The Bad Plus announce their U.S. tour in support of Never Stop, their new release on eOne Music. The tour extends from December 2nd through January 9th, 2011 and includes
After a 13-year hiatus, the industrial band Swans has a whole lotta touring to make up for, including Europe, more U.S. dates and a jaunt Down Under followed by, well,
The String Cheese Incident releases the first installment of their brand new live archival series, Rhythm of the Road, which will highlight the band’s most celebrated concerts with re-mastered limited
No one can accuse Kristian Hoffman of playing it safe. Rather than aping the trends of current pop music, Hoffman draws his influences from 60’s rock and pop, theater and even vaudeville on Fop. Hoffman imagines himself a modern-day David Bowie and spends large portions of the album trying to live up to that self-billing. At times it works – such as in the glam rock of “Mediocre Dream” – at times, not.
A giddy, anticipatory vibe pervaded the Atlantic City boardwalk before the first of the final three shows of Phish’s Fall Tour began. Under heavy skies, bemused, early-arriving heads wandered the wide, wooden pathway looking for tickets and sipping beers. In a surreal twist, emanating from the loud outdoor casino speakers was none other than the Grateful Dead and select Phish tracks — the weekend-long soundtrack to chilly strolls from hotel rooms to Boardwalk Hall.
In terms of musical culture, the Roman calendar could not accurately document when the 70's turned into the 80's. The explosion of experimentalism that ran through rock, jazz and pop during the latter part of the 60's morphed into strange and not always so wonderful things in the two ensuing decades. Still, there were those artists who confronted that stance, often in marked contrast to their previous efforts, offering work that’s still worth listening to (and reissuing on compact disc) today.
If I can praise only one guitarist this year, I have to shout out Luther Dickinson. The man knows how to cause shivers to run up your spine with his slinky drop down blues riffs via a slide. The man has GOT IT. And lucky for The Black Crowes they are allowing him to plow the field with his on fire solos in such an unassuming manner you’d swear he wasn’t even there.
Ween have decided to play a few West Coast tour dates. The fellows will be kicking things off in Vancouver and then drops down to coast hitting up Seattle,
Sigur Ros’ Jonsi has announced details of the release of a live album and DVD. ‘Go Live’ is due out on November 29 and features a live 14-song album, plus
Queen will re-release all of their 15 studio albums next year. The band have signed a long-term agreement with Universal Music Group to release the albums, thereby ending their 40-year
