Archive: 2010

Pixies frontman Black Francis has announced that he is releasing a new solo-album called ‘NonStopErotik’. The follow-up to 2008’s ‘Svn Fngrs’, ‘NonStopErotik’ was co-produced by Eric Drew Feldman and will be released on April 5. The tracklisting for ‘NonStopErotik’ is as follows: ‘Lake of Sin’ ‘O My Tidy Sum’ ‘Rabbits’ ‘Wheels’ ‘Dead Man’s Curve’ ‘Corrina’ […]

U2 have revealed that they have begun work on a new album. The follow-up to 2009’s ‘No Line On The Horizon’, the as-yet-untitled album is set to be "really special". "We are working on a lot of new songs," The Edge told EW.com. "Some of them are really, really happy. We’re convinced that we have […]

The National have confirmed their first shows of the new decade. Highlights include their biggest headlining shows to date in NYC and London at Radio City Music Halland Royal Albert Hall respectively, a performance with Pavement in Paris, and additional US dates on both coasts with more to be announced soon.Prior to the kick off […]

Mike and his band will embark on an 8-date March Tour beginning March 5th in Troy, NY and ending March 14th in Lebanon, NH. The headlining club tour features a returnto the Theatre of the Living Arts in Philadelphia and first time stops at Rams Head Live! in Baltimore, Jefferson Theatre in Charlottesville, and Revolution […]

The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien came to an end way too soon last night on NBC. After a heart-felt and inspiring speech about be thankful for what NBC has done for him over the past 20 years, O’Brien welcomed a supergroup made up of the Max Weinberg 7, Beck, Ben Harper and Billy Gibbons […]

In an announcement today posted on its website, The Rothbury Music Festival, has been canceled for 2010. During the past three years, all of us involved with ROTHBURY have greatly appreciated the tremendous outpouring of support for the future of the festival.  For 2010, we have had to make the tough decision to postpone our […]

I had already started planning my trip out to Rothbury, MI for the third annual Rothbury Music Festival which many thought would take place over the July 4th weekend. Sadly, the news just came down through the fest’s website that there won’t be a Rothbury 2010. Part of the problem stems from the community which […]

Tickets for tonight’s Umphrey’s McGee concert at the Belly Up in Aspen, CO are sold out, but XM/Sirius subscribers can hear the entire show live on Jam On (Sirius 17 and XM 56) at 10PM EST. UM has been tearing it up as of late and we bet they’ll finish their first run of the […]

Well now that I have shared most of the great food experiences I had in Vancouver in part 1 and part 2 of this series. Part 3 is the wrap up of some other food stuff from the trip. Next foodie city trip is Montreal, hopefully.

Part 3 features more photos & stories from my fun, short trip to Vancouver.

If you are a foodie and you are in Vancouver. The one place you MUST make time for is the Granville Island Public Market. It is part retail, part separate food stores and a real big part open air market. If I lived in Vancouver it would be near this market so I could shop there for everything.

There is also a bread store:

READ ON for more on Jon’s foodie trip to Vancouver…

Words and Images: Andrew Bender

Like many Hidden Track readers, I’ve spent thousands of dollars over my life, most of my time off from work and school, and have traveled countless miles by car and plane in pursuit of my favorite bands, their amazing music, and all the friends I’ve met along the way. For something different this past New Years Eve, I discovered for myself that one need not travel to Miami, Atlanta, New York, Chicago or San Francisco to get down to some killer sounds at year’s end – great things could be found in much smaller locales.

This year, the wife and I and two of our close friends traveled just a few short hours from our home base in Detroit, Michigan (no, you’re probably not cool enough to make it here, no I’ve never been mugged or carjacked, and yes I think the city and its inhabitants are amazing) to the western end of the great mitten of the north for New Years Eve in Kalamazoo (yes, there really is a Kalamazoo). In response to the question I can already hear people asking, “Why the hell would you spend New Years in Kalamazoo?” The answer is simple – to spend New Years Eve with hometown newgrass heroes Greensky Bluegrass.

The band, winners of the 2006 Telluride Bluegrass Festival Band Competition, were throwing down for its annual New Year’s Eve celebration at the historic, ornately decorated State Theater. The five-piece Greensky Bluegrass has spent the last few years earning a reputation across the country as an impressive group of musicians blowing many a mind with their improvisational prowess, non-traditional bluegrass covers, and perma-grin producing psychedelic jams. Although attendance was less than half the State Theater’s 1600 person capacity, it seemed that like me, most people were truly excited for a fun, homegrown party and a great night of music.

