Archive: 2008

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.

The Shotgun is a monthly series of shotgun album reviews by Glide contributor Eric Saeger.

Feist’s "The Reminder" (Cherry Tree/Interscope) has won the 2007 Shortlist Prize, which recognizes albums released between January and November 2007 that have yet to be certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for U.S. shipments of 500,000 units. "The Reminder" has now sold nearly 515,000 units in the United States, according to Nielsen […]

While the left coast waits for Barack Obama to do his best Bill Graham impersonation, we turn our attention to the 1999 Mountain Air Festival… Scotty dug up this video over the weekend, and while we’re currently heavy on all things Phil Lesh, the clip’s too cool not to publish this afternoon. Wilco, sounding more […]

The fellas from Give Us The Money Lebowski have played enough festivals to know exactly what works and doesn’t work for hippiejamgatherings. And now they are using that knowledge to put together their own festival, Awesometown, on May 9th and 10th at Snipes Farm in Morrisville, Pennsylvania. For a mere $40 you get two nights of camping, tons of music from a wide range of bands, and maybe if you’re lucky, GUTML guitarist Nick Setteducato will tuck you in at night.

Give Us The Money Lebowski will headline the event each night, bringing the crowd a fun mix of covers and quirky originals. The Breakfast, Allen Aucoin’s Dr. Fameus and Scarecrow Collection are all on board to make sure the event lives up to the name, and look for more bands to be added to the lineup soon. Read on after the jump for the full lineup so far and more information on what’s sure to be such a good time that Walter Sobchak would break Shabbos to attend.

Last week we expounded on Barack Obama’s uncanny ability to unite, the presidential aspirant’s bringing together of quasi-estranged Grateful Dead remnants Bob Weir and Phil Lesh for a pre-Super Tuesday rally in San Francisco later today. The event’s live tonight, and the good folks at iClips will be producing a live simulcast streamed on www.iclips.net […]

The New York Football Giants shocked the world by pulling off an incredible victory over the heavily favored Patriots in what was one helluva game — it was actually kinda hard to sleep last night in New York City thanks to the roar of the fans celebrating in the streets. Guess you can’t win ’em, all Boston fans. We rank Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ rapid fire parade of hits atop the non-football highlights, followed by the Prince Caspian commercial and the talking Tide stain.

Let’s see what’s cookin’ as we pretend we don’t have the world’s worst hangover:

• Four More Albums: U2 avoids free agency by resigning with Universal
• Lefsetz isn’t down with the Vampire Weekend hype machine
• NMAS’ Luther Dickinson sure knows how to make a room shake
• Ted Rockwell shares his thoughts on a recent Mars Volta show in Boulder
• moe.’s Rob Derhak speaks to the Boston Herald about Sticks and Stones
• The Duo wouldn’t sound like The Duo without Dirty Jerz
• As always Neddy delivers a list of the NYC shows of the week

Finally, Filter Magazine sent Pat McGuire on the road with Band of Horses to document one of their recent tours of the West Coast. The road journal McGuire came back with features many interesting anecdotes and factoids from the road.

If you enjoy live electronica, Infradig may be one of the best bands you’ve never heard of—and sadly, you may never hear from them again. The group disbanded in late 2007, leaving Ecstatic Everywhere as a sonic reminder of their frenetic power.

It’s been more than 15 years since the original lineup of groundbreaking British rock act Gang of Four has released new material, but the foursome has been busy since getting back together to rerecord old tracks for 2005’s "Return the Gift." The crew has been recording in guitarist Andy Gill’s London studio on and off […]

 Underworld, Tiësto, Paul Van Dyk, Justice, Carl Cox and Moby are just a few of the big dance/electronica names on board for the Ultra Music Festival’s 10th anniversary. The March 28 and 29 event at Bicentennial Park on Miami’s waterfront runs in conjunction with the annual Winter Music Conference. Others on the roster of more […]