2009

At The Barbecue: Best Of The ’00s, Part 1

It’s been quite some time since the HT Crew got together for an old fashioned cookout, and frankly the ol’ grill was getting a bit dusty and feeling neglected. With the summer – and for that matter the decade – rapidly coming to a close we figured we’d round up the gang, throw some large hunks of meat on the fire pit and crack open a few 21st Amendment Brew Free! Or Die IPAs for another rousing edition of At The Barbecue.

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It’s hard to believe that the aughts are almost in the books, so with that in mind we thought we’d take a look at our favorite releases of the decade. The rules were simple: any album released between January of 2000 and December of 2009 (though we’re not quite there yet) were game. Since we got most of the Hidden Track staff contributing, we’re going to split this topic into two parts, so make sure to check back next Friday for the second installment. So, let’s get at it…

Luke Sacks: WilcoYankee Hotel Foxtrot

It took me about six seconds to decide that Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot was my favorite album of the ’00s. The poster child for what was wrong with the record business was not only my favorite album of the decade but the documentary that captured the trials and tribulations of its recording and release, is a masterpiece in itself.

READ ON for more of the HT Staff’s favorite albums of the ’00s…

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HT Giveaway: Win a Phish Joy Box Pt. 3

Recently, Phish announced pre-order details for one of the most ambitious merch products they’ve ever created – the Joy Box. This monstrous limited edition box set includes the CD plus

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Friday Mix Tape: Assorted New Tunes

This week’s mix tape serves up a smattering of some good tunes from a diverse group of 2009 releases. Alongside the advent of the iPod has come a testing mechanism

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Video: moe.down X Begins Today

moe. down X kicks off today at the Snow Ridge ski area in Turin, NY. Priests and other members of the Burmese community, who fled oppression in their country and

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Televised Tune: On The Tube This Weekend

One of our Top 10 Music DVDs of 2008, Wetlands Preserved, returns to the Sundance Channel on Sunday at 11AM. The engaging documentary tells the story of New York City’s

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The Flaming Lips: Festival Pier, Philadelphia, PA 8/29/09

Rock concerts are supposed to be unpredictable.  The day you see a band and know exactly what is going to happen before you attend the show should be the day you stop seeing live music.  When the torrential monsoon of rain halted the Flaming Lips show on August 29th at Philly’s Festival Pier, some complained while others just accepted that this kind of mayhem is the way of the rock world.  What this creative force from Oklahoma was able to squeeze in offered us a glimpse of the past and future from a group going strong since 1983.   

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B List: 10 Things We Learned This Summer

Labor Day Weekend marks the traditional end of the summer season and we’re sad to see one of the best summers ever go the way of the cassette tape. We’ve seen it all this summer from the return of Phish to the loss of Michael Jackson to the continued success of Bonnaroo and Glastonbury.

There was plenty to learn from the past three months. We went ahead and put together a list of ten things we learned this summer…

1. The Dead haven’t reunited for good – We thought The Dead would tour during the lucrative summer season after a successful spring tour but it wasn’t to be. The Dead’s headlining appearance at Rothbury was their only show this summer and there are no plans – that have been announced – for more shows anytime soon.

2. Phish can bust out any song at any time – Phish played 178 different songs during the 27 shows that made up the two legs of their summer tour including a number of rarities we never thought would see the light of day. The quartet clearly has a grasp on their history and anything they’ve ever played is fair game. Lushington here we come!

3. The second and third biggest jam acts can’t fill sheds – There were empty seats everywhere you looked at Jones Beach last week during the Panic/Allmans show. While it took Phish less than an hour to sell out three shows at the venue, the second and third biggest jam acts that tour regularly didn’t even come close to filling it up. We’ll see if it’s a different story in October when the killer co-bill hits the south.

READ ON for seven more things we learned this summer…

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First Leg of Allmans/Panic Tour Concludes

Widespread Panic performed all of Mom’s Kitchen in Chicago last night as part of the closing show of the first leg of their tour with the Allman Brothers Band. Jambands.com

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