! […]

Dispatch has earned the distinction of being the only unsigned act to headline Madison Square Garden. And they not only headlined the world’s most famous arena this weekend, they sold out three nights at MSG. Since we know nothing about them except The General, we asked our friend Matty Mac to do the honors.

Whenever anyone asks me “Who’s your favorite band?,” I always say “I don’t have a favorite per se, as my tastes are constantly changing with the wind.” But I realized this past weekend that my response is total bullshit.

I definitely have a favorite band, and they go by the name of Dispatch. If you have never heard of them before, well, I am not surprised. Born of out the dorms of Middlebury College in Vermont, Brad Corrigan, Pete Heimbold and Chad Urmston show a versatility and musical ability like no other band I have seen or experienced. Though the band has “officially” broken up, to this day they have a loyal following that could rival Phish, if only comprised of a younger demographic.

My roots in this band go back a long way. During the first few weeks of my freshman year of college, my roommate had a tape of a band called “One Fell Swoop” that he insisted on me listening to. During this time, I had only really listened to hip hop and thought that this “hippie, tree-hugging shit” was exactly that: shit. But after my first listen all the way through (the album happened to be “Silent Steeples”), I was a changed man. I listened to that tape so much that it pretty much melted in the tape deck. I was in love. Like, “let’s get married” love, but in a completely heterosexual way.

Read on for more of Matty Mac’s full review of Dispatch at MSG…

The John Butler Trio is Australia’s answer to the Dave Matthews Band, and that is not meant as a jab at the fingerpickin’ Australian and his crew.  The trio's music is reminiscent of Dave Matthews’s early feel-good-rootsy-rock (before they took a turn into the overproduced and overdone).

Week of 7.15.07

It’s mid-summer, and that means the world needs a little Grateful Dead to help the sun shine a little brighter and the twilight last a little longer. And why have one when you can have two? These three classic one-two-punch pairings all come from one of my favorite tours, one that is too often overlooked, Spring 1978. […]

Score one for bearded hipsters. One-half of the best duo in music recently announced seven dates out west to promote his three-disc set from a glorious Novemberstand at the now-closed Tonic. You’re gonna have some fun here: Marco Benevento will perform a series of shows on the West Coast in August to support the release of […]

Some of youse may remember hearing about Todd Haynes’ I’m Not There, a unique biopic about the life and times of the Lucious Bobby Dylan. The non-traditional film will use six different actors depicting six stages of Uncle Robert’s life, casting Marcus Carl Franklin, Ben Whishaw, Heath Ledger, Christian Bale, Richard Gere and Cate Blanchett […]

The official website of Larry Campbell blew up Phil Lesh’s spot, announcing that the Peter Gallagher lookalike will be touring with the former Grateful Dead bassist in the fall, beginning on September 28th. Not surprisingly, the news was deleted from Campbell’s website within a few hours of being posted.

We’re extremely excited that Phil is getting back on the road, and we wait with baited breath to see the dates and who the other members of the ensemble will be. The item posted on Campbell’s website also said that he will be playing with Phil and Friends in San Francisco on July 21st. So make sure to keep a look out for some announcements from the Lesh camp soon.

• Who would have guessed Sly Stone could use a fax machine?
• Get excited about new tour dates from Bjork and New Pornographers
• The Police still bicker over every little thing
• Samantha Spector blogged live from the All Good Festival
• Kudos to the Dave Matthews Band for standing up for our troops
• Photographer Bob Minkin shares some amazing photos from the Grateful Dead’s 1979 Halloween show
• DeRo reported live from the scene at the Pitchfork Festival (there may or may not have been a casualty at Pitchfork, says Passion of the Weiss)
• Watch Rick Danko and Paul Butterfield’s 1979 concert in Boulder
• Here Comes The Flood has kind words for the Scarecrow Collection
• Check out The Greenhaus Effect for photos from High Sierra, the latest episode of Cold Turkey and the definition of Nappy Rides
• It doesn’t get much better than a compilation of Iron Maiden Mash-ups
• Vinyl sales are skyrocketing in the UK
• Engadget rounds up all the breaking news about Guitar Hero III
• Spinner is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Lilith Fair by listing 10 women who rock right now
• Tea Leaf Green has made recordings of their three recent shows in Fairfax, CA available for purchase
• Andrew Loog Oldham on the origins of Mods and Rockers

Have a great beginning to your week, and don’t forget to check out A Big Yes and a small no tonight in Brooklyn. The winners of our contest on Friday? Jeremy Welsh and Eric Mohl. Congrats to both. And as usual, read on after the jump for a long list of setlists from the weekend, including Arcade Fire, Bob Dylan, Dispatch, Genesis, Metallica, Morrissey, Tower of Power, and all your favorite jambands…

I know this sounds weird, but I just got home from a 27-hour stint at summer camp. And yet I still caught a great show this weekend: Former campers from the Northeast and Florida may recognize the name Ron Dagan, the schmaltzy local legend who has made a three-decade living on Cats In The Cradle. […]

Dissonant vocal harmonies and moog undertones characterize the rockabilly outfit Southern Culture on the Skids’ release, Countrypolitan Favorites.

Before Nick Drake’s Pink Moon was used to sell Volkswagens and before Zach Braff thought "One of These Things First" was a song Drake’s heart wrote for his movie Garden State, and before reissues of the Nick Drake canon were released, fans of the suicidal acoustic musician would make a pilgrimage to the Drake family home in England just to see where talent and tragedy were created.

Blue Man Group have announced another extensive run of U.S. dates for their How To Be A Megastar 2.1 tour. The trio will spend September in Canada, before launching their next assault on the States October 5 at the Toyota Center in Houston. Other stops on the group’s three month Stateside run include the Conseco […]

Henry Rollins has announced dates for a two-month, 50-show spoken word tour of North America. Provoked: An Evening of Quintessentially American Opinionated Editorializing and Storytelling (phew!) launches September 14 at the Orpheum Theatre in Flagstaff, Ariz. Other stops on the extensive schedule include La Zona Rosa in Austin (September 19), The Theatre in West Palm […]

Marilyn Manson plans to start shooting his delayed horror film "Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll," towards the end of the year, after he finishes touring to promote his new album, "Eat Me, Drink Me." "It’s still very much happening," Manson, who wrote and plans to direct and star in the movie, tells Billboard.com. "We […]