Forgive David Fricke if he succumbs to hyperbole in his liner notes to Moby Grape Live. This collection of concert recordings captures the band's skill and effervescence to such a degree, they do sound like that spirit of those times when everything seemed possible.
A deep seeded sense of fearful midlife isolation is engrained in High Violet, the newest album from The National. That’s not all that’s here though; layers of sound and themes buzz below the surface like insects peaking out of their hive occasionally in twisting dissident guitar lines or even lyrical couplets; both tend to emerge more and more after multiple spins.
Comerica Park and Yankee Stadium now have a headline concert this season, and it involves the return of hometown icons. Rap stars Eminem and Jay-Z will team up for two
Fans attending Chicago’s Lollapalooza festival will find it has grown a bit since last year, adding 35 acres which is expected to boost attendance by 20,000 per day. Geographically, this
Dave Rawlings is the top nominee for this year’s Americana Music Association Awards.Rawlings, long happy to stand in the shadows as a producer and longtime collaborator with Gillian Welch, received
For those who don’t mind spoilers, you can find out which Exile on Main Street tune Green Day (Monday), Keith Urban (Tuesday), Sheryl Crow (Wednesday) and Phish (Thursday) will cover
Last week, the producers of the first-ever Nateva Festival – which is set for the Fourth of July Weekend at the Oxford Fairgrounds in Oxford, ME – ran into issues
As I always say, I’m at the mercy of what tapes are available when I put this piece together, and I had a great selection to choose from this time around especially when tapes popped up of rarely recorded acts like Iron & Wine & Local Natives. But don’t you worry, Hidden Track isn’t forgetting where we came from – we’ve got the likes of Tim Palmieri, Todd Stoops & Jennifer Hartswick to contribute a jammed out cover of Billy Cobham’s Red Baron.
[Thanks to GDfan for this week’s photo]
And we continue to take all the selected tracks, normalize them, create some simple fades and put it into one easy to download MP3 for you.
Artist & Title:30db – The Good Times Are Killing Me, Liar Date & Venue: 2010-05-07 Barrymore Theater – Madison, WI Taper & Show Download:soling
Well it only took about four years, but Brendan Bayliss & Jeff Austin have finally released their studio album. The selected audio features a Modest Mouse cover and one of Brendan’s contributions to the album. I cut out some banter in between the tracks, there was some nonsense in there about maple syrup, download the show if you want to hear it. 30db next plays May 19th at the Fox Theatre in Boulder.
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