2008

With Sound Tribe Sector 9 and Umphrey’s McGee set to kickoff the Northeast leg of their co-bill tour tomorrow we figured we’d preview the shows with a review of last week’s Midwest run by Reuben of Partyin’ Peeps. You can catch the STUM9 tour at the Roseland Ballroom in NYC tomorrow night, Philadelphia’s Festival Pier on Friday and in Boston at the Bank of America Pavilion on Sunday.

It is 4:06 a.m. on Sunday here in the windy city and we just got back from STS9’s late night show at the House of Blues. I just want to start out by saying what a fantastic time these last five days have been. I don’t know about you guys, but I spend most of the year stuck inside boring law school classrooms counting down the days until Summer and daydreaming about weeks like the one I’ve just had…

…It is now Wednesday and I think that I’ve recovered enough to share some thoughts about the last week. Our run consisted of five days, five shows, nine sets, 1085 miles, and only one encore. We saw Umphrey’s McGee and STS9 in an amusement park in Cincinnati, a state park in Indianapolis, an old airport in Chicago, and a White Castle in Columbus. Over the course of the week I was not only impressed every single night at the level that Umphrey’s McGee is playing at, but I also was made a believer by STS9, a band that I had always secretly thought was only slightly above average. READ ON for more about STS9/UM tour…

We have some unfortunate news for all you Dr. Dog fans out there that picked up your copies of the band’s fantastic new album Fate yesterday and were listening to

JRoxx of Runaway Dinosaur, one of our favorite bloggers, enters a whole new dimension this afternoon when he premieres his new weekly show on Radio Johnson. You can count on

Following up on last week, the Dave Matthews Band walks away with the trophy after receiving the most votes from the Sledgehammer edition of Cover Wars.

It has now been 21 years since Nirvana formed and 14 years since Kurt Cobain has left us. Nirvana holds a special place in my heart as I was in my early teenage years as grunge music peaked during the early ’90s. We’ve got an interesting collection of various Nirvana covers from a pop artist, a few jazz guys and some jambands.

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READ ON after the jump to cast your vote for the best Nirvana cover…

We’re back for the second day of Grousing The Aisles week and we’ve got a doozy for ya. Today, we’re featuring a new-to-circulation recording of the Grateful Dead from the

Trey Anastasio’s Classic TAB lineup of Strangefolk drummer Russ Lawton, Unknown Blues Band bassist Tony Markellis, and Viperhouse keyboardist Ray Paczkowski are preparing for their appearance at the All Points

While we grew up with Sesame Street, The Electric Company and 3-2-1 Contact, there is a new generation that is learning the basics from the wildly irreverent kid’s show –