Our good friend Luke Sacks offers an out-of-towner preview of Wilco’s upcoming five-night stand at the Riviera in Chicago, which takes place on February 15-20 A previous commitment — okay,
Our good friends over at the wonderful Art Decade mp3 blog must be on the same wavelength this week. I woke up yesterday singing three separate Rick Danko songs at
Nearly every mention of Trey Anastasio’s name over the past year has been attached to negative news, so we’re glad to report some good red news. The former Space Antelope
You may be well familiar with the bands featured in this section, but Some Dude from Hits from the Blog wants to ensure there’s No Jambandfan Left Behind…
You know how they say that Christopher Columbus didn’t really discover America he just “encountered” it? Well that’s sort of how I feel about how I came to start listening to the music of Okkervil River.
How I can really lay claim to discovering a band that has been releasing albums (and I’m sure touring relentlessly) since late last century? I first encountered this Austin-based act some time last summer when every music reviewer was drooling over their latest offering, The Stage Names, a wordy, bombastic album with ruminations on the daily life of someone who happens to be in a rock band.
The reviews piqued my interest, but it wasn’t until I caught their performance on Conan that I knew they’d be my latest musical obsession. The song they played was big, brawny and cluttered with sound; it seemed like they could fall apart at any moment, but somehow lead singer Will Sheff’s vocals came in and tied it all together. Read on after the jump and take a listen to their cinematic tales…
Yahoo is dropping its subscription music service and replacing it with Rhapsody America as part of a broad strategic partnership announced by the two companies today. As part of the
Okkervil River have announced a spring tour that will consist of headlining shows and some with The New Pornographers. Pre-sale begins this Saturday, Feb 2 for the dates with The
Arcade Fire and Fox TV could become involved in a lawsuit, after it is alleged that the network used their music to soundtrack an advert without permission. The band’s song
Though the rawness of their performances sometimes came off as garage-rock, such a thing can be expected from such a young band. In contrast, their slow, quiet songs, though emotional and undoubtedly therapeutic, were rather dull and tended to drag. It is a sign of a band of enormous potential as rockers but with a penchant for clichéd, overly sentimental balladry.
Magnetic Field fans will find Distortion a must hear, but curiosity seekers should see it as a free art opening – stop by and decide for yourself whether to linger or jet.
The Shotgun is a monthly series of shotgun album reviews by Glide contributor Eric Saeger.
