2008

Tomorrow night, Tennessee’s Kings of Leon make their first appearance on NBC’s Saturday Night Live. James Franco of Pineapple Express hosts tomorrow night’s show, giving us two reasons to expect

It only made sense that we’d wrap up our Jamband Graveyard week with a tasty ode to the bands that filled up all those Maxell XL-II’s that came flooding in

Our look into the Jamband Graveyard wraps up this afternoon with a double-shot. Today, we’re going to feature a couple of bands whose names were routinely seen on bills at

Ok, sure, I’m a bit late to the party on writing a traditional review of the inaugural Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival, but with that being said I thought I’d just weigh in with some observations on the three day fest that took place in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park a little less than a month ago with a bit of an open letter to it. So without further ado…

Dear Outside Lands-

First things first, so lets get this out of the way: I throughly enjoyed the time that I spent walking the grounds, seeing music and enjoying the general vibe of very well organized fest. How can anyone complain about the eclectic line up that was packed with both local and national powerhouse acts? Or one of the best food selections you’re going to encounter at a large scale event. Bringing in local vendors to serve high-quality fare was a welcome change of pace from what you’d find at the majority of multi-day events. Anyone that had the BBQ oysters, the pulled pork or the tasty Mexican food can back me up on this.

But with that being said, in order to make this a destination for out-of-towners or just a return trip for the locals there are probably some things we need to talk about before I can commit to returning for version 2.0. We know with anything in its first year there are bound to be some hiccups and no matter how much planning goes into it things will pop up at the last minute that you just didn’t think of. So we know that your hard at work thinking about next year. Here’s just some things that as an attendee might be useful…

READ ON for more of Some Dude’s open letter…

I thought it would be a wise decision to try out the product I’m actually reporting on. So yesterday during my lunch break, I went and purchased two new-to-Tennessee-but-not-new-to-me Magic

As the festival season comes to a close, iClips looks to expand their offerings beyond webcasting big events. Now, iClips looks to strike deals to offer live on-demand shows from individual venues. Austin’s Stubb’s BBQ recently signed on with iClips to bring fans the best music from the music capital.

The Toadies rocked Stubb’s on September 5, and you can watch footage from that heady show at iClips. As we move into the winter, you can expect to see the announcement of more iClips/venue deals.

Here’s one more look at what else is happening around Al Gore land…

• Wilco heads to the studio next month with Tweedy’s new songs
• Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters wants to take a nice long break
• Phish Thoughts’ Tour Stop series looks at the Thomas and Mack
• NYCTaper kicks down his recording of Wednesday’s Sigur Ros gig
• Radio and bars pickup Eddie Vedder’s new Cubs song, All The Way
• Head to LiveDownloads for the latest WSP Driving Songs mix discs
• Joost unveils the new version of their video service, including videos from Phish, Dr. Dog and Bob “Uncle Zimmy” Dylan

There’s nothing funnier than bands responding to a harsh review from Pitchfork. The P4k crew gave Airborne Toxic Event’s self titled album a piddling 1.4. The band cleverly responded by writing a hilarious open letter to the publication. READ ON after the jump for the full text of ATE’s diatribe…