It’s not even Halloween and we’re already making 2010 summer festival plans. In an early announcement, it appears Wakarusa will return to Arkansas from June 3rd – 6th. Stay tuned
Bella Union will release the eagerly anticipated new Midlake album ‘The Courage of Others,’ the follow-up to the group’s 2006 breakout ‘The Trials of Van Occupanther.’ The eleven original songs
The Treasure Island tradition is to break out the two-day fest into electronic/hip-hop day and indie rock day, which makes for two very different experiences within the same festival vibe.
Back in the mid-nineties I read an interview with Dick Latvala wherein the Grateful Dead archivist told a story about being in the Vault with Mickey Hart. The percussionist was
There’s been lots of debate around the Hidden Track offices over the past year about whether Phish should webcast their concerts or not. Whitperson of the Live Music Blog did
It’s been awhile since we last wrote about Thao Nguyen and her band The Get Down Stay Down. It was the San Francisco-via-DC act’s fantastic 2008 release We Brave Bee
The after-show is a curious species of concert: ostensibly designed to extend the buzz of a good night of music (or be just a fun, no-frills late night gathering), even a weak one usually succeeds. There’s no pressure from being prime-time headliners; performers have a tacit understanding with the audience that they’re going to keep things loose — place your expectations moderately, they’re saying, hold onto that buzz and have a little fun.
Under those expectations, this was one of the best I’ve ever seen: undoubtedly relaxed, with a terrific, no-bullshit and all-rock crowd, and a band that managed some awesomely fun and even transcendent moments while maintaining a goofy, freewheeling tone, charmingly self-aware but without much need for presentation or concert decorum. “We have no idea what the fuck we’re doing up here,” Mark Karan laughed, even after he and most of his stage mates had traded almost as many juicy solos as they had laughs.
Karan was the nominal bandleader, but for about two hours, it was essentially a RatDog-plus-guests set that saw no fewer than 12 musicians turn up, including a generous, 25-minute appearance from The Chief himself. The hours were wee; people had lined up outside of the cavernous, 150-capacity Triad Theater as early as 11:45 for a show that was supposed to start at midnight, but as with most aftershows, the stated start time was more or less a “suggested” times of arrival, and not a note was played before 1 a.m., if it was even that early.
READ ON for more on Mark Karan & Friends from Chad…
Legendary Downtown NYC rockers Living Colour launch a massive tour next week that will take them all over South America and Europe to promote the best album they’ve released since
We’re just mere days away from the start of the first Phish festival since Coventry – Festival 8. Among the possible remaining albums Phish may cover is Elton John’s sprawling
In addition to doing Leno last week and Letterman this Monday, Rod Stewart will appear on The View on Tuesday and on Kimmel Thursday night to promote his Soulbook album which
