2010

Cover Wars: Let ‘Em In Edition

DaveO April 13, 2010 3 Comments

Cover Wars March Madness is officially over and we will offer one more congratulations to our winners Perpetual Groove. Now, the 2010-2011 Cover Wars Regular Season begins. For the first contest of the season, we look at four covers of the first track off the 1976 Wings album At The Speed Of Sound – Let ‘Em In. The song is written and sung by Sir Paul McCartney.

Cover Wars

The Contestants:

Billy Paul: This ultra smooth cover complete with strings, horns, and an alternate list of people in the lyrics was recorded in 1976.
Source: Let ‘Em In

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A live version of unknown origin:

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

Tour Dates: MGMT’s Psychedelic Summer

Jeffrey Greenblatt April 13, 2010 No Comments

With MGMT’s much buzzed about sophomore album Congratulations hitting stores today, the Brooklyn-based act has revealed their summer touring plans. Andrew VanWyngarden & Ben Goldwasser, who kicked off a sold

Video: BuzzUniverse – The Wait to Return

Scott Bernstein April 13, 2010 No Comments

Former Blips act Buzz Universe head to the Midwest this week for gigs at Wilbert’s Food and Music in Cleveland on Thursday, The Mousetrap Bar & Grille in Indianapolis on

Briefly: Phish 3D Cities Revealed

Scott Bernstein April 13, 2010 10 Comments

We’ve known for a few weeks at which theaters the Phish 3D movie would play on premiere day – April 20, but up until now the cities where the film will run during its national release the week of April 30th weren’t known. Our friends at the Live Music Blog have posted a list of the theaters where the film about last year’s Festival 8 will be shown, so READ ON to find out if Phish 3D is playing in your neck of the woods…

HT Interview: Wyllys Heads Out On Tour

Hidden Track Staff April 13, 2010 2 Comments

Wyllys, longtime HT contributor and Lighting Tech for jamband stalwarts Umphrey’s McGee, leaves the lights behind for his first solo DJ tour. HT had the chance to catch up with Wyllys before he takes the stage on Thursday night at Club Metronome in his current hometown of Burlington opening for another Chicago institution of jam, Future Rock.

Hidden Track: First, I guess we should start from the beginning. How long have you been a DJ? How did you get into the craft?

Wyllys: I was given my first set of turntables at age 15 by one of my dearest friends and longtime collaborators Alan Veniscovsky. We were writing a bunch of songs together and continue to do so to this day. Alan had the decks, which were belt driven, and this archaic mixer to tie the rig together and was like “You need these” as I was starting to get heavy into electronic music at that age. Unfortunately, I was mostly into Drum and Bass and Jungle at the time and trying to learn how to beat match that stuff on belt driven tables would piss off The Pope. So by the time I got direct drive tables I had my shit together pretty well.

HT: Your sets can be anything from House to Drum and Bass to Ambient, etc. How did you end up getting proficient in all these types of music?

W: Like I said, Drum and Bass and Jungle dominated my early record shop trips but with every 10 D and B records I would pick up 4 or 5 Ambient or Experimental records as I have always been a HUGE Brian Eno fan. His whole philosophy on the space between moments being more important than the actual moments really struck a chord with me so I keep my eye on all the new Ambient music coming out and have researched all of the old Tangerine Dream and Can stuff. Jake Cinninger of Umph has really expanded my Can knowledge and I can’t thank him enough for that.

READ ON for more of our conversation with Wyllys…

Conan O’Brien Returning To Late Night on TBS

April 13, 2010 No Comments

Months after being jettisoned as the host of "The Tonight Show," Conan O'Brien announced Monday that we will join cable channel TBS in November to host a late-night talk show.

Monday’s Hors d’Oeuvres: Conan Questions

Scott Bernstein April 12, 2010 2 Comments

Earlier today we found out that TBS has signed Conan O’Brien for a deal that gives our second favorite ginger an 11PM show on the basic cable station. While this

Stormy Mondays: Garcia + Kahn

Dan Alford April 12, 2010 No Comments

It’s springtime and around here that means one thing: the music of Jerry Garcia. Normally our thoughts turn to JGB in one of its various incarnations but this year’s JG

Announcing: Roger Waters – The Wall Tour

Jeffrey Greenblatt April 12, 2010 1 Comment

As we mentioned last week – and after being heavily rumored on the internet for months – former Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters today announced that he will indeed be dusting off The Wall to perform the seminal album in its entirety in honor of its 30th anniversary. Waters, whose last tour featured a full rendition of Dark Side Of The Moon, is “promising to bring an updated version of the legendary set into the 21st century”.

Pink Floyd’s original tour behind The Wall, which was documented and released as the live album Is There Anybody Out There?, was a multimedia spectacle that featured the band playing as a 40-foot brick wall was slowly constructed behind them and featured animated films projected onto it, while inflatable characters floated into the audience.

Waters’ website relaunched today with a full redesign featuring ticketing and tour information. READ ON for the full list of tour dates…

Pullin’ ‘Tubes: Deer Tick Shoots Straight

Jeffrey Greenblatt April 12, 2010 No Comments

If you’re looking for one band to have a break out year in 2010, look no further than country-infused, folk-rock band Deer Tick. The Rhode Island-based act will release the follow

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