2008

After a few past Cover Wars appearances, the Ryan Montbleau Band can now claim a victory after scoring the majority of votes from last week’s edition when we looked at ten covers of John Lennon’s Jealous Guy. I wouldn’t be a responsible writer if I didn’t point out that Donny Hathaway also deserves much credit as Montbleau’s cover is part Lennon part Hathaway.

This week we’re taking a look at seven covers of Pink Floyd’s Young Lust off of their 1979 epic The Wall. In the ongoing story of The Wall, this tune depicts a part of every rock star’s career that just doesn’t get enough songs written about it. I am talking about banging groupies in hotel rooms.

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Some Dude just shot me over an e-mail with the first announcement we’ve seen for a concert at the newly renovated Beacon Theatre. 3 Girls and Their Buddy (Emmylou Harris,

Last week, soulful guitar slinger Ben Harper sneakily revealed his new band by launching a website for the project called the Relentless Seven. The bare bones website features just the

We’re truly in the Philathon homestretch, with only tomorrow’s finale to go, and so this week’s Stormy Mondays is a mix drawing from a few different incarnations of Phil and

Current go-to Phish tribute act Strange Design returns to Sullivan Hall in New York City on Thanksgiving Weekend and we’ve got one pair of tickets to give away to each

Now a word from our friend JR @ NYC-Freaks about a special contest… Freaks Flag Flies @ Jazz Fest Word is out, the kick-ass celebration that is Freaks Ball IX

Oregon rockers Blitzen Trapper return to NYC this evening to open for Iron & Wine at Terminal 5. While they’re in New York, the Portland-based sextet stops by Rockefeller Center

Several years ago, the three piece Brooklyn-via-Dallas psychedelic hard rock act The Secret Machines seemed poised for big things after having released two well received albums, playing an incendiary late-night