READ ON for more from Andrew on Greensky Bluegrass…

Last year around this time, Brooklyn-based act Phosphorescent released a tribute album of sorts to one of their musical heroes, Willie Nelson. The album entitled To Willie features the band’s take on some of Willie’s lesser known tunes and has currently been burning up my iPod. Here’s the band with a live take on Reasons […]

Just seven months after it began, Conan O’Brien’s reign as the host of NBC’s The Tonight Show comes to an end this evening. For his final guest, Conan has invited Hall of Fame Canadian rocker Neil Young to perform. Jay Leno returns to The Tonight Show after the Winter Olympics on March 1. Friday, January […]

Have you ever wondered what tickets would cost for a high demand concert if they went onsale through an auction? Thanks to Radiohead we’ll finally get a chance as the always innovative Brits have decided to play a benefit at L.A.’s Henry Fonda Theatre in which tickets will go to the highest bidders. Here’s the […]

John Butler returns with his first album in three years, April Uprising, on April 6, 2010. The album finds the multi-platinum Australian artist with a new line up and a new label in the States, ATO Records. Recorded in Melbourne, Australia at Sing Sing Studios, April Uprising is the follow-up to 2007’s critically acclaimed and […]

As posted on their website, Widespread Panic are currently in John Keane studios working on their followup to 2008’s Free Somehow.  This will be the first studio album since 2003’s Ball that wasn’t recorded at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, following Free Somehow and 2006’s Earth To America, both of which were also produced […]

The forces of nature, to which we know, all act in balance and in accordance to one another.  Seasons change and adaptations occur to maintain equilibrium, and sometimes nature produces extraordinary events.  In his new solo project and upcoming record titled Orchestrion, Pat Metheny creates a controlled universe where all acoustic and mechanical instruments work in synchronization together to produce the composed sound that is echoing in his mind.

Taped at the Waterhole (Saranac Lake, New York) on Valentine’s Day 2009, Zoograss (released Jan. 12th) is one of those live albums that will turn into a word-of-mouth sensation as the rhythm of time passes.  The legendary music venue has come to be known as the headquarters of the gonzo bluegrass quartet. Filled with rowdy, foot stomping Adirondack locals (and plenty of drinks to drown a small army), the ambiance aligned perfectly with the overzealous approach of the Massachusetts group.

Joanna Newsom’s forthcoming third album, ‘Have One On Me’, will be a triple album, NME.COM can reveal. Released on February 19 in Australia and February 23 elsewhere, the album from the California harpist/singer will be the follow-up to her critically lauded 2006 album ‘Ys’.

 Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward, otherwise known as She & Him,  have mapped out the first batch of dates for a Spring tour in support of their second album due out March 23rd/ She & Him 2010 Tour Dates: 03/15 – Los Angeles, CA @ Largo 03/17-21 – Austin, TX @ South by Southwest 03/25 […]

Last week, I put together a list of my Ten Favorite Jam Cruise 8 Sets, but that was only the tip of the proverbial iceberg. There were so many stellar moments – both musical and otherwise – that didn’t make that list. Each hour of every day, it seemed like I experienced something mind-blowing that just doesn’t happen in the real world or at typical music festivals.

So this week, I decided to put together a list of 75 Amazing Jam Cruise 8 Moments to show the breadth of this monumental vacation. Jam Cruise felt like the living version of one of those “Choose Your Own Adventure” books as it was impossible to catch everything that was going on, but I have no complaints with the decisions I made. The beautiful thing is that every cruiser’s list look far different from mine, so if you went on the cruise be sure to leave a few of your favorite moments as a comment after the list.

75. Going through the quick & painless embarkation procedure & walking onto the ship. I knew at that moment how amazing this adventure would be
74. Karl Denson adding some flair to Galactic’s Crazyhorse Mongoose during the New Orleans-based band’s Pool Deck set
73. Turning on Jam Cruise TV to catch the part of The Motet plays Talking Heads set I had missed the previous evening
72. Mikey of Higher Ground/Chocolate Thunder Security delivering a wonderful version of Bill Withers’ Use Me during Rock Star Karaoke
71. Catching Jam Room MVP Zach Deputy get crowned by The Joker
70. Looking at my watch to see the Jam Room had finally let up at 6:40AM
69. Sax wiz Jeff Coffin [Flecktones, Dave Matthews Band] dropping one nasty run of notes after another during his fantastic sit-in with OHMphrey
68. The first time I walked past the “Fucking Your Mom – Do Not Disturb” door sign. I still laughed the 17th time.
67. Chillin’ on a friend’s balcony watching the lights from Jamaica fade away
66. Most of the finest musicians on the boat gathering for a ridiculous Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin throwdown towards the end of George Porter Jr.’s Super Jam on the final full day of action

[All photos by Dave Vann]

65. Cloud 9’s Annabel singing the final song of Sexual Chocolate’s set
64. Watching my Cabin Steward dancing as hard as he could to KDTU
63. Trombone Shorty teasing Let’s Get It Started by the Black Eyed Peas during the Sail Away set

READ ON for my Top 62 Moments of Jam Cruise 8…