Archive: 2009

We’re nearing the end of Phish’s first tour since reuniting and this evening the circus moves on to sleepy Burgettstown, PA for a return engagement at the Post-Gazette Pavilion. Earlier, Luke Sacks recapped the history between the band and the venue – formerly known as Star Lake. We’ve got Wade “Wyllys” Wilby on the ground […]

As quickly as Jeff Buckley rose to stardom, he was tragically taken away with fans left only with his debut Grace as the Orange County native’s only fully fleshed out work to fawn over. Since his passing, Buckley’s canon of work has been repackaged and re-released almost as many times as Tupac’s to include demos, live recordings and alternate studio takes for his insatiable fans.

This August marks the 15th anniversary of the release of Grace. To celebrate the anniversary of Buckley’s landmark LP, Sony Legacy has recently issued their latest tribute to the late singer-songwriter – Grace Around The World.

Now, as part of our epic Everybody Wins When I Plug Something And In Return They Offer Me Free Shit To Give Away program we’re giving away two copies of the Deluxe Version of Grace Around The World. Simply leave a comment below telling us about your favorite Jeff Buckley tune in 25 words or less and you’ll be entered to win. This contest ends on July 5th at 11:59PM. Please only enter once, duplicate entries will be ignored.

We’ll pick two winners at random on Wednesday and each winner will receive a copy Grace-Around The World Deluxe Edition mailed to them by yours truly, so good luck and get to it. READ ON for more details on the release…

Back in 2004, the formidable trio of Conor Oberst, Jim James and M. Ward teamed up for a tour they dubbed Monsters Of Folk. Each artist delivered a solo set, where they often interpreted each others material, that often culminated with all three on stage at the end for some spirited covers and a mixed […]

HeadCount’s latest online auction is a doozy featuring a meet and greet with Bob Weir & RatDog along with openers moe. at Masquerade Music Park in Atlanta, Georgia on July 17 and 18. The winners of these HeadCount/ConsiderItDan auctions not only get to hang with both bands they’ll also get VIP Entry for two, admission […]

Live music and network television haven’t exactly mixed very well over the years. You can only find bands playing on late night and even then it’s only for a song or two. ABC’s In Concert series was the rare network television program that actually showed most of a rock band’s performance in concert.

The series debuted in 1972 by airing 90 minute shows – produced by impresario Don Kirchner – and ran until 1974. ABC revived the series in 1991 and it ran until 1998. Let’s take a B List look at ten fantastic videos from ABC In Concert that have been posted on YouTube…

10. Man In A Box – Alice In Chains

READ ON for videos from The Dead, the Allmans, Hole and more…

In our never-ending quest to dig up some great bands that cost less than a corned beef sandwich at Katz’s Deli, we bring you another round of Blips. Blips highlights some great bands that are largely still in their larvae stage, but will soon morph into their beautiful butterfly. In this edition, we have some really cool new music, so take a sec, poke around their various websites, and see what you think of these three under the radar musical groups…

Hoots & Hellmouth

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Generally, one would look somewhere south of the Mason-Dixon line for spirited gospel-infused Americana, but contrary to conventional wisdom it’s the City Of Brotherly Love that the roots-revival act Hoots & Hellmouth calls home. The band combines its plaintive lyrics with high and lonesome bluegrass harmonies, fire and brimstone playing and folkie-acoustic ballads that will make it almost impossible to keep your feet from stomping along.

If you’re a fan of OCMS or YMSB then this band’s latest disc The Holy Open Secret should fit nicely into your collection of contemporary old-time music. Hoots & Hellmouth kick off their summer tour tonight, with an album release party an New York City’s Joe’s Pub.

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– Jeffrey Greenblatt

READ ON for two more Blips-worthy acts including Lissy Trullie…

Head to Billboard.com to read Trey, Mike & Page’s thoughts on the Bruce Springsteen sit-in this past Sunday night at the Bonnaroo Festival.

