Merge Records, home to bands including Arcade Fire, Superchunk, Teenage Fanclub, Conor Oberst, Spoon, Buzzcocks and Dinosaur Jr., have announced that it is putting on a five-day music festival to
Bon Iver have made their forthcoming EP, ‘Blood Bank’, available to listen to in its entirety online. The EP, set for official release on January 19 after being available as
Marco Benevento, is taking up a February residency at Oakland, Calif.’s intimate and famed Yoshi’s jazz club, including a special tribute to Neil Young with Russo on drums. Benevento will
Live Nation is passing on the 2009 edition of its Pemberton Festival in British Columbia, which got the go-ahead from a provincial land commission too late in ’08 to prove
Ex-Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman Chris Cornell and producer Timbaland have teamed up to record an album together. The duo are set to release ‘Scream’ on March 9. Every song on
Jimmy Page‘s manager, Peter Mensch, has said that Led Zeppelin will not tour or continue in any form – even without singer Robert Plant. Mensch had previously said that the
Jacksonville, FL darlings Black Kids announce plans to hit the road this 2009, playing a slew of coast-to-coast shows and stopping off in Canada along the way. Tour Dates 3/08/09
[youtube]8aBgJrtfyQs[/youtube] Fake Plastic Trees – 7 Worlds Collide with Ed O’Brien, Phil Selway, Jeff Tweedy & Johnny Marr
A week ago, My Morning Jacket rang in the new year in NYC by imploring us all to “celebrate good times… come on!” Well, the NYC Freaks are doing just that, throwing a kick ass celebration at the ninth annual Freaks Ball this Saturday at Southpaw in Brooklyn. This is the show that got Robert Randolph and the Duo started and has featured Bustle In Your Hedgerow, The Campbell Brothers, Apollo Sunshine, Ollabelle, Skerik & Mike Dillon and a whole bunch more. Saturday night should be just as special, with The New Mastersounds headlining with their uber-funk straight from Brittania.
Of course, there’s plenty more on the bill. Danjaboots (Joe Russo & Scott Metzger) will open the night with a rare countrified set of songs about drinkin’, fightin’ and f$%^’in; then the Rodney Speed Experience will set the mood with some classic rock for ya. After NMS. the late night party will get handed over to Rana playing a rawking midnight set. All in all a pretty damn good night. In addition, the night will start off with a special sneak preview of the new Derek Trucks album Already Free
We’re aiming for a kick ass celebration with lotsa birthdays, babies being born, not to mention starting the countdown on the last 10 days ’til the country changes hands… what will you be celebrating? Let us know what you’d like to celebrate on Saturday night by leaving a comment below, and we’ll pick a winner for two tickets to the gig on Friday afternoon.
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We’ve been discussing the Phish Summer Tour Dates at HT and Team HLA central and here are a few thoughts we have… [Photo via Phish.com] The Fox Theater?!?! Are you
