Back in the late ’60s, San Francisco’s Quicksilver Messenger Service was thought to be the best band in town by many people. Though they never achieved the success of The
Anvil! The Story of Anvil – premiering on VH1 Classic on Saturday at 10PM – tells the story of an obscure Canadian heavy metal band that plays to small crowds
Son Volt played a brilliantly paced set at Higher Ground on 9/21, that unlike the group's last appearance at the Vermont venue in spring of 2007 where Jay Farrar and company struggled to gain traction, the quintet leapt into action with "The Picture" and were blazing away by the time they finished roughly two and half-hours later.
Umphrey’s McGee announced that they will be busting out more musical mash ups at their first visit to Las Tortugas on Halloween. The group played a number of mash ups
The ’00s haven’t been kind to the jamband genre as many bands who started the decade on the road don’t tour anymore. As we near the end of the decade, we wanted to put together a list of these groups. Sure, a few of these bands play shows occasionally for their loyal fans, but they haven’t hit the road for an extended trip recently.
Without further ado, here’s our list…
1. String Cheese Incident
The String Cheese Incident called it quits in 2007 and ended their touring career with four shows at Red Rocks. The band got back together to appear at Rothbury in July and rumor has it they will hit the road for more shows.
2. Ominous Seapods
The Seapods went on indefinite hiatus back in 2001, but have since regrouped for the occasional show including an appearance at moe.down 10 earlier this month.
READ ON for more bands that didn’t make it out of the decade…
Jay Farrar seems to be getting a lot of musical inspiration from the past these days. As we’ve previously reported, the Son Volt front man teamed up with DC4C’s Ben
On Tuesday, The Avett Brothers played a free show in Manhattan on Tuesday and friend of HT, Will McCranie, has a recap for us… In celebration of their Rick Rubin-produced
Last night at Giants Stadium, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band kicked off the final set of concerts at the venue with a song about its demise… Bruce Springsteen
If you’re into Wilco and aren’t familiar with the Wilco Archive, stop what you’re doing and start downloading your choice of hundreds of Wilco and Wilco-related shows now. The archive
Photos of Lotus' Japan tour, which took place in early September '09.
