2008 has been a really strong year for live archival releases. Yesterday, I put together a list of my ten favorite live archival releases of 2008 and there are some
Earlier today, our friends and partners at Glide Magazine released this year’s Glide 20 featuring their top albums of 2008. Most of my favorites have made honorable mention, but Invisible
We’re getting closer to one of our favorite live music holidays – New Year’s Eve. If you still haven’t found something to do, be sure to check out our Rolling
May 3, 1999 might not be an important date to many of you, but it is to me. On this day, Oklahoma saw some of the worst tornadoes known to man. Along with my family and friends, I survived. But not everyone was so lucky…
The following day I traveled from Oklahoma City to Tulsa to catch a show of the String Cheese Incident and Gov’t Mule co-headline tour. Along I-44, I saw more destruction than I had ever witnessed — with the exception of the Federal Building. An entire outlet mall was demolished along with gas stations, homes, and everything else that was in the way of the F5 that struck that day.
Wind has an awesome power. I think we can all agree on that. My grandfather once told me a joke that goes something like this:
Question: Why is it so windy in Oklahoma?
Answer: Because Texas blows and Kansas sucks.
If you don’t get it, then you either know nothing about geograpy, or Big 12 sports. (Side note: I’m a OSU Cowboys fan, big props to the Pokes for almost handing it to the Sooners yet again — better luck next year!)
READ ON for more of Land of Confusion – Black Clouds > Restless Wind…
Earlier this year rock veterans ZZ Top put out a fantastic DVD featuring footage shot in their home state of Texas during their 2007 world tour. ZZ Top Lie From
Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones is to perform with Sonic Youth to honour the 90th birthday of choreographer Merce Cunningham. Jones and Sonic Youth are set to collaborate on
Do records even matter anymore? The whole concept of listening to an album from beginning to end – a continuous journey ala Dark Side of the Moon or London Calling? Yup, despite the decline in physical sales and the current climate – both brick and mortar and digital – for some the album is still an art-form to be fully digested, and 2008 had a ton of main courses. It’s always easier to hear a few seconds of a track on MySpace or download a few tracks from iTunes, but these records deserve to be listened to from beginning to end – one, two, three or dozens of times.
Punk rock reggae trio STATE RADIO have announced an early 2009 US tour that kicks off on January 14 in Tucson, AZ and wraps on February 21 in Providence, RI.
Rock guitarist Joe Satriani has sued British band Coldplay, accusing the Grammy-nominated stars of plagiarizing one of his songs.Satriani’s copyright infringement suit, filed yesterday (Dec. 4) in Los Angeles federal
