The Western States Motel has announced a slew of West Coast tour dates this winter. The band is gearing up for the release of their latest full-length record Freeway Freeway
The Sasquatch! Music Festival has added a fourth day to their annual festival and has announced the Foo Fighters as headlining day #1. 2011 is the 10th year of the
The National want to turn Black Friday violet. For one day only, Friday, November 26, the band will offer the expanded edition of its critically acclaimed breakout album ‘High Violet’
A new Jimi Hendrix documentary trailing the late guitarist’s two-night residency at London‘s Royal Albert Hall in 1969 is set to be released next year. The film has been put
Tonight, former 70 Volt Parade vocalist Trey Anastasio returned to his hometown of Princeton, NJ for a rare solo acoustic show. The performance took place at Richardson Auditorium in Alexander
Back in April of 2008, we kicked off a series of B Lists devoted to Stage Setlist Porn in which we presented images of 60 stage setlists that rabid fans had saved from the scrap heap. Each day a number of images tagged “setlist” have been uploaded to Flickr and once again we sorted through most of those pics to bring you a batch of 10 kickass stage setlists.
1. Sufjan Stevens 11/15/10 New York, NY
[via tammylo]
Critic’s darling Sufjan Stevens concluded his latest American tour on Monday night at the Beacon Theater in New York City. It’s not often we see a stage setlist that includes a “balloon drop” on it, so we had to feature this one in today’s column.
Previously: Stage Setlists Pt. 1, Pt. 2, Pt. 3 & Pt. 4
2. DiSGRACe 11/09/10 Newport, KY
[via Kahlil Katool]
moe. members Rob Derhak, Al Schnier and Chuck Garvey are currently touring under the name DiSGRACe. These stripped down shows also feature stripped down, handwritten setlists like the one above.
READ ON for eight more stage setlists of interest…
Yesterday, the members of the Disco Biscuits headed to the Albert M. Greenfield Elementary School in Philadelphia to see for themselves the city’s first public school with roof-top solar panels. The panels were the direct result of the band’s Bisco Power Mission fundraising efforts, a joint project with HeadCount and Mercury Solar Systems.
[Photos by Ashley Beliveau]
The Biscuits raised money for the installation of the panels at the Bisco Power Mission concert, which was held at Brooklyn Bowl back on March 21. According to the band, the concert raised $15,000 for “Greening Greenfield,” the organization that is heading up the school’s five-phase greening project. The Albert M. Greenfield Home and School Association contributed an additional $10,000, while Mercury Solar donated approximately $10,000 worth of labor and services. Magic Hat Brewing Company was also a sponsor of Bisco Power Mission.
READ ON for more on Bisco Power Mission…
Roger Waters – The Wall @ MSG, November 6
All in All, You Were All Just Bricks in My Wall
We all build walls. Everybody has their bricks. The question is, just how high do we let them go? And what is the difference between having a robust set of personal defenses and being alienated, alone, and generally mad?
The bricks that built Roger Waters’ wall are things that many people can relate to: a father he lost to war and never ultimately knew, an overprotective mother who didn’t let him grow, abusive educators and a lover who seized on his vulnerabilities. But for Waters, the last straw, or rather the final set of bricks, was being adored by people he did not respect.
It was this final trigger that caused him to create his magnum opus, released in 1979, Pink Floyd’s The Wall. And 31 years on, it is safe to say that this piece of music stands shoulder to shoulder to the beloved operas of Venice and the sophisticated chamber music of Vienna.
So Ya, Thought Ya, Might Like to Go To the Show
A late-career revival of an album/tour of such epic proportions reeks of cashing in, and given the sheer number of shows, and particularly the endless add-ons to the tour, even the most dedicated Roger Waters fans had their reservations. READ ON for more on Roger Waters’ The Wall…
Iconic performer Paul McCartney will return to NBC’s Saturday Night Live as the musical guest for the December 11th episode, in which actor Paul Rudd will host. This marks McCartney’s third
