The release of Matt Costa’s sophomore effort, Unfamiliar Faces, has been changed to January 15th, 2008, which will be supported by a headlining tour early in the year. In the
The Brickhouse in downtown Phoenix was more like an oven on a recent Friday night. Many people cleared the room before the headliner Talib Kweli even entered the stage, as the temperature rose well past 100 degrees. Yet Kweli, with his predictably smooth rhymes and easy backbeats, managed to pull off a compelling show despite the elements and those who stayed were lyrically impressed.
ith a title like Viva Las Vegas, I suspect many people's expectations are very low, associating this with the lounge lizard Elvis. However, that turns out to be an off-base assumption. The truth is this album captures Elvis during his second-wind. True, the young, hungry singer from the days before the Army and the movies is gone, but he still had an awful lot of performance left in him and these 16 tracks, all but one recorded live between 1970 and 1972, find his great voice backed by a much bigger sound.
Assembly of Dust are joining forces with JJ Grey & Mofro a run of dates up the East Coast. The two bands will swap closing slots over two weeks and
Like Cosmo Kramer with the Elaine’s friend, the High Talker’s ex-girlfriend Noreen, this story from late Friday slipped right past my news goalie. Queen guitarist Brian May ain’t just a
1964 was a killer year for jazz (and for metallic green Buick Skylarks), and we’ve prepared a short list of highlights to kick off your work week. Thelonious Monk’s Stuffy
MCA of the Beastie Boys is breaking into the virtual world, where he will be a character in the new Tony Hawk video game. Tony Hawk: Proving Ground will be released in October, and if you are good enough at the game you’ll be able to unlock MCA’s character. Jewish skateboarders…what will they think of next?
We ain’t just Beastie X Games…we’ve got plenty of other news to report:
And as usual on Mondays, read on after the jump for a full slate of setlists from the weekend, including but not limited to Arcade Fire, Black Crowes, Kings of Leon, Rage, Ratt, RAQ, TLG, Umphrey’s, Wilco and many more…
Photos by Brian Diescher of The Allman Brothers Band performing at the Bank of America Pavilion in Boston MA on August 7th and 8th, 2007.
The forefathers of French electro-house music, Daft Punk, will release a live album – entitled Daft Punk Alive 2007 on November 20th, 2007. The album was recorded at the Palais
Shiny Toy Guns are an L.A. quarter who have been gaining steam playing sold out crowds here and abroad as well as at some top notch exclusive get-togethers (more on that later). Their alive style of new wave/guitar/pop/electronica creates dense textures both musically and vocally. Thanks to melodious male/female leads sung by Chad Petree and Carah Faye and complex song structures, Shiny Toy Guns are able to tackle issues of gender and fear in fresh ways testing at times and reassuring at others along the journey. This is not your typical synth-pop band.
