2010

Silversun Pickups: Great Plaza at Penn

Nick Gunther July 13, 2010 No Comments

Last week wasn’t the first time Silversun Pickups brought their distinctive fuzz through Philadelphia; in fact, it was their seventh time playing in front of a crowd of Brotherly Love since 2004. If you were lucky enough to spot this great rock band earlier in their career then you probably made it out to their shows at Johnny Brenda’s or First Unitarian Church back in 2006, but odds are that lead vocalist and guitarist Brian Aubert won’t believe you really did.

AC Entertainment Announces MoogFest In Asheville

July 13, 2010 No Comments

AC Entertainment – creator and producer of the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, Big Ear Festival, and Vegoose – is proud to announce MoogFest 2010, a three-day festival celebrating the

Monday’s Hors d’Oeuvres: Al-less moe.

Scott Bernstein July 12, 2010 No Comments

moe. was down a man in Peoria on Friday after guitarist Al Schnier called in sick. The band abided by the “show must go on” mantra and threw down sans

FestivalNews: Treasure Isle/Liberate/CB9

Scott Bernstein July 12, 2010 No Comments

The initial lineup for this year’s Treasure Island Music Festival – which takes place on an island in the middle of San Francisco Bay on October 16 and 17 –

Pearl Jam Dunzo (For a While)

Scott Bernstein July 12, 2010 2 Comments

Grunge pioneers Pearl Jam performed at the Optimus Alive Festival in Portugal on Saturday which closed out the group’s European Tour. According to the NME, PJ lead singer Eddie Vedder

Gilmour & Waters Reunite For Charity

Scott Bernstein July 12, 2010 4 Comments

While we were focused on God Street Wine’s reunion, overseas a more shocking reunion took place in front of 200 hundred guests at Kiddington Hall in Oxfordshire, UK on Saturday.

Pullin’ ‘Tubes: I Heart California

Jeffrey Greenblatt July 12, 2010 No Comments

Several months before releasing Just Like The Fambly Cat in 2006, Grandaddy front man Jason Lytle unexpectedly announced that the critically acclaimed psych-folk band would be breaking up instead of

Video: Delta Spirit – Bushwick Blues

Jeffrey Greenblatt July 12, 2010 No Comments

Hailing from sunny San Diego, Delta Spirit burst onto the scene in 2007 with their debut album Ode To Sunshine, which showcased their unique emo meets Americana sound. Last month the

Televised Tune: On the Tube This Week

Luke Sacks July 12, 2010 2 Comments

The Kinks, one of the most underrated and under-appreciated rock and roll bands of all time, is the subject of Biography’s BIO airing Thursday at 3PM. Tune in for a

American Splendor’s Harvey Pekar Dead at 70

July 12, 2010 No Comments

Comic-book writer Harvey Pekar (PEE’-kahr), whose "American Splendor" was made into a 2003 film starring Paul Giamatti, has been found dead in his Ohio home. Coroner’s spokesman Powell Caesar in