The Treasure Island Music Festival will return for a third year of genre-defying fun in the San Francisco Bay on October 17 and 18. This year’s lineup is chock full
We’ve been big fans of Carrie Brownstein’s Monitor Mix blog on NPR.com ever since she started, so we’re a bit verklempt to see that the former Sleater-Kinney guitarist is trying
A few years back the freak-folk scene seemed to be all the rage with acts like Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom and Sufjan Stevens helping to cultivate a new brand of
Ween’s first tour in quite some time has gotten off to a smashing start. Here’s a clip of the boys performing Billy Joel’s Honesty sans Deaner…
Ween – Honesty (Billy Joel Cover From Soundcheck)
READ ON for the setlists from the beginning of Ween tour as well as a video of the tune Laura shot at Lupo’s in Providence last Thursday night…
More than 1.5 million people were glued to their televisions on July 13, 1985 as some of the music world’s biggest stars took to stages in London and Philadelphia to
The Rothbury Festival, held in Rothbury, Michigan from July 2nd to July 5th, 2009.
Living Colour will release their first new studio album in five years entitled The Chair In The Doorway on September 15 via Megaforce Records. The legendary downtown NYC rock band,
AM, the New Orleans-raised, singer/songwriter brings a hefty brew of twinkling folk-rock-pop mixed with hints of Americana. He does all this with an acute, finessing ear for the ancient art
With the third installment in their archival release series, Widespread Panic has given their fans Christmas in June with what many consider one of, if not the best, performance of their career. This multi-track recording has been professionally mastered and contains a three disc set recorded at Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama on April 2, 2006. Huntsville 96 captures the band coming off their infamous “Sit-n-Ski Tour” through the Rockies which gave the boys time to relax, ski and play some tunes in an acoustic setting.
For those looking for a smaller more community based festival, aside from today’s 50,000+capacity events, Liberate offers 20+ live bands and electronic music until sunrise, two nights of free camping, yoga, healing arts,a children’s tent, bonfires, fire dancers, Artists Market, art demonstrations, organic food and local beer, Eco and Nutrition Workshops, nature trails, and more good stuff. This year’s lineup includes: The New Deal (two sets), Ryan Montbleau Band, Orchard Lounge, Rubblebucket Orchestra, The Brew, Nate Wilson Group, Spiritual Rez, Ded Sessions, Roots of Creation, Twiddle, Strength in Numbers, Jeff Bujak, Greyspoke, DJ Monaco, WAGAN, The Human Canvas, and Band of Gypsies (the Jimi Hendrix Tribute.
