Les Claypool will embark the “The Oddity Faire: A Mutated Mini Fest” tour and will take over North America starting March 4, 2009. This tour is in support of yet
Though Wellspring is only the second offering from singer-songwriter Ashton Allen, it seems that he’s got the relaxing-acoustic-pop-art thing down to a science.
The Album Leaf in concert is a five-piece, multi-instrumental electronic collective, while behind the scenes, it is James LaValle, himself a talented multi-instrumentalist. LaValle’s meandering sound is beautiful: experimental electronica, pinging and bumping in all the right ways, creating nothing so much as an ambience for living. Live, the five-piece serves up a masterful blend of soaring melodies and steady beats, delivered by mostly traditional instruments (including a violin), and a video screen, projecting randomness.
The Dead just added 3 new shows to the spring tour, with additional nights at Chicago (5/4) and Shoreline(5/14), plus a show at The Gorge(5/16) in Quincy, WA. The lineup
In the wake of last week’s unfortunate Langerado cancellation, there is some good news for those of you who still plan on heading down to Florida as a number of
With The Roots making New York City their new homebase as the house band for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, the Philly hip-hop collective have announced a series of special
[youtube]MpjnaGOeHH4[/youtube] Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Please Read The Letter
Nearly everyday on his blog, our friend C-Dawg puts together quirky lists about his favorite fictional people, places and things. Examples of some of his lists include Top Ten Fictional Publications, Top Ten Fictional Bartenders and Top Ten Fictional Sports Teams. C-Dawg has kindly lent us one of his posts for this week’s B List. Here’s his top ten fictional airplanes…
#10 Soul Plane (Soul Plane – 2004)
#9 Chief Wahoo Plane (Major League – 1989)
READ ON for C-Dawg’s top eight fictional airplanes…
After a successful three night run at Madison Square Garden last February, former Blind Faith bandmates Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood are teaming up for 14 show tour starting on
Ever since Al Gore invented rap in the ’70s, this relatively new breed of music has set the standard for cool. There’s simply no denying a good gangsta rap phase during your youth involving St. Ides, repeated viewings of Boyz in the Hood and Menace 2 Society and of course blasting bass out of your badass 1985 Mazda 626 (ok, that one was just me). With that in mind, today’s Bust Outs is dedicated to great gangsta rap covers by some of our favorite jambands as they channel their inner G and crank out some noble jams courtesy of Dre, Snoop, Warren G, Nate Dogg, Nelly, and Will Smith.
Perpetual Groove, Macumba – 12/31/08
In the midst of a 21 minute Macumba, PGroove’s catchy Penguin-themed favorite, the band goes AWOL into a stellar rap medley in front of an almost hometown New Years show in Athens, GA. Covering a marathon arsenal including Pass the Mic (Beastie Boys), Let Yourself Go (Big Daddy Kane), California (Athens) Love (2Pac), 99 Problems (Jay Z), Lollipop (Lil Wayne), Whatever You Like (TI), Gin and Juice (Snoop) and lots more, Brock Butler and Perpetual Groove gave fans a real New Years treat as they basically covered the past 20 years of rap in one medley.
READ ON after the jump for more rap cover Bust Outs…
