Apple has announced the details of a sleeker, cheaper iPod nano at a conference in California today (September 9). Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs said that the new version of
Elbow have won this year’s Nationwide Mercury Prize for their album ‘The Seldom Seen Kid’. Guy Garvey and co released the album, their fourth, earlier this year to critical acclaim.
Legendary songwriter Vic Chesnutt teams with Elephant 6 psychsters Elf Power for a daunting sum of a record recalling the sounds of John Cale, Lou Reed and Nick Lowe. A tuneful
The Cure have scored an impressive feat in the U.S. this week, with four singles charting in the Billboard Top 20 single sales chart. Four singles released over the last
In Neil Young’s newest riveting film, CSNY: Déjà Vu, Young features a young marine, Josh Hisle, who also happens to be a musician, husband, and father. We’re taken into Young’s hotel room where they jam to Hisle’s “Traitor’s Death,” and the two instantly hit it off. For Hisle, his first tour or duty in Iraq was a success. But when Hisle was sent back to Ramadi in 2004, his outlook on the war changed and he did not want to give his life for a purpose that he no longer recognized.
As we mentioned last week, we’re really excited to expand our coverage west of the Mississippi. On that end we’ve added Portland-based journalist A.J. Crandall to the Hidden Track Staff. Please join us in welcoming A.J. to the team.
On a half moon lit Friday night in Troutdale, The Black Crowes laid claim to being one of the best rock and roll bands in America. My words, not theirs. Brothers Chris and Rich Robinson have been making music together for most of their lives. The band, throughout its many personnel changes, has been making music since the mid ’80s. How many other American bands can reference an over 20 year history? Oh sure, they disbanded (pretty literal reference word in these circumstances, don’t you think?) from ’02 till ’05. They regrouped (literal reference, part II) and toured relentlessly. The brothers Robinson wrote ten of the eleven songs on War Paint in that time. They added Luther Dickinson of The North Mississippi All Stars to the lineup. They buried their much storied differences in the name of group dynamics and generally have their poop all in one pile.
The crowd was primed for the Crowes on this Friday night. Flags, hand painted signs, actual war paint on faces, they were going all out. A fellow next to me, Chris, recently had his Black Crowes tattoo touched up and planned to show it off proudly to the band from the front row. I counted eighteen different Crowe T-shirts from various tours over the years. My own included, a 2005 Bonnaroo tie dye.
READ ON for more of A.J.’s Black Crowes @ McMenamin’s Edgefield review…
Last Friday night in Phildelphia, My Morning Jacket came, saw and conquered the enthusiastic crowd at the Festival Pier. The boys mixed songs from Evil Urges with classics from throughout
The 2008 festival season isn’t quite in the books yet, but you can start planning your ’09 thanks to the folks at Goldenvoice. The California-based promoters behind Coachella have confirmed
I’m happy to report we have a first-time winner (actually it was his first entry too) to last week’s edition when we looked at nine covers of Wind Cries Mary. The winning artist: Martin Sexton.
Moving on to this week, we’re doing an artist’s version of Cover Wars where we take a look at multiple songs by the same artist, and this week we’re tackling the Doobie’s. Happened to be a fantastic coincidence that Wade just today alerted me that the folks that created Yacht Rock will be posting up in New York this Sunday. If you’re not familiar with Yacht Rock, here is episode #1:
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READ ON after the jump to vote for which doobiest cover be grooviest…
As you may remember from our three-part B List series, we’re disturbingly enamored with stage setlists. Just today, our new friends at Rolling Stone posted a kickass photo of Beck
