2008

Briefly: Fiery Cheese Furnace Incident

In one of the more interesting pairings of 2008 The String Cheese Incident’s keyboardist Kyle Hollingsworth will hit the indie scene this week, when he sits in with Brooklyn rockers

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Cover Wars: Making Flippy Floppy Edition

Well, I never said it was going to be fair! With a little help from Mike Gordon, the Benevento/Russo Duo ran away with last week’s Cover Wars, which featured seven versions of You Enjoy Myself.

Today marks the ninth installment of Cover Wars, and I figured it was about time that I picked a Talking Heads’ song. I’m operating with a few less brain cells than normal having seen four shows in four days, traversing well over 900 miles in my car while of course working Thursday, Friday and Monday. With that in mind I chose a Talking Heads’ tune that only a few bands on the Archive have covered: Making Flippy Floppy.


If you’re only getting 30-second clips of these songs, you must first register/log into Imeem.

Read on for the scoop on this week’s competitors…

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Gov’t Mule: Holy Haunted House

While the Allman Brothers are out of commission for a little bit, the hardest working man in jam’s other band is currently on a month long tour leading up to

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Pullin’ ‘Tubes: Norwegian Prog Rock

Last week we brought you that zany video from Galactic, but this week we have one that may top that. This one is from Norwegian prog-rockers Ungdomskulen with their mesmerizing,

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Allmans Take One Way Out of Bonnaroo

More unfortunate news came out of the Allman Brothers Band camp yesterday, as the band decided to pull out of their scheduled performance at Bonnaroo. Unfortunately, Gregg Allman needs more

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Umphrey’s McGee Release Free SBD

Here’s a cool freebie: Umphrey’s McGee just made it’s show from April 8th, 2008 available for download on the Live Music Archive. The band had this to say: The city

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Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey: Lil

With their new album, Lil’ Tae Rides Again, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey journeys further into the sonic ether. Known for their adventurous jazz odysseys (excuse the pun), the hyperkinetic trio—this time around without longtime drummer Jason Smart, who amicably left the band last year—tap electronic producer Tae Meyulks for this spacious minimalist effort.

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