2009

Arcade Fire Working On Third Album

Arcade Fire have been working on their new album with producer Markus Dravs, it has been revealed. Dravs producer the band’s last album, 2007’s ‘Neon Bible’, has been working on

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Galactic Annouces 2010 Tour Dates

It’s shaping up to be a stellar year for celebrated New Orleans outfit GALACTIC. On February 2nd the band will release their groundbreaking new album YA-KA-MAY, a visionary mix of

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New Record For Shout Out Louds

Merge Records is excited to announce that Sweden’s Shout Out Louds will be releasing their new record, entitled Work, on February 23, 2010. Work is the band’s third album and

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Venue Segues: The Road to MSG

For an example of how the Phish fanbase grew exponentially in 1994, you need to look no further than at the venues the quartet played in New York City that

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Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton to Play MSG

As we await the first multi-night run of Phish shows at Madison Square Garden in 11 years, we came across word that another fantastic act will play The Garden in

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Review: Guster @ the Beacon Theatre

Longtime friend of HT Joe Madonna has contributed news and photos to the site over the past few years. Joe recently attended a Guster concert at the Beacon Theatre in New York City and wanted to share some thoughts on the show with our readers. Take it away, Joe…

Lost and Gone Forever, besides being Guster’s 3rd album, is classic. It has horns, it has rhythm, fans whistling and Page McConnell of Phish playing theremin. It’s classic! On Saturday night, we got to hear this amazing set live in all its glory. Fans young and old filled the historic theater over two nights to see the New Englanders rock this classic piece of work. There aren’t many bands that can pull off playing their whole album, but Guster pulled it off.

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[Guster joined by producer Steve Lillywhite on bass]

Guster’s first set was a mix of old and new tracks, including a new song called This Could All Be Yours. The band dug deep and played X-Ray Eyes from 1998’s Goldfly. As they sometimes do live, Guster jammed into Blue Oyster Cult’s Don’t Fear The Reaper during their original Red Oyster Cult.

To close the first set of the show,they played a dance-hall version of Airport Song which had a very Passion Pit feel to it. Multi-instrumentalist Joe Pisapia’s dazzling keyboard work made it rock out. Old school fans threw ping-pong balls on stage to the band during the song. The band took a quick setbreak, and then came back out to a cheering crowd as Prince’s 1999 was played over the PA. That was a bit fitting since the album came out then.

READ ON for more from Joe on Guster @ the Beacon…

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tour dates: moe. turns twenty

It seems rather hard to believe, but 2010 marks the 20th anniversary for venerable jam-act moe. The band will mark the occasion starting with a short Northeast tour that kicks

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