Word on the street is that everyone’s favorite Scientologist, Beck Hansen, is set to follow in the footsteps of Radiohead, NIN and The Raconteurs by putting out his next album
I am not going to deny that I make full use of the immediate gratification that the internet provides. If some hard-working taper uploads a concert from his hotel room just hours after the concert, I am going to race to bt.etree or DimeADozen and jump on board the torrent. Or if I hear of a “must hear” show, I am going to head over to the Archive and see what I can find. Long gone are the days of waiting a week or two before groveling for tapes, or scouring lists with DeadBase open to once side, one eye on dates and the other eye on the generation and grade of the recording.
I am sure there are quite a number of people who would wax nostalgic about the loss of the trading process, the camaraderie, the research and discovery. And I will admit that I miss those things to some extent. But one aspect of tape trading that has been on my mind recently was the concept of fillers. I absolutely loved fillers. To me, they were like the Stockings on a Christmas Morning. Sure, I made a list of gifts that I was interested in and distributed it to my parents and family — the little surprises, the treats so to speak, were to be found in the Stockings. Fillers were these little treats that came at the end of the large, expected Gifts.
READ ON to find out Jeremy’s favorite fillers, and to list your own…
Radiohead kicked off the first leg of their North American tour last night, and as usual all of the reviews are absolutely glowing. Again, be sure to check out our
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Or a woman overly dramatic. Billie Myers came and went in 1998 with Kiss The Rain, a pop song whose hook helped
YMSB marks their ten year milestone with the fifth installment of their adored live album series, Mountain Tracks. Mountain Tracks Five is a double disc offering sprinkled with “pickin and grinning” Yonder style.
Everything Margo Timmins does is with pure elegance. The way she glides on stage, after the rest of her band has taken their places. The way she tells stories in between songs. The way she finds a pair of eyes in the audience and sings to them. They way she sips her tea and admires her flowers. The way she smiles while singing words her brother wrote.
While many are waiting to see what the next batch of material from Eight Foot Fluorescent Tubes’ lead singer Trey Anastasio will sound like, Big Red takes another looks backwards with the release of a new live album. Original Boardwalk Style features the best tracks from the Undectect’s electric 2006 New Year’s Eve run at the House of Blues in Atlantic City.
The live album drops on June 10, and is currently available for pre-order as a cd and as a double-gatefold, audiophile grade 180-gram LP Vinyl pressing at Drygoods. You can also choose to download the album via LivePhish.com and Trey.com. For more on Original Boardwalk Style, including a full tracklist, be sure to READ ON…
Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails weren’t content to simply release a free single. They’ve just made their new album, The Slip, freely available for download. You can download the
Welcome to another week of GraphJam parodies: [Created by Henge] Grateful Dead: Terrapin Station (Live 03/14/1993) GraphJam: Monthly Calendar for Robert Smith Previously on Fw/Graphs: The Coal Ran Out, Big
One of the odder releases hitting record store shelves in a few short weeks is Anywhere I Lay My Head – the debut album from hottie starlet Scarlett Johansson. The
