2008

Oasis: Dig Out Your Soul

Martin Malloy October 13, 2008 No Comments

Dig Out Your Soul offers some good songs like “Falling Down” and “The Turning” but those are just mediocre Oasis works. It sounds like Oasis covering Oasis – merely going through the motions. Maybe that’s a bit harsh, but while the songs sound like classic Oasis, they’re devoid of any real hooks or innovativeness that made them who they are today. The only true great track comes, surprisingly, from Liam: “I’m Outta Time.” It’s the first time Liam has managed to outshine Noel on an album.

TV On The Radio: Dear Science

Shane Handler October 13, 2008 No Comments

Following their joyless dark masterpiece, 2006’s Return to Cookie Mountain, TV on the Radio was due for a prescription of musical prozac. Enter Dear Science, full of disco jams, new wave bouncers and patterns of soul, post-punk, and techno in favor of the art noise uncertainty of prior TV on the Radio.

Volume 15: Neil Young

Jason Gonulsen October 13, 2008 No Comments

I first heard Neil Young’s music in high school, sitting on the passenger side of my friend’s beat up car. As we were pulling out of his driveway, he fumbled through a few cassette tapes, and, not knowing what he had chosen, threw one in. The album was Harvest Moon. The song happened to be “One of These Days.” My life has never been the same.

Televised Tune: On The Tube This Weekend

Scott Bernstein October 10, 2008 2 Comments

John Stossel of ABC’s 20/20 went to this summer’s Camp Bisco in search of uninformed voters and shockingly he found a bunch of ’em. Tune in to ABC at 10PM

Friday Mix Tape: Rocktober Collection

Scott Bernstein October 10, 2008 1 Comment

Once again it’s my turn to prepare this week’s Mix Tape and once again I don’t have a theme to tie the songs I’ve selected together. Let’s just say that

Tour Dates: Van Returns To Astral Weeks

Jeffrey Greenblatt October 10, 2008 3 Comments

Over the last few years, the hot thing has been get indie-rock bands to perform a classic album from their catalog. Well, for his upcoming residency at the Hollywood Bowl,

Friday’s Leftovers: The Tale of Two Trios – Marco Benevento Hits The Road

Scott Bernstein October 10, 2008 7 Comments

For his latest jaunt to promote Invisible Baby, Duo/GRAB/Solo Artist Extraordinary Marco Benevento has put two extremely different trios together to play seven shows. Frequent trio members Reed Mathis and

Blues Traveler: North Hollywood Shootout

David Calarco October 10, 2008 No Comments

he classic neo-hippie band, Blues Traveler, who first made it big with their self-titled debut album in the early 1990’s, are back with their seventh studio effort, North Hollywood Shootout. Featuring a diverse range of material, John Popper’s crew returns to a modern musical landscape with new material that is grounded in what originally made the band successful, catchy melodic hooks, introspective lyrics, and a hearty dose of classic rock and roll.

Richard Shindell: Tractor Tavern, Seattle, WA 9/28/2008

Gabriel Scheer October 10, 2008 No Comments

There’s something comforting about Richard Shindell. He makes folk-oriented rock’n roll, simple, lovely, melodic, and lyrically engaging. A troubadour of sorts, this Buenos Aires resident (by way of New York City) manages an engaging ease that not only endears him to the audience, but that beautifully complements the salt-of-the-earth, storytelling nature of his songs.

The B List: Top 10 Fender Guitarists

Hidden Track Staff October 9, 2008 13 Comments

Once again it’s time for a special guest to take the reigns of the B List. This week, guitar-maker Andrew Olson of AO Guitars shares a list of his favorite Fender players. AO Guitars makes high-quality instruments for the discerning musician…

Hey everybody! I can’t say how thrilled I am to be back on the B List for a second edition of AO’s Top 10. If you recall the last one, I delved into my Top 10 Axes of all time, where I mentioned that I could have done an entire list on just Fenders and not even mentioned another guitar. Well, welcome to my list of Top 10 Fender Players. Screw the Gibsons, Guilds and small builders out there (for this Top 10, at least) and let’s look at some of the greatest players of all time who’ve adorned the work of the great Leo Fender. Beginning with the Telecaster and Precision Bass in 1951, and the first Stratocaster in 1954, Leo Fender’s genius paved the way for the small rock combo, changing popular music forever.

Now, we all know the real big guys…Hendrix, SRV, Clapton, and Jeff Beck to name a few—I don’t even need to put them on this list. I’m going for some of the unsung heroes that you might not hear every day, or to even turn you on to some you may never have heard of. Enjoy!

10. Steve “The Colonel” Cropper & Donald “Duck” Dunn

OK, I’m cheating and starting you off with a deuce, being that they were a pair for a very long time. If these names don’t sound familiar, trust me, you’ve heard them many, many times. You’ve seen Steve with his trusty Telecaster in the SNL Band and the Blues Brothers, and Duck is always sporting that P-Bass. You’ve heard them in the rhythm section of Booker T & The MGs. They were the session guys at the legendary Stax Records, meaning you’ve heard them on countless classics that Steve usually helped pen: Wilson Pickett’s In the Midnight Hour, Sam & Dave’s Soul Man, and my favorite tune in the world, Otis Redding’s (Sittin On) The Dock Of the Bay. (Suggested listening: The Blues Brothers Soundtrack and any of the original albums & Booker T & The MGs’ McLemore Avenue…which is an instrumental cover of Abbey Road)

READ ON for AO’s top nine Fender axemen of all-time…

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