Phish will visit Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, a city with under 2,000 residents, tonight to play a venue – now called Post Gazette Pavilion – that has seen more than its share of bust outs and stellar performances over the years. There seems to be something about those pine trees at the back of the lawn that makes Phish want to deliver something special at this shed.

Having already pulled out Destiny Unbound and Curtis Loew at Fenway Park, When the Cactus is in Bloom in Asheville and Highway to Hell and oh yeah, Bruce Springsteen at Bonnaroo, one has to assume that something rare or new altogether will find a spot in the setlist tonight.

Phish’s first show at the then-Star Lake Amphitheatre was on 8/13/97 and they wasted no time in giving fans something rare with the only performance to date of Elton John’s Amoreena. That show also featured the third-ever Izabella, the fifth-ever Crosseyed and Painless and one of the funkiest Gumbos ever played.

• 8/13/1997: MP3s Pt. 1, Pt. 2, Pt. 3 & Video Playlist

READ ON for a look at the other Burgettstown Phish shows…

Manfred Mann – Quinn The Eskimo

The Beastie Boys performing at Rams Head Live in Baltimore on June 9th, 2009.

Their full length debut, Manners is fun stuff, mildly annoying, but filled with endless keyboards and studio effects that use the 1980’s as a constant reference point.

Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood clearly elevate each other's performances throughout Live From Madison Square Garden. This live recording, a set list heavy on blues and vintage Traffic tunes intermixes crowd-pleasers like the too-obvious encore "Cocaine” as well as "After Midnight." Yet the headlining pair and their savvy accompanists refuse to indulge in mere nostalgia.

After seven years of relentless touring, and two highly acclaimed studio albums, San Francisco’s Hot Buttered Rum will release Limbs Akimbo, their third studio album, on September 8, 2009. The new tracks were produced by singer/songwriter Tim Bluhm (Mother Hips, Skinny Singers), who has also produced The Traditionist, Little Wings and Jackie Greene, at Mission […]

TO Records is excited to announce that Rodrigo y Gabriela will release their newstudio album, entitled 11:11, on Tuesday September 8th. 11:11 was recorded in Ixtapa,Mexico and produced by Rodrigo y Gabriela, with John Leckie co-producing two of the tracks. The album was mixed in Wales and London by Colin Richardson, best knownfor his work […]

Kings of Leon have announced that they are launching their own record label. The imprint is a joint venture with Los Angeles-based music publisher Bug Music, and will allow the Followills to sign and develop artists with the company. The first album to be released on the new label will be ‘Some Kind Of Salvation’ […]

Ida Maria has announced the dates of an extensive US tour in support of her debut album ‘Fortress Round My Heart’. The Norwegian songstress will kick off her headlining tour in Iowa City, Iowa on June 18 and play dates in cities including Kansas City, Missouri; Scottsdale, Arizona and San Diego, California throughout the month. […]

Muse have announced that their next album, ‘The Resistance’, will be released on September 14. Matt Bellamy and co made the announcement on their official website, Muse.mu. ‘The Resistance’, which will be the band’s fifth studio effort and the follow-up to 2006’s ‘Black Holes And Revelations’, was recorded in Italy, and will be released in […]

Free of the limitations of a conventional record contract, Beck has recruited some famous friends to join him for a new project: a Record Club. The Modern Guilt rocker is planning a series of one-day sessions at which he and a crew of collaborators will rerecord classic albums; the songs will be released once a […]

Internationally revered French electronic pop duo AIR, Jean-Benoit Dunckel and Nicolas Godin, will release their fifth studio album Love 2 on October 6th, the follow-up to 2007’s acclaimed Pocket Symphony, and the first production to spring to life from their very own state-of-the-art recording facility Atlas Studio. Nestled in the leafy backstreets of northern Paris, […]

It’s been nearly a year since ROTHBURY’s state-of-the-art "Party with a Purpose" inaugural event paved the way for the new generation of rock ‘n’ roll music festivals. The high-profile four-day affair tallied more than 35,000 attendees, representing 50 states. Fans traveled to Double JJ Ranch in Rothbury, Michigan, to witness, participate, and celebrate music, art, […]