Daniel Hunter is just 18 and he cuts class on occasion (“My Attendance is Bad”) and likes Jello (“Jello”). The brains, voice, producer, and one-man band behind PlayRadioPlay! appears to also love Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie, Postal Service), as he’s a dead ringer for the Seattle artist’s emo voice and gentle beat filled electronic pop.
Each year, through the universal language of music, the PANGAEA PROJECT BENEFIT celebrates global awareness, culture, and youth leadership by activating music fans, artists, and progressive thinkers throughout the Northwest
Forty years ago James Brown played a concert at the Boston Garden that helped the city heal after learning of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. VH-1’s Rock Docs takes a
If you ask us there is nothing better then seeing music outside in the summer. So we couldn’t be more excited when we saw the announcement of the Governor’s Island
We couldn’t go another Friday without dropping a Mix Tape, so we’ve enlisted our friend Neddy to do our dirty work. Take it away, Neddy… I guess if you were
Throughout history, politics has had a significant impact on music. Likewise music has had a significant impact on politics (thanks, Tipper). With that in mind, I thought it would be a good idea to create a dialog with you, the Hidden Track readers. I hope to address issues concerning the campaign trail, current hot button issues and candidates and then contrast them with artists, occurrences in the music business, lyrics and perhaps even a little music history.
Recently, there has been a lot of discussion on the Umphrey’s McGee fan message board about a recent podcast released by the band. Over the years, Umphrey’s has done several cover songs, including several hip-hop songs such as Regulate, Gin & Juice and Xxplosive. The podcast mentioned features a cover of Snoop Dogg’s Ain’t No Fun.
UM guitarist Brendan Bayliss keeps to the original by performing all the lyrics to the song. The specific lyric that caused controversy over on the message board is the “N-word.” Indeed, many rap artists have embraced this term to simply take on the meaning of a person. But does this not perpetuate the racial problems in our country? On the other hand, Widespread Panic changes the same lyric in question when they cover Curtis Mayfield’s Pusher Man.
Read on for more of Land of Confusion, and be sure to tell us your opinion…
Now’s your chance to put our “my band can beat up your band” mantra to good use. That’s because voting for the 7th kinda-annual Jammy Awards has just started over
While C3 Presents doesn’t plan to announce the Lollapalooza 2008 headliners until Monday, Jim DeRogatis doesn’t have the patience to wait on the Texas-based promoters. DeRo and his Chicago Sun-Times
Throughout my 28 years on earth, I haven’t often wished for the opportunity to switch places with another person. I’ve been relatively content with my God-given goods, never really obsessing over my anatomical deficiencies or intellectual shortcomings. However, that all changed one night when I went to a Ray LaMontagne concert in St. Louis.
There were no boots on the piano, and his time on stage was about 40 minutes, but the final run of “Sweet Little Sixteen,” “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lot of Shaking Going On” is what everyone came to see and The Killer delivered, requesting the ladies shake it for him and letting them know, even if he was old, he can still give it to them.
