The University of Georgia absolutely crippled overmatched Hawaii in last night’s Sugar Bowl, the Bulldogs making the islanders look more like Rainbow Flag-Waving Nancy Boys than Rainbow Warriors (though that’d
New Year’s Eve gigs provide bands a chance to celebrate with friends, family and their fan bases from around the country. But it also gives them a chance to pepper setlists with rare and cool covers, bust outs and tons of Auld Lang Syne.
We’ve rounded up every NYE setlist we can find, so you can be more educated for your “My band can beat up your band” conversations. Read on for more…
The Greyboy Allstars returned to New York’s Nokia Theatre last week for two nights, playing by all accounts much improved shows from last year’s corresponding dates. As you may remember, the 2006 GBA show left us underwhelmed and unimpressed, and our own Chilly Jackwater called it “80 percent smooth jazz.”
But of the six or seven people we’ve spoken with following this two-show run, every single one of them left raving about the band’s fantastic, triumphant return — so after a mediocre 2006, it appears the Greyboys are once again Allstars. And Chilly reported back that Karl Denson must have been named in the Mitchell Report, because his previously questionable muscular physique has dwindled.
Hidden Track’s adorable boyfriend/girlfriend team of Jeremy Gordon and Carla Danca hit the second night for us, and while he snapped some fantastic photos, she added some words, and their gallery follows after the jump…
Like all well-intentioned abstinence pledgers, we wanted to wait. Some call us ‘lazy,’ others call us ‘prudent,’ and our mothers call us ‘special.’
But when it comes down to it, posting any kind of Best Of list after only 11 months seems rather hasty and foolhardy — everyone would’ve been sorry had Radiohead surprisingly released another kickass, unannounced album on December 31st, after their lists had emerged. So on the heels of our comprehensive and grandstanding 2007 Year in Review, we offer up another year-end superlative for you to devour on this feels-like-a-Monday Wednesday.
After the jump you’ll find my 10 favorite albums of the past year, and at this juncture I must stress the word ‘favorite,’ which is not necessarily interchangeable with ‘best’ (though I do adore myself so much that I may have deluded myself into thinking my personal faves were indeed the best — I also masturbate exclusively in front of a mirror to videos of myself, but that’s not important right now).
Some are obvious, but some will surprise you, and I hope my explanations make more sense to you than they did to me when I wrote ’em with a wicked hangover. As always, we want to know what you think, so weigh in with your thoughts or suffer stiff backhands to the face, neck, breast, chest and head…
ith its sharp replication of the original New Riders’ cover art an accurate reflection of the music itself recorded at Mexicali Blues Café (except for the often abrupt track changes), this modern-day version of the band proves itself to be not just an extension of the (seemingly) bottomless roots of The Grateful Dead, but a worthwhile endeavor its own terms.
With the record industry in flux, 2008 will be full of surprises. Expect new mainstream releases from Coldplay, Madonna and Weezer sometime this year, and indie releases from Toyko Police Club’s, M83, Raveonettes, and Deerhunter's Bradford Cox new band, Atlas Sound. In the first quarter alone, a lot of spectacular releases are expected. And away we go.
Lead singer and guitarist Ray Davies has been hinting at a reunion for some time, and the Daily Mail is reporting that the original line-up intend to reform for a
