Archive: 2010

If Of Montreal’s over-sexed genre-hopping cast any doubt on Kevin Barnes’ commercial potential, False Priest puts them to rest.  With his (at least) metaphorical muse found in the enigmatic Janelle Monae, Barnes reigns in the verbal-orgy-as-art attention deficit freakout, and paints a pretty graphic picture of love in the age of therapy and public discourse. 

Phair's new Funstyle CD is a weird accomplishment. It’s pure fluff. But because it comes from our darling Liz I wonder if we don’t reflexively apply an extra measure of serious scrutiny to it than we might for a new record by Christina Aguilera or Kylie Minogue

On February 15, Merge will release We Live in Rented Rooms, the seventh album from East River Pipe. Under the pen name East River Pipe, F.M. Cornog has made six extraordinary albums, all recorded and mixed entirely on a cheap multi-track mini-studio, with a bare minimum of outboard gear. These biting, ruminative micro-masterpieces have won […]

Hangout Music Festival has announced their 2nd annual festival will take place May 20th-22nd, 2011! Hangout is the first music festival of its kind with four stages on the white sandy beaches of Gulf Shore, Alabama. Festival goers stay in easy to walk or bike to condos and hotels. The inaugural Hangout Beach Festival, May […]

Immediately after wrapping up a surreal arena-tour opening for the Gorillaz and De La Soul through Europe, Hong Kong, Australia, and New Zealand to close off the year, Little Dragon will splash into 2011 for a proper solo tour of their own. The dates begin on January 7th w/ two special shows in LA and […]

When you’ve recorded eight studio albums over fifteen years, there’s bound to be songs that have been forgotten. The Handsome Family has revisited their past and gathered up these treasures; a smattering of covers, alternate takes, unreleased songs and bits of their history and put them together on the self-released Scattered: A Further Collection of […]

Five years is the time it took Daniel Christopher Smith, a.k.a. Brother Danielson, a.k.a. Danielson, to complete this his newest work, Best of Gloucester County.  Danielson has, during the five years, let go (reluctantly, perhaps) of some family collaborators—namely his brothers Andrew and David, the percussionists, and childhood friends Chris and Ted, on keys and […]

7 Walker's chemistry was magical, both the old and new material came alive, and the intimate setting put the audience right in the middle of it. For Papa Mali, this band might be the greatest project he had been a part of. For Matt Hubbard, it’s a great opportunity to showcase the music scene his talents. For George Porter Jr., it’s a chance to explore a whole new sound. For Bill Kruetzmann, it has already proven that there is surely life after The Dead.

what Scott Stapp actually did was pull himself up by the bootstraps and prove to the people standing in the Hard Rock that he was a man who has not always been a saint but who cares enough about them that he would sit on a stage and give them every ounce of energy he had to send them home satisfied.

Part Dylan and Kristofferson, part Mitch Hedberg and Bill Hicks, the outspoken Todd Snider has long established his concerts are more than just a set list. ‘The Storyteller,’ a new double-disc live album out Feb 1 on his own imprint, Aimless Records, captures Snider in his true element: onstage before a rapt audience. On ‘The […]

David Lynch is set to release an electro album next year. The Twin Peaks, Eraserhead and Mulholland Drive director has already made a double A-side single from the album, ‘Good Day Today’/’I Know’, available as a download from today (November 29). He is releasing the single and album through the Sunday Best label. Source NME

Directly on the heels of Eric Clapton’s recent new album released to strong critical acclaim, the artist announced initial dates for his 2011 touring that will encompass the West Coast of the U.S. in the Spring to be followed by a run of shows in Ireland and the U.K. in May 2011.  Clapton has assembled […]

 Following last year’s release of a new album (Ready For the Flood) from the Jayhawks’ founding members Mark Olson and Gary Louris, and the American/Legacy release of the Jayhawks’ first career-spanning anthology (Music From The North Country), comes word that the band is set to play five major cities in January, 2011. The tour dates […]

As we finally make our way out of our turkey, stuffing and cranberry-induced food comas, there are plenty of brave souls out there that headed out to the stores at ungodly hours to take advantage of early morning savings for the official start of the holiday season – with what has become known as Black […]

We couldn’t let Thanksgiving pass around these parts without our annual fluffage of the greatest rock movie of all-time – The Last Waltz. Exactly 34 years ago today, about 5,000 lucky fans were treated to a full Thanksgiving dinner, followed by a star-studded “farewell concert” from The Band. With each viewing I seem to come away […]

I’m a panelist on a podcast called Type II Cast which features a panel of Phish Geeks dissecting the band’s music. Last night we recorded our seventh episode all about the history and future of Mike’s Song. Head over to TypeIICast.com to stream or download The (De)Evolution of Mike’s. Here’s a quick look at some […]

There’s no feeling quite like walking out of a Phish show and finding a tasty dish in the parking lot that immediately kills the hunger pangs you’ve been fighting throughout the second set. Over the years, “lot food” has diversified from the staples of grilled cheese and veggie burritos to more intricate dishes such as […]

Phish has influenced us in many ways aside from depleting our bank accounts. We are Phish fans and not only because we love their music, the tour or the garlic grilled cheeses, but because the music they have introduced us to has helped push us out of the bubble. As Three Grown Men, we have been able to branch out our musical tastes, and we must give some of the credit to Trey, Mike, Page and Jon.

Jonathan Kosakow on Phish’s general musical influence:

I still remember a single moment in high school English class. For some reason unknown to me today, we were discussing the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey, but everyone was unsure the name of the song. I said Also Sprach Zarathustra and let everyone think I was cultured while they looked at me in disbelief – “This kid knows the name of that tune?” But, I sure as hell wasn’t about to tell everyone, “Phish covers it.” They’d have written me off immediately. Not that it helped anything, though: I was soon knocked out of high-level English and into the remedial class (that’s right you overachievers, look who speaks English NOW).

Bitter resentment aside, it was that moment I realized that Phish was just the frame of an open door to a world of music. I almost hate to admit how overwhelmingly responsible Phish has been for my ventures into that world, but it’s true.  And not just because they opened me up to one band, or one album, or one genre, but because of the many random bands I may not have listened to otherwise.

Had it not been for their cover of Peaches En Regalia I may never have dug out my father’s old vinyl copy of Hot Rats, and Zappa’s guitar wouldn’t have ripped me to shreds the first time I listened to Willie the Pimp. I wouldn’t have fallen for Talking Heads like a schoolboy in love either.  And, if it weren’t for the fact that Phish covered Little Feat three weeks ago, I wouldn’t have Waiting for Columbus on repeat for the tenth time since then. Somehow, whether I want to admit it or not, those four goofy longhairs from Vermont managed to show me the way.

READ ON for more on how Phish expanded 3GM’s horizons…

It’s been a little while since we’ve heard any Creepfunk around here, so this week let’s check out the newest cover tune in the Steez repertoire, Annie Lennox’s hit, Walking on Broken Glass. By playing the vocal segments on the sax, adding their own funky twists, and stretching out catchy old favorites, Steez has a […]

Roger Waters – The Wall Live, at the Phillips Arena, Atlanta, GA 11.18.2010.