Take what you thought was “rock and roll excess,” double it, and you still would not be anywhere near the dizzying life of Ozzy Osbourne. Born into a life so
Dr. Dog is very excited to announce the April 6th release of their Anti- Records debut, Shame, Shame. As a band that has traditionally built their spirited albums layer by
No strangers to the road, Atlanta’s road ragers Black Lips today announce plans for more touring in 2010. In addition to their previously announced five date West Coast run this
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
The RAQ/Breakfast Supergroup Kung Fu continues their residency at Stella Blue’s in New Haven this evening. Kung Fu features Tim Palmieri (The Breakfast/guitar), Todd Stoops (RAQ/keys), Kris Jensen (sax), David
Our friends at Consequence of Sound really have this “breaking stories about who’s headlining festivals” thing down as they continue to provide the scoop on 2010 festival headliners. Today, the
Welcome to the first 2010 edition of Tour Diary – a column written by an artist about life on the road. Today, we’ve got Jared Rabin, guitarist for aggressive prog-rockers The Hue, to tell us about their early January tour with the incredible Zappa tribute band Project/Object.
I’m a fan of “Zappamusic.” Maybe not the biggest connoisseur freak out there, but I have always been a fan. I’ve also heard plenty of people play Zappamusic, ranging from really well to really badly. I’d seen Ray White play with Umphrey’s back in 2005 and knew his story and had read up on Ike Willis, so I had an idea that this would be cool heading into it.
Getting our dense, challenging music in front of the older prog crowd has long been an important goal for us, as their ears would hopefully be receptive to what is too much for some people to handle. With that in mind, we set out to open 3 shows for André Cholmondeley’s amazing Project/Object which this run featured Ray and Ike’s first tour together since 1984!
READ ON for more from Jared about playing with Project/Object…
According to @CelebrateBklyn, one of our favorite New Yorkers – David Byrne – will wax poetic at The Bell House in the Gowanus area of Park Slope starting at 8PM.
We here at HT Headquarters were completely hooked on the first season of Elvis Costello’s talk show/variety hour Spectacle. From the great guests to Costello’s combination of music geekiness and
VH1 Classic shows ZZ Top’s best concert film, Live in Texas, on Wednesday afternoon at 5:30PM. Filmed in 2008, Live in Texas features most of the band’s greatest hits including
