Boston-based Antje Duvekot recently opened a well-attended show headlined by Lucy Kaplansky at Seattle’s Tractor Tavern, and the two put on a wonderful show. The main complaint, particularly as related to Duvekot’s part of the show, was that Duvekot arrived late, having been on a later-than-expected flight, and was able to play only a few songs.
Scotty and I are out the door in a matter of minutes to catch Apollo Sunshine on the Rocks Off Boat Cruise around Manhattan. In preparation of this evening’s nautical
In an apparent repeat of the early 2000s no-Phish improvisational rock scene, String Cheese Incident will attempt to fill the wank vacancy left by Trey Anastasio. Minnesota’s 10,000 Lakes Festival today
It’s time to tell your folks, your friends and your employers how much you really need a long weekend of introspection, how much you need an extended weekend overseas for personal reflection that includes somber visits to the Anne Frank House and the Van Gogh Museum. Some time around mid-March 2008.
Jam in the Dam organizers upped the ante this morning, announcing the event will stretch to six bands playing over four nights, a first for each number. After the fan-supported artist poll gauged proper interest, the festival has decided to add the Disco Biscuits, Perpetual Groove and Dark Star Orchestra to the 2008 edition of Jam in the Dam, a triumvirate that joins Umphrey’s McGee, Tea Leaf Green and Lotus on the bill. And if you want to see which bands are playing in which time slots, they’ve already released the schedule of events. Bully for us.
This thing’s becoming more and more can’t-miss by the day. I must ask, though, are they actively trying to collect the worst band names in music on one bill?
Every now and again we like to go spelunking through the extensive streamable archives on the SugarMegs server and recommend some hidden gems. And since we usually can’t get passed
Photos by Ashley Susczcynski of hellogoodbye performing at the University of Delaware on May 8, 2007.
Now touring behind their second offering Favourite Worst Nightmare, the Monkeys from a Sheffield England suburb, made their way onto the Hammerstein stage for their cask tight hour and fifteen minute set which begun with pre-recorded violin strings before being replaced by scratching guitars and Yorkshire accents.
With the theatrical flavor of Pink Floyd and the emotive tendencies of The Cure, The Arcade Fire mesmerized a sold out crowd at Boston’s Orpheum Theater.
Every once in a while we’ll stumble upon something new to YouTube that has so few views it’s borderline criminal. These are there are stories… As of post time, this
Our favorite part of collecting live music comes when incredible new recordings surface that we didn’t previously know about. Just this week we came across four pristine quality shows that kept us throughly entertained. As always, we share our finds with you on a weekly basis…as we go Grousing The Aisles:
Steve Winwood w/ Eric Clapton 05/19/2007 FM (FLAC, MP3):
We reported on the epic Winwood/Clapton collaboration on Saturday, and now we’ve come across a crispy FM recording of the quasi-Blind Faith reunion. Clapton joined Steve Winwood’s band for the last seven songs of their set at the Countryside Rocks festival. You can judge for yourself whether this was a monumental sit-in or two old guys trying to re-live their former glory days (I personally think the music is quite entertaining). Sure it’s weird that Winwood felt compelled to play guitar for a few of the songs, but when Steve is singing and Eric is ripping, the songs sound amazing. I particularly like Clapton’s inspired wah-playing during Presence of the Lord.
Video from the webcast of this show is also available to stream or download. For our loyal readers we’ve provided 320kbps Tagged MP3s of this bad boy.
Read on for more gems from Pink Floyd, Neil Young and moe….
