Archive: 2008

In my brief experience writing about music, I’ve made plenty of mistakes. Just a few days ago I incorrectly referred to Dumpstaphunk’s drummer as Anthony Webber instead of the proper Raymond Webber. Shit happens, and all you can do is try to keep the errors to a minimum before you lose all credibility. But there […]

Having just released a brand new album, the children’s themed “Let’s Go Everywhere”, it would be easy to think Medeski, Martin and Wood would be playing the Chuck E. Cheese circuit. Instead, this ever-evolving three- piece is focusing its energy on the ambitious goal of rewriting the “traditional” rules of touring.

After amicably departing Merge Records after 4 albums in two years, Robert Pollard Is Off To Business will be Robert Pollard’s only proper "Robert Pollard" full-length for 2008, released on Robert Pollard’s new Guided By Voices Inc. label.  At 10 songs in 35 minutes, it’s an extraordinary rock tour de force. Robert Pollard Is Off To Business sports Todd Tobias’ cleanest […]

Wilco has announced on their website, that they will be the musical guest on Saturday Night Live this coming weekend on March 1st.  The band just wrapped up a five show residency at Chicago’s Riveria Theater and will be in the midst of the eastern dates of its winter tour.   Ellen Page star of the […]

If five releases from Atmosphere in less than a year doesn’t have you already convinced that Minneapolis’ Slug and Ant are the hardest working men in the biz, 19 North American tour dates through April and May across the US and Canada should set the record straight.  In addition to the three Sad Clown EPs […]

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, whose critically-acclaimed album Raising Sand continues to perform well on the charts, have confirmed an additional 17 North American dates The duo will kick off the first set of dates April 20 at the Palace Theatre in Louisville, K.Y., with other stops including Knoxville Coliseum in Tennessee (April 22) and […]

It’s February and you know what that means…..Awards season. So instead of just a “Who Will Win” list, which, besides its highly opinionated nature (much like the Oscars themselves) we’re going to take our chances at guessing this year's winners.

Sting gets the Classic 60 Minutes treatment Sunday night at 8 PM. Tune in to hear just how long he can last during his tantric sex sessions with his wife, Trudy. Friday [all times Eastern]: Soul Deep explores the explosive history of funk music [VH-1 Classic 9:00 PM] Herbie Hancock is Jay’s musical guest on […]

I thought we were in the clear without having to mention the words festival, Radiohead and Jack Johnson in the same sentence for a little while….Brief pause….Was that long enough? I think so. We’re already sick of talking about festies, and the season hasn’t even started yet. Today news surfaced about the Outside Lands Festival, […]

While any future Led Zeppelin tour dates are still lurking in the darkest depths of Mordor, former front man Robert Plant has announced a slew of dates with his current musical partner Alison Krauss. The duo will take their oddly beautiful harmonies on a worldwide tour beginning this April in support of their album Raising […]

It’s February, which means there’s pretty much one festival announcement each day. Today we turn our focus to the Mid-Atlantic. Jam stalwarts Widespread Panic, Phil Lesh and Friends and Gov’t Mule will headline Walther Productions’ 12th annual All Good Festival. You won’t find Blitzen Trapper, The National or even Jack Johnson on this lineup; as […]

In a nutshell, Lafcadio could be described as King Crimson meets Dillinger Escape Plan meets Black Flag meets Black Sabbath meets Shel Silverstein.

It took some time, but Asking for Flowers reveals that there is plenty of fuel left in the tank for Edwards to rule the highways and bridges that connect from Ottawa to New Orleans.

Charlie Hunter’s certainly been no stranger to the Green Mountains over the last few years, but he may never have enjoyed himself more than on his latest sojourn to Vermont.

Death Cab for Cutie have lined up tour dates in advance support of its new studio album, "Narrow Stairs," due out May 13. The run kicks off April 18 in Bremerton, WA, visits the Coachella festival and winds down with a June 15 slot at Tennessee’s Bonnaroo Festival. Tour Dates April 200818 – Bremerton, WA […]

Radiohead will be headlining two of three nights at New Jersey’s All Points West Music & Arts Festival, with Jack Johnson headlining the remaining date. The festival is set to take place Aug. 8-10 at New Jersey’s Liberty State Park. The outdoor event, which will feature more than 40 acts appearing on three stages spread […]

On the heels of the Radiohead story that leaked earlier today, we now get the initial line-up for the inaugural edition of the All Points West Music & Arts Festival. Let’s take a look at who’s signed on so far…

Radiohead, Jack Johnson, Underworld, Kings of Leon, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Cat Power, The Roots, The New Pornographers, Youssou N’Dour, Animal Collective, Andrew Bird, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Metric, CSS, Girl Talk, Chromeo, The Go! Team, Amadou & Mariam, The Black Angels, Sia, The Felice Brothers, K’Naan, Jason Isbell, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Alberta Cross, The Virgins, Black Kids, Mates of State, Duffy, Forro in the Dark, Nicole Atkins, Juana Molina, Little Brother, Rogue Wave, Neil Halstead and Your Vegas.

Read on after the jump for ticket information…

In just two short weeks from today the Langerado Music Festival kicks off at Big Cypress in the Florida Everglades. I’ve attended the last two Langerado festivals, but this year’s lineup takes things to a new level. As someone who doesn’t get to many festivals, I think the best part of going is the enjoyment I get from checking out artists I haven’t seen before. So for the next two edition of The B List, I’ll look at the five bands I’m excited to see for the first time at Langerado:

1. Ben Folds – Ben Folds arrived on the scene in 1995 with his trio: Ben Folds Five. You couldn’t walk around the campus of my alma-mater, Skidmore College, without hearing Folds’ refreshing sound that combines elements of jazz and arena-rock with typical singer-songwriter fare. The Ben Folds Five continued to release great albums over the next few years including 1999’s The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner, a record which hasn’t left my iPod in over two years. Read on for more about Ben Folds and four other bands you gotta catch at Langerado…

The folks at URB magazine seem to have the big scoop of the day. The monthly magazine devoted to electronic music, hip-hop and urban lifestyle is reporting that Radiohead will in fact be headlining the initial All Points West Music & Arts Festival – confirming the rumor that has been swirling since they announced the […]

We’re back for round two of Bust Outs. In the inaugural edition, we got a number of requests for some Grateful Dead bust outs. Well, we’re working our way up to that, but first, we’ll meet you half way. Today, we’re highlighting some monumental Grateful Dead Covers. We’ve got a nice potpourri here – some sinister, some tranquil and some just flat out fun. Without further ado, follow me…

Coffee Bean Brown – 11/21/2002 – It Must Have Been the Roses

This gem of a cover is brought to us via Coffee Bean Brown, the good acoustic twin of Tea Leaf Green. Get it – Tea Leaf Green, Coffee Bean Brown? Dummy. This was actually the first ever show of the band’s Coffee Bean Brown experiment, and their take on It Must Have Been the Roses is just gorgeous. Trevor’s keys and tranquil vocals do a lot of justice to this tune. Tea Leaf Green doesn’t play as Coffee Bean Brown too often, but these early sessions provide some great insight to what this band is capable of acoustically.

Read on for five more outstanding Dead covers…