Archive: 2009

In an interview with Jacksonville.com Allman Brothers Band drummer Butch Trucks confirmed the long hinted at news that the Allmans won’t be returning to New York City’s Beacon Theatre in 2010 seemingly ending a long relationship between the band and the newly renovated venue. You’ll still play some, though, right? How about the annual run […]

Tonight was the first night Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio stood out from his band mates and led them through some fast and furious improvisation. Night two of a three night stand at Jones Beach saw the quartet deliver a solid second set and a blockbuster first set highlighted by a fierce Ghost jam. Let’s see how […]

There's no question that as both a performer and a songwriter, Elvis Costello has few peers in terms of the breadth and quality of his work. That's not to say he's all things to all people, but that, as particularly evidenced on Secret, Profane & Sugarcane, he's Elvis Costello to whatever audience he chooses.

The Pretenders announced today a headlining tour through North American starting August 4 at the Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario. Cat Power and Juliette Lewis will support on certain dates of the tour. The Pretenders touring line up of Chrissie Hynde, Martin Chambers, James Walbourne, Eric Heywood, and Nick Wilkinson, will make their second run […]

Electric Zoo New York – to be held in Randall’s Island Park, New York City on Saturday, September 5 & Sunday, September 6, 2009 – is pleased to announce more acts at this year’s inaugural festival.   The world’s No.1 DJ ARMIN VAN BUUREN and French superstar house music sensation DAVID GUETTA will helm an unprecedented line-up […]

On September 8th, Merge Records will release In Prism, the first studio album from Polvo since 1997’s Shapes. In Prism was recorded at Echo Mountain in Asheville, North Carolina with Brian Paulson in March of ‘09, with additional recording in Carrboro in May of ‘09. Polvo formed in 1990 in Chapel Hill, NC. Their lineup […]

These Tuscaloosa, Alabama boys made their first stop in NYC a memorable one at Piano’s on the Lower East Side.  Equipped with trucker hats, pompadours, and sideburns that could cut a steak, this 5-piece blasted out the doors and invigorated a small but eager crowd.  They powered through their set with a three guitar attack and rock solid low-end that dripped hellfire an Jack Daniels.   

The Pretenders have announced details of their North American tour, which kicks off August 4 in Rama, Ontario. The tour, which features Cat Power and Juliette Lewis on select dates, will continue to support the release of the band’s album ‘Break Up The Concrete’. Following the tour, Cat Power will head to the studio to […]

It’s almost time for our sixth serving of post-Breakup Phish with the quartet returning to Jones Beach for the second of three shows at the waterside venue. I’ll be tweeting once again @YEMblog and hopefully Senor PhishTube will be back in business. Here’s an embed of his feed just in case… Other pages you should […]

The Black Crowes have just announced dates for their Stuck Inside Utopia Tour and they’ll be joined by the Levon Helm Band for three shows in the northeast. READ ON for the full press release including all the dates…

Bisco Inferno, held at Red Rocks in Morrison, CO on May 30th, 2009.

Welcome back for the third edition of Wyllys and The World Party. As most of you know, I am Wyllys, a DJ beyond classification of genre who plays vinyl all the time and nothing but. A few weeks ago, I had a four and a half hour performance at Summer Camp with my partner Lax Class.

The set could not have gone better, with Lax and I weaving in and out of every style of House and even found some time to remix Thriller and Psycho Killer. Keller Williams sat in Joni Mitchell-a-la-Last Waltz style, singing and doing mouth trumpet behind tapestries. It was an honor to have Keller sit in and I hope we can collaborate more in the future. Jake Cinninger of Umphrey’s McGee also sat in, ripping up some beat box over Miles Maeda’s House classic: Three Easy Pieces. Be sure to keep your eye on the Wyllys MySpace page for all upcoming dates.

In this installment of W+TWP we visit one of the Electronic Music capitols of the world, Montreal. Tiga, remix artist extraordinare, put together a mix for BBC radio that I snagged from www.newmixes.com. This mix is rooted in Techno, but also drops multiple styles of House. Tiga is known for his banging track selection and this mix definately stays in that vein. In this mix he drops remixes from such production giants as Plastikman, Depeche Mode, Moby, LCD Soundsystem, and MGMT just to name a few. Slick mixing and pinpoint timing make this hard mix as smooth as possible, and in turn, make our first Techno mix on W+TWP hard to out do.

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READ ON for a list of Tiga’s outstanding production singles and mixes…

Seems like its a good time to be a fan of the work of the late-great Warren Zevon as we have a slew of news to report coming from his the estate. First up, is the news of the release of 89 live soundboard recordings that have been uploaded to Archive.org that span from 1976 […]

Dave Vann was also on hand last weekend to shoot the Disco Biscuits at their first headlining gig at the famed Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, CO.

READ ON for more of Dave’s fantastic Inferno photos…

Words: Jason Woodside and D. Baffoni
Images: Jason Woodside

After a five week break The Disco Biscuits returned to the road for a highly-anticipated weekend of shows in beautiful Colorado. The band’s first headlining trip to Red Rocks was set to be quite a throw-down. Guest artists Lotus, The New Deal, Paul Oakenfold, RJD2 and others packed the bill for what would be the first Bisco Inferno since 2003, when the festival was held at the Mishawaka Amphitheater in Bellvue, Colorado. The 10 hour marathon of almost non-stop electronic music was much more ambitious than other versions of the mini-festival, with more artists and the location being moved to arguably the most beautiful venue in the country.

The weekend started off in fine form with a warm-up show at the Ogden Theater in downtown Denver. Orchard Lounge opened up both nights, and there could not have been a better act for that spot. Both the Biscuits and Orchard Lounge seem to enjoy each other very much, and Biscuits’ fans were definitely more receptive towards them than any other DJ act of the weekend. Once the Biscuits came on it was clear that there was a little bit of rust after the five week break, and as a result the first set was more-or-less standard. The band was very excited to be back on the road again, and full of energy, but for some reason they were not firing on all cylinders quite yet. They opened up with an a huge standalone rendition of Plan B, followed by a thumping Triumph. The rest of set was alright, it seemed to be void of any stand-out moments.

The rust seemed gone as soon as the band came out for the second set, with a great rendition of Morph Dusseldorf. The jams out of Morph seem to be best when they are methodically built, and this version certainly did not disappoint. The second set was full-blown jam mode as the band played non-stop until the Hope closer, a nice mellow way to end the set. Highlights of the set were definitely the peaks in the inverted Confrontation into the Digital Buddah end. The whole set seemed to be built around the continuously jammed segments between songs. This is what the Disco Biscuits do best. They push a jam to a point where the listener feels it has peaked, and then the jam gets pushed far beyond that point for sheer musical bliss.

READ ON for more from last weekend’s Bisco Inferno…

Paul Simon – Late In The Evening

Phish performing their first show at Jones Beach in 14 years.

Tonight, when I got home from work my friend Wilson was at my apartment to pick up his tickets for tomorrow night’s Phish show. Wilson couldn’t stick around for very long as he needed to meet some folks he worked with at the City Winery. After spending a few hours at the wine bar/music venue […]

Yo La Tengo have announced the release date of their forthcoming new album, ‘Popular Songs’. Recorded in Hoboken and Nashville in early 2009 with long-time associate Roger Mountenot, the record is set for release on September 7. The band have offered a free MP3 of ‘Popular Songs’ track ‘Periodically Double Or Triple’ on their official […]