2008

Tour Dates: The Mac Is Back

Fleetwood Mac will reunite for their first tour in over five years in support of a new greatest hits compilation called Unleashed. The classic rock band have revealed the first

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Luke’s List: Classic Holiday Movies

Thanksgiving dinner had not yet been cleared and TV stations across the land already had the Christmas movies queued up and ready to go. Between November 28 and December 26, you will only have about 147 chances to watch your favorite holiday movie. So here is a quick list of five Christmas movies well worth a couple of hours of your time in the next few weeks.

Christmas Vacation (1989)

It doesn’t get much better than “Shitter’s full.” The Griswolds bounced back in a major way from a somewhat lackluster trip to Europe to provide the straight up funniest of the holiday standards. It might not have the heart of A Christmas Story or the nostalgia of Rudolph’s bad claymation but Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo and the third installment of Griswold children, including an already-on-her-way-to-creepy Juliet Lewis, provide solid yuletide yucks.

Clark fights many battles in this one. Among them are taking on his neighbors, including a yuppie bitch played by Seinfeld’s Julia Louis-Dreyfus, fighting to get the Christmas lights working and being bitchslapped by his boss, played brilliantly by Brian Doyle-Murray. There’s also the gratuitous hottie, played by Nicolette Scorsese, who works in the department store (“Can’t see the line, can you Russ?”) and reappears in Clark’s poolside fantasy.

READ ON for the rest of Luke’s list of classic holiday movies…

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Wednesday Intermezzo: Marco’s New Album

Old HT favorite Marco Benevento recently announced details about his new studio album, Me Not Me. They keyboard wizard covers My Morning Jacket, Leonard Cohen, Beck and Deerhoof among others

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Pearl Jam Rarities Lead Ten Reissue

Pearl Jam has unearthed a host of unreleased tracks and special surprises from its vaults for a deluxe reissue of its fabled 1991 debut album, "Ten." Four different editions will

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Pullin’ ‘Tubes: Fishbone In Philly

Ska fusion pioneers Fishbone rocked tiny JC Dobb’s in Philly last Tuesday and it seems these guys haven’t lost a step. Videographer extraordinaire Jake Krolick captured Fishbone’s high energy set

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Cover Wars: Burning Down The House

Though the contests are still very close, we’re going to call The Seeker for Pearl Jam and All Of My Love for Ween. Now that’s cleaned up, we’ll move on to this week’s edition which looks at Burning Down The House.

Remember Pop-Up Video? It appears MTVMusic.com has these up for free streaming now – awesome. I was inspired to to pick this song after seeing David Byrne’s production last week in New Bedford at the Zeiterion Theater. A fantastic, almost too perfect, production complete with beautiful vocal harmonies, choreography and cult-like matching white outfits for all onstage.

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Langerado 2009 Lineup Announced

After a lengthy delay the lineup for Langerado 2009 has finally been announced and it’s way more eclectic than ever. Headliners include Snoop Dogg, Death Cab For Cutie and Ryan

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Review: Dr. Dog @ 9:30 Club

Over this past year we’ve expanded our coverage from NYC to all four corners of America. One city we’ve always had our eye on was Washington D.C. and we’re excited to welcome a new contributor to cover the live music scene in our nation’s capital. Please welcome Rudi Greenberg to Team HT…

[All Photos by Zachary Herrmann]

Apparently, Dr. Dog didn’t know it was December. With ornate flower arrangements, faux palm-like trees on stage and three band members wearing sunglasses, the band tried to heat up the 9:30 Club on a chilly Wednesday night in Washington last week with its psychedelic power pop. All the better, considering the Philadelphia-based band’s music is more fit for a summer day than a winter night.

With an 18-song set and a three-song encore, Dr. Dog powered through its 85-minute show with the energy and enthusiasm of a young band out to prove itself, which makes sense. While the band released its first album, Psychedelic Swamp, in 2001, the band’s current style dates back to 2007’s We All Belong, which saw Dr. Dog ditching its lo-fi roots for more ornate studio tricks and more cohesive songs.

READ ON for more of Rudi’s Dr. Dog review…

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