Apparently, Live Nation’s Fillmoreization of America isn’t working out as well as planned. Late last week the company announced that the Fillmore at the TLA in Philadelphia is returning to
n their debut recording, Vermont’s Badsuit accomplish the most difficult tasks facing improvisational musicians: bringing a genuine sense of spontaneity, comparable to their live performances into the often not-so friendly confines of the recording studio.
With over 20,000 miles on my Junkies odometer, this is not the first time I’ve followed a tour. Eight shows in eight days is the most ambitious plan yet, although there is a seed of doubt about the sanity of the entire trip. I felt it rooting in my gut during the slow descent into California. Hours later, the opening notes of “Follower2” will rake through my gut and turn the soil. Where doubt once rooted, there is only the emotional release of each tightly wound song of love and loss. As soon as each song ends, a craving for the next release immediately floods the bloodstream. I’m addicted.
You have to love a band that thinks outside the box when it comes to promoting a new release. Example A = indie-popsters the Annuals. The band which recently released
When Michael Azerrad prepared to write his biography of Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain, Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana, he conducted over 25 hours worth of interviews with Cobain.
You know how soccer is big everywhere but America? Well, the same can be said about the bombastic and raw music of Ireland’s Thin Lizzy. Lead singin’ bass playin’ Phil
As I sit here typing up this week’s LoC I am witnessing history and for the first time in a while, I’m actually proud to be an American. Why? Because unless you are living under a rock, you know that Barack Obama has become the first African-American presidential candidate to win a major party’s nomination in our country. And while Clinton would have ‘broke the glass ceiling’ for being the first female candidate, Obama’s nomination is just as important to our nation’s history.
But this week, I’d like to address something a little different that is a very pressing issue, not only for our country, but the whole world. The issue you ask? Poverty and hunger. This week, world leaders were discussing this very issue. While the numbers are a little skewed on the food production output needed and increase in prices to consumers, we need to address world hunger and poverty. The recent natural disasters and the increasing cost of fuel are forcing more and more people to rely on food banks to help supplement their nutritional needs. This includes our country. READ ON for more of this week’s LOC to find out what you can do…
The iClips crew heads to Kansas this weekend, where they’ll be webcasting directly from Wakarusa for the next three days. We’re still waiting for the final schedule to come out,
We’ve got a couple of reports that Trey Anastasio joined Robert Randolph and the Family Band this evening at Jones Beach, where they were opening for Eric Clapton. That’s all
Just a note that I’ll be heading to Sullivan Hall this evening to check out the sacred steel stylings of the Lee Boys. Ace and I caught them at Langerado
