The Flaming Lips, the most obvious beneficiary of the cash-heavy festival circuit, will make their first appearance at the Summer Camp Festival on Memorial Day weekend in Chillicothe, IL. Other
You may remember Stevie Ray Vaughan as arguably the greatest electric blues guitarist, but do you know him as a video giant? No, probably not, because SRV was no Michael Jackson. And the Texas boy would be more likely playing dance punk chords (as he did for Bowie’s “Lets Dance”) before looking pretty in a video. Stevie was more about sound than image; although you have to hand it to him for always looking cool with his flat brimmed hat, poncho and SRV initialed Statocaster.
While the resumes of some members the Mystix may look impressive (Jerry Lee Lewis, Ben E King, Peter Wolf, even studio work at Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals), don't be fooled. This is a group of session players, not a real band. They do play well together as session players often do, but there is little originality or real heart in the music.
Neko Case has announced a handful of live dates around the US to "try out" material for her forthcoming album. The ginger-haired chanteuse and part-time New Pornographer has announced that
US indie rockers Eels are to release a Best Of compilation later this month. ‘Meet The Eels: Essential Eels Volume 1, 1996-2006’, out on January 21, is a 24-track compilation
New York Dolls have announced a string of live shows, kicking off February 12 in Baltimore, MD. The legendary band continue their trek to support the release of ‘One Day
Rodrigo y Gabriela have lined up a short run of US shows in February. The pair will launch their headlining run Feb. 7 in Portland, OR, winding up with a
Shut down the Internet cafes — it looks like Pete Townshend’s coming to town. In what’s become the most buried story of the new year, the former Who guitarist joined
Warning: Do not start playing with this if you have actual work to do. (SFW)
The highlight of my November in 2006 wasn’t the supple turkey breast or the Democratic takeover of Congress. Nope, that honor’s reserved for one half of The Duo: Marco Benevento set up his keyboard and toy shop for five Wednesday shows at the now-defunct Tonic, inviting a slew of superb musicians — musicians’ musicians, really — to join him for stellar improvisation and clever instrumentation.
Marco‘s at it again: Tonight, Benevento kicks off his five-Thursday Januarystand at the new and improved (paint job’d and floor wax’d) Sullivan Hall. All five shows are packed with fantastic guests, and while we can’t fluff this residency enough, the truth is that every word of anticipatory praise will show itself to be well-deserved. Benevento will be joined by members of The Slip, Sir Joe Russo, Steven Bernstein, Bobby Previte, Stanton Moore, Billy Martin and many more guests.
It all leads up to the January 31st Release Party for Marco’s new album, Invisible Baby (he’ll be joined by Andrew Barr and Reed Mathis that evening). And as part of our very special contest, we’re giving away one free pair of tickets to every single night of the residency, and a five-night pass that gets you and a loved one inside. Now, since we took our sweet-ass time with this, we’ve gotta work quickly. So the first commenter gets the tickets for tonight.
As for the five-night pass and the other shows, all you’ve gotta do is leave a comment telling us who’s your favorite keyboardist/pianist of all-time, and if your tastes match up with ours, you’ve got entry. Our favorite answer will get the (Corbin Dallas) multipass, and we’ll give out the remaining individual shows to our next favorites. Hurry up and enter now, ‘cuz we’re on borrowed time here.
