Phish Summer Tour 2010 reached its last stop last night for the first of two shows at Jones Beach in Wantagh, NY. Phish made six appearances at the waterfront venue
DJ and Hidden Track staff member Wade “Wyllys” Wilby has just announced most of the dates for his upcoming Representative of the Midwest Tour. Wade will perform seven times in
Phish @ Alpine Valley, August 14
Phish’s stop at Alpine Valley in East Troy, WI this past Saturday and Sunday was setup for success with its placement near the end of the group’s summer tour. The quartet, like most bands, typically gets better with each passing show, so it’s no surprise that the band turned in two sizzling performances at the familiar shed that’s a regular summer stop for them.
[All photos by John Schulze]
Unlike Deer Creek it didn’t take much time for Phish to achieve consistency at Alpine. Coming out with Tube was a strong statement and the band nailed it, though once again the tune came to a close after an all-too-short jam. A tight Oh Kee Pah followed and went into another raging version of Suzy Greenberg in which keyboardist Page McConnell laid down some nasty licks on the Moog. Bassist Mike Gordon – the MVP of the run, the tour and 3.0 for that matter – slapped the living shit out of his bass drawing all sorts of smiles from guitarist Trey Anastasio and cheers from the crowd. The applause was still going as Mike stepped to the mic to sing Funky Bitch.
Not only did this show start with fun and well-placed song selections, the band was tight and wasn’t rushing through tunes. This patience paid dividends in a gorgeous Reba that like most of the rest of the Alpine shows was light on the “whale calls.” Mike and Trey locked in a number of inventive patterns of notes while McConnell layered electric piano underneath and drummer Jon Fishman kept things moving. For the 99.9% of the crowd who weren’t at Charlotte in July, our first Fuck Your Face came next and once folks realized what they were hearing they flipped. Despite only performing Fuck Your Face once since about 1987, the boys delivered a tight and nasty version that featured metal licks from Trey with a crunchy tone reminiscent of his early sound. READ ON for more on Phish @ Alpine Valley…
Fresh off their much buzzed about sold out, two-night stand at MSG in New York, Montreal-based act the Arcade Fire have announced the details for their West Coast heavy fall
[Originally Published: December 1, 2009]
On Your Way Down was originally released on Allen Toussaint’s 1972 album Life, Love and Faith. It’s OK if you thought this was written by Little Feat, because a lot of people do. Little Feat recorded their studio version just months after Toussaint and put it on their record Dixie Chicken.
The Contestants:
Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint: I’m always torn on whether or not to include tracks like this in Cover Wars. That is, covers that also feature the original recording artist. But in this case, Elvis Costello handles the lead vocal duties for the duration of the song, plus it’s an amazing take – so it would be a shame not to include it. If you’re not familiar with this CD/DVD, it’s amazing – would make a good holiday gift. Source: The River In Reverse
[audio:https://glidemag.wpengine.com/hiddentrack/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/elvisdown.mp3]READ ON for the scoop on the rest of this week’s contestants…
My Morning Jacket opened their summer tour last week in San Diego and during the encore Jim James and co. debuted a new song called Circuital. The song starts slowly
Video has finally surfaced of July’s surprise performance by Roger Waters and David Gilmour at a charity benefit for the Hoping Foundation in Oxfordshire. As you might recall, the former
To say that Joanna Newsom is a Bay Area favorite would be both selling her short and reducing her to a trend among the hipsters, techies and young cosmopolitans that propel a constant search for those artists, figures or places that are the most innovative, cultural conscious and thought-provoking. Certainly Joanna Newsom shares quite a bit of celebrity throughout the United States, but rarely have I witnessed such ardent fervor over her and her music as that of a Bay Area Joanna Newsom fan. Perhaps it comes from the fact that she grew up near here, or that she is second cousins with mayor Gavin Newsom; however, there is no exact answer save the fact that she holds the power to keep her fans always wanting more, while satisfying and exceeding their own expectations of her.
In what could be the ultimate touring tribute to one of the most famous rock bands of all time, Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience launches in early October in British
Peter Hook (Co-founder of the legendary post-punk band Joy Division) will be performing the classic Unknown Pleasures album alongside the band, The Light, on his upcoming US tour dates. Earlier
