Overall One Last Century is an excellent effort and as Dezen grows and continues to express himself lyrically hopefully the music behind him will grow and challenge the listeners as well. Download today and enjoy.
Fast on the heels of the Paul’s Boutique reissue, March 30th will find the Beastie Boys re-releasing the album that followed Paul’s, 1992’s Check Your Head. The Check Collector’s Edition
What can I tell you about Jenny Lewis that you don’t already know? Let’s see. She was first a child actress prominently starring in the 1989 cult fave, Troop Beverly Hills. Duh. Years later, she went a different direction and was crowned Indie Rock Princess after forming the band Rilo Kiley with fellow child star, Blake Sennett (of Salute Your Shorts fame).
Hot on the heels of their reunion concerts in Hampton, Phish has just announced the second leg of their summer tour. This leg finds the band returning to the country’s
While last weekend’s news was justifiably dominated by the grand return of Phish in Hampton, another jam stalwart used the same weekend and locale to trot out his own new
The members of the NYC-Freaks mailing list throw an incredible party/concert each year called the Freaks Ball. This year’s ball didn’t turn a profit, so the members of the board
With the 2009 festival season right around the corner, it’s time to get the investigative reporters at the Fox 2 Problem Solvers on the horn and talk about an issue that has been drawing more attention lately. Inevitably, everybody has noticed at one point or another the so-called “talent searches” that come with the announcements of festival lineups each spring.
These talent searches are generally responsible for rounding out the smaller stages at the festivals and comprise many of those bands that you may have heard of, but never actually heard. You know, the ones tend to get added to the lineup a month or so after the initial release?
Here’s the thing; after hearing complaints on multiple occasions about the way these searches get conducted, I contacted six different bands to assess their thoughts. The results were alarmingly similar and the reviews were all mixed… and definitely less than glowing.
As three of the bands requested to comment off the record due to the fact that they are still participating in these searches for the upcoming festival season, I decided to keep all of the band’s names off the record, so as not to throw anybody under the bus. Regardless, the results were pretty interesting.
READ ON for more of Ryan’s editorial on festival talent searches…
The folks behind the High Sierra Music Festival have always been ahead of the pack when it comes to creativity, so we’re not surprised they came up with an innovative way to announce the lineup…
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The 19th installment of High Sierra kicks off on July 2 in Quincy, CA and runs through the 5th. READ ON for the text version of the initial lineup…
Tomorrow, I’m headed down to Austin, TX for four days to attend SXSW – the music industry orgy of booze, BBQ, Tex-Mex and list of bands that rivals the thickness
Once again Livenation.com has put up an event listing for a Phish show before the band has had the chance to announce the whole tour. An event page for a
