Archive: 2010

Despite having a fairly successful fifteen-year career, Kim Richey is still virtually unknown to the general public. While she's sung on albums by Shawn Colvin, Ryan Adams and Mary Chapin Carpenter, as well as writing hits for the likes of Trisha Yearwood and Brookes & Dunn, Richey continues to fly under the collective radar of both country and rock radio.

Auditorium is the brainchild of Spencer Berger of Los Angeles.  With a music degree from Vassar, and a background in opera performance, screen writing, and acting Berger’s diversity of interests appears to have resulted in a distinctive vision for his own musical output. His debut album, Be Brave, was recorded in private over a period of three years using only his voice and his fingers on electric bass and acoustic guitar

At its worst, Tim and Eric Awesome Show tilts more towards boring than funny, even when that’s what they’re going for. But at its best, Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim defend themselves through dead-on satire of what they’re not: corporate comedy.

On  the 2010 edition of The Glide 20, there are no secrets or under the radars in store here (except maybe Hendrix somehow slipping in again)– most of these albums are ones you probably own, have downloaded, or perhaps you've seen these artists peform live in 2010.  But what the f#!k, they are all stellar and go without saying makes the best of the year. So, as we've done the past eight years – The Glide 20 – The 20 Best of 2010. 

Snoe.down, the all-ages winter music & sports festival hosted by moe., returns to central Vermont and Vermont’s most popular and dynamic ski and snowboard destination, Killington Resort in Killington, and Spartan Arena in neighboring Rutland, for a weekend of winter fun and music March 25-27. moe. will headline both Friday and Saturday nights at Spartan Arena. […]

How do you throw a 100th birthday bash for the most influential bluesman that ever lived? If you’re Big Head Todd and The Monsters, you gather some of the greatest living blues musicians and record 100 Years of Robert Johnson (February 1, 2011 – Ryko/Big Records), a stirring new tribute album featuring 10 potent interpretations […]

Weekends in the NYC area are usually packed with rock shows, but we can’t remember a night filled with as many special moments around town as last night. We wanted to recap a few of the highlights from an amazing night.

[Photo by Rob Chapman]

Uptown at the Beacon, Hot Tuna was joined by a cavalcade of guests as part of a two-night celebration honoring Jorma Kaukonen’s 70th birthday. Larry Campbell spent the most time on stage with the band, adding fiddle and guitar to the proceedings. Bruce Hornsby’s guest spot included a blazing I Know You Rider, while Warren Haynes added slide to Come Back Baby and three other songs. Bill Kirchen, Chris Smither, Happy Traum, Byron House and John Hammond all sat-in during the concert as well. Head over to Jorma’s blog for his take on the evening as well as the setlist. Each artist made sure to wish Jorma a Happy Birthday and Jorma told the tale of his association with each of the guests. The marathon show ended around midnight and you can expect a whole new set of guests tonight. READ ON for more…

As we alluded to yesterday, Bob Weir and Phil Lesh’s latest project, Furthur, will continue into 2011. Today, the band has announced three shows at the First Bank Center in Broomfield, CO on February 11, 12 and 13. Mail order will be available starting tomorrow through GDTS TOO – all requests must be postmarked between […]

With Hanukkah already underway and Christmas right around the corner, it’s officially that time of year. You know, the one where you feel sick from overeating for a month straight or when you want to blow your brains out every time you hear Santa Baby or I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus? Yup, ’tis the […]

A couple of weeks ago, I took a three day weekend to head down to South Beach and points south to get out of NYC for a few days to refresh and recharge as well as see some friends that I usually only see when they come to the Big Apple.  My first post from this trip was F4tF: The Best Burger in America about Le Tub in Hollywood Beach, Florida.  This week’s post is about a place that I had not planned on going to and was only told about after heading somewhere else first. That place was Robert Is Here.

On the second day of my trip (Sunday),  one of the things that was on the agenda was to find a good farmer’s market in the Miami area.  I emailed one of my chef friends who said the place to go was Pinecrest Gardens which was about a 1/2 hour south of Miami and was rated “Best Farmer’s Market In Miami”  in the Miami New Times Best of 2010.  We got in the car, GPS’d the location we were given and headed down to Pinecrest (open Every Sunday, November 7th – May 28, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.).  My chef friend was right, the selection was beautiful, flavorful and bountiful.

Below are some of the pictures I shot at the market that day:

READ ON for more about Jon’s trip to Robert Is Here…

Earlier this year, The AV Club invited 25 bands to stop by their Chicago office to take part in their inaugural A.V. Undercover series – which yielded some fantastic results. As a follow up, the website decided to go with a holiday music theme, but changed the rules a bit, by allowing bands to pick their own song, with the caveat that it had to somehow be holiday related.

