90 degree weather and high humidity didn’t stop DEVO fans from attending the band's very first performance at the Minnesota ZOO. Parents brought their kids and young adults brought their grandparents. And power domes dominated the crowd.
There is a warmth in Jacky Terrasson's piano playing on Push not unlike that which pervades his previous work. But in combination with the playful charm he exudes throughout this disc, along with the simpatico relationship evident with his accompanists, the sensation runs deeper than in the past.
After having played two smokin’ sets at Bonnaroo for their record-breaking sixth appearance. Glide recently caught up with Umphrey’s singer-guitarist Brendan Bayliss right before he and Jeff Austin (band mate in side project 30db) had the honor of singing the National Anthem at Wrigley Field.
HT alumnus Rudi Greenberg wrote a preview of a Nels Cline Singers concert in Washington, D.C. for the local express night out website that featured an interview with guitarist Nels
We’re less than two weeks away from what looks to be the biggest and best Camp Bisco yet, as Camp Bisco 9 runs from July 15 – 17 at Indian
Our pal Parker Harrington – aka @TMWSIY – put together a wide-ranging survey about Phish Summer Tour 2010 and received nearly 1,000 responses. Parker has kindly permitted us to share the results with our readers…
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and voting! Tried to reach out to a varied cross-section of the fan base through Twitter, YEMBlog, PT, PhishPosters, What.CD, and many other message boards and fan groups. This should be a pretty good snap shot of what the fans think.
Killing in the Name takes this one hands down. Was this partly due to the ‘recency’ effect or getting sandwiched in an epic Harpua? The Rover and I am the Walrus, of course, made strong showings as well. My pick would be Free Man in Paris. While I didn’t really know it before, I loved it. Poor little Lit ‘O Bit with only seven votes. Likewise, note the lukewarm reaction to Waits’ Cold Water. It will be interesting to see which, if any of these, make a return visit in the future.
READ ON for the rest of the results from the Summer Tour survey…
Umphrey’s McGee’s download portal, UMLive.net, has been completely revamped and the new iteration of the site launched this afternoon. Now, you can search by song, read band member’s comments on
Originally Published February 3rd, 2009
I’m sure your first thought when you got the news that Phish played Killing In The Name at their July 4th tour closer was, “Hey, didn’t they do that for Cover Wars?” – Well – you’re right we did, back in February of ’09. A lot has changed in the last 17 months, including the audio playlists we used to use don’t work anymore thanks to the death of IMEEM. I’ve been meaning to go back through our old editions & fix the audio, & well – this is as good a start as any. There will be no voting this week, we’ve closed the poll as the Disco Biscuits won fair & square the first time around and even made it pretty far in the first annual March Madness Cover Wars Madness if you recall.
This track is from Rage Against The Machine’s 1992 debut self-titled album. The album topped out at #45 on The Billboard Top 200 in 1994. With this week’s artists covering the tune, it’s hard to determine if the bands are going for a legitimate angry performance or are going for a more satirical approach. Well, in some cases it’s clearer than others. Regardless of the intent, it’s always a crowd-pleaser.
The Contestants:
Audioslave: Since three of the four members that recorded the original version are in this group, I have decided not to include Audioslave as an available choice in the voting, ’cause that just wouldn’t be fair. But check below for an Audioslave performance from the Quart Festival in 2005. For those that might not know, that’s Chris Cornell of Soundgarden on lead vocals.
READ ON after the jump for the scoop on this week’s competitors…
As Barry Manilow sang, “Looks Like We Made It.” We’re a mere two days away from the first of four God Street Wine reunion shows in the band’s hometown of New York City. We recently spoke with GSW drummer Tom “Tomo” Osander about the upcoming shows, what led to his departure from the group, the future beyond the four gigs and plenty of other topics.
[Photo by Robin Roo]
Hidden Track: How much rehearsal time do you guys plan to spend re-learning the material for the four shows?
Tom “Tomo” Osander: Everyone’s been relearning songs on their own for the past few months. I fly in to NYC a few days before the Gramercy shows and we’ll be rehearsing for a couple of days then. A lot of this stuff is ingrained in the brain and muscles from so many years of doing it but there have been some surprises; what’s this section or did I really sing on this song? In one case I even blanked an entire song. I had no recollection of a tune called Chop. Selective memory or something!
HT: How will the setlists for these gigs be chosen?
TO: Lo devised a fairly democratic method of choosing tunes to work on. Basically we had a master list of our entire repertoire over the years which came to about 130 songs not including covers. Each of us then grouped the tunes into songs we wanted to play, song we should play and songs we didn’t want to play. These lists were then whittled down to form a “Top 65”, again not counting covers. The idea being that we’d have very few repeats from night to night, everyone would get to play a good share of their favorites and Lo got to exercise the math side of his brain that’s been at ease for the last while while he’s been dissecting the ins and outs of New Orleans history.
Temporary set lists were put together from that 65 plus a few covers and these are what we’ve been working on to see how they sit. When we get together next week we’ll get a better grip on what’s working and what, if any, don’t seem to be up to snuff. At that point we can rejig the set lists for the four nights. READ ON for more of our interview with Tomo…
A quick glance at any Best Album Of ’10 So Far list and odds are you’re going to find Janelle Monae’s long delayed debut The ArchAndroid mentioned. The album, which
