Archive: 2010

2010 has some great albums on the way, and some are already here. Charlie Hunter released his most recent effort on January 12th, the Disco Biscuits supposedly have their first studio effort in eight years coming in March and Drive-By Truckers also release a new disc that month. Check this piece to see what these bands and others were up to on the road last week.

[Thanks to sonicsound for this week’s photo]

Artist & Title: The Brew – Chance Reaching
Date & Venue: 2010-01-29 House Of Blues, Boston MA
Taper & Show Download: Ted Gakidis

HT contributor Wade Wilby headed out to the House Of Blues last week, and as I always do, I followed his thoughts on Twitter. Since he’s not the easiest person to impress, I took note of the comment that, “At moe. HOB. The Brew is ferocious. See this band asap”. The track I have selected is from the band’s 2008 release Back to the Woods. The band also opened their set with the theme music from Back To The Future, which is just awesome. The Brew play tonight with Particle at The Jewish Mother in Virginia Beach.

READ ON to stream the rest of this week’s selections…

After nearly seven years as a band – and more than 500 shows – U-Melt will make their first trip to the West Coast in April as part of an extensive Spring Tour. The tour, which is the second leg of the Perfect World Album Release Tour, begins on March 24th at the Pour House Music Hall in Raleigh, NC and continues with a few shows in the South before the quartet heads out to the West Coast for shows in Tucson (3/31); Mesa (4/1); San Diego (4/2); L.A. (4/3), San Francisco (4/4) and Lake Tahoe (4/5) after which U-Melt returns to Colorado for five shows in The Centennial State.

As you may recall, the NYC-based untz-jammers have just made a lineup switch with original guitarist Rob Salzer leaving the band for “medical issues.” Old friend Kevin Griffin has joined the band and makes his official debut on February 12, when the band kicks off the first leg of the tour which includes an album release party at the Bowery Ballroom on February 20.

The quartet has spent the last few weeks rehearsing with Griffin and will continue their rehearsals this weekend. You can follow the action through the band’s Twitter feed which will provide commentary and photos from the sessions. READ ON for the full list of U-Melt tour dates…

British folk-rocker duo Slow Club’s debut album Yeah, So finally gets a proper North American release on March 30 via Moshi Moshi records. The group has earned critical and commercial raves overseas thanks to the beautiful harmonies and passionate songwriting found in tunes such as When I Go. Slow Club – When I Go

If you search YouTube for “Widespread Panic” you’ll pull up over 2,000 results. There’s video from every era of the band’s career on the site and the quality ranges from sick to terrible. Luckily, there’s plenty of clips that are amazing including all 57 on the WidespreadPanicMusic Channel. [Photo by Wingate Downs via Widespread Panic […]

RJD2 performing at The Orange Peel in Asheville, NC on January 20th, 2010.

After finishing a US run with Neko Case late last year, Deer Tick completed a three week European tour – upon their return to the US on Dec. 13 the band entered the studio to put the finishing touches on its as-yet-untitled third album, which will be released in the first half of this year.  […]

On February 19th in New York and February 27th in Los Angeles, Dirty Projectors will present The Getty Address in full. They will be assisted by the 15-piece contemporary music ensemble Alarm Will Sound, conducted by Alan Pierson in an arrangement by Matt Marks. In addition, they will play a set of material from their […]

The String Cheese Incident will perform a handful of “Incidents” in 2010. The band will play their greatest hometown venue, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, on July 23, 24, and 25. In addition they’ll set up camp at a site close to the band’s/fans’ hearts, Horning’s Hideout (near Portland, Oregon), July 29 through August 1. This announcement […]

The Dead Weather have added a month of U.S. tour dates, set to begin April 15th in San Francisco and run until an appearance at the New Orleans Jazz Fest. Dates below; tickets, which go on sale Feb. 5th, are available via Ticketmaster.com. The Dead Weather 2010 Tour Dates: 04/15 – San Francisco, CA @ […]

The Strokes have begun recording their fourth album with producer Joe Chiccarelli in New York. According to their official website Thestrokes.com the band began working with the U2, Beck and Bjork collaborator at the start of this week (February 1). The band say they are recording at New York‘s Avatar Studios with Gus Oberg engineering […]