July 2008

Railroad Earth/Greensky Bluegrass: Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR 6/20/08

Following the release of their newest album Amen Corner, Railroad Earth took their west coast tour through Portland’s Crystal Ballroom on June 20th to ring in the summer solstice in style. In teaming up with Portland’s own prankster production team of Peak Experience, RRE decided to bring more than just their own special sound to the mix; they brought a horn section, a rocking guest guitarist in the form of Scott Law, a top notch opening act of Greensky Bluegrass, and more eye candy and costumes than most shows this side of Ringling Brothers.

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Volume 10: Mason Jennings

A few days before I went to my first Mason Jennings concert at the now defunct Mississippi Nights, my mom came to visit me in Saint Louis. We had lunch at the famous Blueberry Hill, and we may or may not have had a few too many Bloody Marys with our hamburgers and fries. I knew that Jennings was playing an in-store set later that day up the street at Vintage Vinyl, and I dragged my mother along to check it out.

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Beck Maps Out U.S. Tour Dates

Beck has announced a number of dates in the US to support the release of his forthcoming album ‘Modern Guilt’ which is set to be released in the US on

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Tim Reynolds – Ace in the Hole

 After years of solo tours and spot projects, Tim Reynolds is not only back in the spotlight with DMB but has revived TR3 (if not former members) in a new configuration. 

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Cold War Kids Reveal New Album Details

Cold War Kids have revealed the details of their highly anticipated second album. The band’s follow-up to 2006’s ‘Robbers And Cowards’ will be called ‘Loyalty To Loyalty’ and is due

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Phish Shares a Taste For Free

The Taste-inspired headlines are just going to keep on coming from us here at Hidden Track regarding this release. The official Phish YouTube channel just tripled it’s toal number of

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Televised Tune: On The Tube This Weekend

In 2006 Sigur Rós played a series of unannounced concerts around their homeland during the endless magic hour of the Icelandic summer. The film Heima captures the majestic musical moments

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AfterNews: TenaciousDB, RANA, UM/STS9

One of the weirder collaborations at last weekend’s Rothbury Festival was between Tenacious D’s Kyle Gass and General Motors. GM sent Gass to promote their brand new GMnext initiative and

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