The first band to take the challenge was New York-based, indie-rockers The Walkmen, who have awesomely and cleverly chosen Lindsey’s Buckingham’s Holiday Road – otherwise known as the theme to the National Lampoon Vacation series. READ ON to see the results…

This evening, Fuse debuts an hour-long program featuring highlights from SPIN’s 25th Anniversary Concert Series, which took place earlier this year in New York City. Tune in at 9PM EST to see performances by the Black Keys, Smashing Pumpkins, The National, Spiritualized and the Flaming Lips. Friday, December 3 [all times EST] Flaming Lips & […]

When you listen to a record like Push, it’s almost like you’re feeling the live show right through the headphones.  Definitely a band with a positive outlook, 40 Watt Hype is a rare breed of instrumental hip-hop soul and the Latin influence that is rooted within the music only gives off more energy.    

The Allman Brothers concluded their short autumn tour of theatres with three sold out shows at The Orpheum in Boston that simultaneously re-affirmed  their own passion for their music and justified the loyalty of their fan base.

Michael Cera is playing bass guitar in new Sub Pop band Mister Heavenly, it has been confirmed. The actor, who starred in Juno and Scott Pilgrim Versus The World, played with the band at The Moore theatre in Seattle on Tuesday (November 30), when they supported Passion Pit. A Sub Pop representative confirmed his role […]

Rather than an “I was there and you weren’t” account of hanging out with ’70s rock gods, LZ-’75 manages to make all concerned seem rather mortal in their own way. The impetus for Davis to write the book after all these years was the recent discovery of a box of long-lost treasures from the tour. Call it a time capsule if you will; a happy accident seems more apropos.

This year’s batch of live concert DVD releases was more about quality than quantity. While there weren’t dozens of releases from the bands we love like last year, the DVDs that did come out make up for the lack of numbers. For this week’s B List, I continue a long-standing tradition of detailing my favorite concert DVDs of the year. I’ve included a taste of these releases, except the Avett’s DVD, so you can get a feel for these outstanding videos.

10. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band – London Calling

If 2009 was indeed the last year for the E Street Band, what a year it was. One of the highlights of ’09 for The Boss and his long-time backing band was a headlining set at London’s Hard Rock Calling in Hyde Park. London Calling contains 26 tracks from throughout Springsteen’s career as well as a few cool bonuses such as a memorizing version of The River from Glastonbury. As you’ve probably inferred from the title,  the DVD contains a scorching cover of London Calling by The Clash that starts this release out right.

READ ON for my Top Nine Concert DVDs of 2010…

The fine folks at Hear Rock City have put together a fantastic compilation featuring rock gods the Drive-By Truckers covering a wide range of other artists. Download the mix to hear Patterson Hood and his band mates tackle Wings’ Let Me Roll It, Even The Losers by Tom Petty, Warren Zevon’s Play It All Night […]

For your weekly hour’s worth of music, you’ll first be listening to The Frames, the Irish band celebrating their 20th year of existence. From there, we cruise over to the soulful sounds of J.J. Grey & Mofro for a track from their 2010 record. Mike Gordon, who was recently singing the praises of J.J. Grey, contributes four tracks from his show in Maine where he was joined by Phish drummer Jon Fishman. And we close it out with a recent Robert Hunter penned tune from New Riders Of The Purple Sage. Hope you enjoy it.

A reminder, you can download all of this week’s audio in one easy to listen to MP3 that we call the Last Week’s Sauce Podcast, click here to download.

[Thanks to scb for this week’s photo]

The Frames – People Get Ready
Date & Venue: 2010-11-23 The Vic Theatre – Chicago, IL
Taper & Show Download: Brian Emerick

As you may have read in Monday’s Pullin’ Tubes, Irish folk-rock act The Frames are turning 20. Unfortunately, for our American readers, you have missed the live dates at this point. The Frames [tour dates] continue their anniversary run overseas tomorrow night at Paradiso in Amsterdam.

Video from The Avalon Theater:

READ ON for tracks from JJ Grey & Mofro, Mike Gordon w/Jon Fishman, and New Riders Of The Purple Sage…

Upstate NY’s Press-Republican newspaper ran a feature about Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann’s 7 Walkers project today and what’s most interesting in the article is Billy’s take on Furthur – a band featuring two of his GD band mates, Bob Weir and Phil Lesh. Here’s what he said… “I haven’t really got much interest in […]