Hip-hop star Snoop Dogg takes IFC’s 360 Sessions on a tour of his home town of Long Beach, CA this morning at 11:15AM. The rapper talks about his influences during
Those at the Great American Music Hall who truly knew the full history of this band called Tom Tom Club knew they were in for a rare treat on this night, as live Tom Tom Club shows these days are few and far between. The band has pretty much always functioned as a side project for its married rhythm section Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz, whether it was as a creative outlet from their other band in the 80's (you know, that one), or for sporadic reunions throughout the 2000's.
Self-described as “sonic brutality,” The UK’s Jim Jones Revue is a powerhouse of vintage 50s punk and soul. Whipping crowds into a frenzy with their stripped down, piano-heavy, Jerry Lee Lewis flare, JJR is gaining momentum with early praise from the British music press – and nods from notable rockers like Jack White and Chris Robinson. Now they confirm those praises with their sophomore release, Burning Your House Down.
For every “All Along the Watchtower” moments of perfection, the flip side, such as Zac Brown covering “Oh My Sweet Carolina” leaves you looking for the nearest pair of earplugs and questioning why more stringent copyright laws don’t exist. Fortunately for listeners, John Legend and The Roots have hooked up and fall into the former category by collaborating on a series of 12 funk-soul covers that pack a punch and take you back to 1972, both musically and thematically.
You can always count on Prince to keep you guessing, but the Purple One has taken the element of surprise to a new level by holding a press conference to
Guns N’ Roses just wrapped up a show at the 02 Arena in London that featured a very special guest – former GNR bassist Duff McKagan. McKagan joined the current
This Monday, October 18th, Kenny’s Castaways in New York City will host a unique event in which fans will have the opportunity to jam out with Mike Gordon. Kenny’s will
You may have read a recent Washington Post article examining how some of the Indie rockers are growing more comfortable coming out of the jamband-fan-closet. One area which I’d like to see more crossover in is to have more bands implement open taping policies. That’s why I was ecstatic to pull up recordings on my weekly Live Music Archive search from bands like Blitzen Trapper and The National. Good for them, now whatever happened to the policy that MGMT promised months back only to have the idiots at Sony make them retract it? Note: Hidden Track previously contacted Sony for a comment, was promised one, and then received nothing. Oh but Hidden Track readers and LWS Podcast faithfuls, don’t worry – we still remember that Phish tour started last week too.
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[Thanks to acidjack for this week’s photo]
Biltzen Trapper – Destroyer Of The Void
Date & Venue: 2010-10-06 WorkPlay Theater – Birmingham, AL
Taper & Show Download: Jeff Hatcher
The P4K album review of Destroyer Of The Void describes the title track as such – “ambitiously steamrolls over decades of canonical popular music, squishing it into an epic suite that gathers Beatles harmonies, sci-fi synths, classic rock guitars, country-rock twang, and AOR sentimentality into one big, ballsy package.” Pretty serious stuff, and they are right – it’s an amazing piece. It’s nice to hear the band has a good live arrangement of it as well. Blitzen Trapper [tour dates] plays tonight at the Dallas House of Blues.
[audio:https://glidemag.wpengine.com/hiddentrack/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/btsauce.mp3]Video from a Blitzen Trapper show from two nights ago:
READ ON for tracks from The National, Phish and String Cheese Incident with Trey Anastasio from the Fourmile Canyon Revival concert…
If you find yourself in or around Oklahoma City, OK on Saturday, October 23rd and you’re looking for something to do, you might want to consider taking part in the
In a move that borders on both cool and creepy, Flaming Lips front man Wayne Coyne has created the ultimate collectible – a poster promoting the band’s appearance at last weekend’s Austin
