On October 12, our household welcomed a smiling baby boy named Nathaniel, and this week’s Stormy Mondays is here to herald him in. The mix kicks off with Jimi’s Belly
It’s hard to believe that the members of the Arctic Monkeys were still teenagers when they released their wise-beyond-their-years sounding debut Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
While Phish continues to toy with us about their musical costume for Festival 8, Rhode Island’s own Deer Tick is making the plans known for their recently announced gig at
If you live within viewing distance of New York City’s Empire State Building be sure to look at the legendary office building tonight for a special treat. The iconic skyscraper
The Widespread Panic/Allman Brothers Band co-bill tour came to an end on Saturday night in Houston, where the two acts each made sure to end on a high note. Panic kicked things off and welcomed ABB guitarist Warren Haynes to the stage for covers of Bill Withers’ Use Me and Neil Young’s Cortez The Killer. Panic hadn’t performed Cortez in nearly 500 shows and they also dusted off their cover of Warren Zevon’s Lawyers Guns & Money.
For their set, The Allmans welcomed WSP guitarist John Bell and percussionist Sunny Ortiz out for Guilded Splinters. Ortiz also came out later in the set for a Franklin’s Tower that also featured Jimmy Herring on guitar. Panic bassist Dave Schools lent his skills to a version of Dreams that Oteil Burbridge sat out for. Herring returned to play on one more Liz Reed before both bands assembled during the encore to end the tour with Southbound.
All told, the memorable tour contained 20 shows split between two legs. There were sit-ins aplenty and here’s a recap of who played on what…
Members of Widespread Panic:
John Bell – Guilded Splinters (8/21, 10/6, 10/17), And It Stoned Me (8/22, 9/2, 10/10), Highway 61 Revisited (8/26, 10/9, 10/16), Can’t Find My Way Home (8/29, 10/12), It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry (9/2, 10/14), Southbound (10/17)
Domingo Ortiz – Guilded Splinters (8/21, 10/6, 10/17), You Don’t Love Me (8/30), Franklin’s Tower (10/7, 10/17), Southbound (10/17)
READ ON for the rest of our guide to ABB/WSP sit-ins…
In our never-ending quest to dig up some great bands that cost less than a corned beef sandwich at Katz’s Deli, we bring you another round of Blips. Blips highlights some great bands that are largely still in their larvae stage, but will soon morph into their beautiful butterfly. In this edition, we have some really cool new music, so take a sec, poke around their various websites, and see what you think of these three under the radar musical groups…
J. Tillman
Today marks a first, as we feature the solo work of a member of a band that was one of our very first Blips acts, Fleet Foxes. Known best as the the drummer for the bearded folk-rockers, J. Tillman has been steadily recording and putting out albums for the last five years, but it’s only been recently that he’s started to gain the attention he deserves. Tillman managed to put out two albums full of his hauntingly baritone vocals and sparse sleepy-folk arrangements this year with Vacilando Territory Blues
Tillman, who seemed to be playing at every SXSW showcase last March, has crafted a sound that doesn’t fall to far from the Nick Drake tree, and is currently providing me the perfect listen as we head deeper in the fall. J. Tillman hits the road for a cross-country headlining tour this November.
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READ ON for two more unheralded Blips-worthy artists…
HT faves Frightened Rabbit are hard at work prepping the follow up to their fantastic debut album, The Midnight Organ Fight. While the new release doesn’t hit stores until sometime
Dave and Jay each bring out a big musical gun this week. Leno welcomes Rod Stewart on Monday night and Letterman counters with a repeat featuring Paul McCartney on Wednesday’s
This is a huge organic blob of an album. The Flaming Lips have never been shy about their grandiose tendencies (Zaireeka) and this one flashes them all, making it impossible to absorb upon the first few listens. Embryonic is a double disk in a day in age when singles seem to be clocking in at less than 2 minutes, a bit out of place in the time realm, but smack dab on the cutting edge when it comes to the music. Chock full of sound Embryonic bombards the listener with twitches and musical gleeks over distorted drums strings and chimes. It is an audio genetic soup in there, and that’s what the album seems to be getting at.
After years of tour speculation and the long-awaited release of "Chinese Democracy," an album 10 years in the making, Guns N’ Roses has outlined plans for a North American tour.
