The Disco Biscuits encored with a cover of Low by Florida-based rapper Flo Rida after three sets of madness on Saturday night at the Ogden Theater in Denver. Bassist Marc
When Ace and I first started Hidden Track way back in October 2006, we made a decision to not go crazy with our Phish coverage on the blog. We did
Indie-jammers moe. returned to New York City this weekend for the first time in eight months and treated the packed crowd at Terminal 5 to two new covers on Friday
Following his epic solo debut, The Land of Pure Imagination, Roger Jospeh Manning Jr.'s Catnip Dynamite is an addictive concoction of hook-laden melodies, soaring harmonies and complex arrangements that would astound the likes of Brian Wilson and even Prince.
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Leonard Cohen will release "Live in London," his first new album in five years, on March 31 via Columbia. The set was culled from
Saying you’re from Wasilla, Alaska these days is like painting a giant bulls-eye across your face – you’re going to get stuff flying at you from every direction. For Portugal. The Man, the up-and-coming band from—you guessed it—Wasilla, this can be a wondrous thing. Take their latest album, Censored Colors, as an example. Around its release, lead singer John Baldwin Gourley posted this blog to the band’s MySpace page, which centered around Wasilla’s most famous figure—you guessed it (again)—Sarah Palin.
Last night’s Paul Simon concert at the grand reopening of the newly renovated Beacon Theatre wasn’t exactly a greatest hits affair, so there was plenty of pent-up energy in the room when the New York City native left the stage after his second set. Simon returned for the encore with former partner Art Garfunkel in tow and the crowd went ape-shit. There were high-fives, hugs and huge smiles as far as the eye could see.
The concert started with a speech by Cablevision President James Dolan, who got a pleasant smattering of applause until he told the crowd who he was. As soon as the “-lan” syllable came out of his mouth the audience voiced their displeasure with a hearty bronx cheer. Say what you will about Dolan’s ability to run a sports team, but he loves this city and put his money where his mouth is with the $16 million, seven month renovation of the Beacon. The jeers turned back to cheers when Paul Simon took the stage with his latest touring band including musical director Mark Stewart.
Simon found the fountain of youth during his two set performance that touched on every era of his storied career. For the more casual fan, there were a number of massive hits including You Can Call Me Al, Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard – complete with a shout out to Rosie O’Donnell – and Late In The Evening. Fans who were looking for Simon deep cuts were treated to the folky Duncan, brooding Train In The Distance and the underrated gem Proof. Paul did seem to lose most of the audience during a Capeman segment that started the second set, but I enjoyed the crisp doo-wop harmonies myself.
READ ON for more of Scotty’s Paul Simon review…
We are less than a month away from Phish’s return at Hampton Coliseum and while some are still uncovering every stone and calling in every favor looking for a ticket, others are turning their attention to the content of the shows.
Whether you are in the door or not, you’ve got to be thinking about what the set lists will look like. By the time things ended for Phish 2.0 in 2004, the song list had been trimmed significantly (28 songs were played four or more times in the final 18 shows) and it seems to make sense that the band would narrow the field at least a bit again this time around.
That said, the band has made no public comments since the return was announced so nothing has been guaranteed, but I suspect we won’t see any repeats during the Hampton run.
Will wee see new covers? The last cover to be added to the regular rotation was the Velvet Underground’s ass-kicking Rock & Roll. Other than that, no cover that has debuted since 10/31/98 has been played more than five times. It will be interesting to see if any new covers are added to the repertoire or if any classic ones resurface.
READ ON for a few guesses at Phish’s post-Breakup opener…
I’ll be updating the Twitter feed live from this evening’s Paul Simon concert at the newly refurbished Beacon Theatre. First, we’ll be on the Red Carpet at the historic asking
If you’re looking for something to do after the moe., Paul Simon or Sharon Jones shows tonight, head down to Sullivan Hall to catch The Joe Russo Quartet featuring Todd
