Archive: 2010

We already knew that Pavement would be among the headliners for the Sasquatch Music Festival at The Gorge in George, WA on Memorial Day Weekend, but the promoters have recently announced the rest of the initial lineup. Joining Pavement atop the bill will be My Morning Jacket, MGMT and LCD Soundsystem. Other acts on the […]

As we previously reported, Umphrey’s McGee fans were asked to pick one of nine Valentine’s-related songs for the band to perform at Ram’s Head Live in Baltimore on this past Sunday night. The Chicago-based sextet revealed the winner by opening their second set with I Am Trying to Break Your Heart by Wilco. You can […]

The lineup for the 14th Annual All Good Music Festival has just been released and includes such HT faves as Umphrey’s McGee, Widespread Panic, Perpetual Groove and Yonder Mountain String Band. Also slated to appear at Marvin’s Mountaintop in Masontown, WV on July 8-11 are Furthur featuring Bob Weir & Phil Lesh, Dark Star Orchestra, […]

[Originally Published: October 6, 2009]

Baba O’Riley is the first track on the 1971 album Who’s Next by legendary British rockers The Who. Did you know that the song’s title is a reference to both Meher Baba and Terry Riley? I did not until today.

I don’t know about you, but when writing this I kept having memories of a scene in Freaks and Geeks when Seth Rogen’s character scolds Lindsay Weir for referring to this song as Teenage Wasteland. I would wager a number of our readers have had a similar experience.

The Contestants:

Acoustic Syndicate: Leading off this week is this great band formed in 1992 from North Carolina. They disappeared for a little while, but Acoustic Syndicate is back and have two shows scheduled in NC the weekend of Thanksgiving. Source: 5-29-2005

Video from Asheville 2007:

READ ON for the scoop on the rest of this week’s contestants…

After catching Brock Butler’s ironman performance on Jam Cruise, I started to focus my attention on Perpetual Groove’s next NYC show on March 26th at the Bowery Ballroom. I want you to go too, so I reached out to the P Groove home office to set up a ticket giveaway. Not only has the band […]

Billed as America’s only Teen Grateful Dead Tribute Band, Lead Heads features a 12-year-old guitarist who has the signature Jerry tone and licks down as well as a 12-year-old female drummer who knows how to groove. On January 24, the band performed at a Tomato’s House of Rock Showcase at the Highline Ballroom where Furthur […]

Since late last fall, the organizers behind ATP New York have slowly revealed the details behind this September’s incarnation of the hipster-leaning music fest. As we previously reported, Iggy Pop will reunite with The Stooges to headline Friday’s Don’t Look Back night of full album performances. Now comes the news that director Jim Jarmusch will […]

Trey Anastasio Band performing at the E-Factory in Philly on February 11th, 2010.

Southern sounding singer-songwriter Ken Will Morton’s latest release True Grit brings to mind a cross between Tom Waits, Marah, Steve Earle circa Exit O and Ryan Adams. Whether it’s the safe but solid opening title track to the roots-rock nugget “Gamblin’ Man’s Blues,” Morton can pen a song with an equally strong melody. And thankfully Morton doesn’t ease off that quality pedal for a moment judging by the mid-tempo “Hard Weathered Life.”

With the anticipation of the release of The Rainwater LP behind him, Clarence Greenwood (a.k.a. Citizen Cope) is back to his cool and collective musical ways. The New Yorker took the Bowery Ballroom stage last Friday, performing a collaboration of new and old Cope classics for a jam-packed Lower East Side crowd.  

The 2010 Sasquatch! Music Festival will proudly feature the recently reunited Pavement, Massive Attack, My Morning Jacket, Ween, Vampire Weekend, MGMT, Kid Cudi, LCD Soundsystem, The National, Band of Horses and many others. With The Office’s Craig Robinson and The Daily Show’s Rob Riggle, this year’s Sasquatch! Festival also presents the best in up-and-coming comedic […]

The initial lineup for the 2010 All Good Music Festival was announced today. Leading this summer’s festival includes Widespread Panic, Furthur, Umphrey’s McGee, George Clinton & the Parliament Funkadelic, Lotus, Femi Kuti & the Positive Force, Dark Star Orchestra, and more. Many more acts TBA; tickets will go on sale beginning Friday, February 19th at […]

According to The Daily Swarm, “multiple industry sources” have confirmed that Green Day, the recently reunited Soundgarden, and Lady Gaga will be three of the six headliners scheduled to descend on Chicago’s Grand Park from August 6-8.

A couple of Fridays back I headed over to Le Poisson Rouge in Manhattan’s West Village (formerly the famed Village Gate) to catch an intimate show from singer-songwriter Josh Rouse. Rouse, who’s been putting out albums for over a decade now, used the opportunity to showcase material from his upcoming album, El Turista – which […]

On March 16, The White Stripes will release Under Great White Northern Lights their first ever concert movie documenting the duo’s 2007 cross-Canada tour – the results of which will be released in a variety of formats and box sets. Among the goodies in the deluxe set will be a DVD of the band’s 10th […]

Stuart Copeland moved from behind the drums to behind the camera for a first-account look at life in one of the biggest rock bands on the planet in The Police – Everyone Stares (Thursday @ Noon, Ovation). The footage was pulled from over 50 hours of tape recorded by Copeland at the pinnacle of the band’s success […]

With each passing show, Trey Anastasio and Classic TAB continue to gel into a formidable unit. Last night in Red Bank, Big Red’s band got the Count Basie jumping with a concert that focused on the group’s early material. Anastasio opened the Valentine’s Day show with Valentine and dedicated Drifting to his wife, Sue, on the 21st anniversary of their first date.

[All Photos by Regan Teti Marscher]

Let’s take a look at the setlist…

Trey Anastasio and Classic TAB
February 14, 2010
Count Basie Theatre
Red Bank, NJ

Set One: Valentine, Cayman Review, Shine, Drifting, Curlew’s Call, Tube Top Flop, Obstacle of Course, Night Speaks to a Woman, Goodbye Head > Gotta Jibboo, Tuesday

Set Two: Sand*, Push On Til The Day, Mr. Completely, The Way I Feel, Money Love & Change, Sweet and Dandy, Last Tube

Encore: Sultans of Swing, First Tube

Notes:
* House lights go on because of fire alarm leading to impromptu parade with just horns and Trey on percusion

[via @YEMblog]

The tour continues on Tuesday night at Terminal 5 in NYC.

READ ON for more of Regan’s amazing photos…

Having opened for Wilco and Meat Puppets among others, this Minnesota band makes a huge impression with album number two. The trio of drummer Eric Pollard, bassist Steve Garrington and singer/guitarist Alan Sparhawk kick things off with an endearing slow-burner “Hide It Away” evoking a blend of Explosions In The Sky and Coldplay.

delivers BETWEEN NEEDLES & NIGHTFALL on May 11 via his label Royal Potato Family. BETWEEN NEEDLES & NIGHTFALL was initially conceived at Trout Recording in Brooklyn, NY where engineer Bryce Goggin (Pavement, Akron/Family) tracked Marco Benevento and his trio, including bassist Reed Mathis and drummer Andrew Barr, over three days. The material was drawn from […]

Mallrats director Kevin Smith, 39, was kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight from Oakland, Calif. to Burbank, Calif. over the weekend because of his weight. Smith (whose newest film, Cop Out, starring Bruce Willis, opens Feb. 26) posted more than 50 angry Twitter messages to his more than 1.6 million followers decrying the airline in […]