2010

Los Lobos – Passion For The Process

Steve Berlin talks frankly and to the point about the creative process in general and in specific, dispelling any misconceptions about the means by which Los Lobos has created such memorable works as This Time and The Town and The City. In this age of iTunes, he may betray an old school mentality in referencing the concept of sequencing an album, but there’s no denying his passion for the process and the end result of music-making, especially when it comes to his bond with the other band members.

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Cypress Hill SmokeOut: NOS Events Center, San Bernardino, CA 10/16/10

Stoners everywhere gathered in San Bernardino, California for the Cypress Hill SmokeOut on October 16, 2010. From the Patient Consumption Area to the Massive Stoned Garden there wasn’t a clear eye in sight, though plenty were looking rather dazed and perhaps even a little confused. The beats were inescapable, but it’s not like you would’ve wanted to escape them anyway. The genres ranged from reggae to techno to hip hop and it drew gangsters to hipsters and everything in between.

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PS I Love You: Meet Me at the Muster Station

Meet Me at the Muster Station is the debut full-length album from Kingston, Ontario recording artists PS I Love You.  A duo consisting of Benjamin Nelson and Paul Saulnier, the band mixes guitar, drums, organ, bass, and feedback galore to produce a brash sonic squall that has powerful strengths and a notable shortcoming.  There is no doubt the band will make their mark with the Pitchfork-tight jeans and goofy glasses crowd searching for a hot new rave up but what is really happening inside this so-called Muster Station?

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Phish Alpine Valley 2010: DVD Box Set

Back in August, Phish put together two fabulous shows on August 14th and 15th at Alpine Valley in East Troy, WI. According to Direct Current, the band will release a box set featuring audio and video from the pair of landmark performances on December 14th called Alpine Valley 2010.


While Alpine Valley 2010 will feature all of the first show (8/14), it will only include select tracks from the second show (8/15). All tracks were recorded using seven cameras and 57 channels of digital multitrack audio. No official word from the band yet, but an Amazon.com pre-order page is already live with a price of $34.99. [via @PhishTwit]

READ ON for the full track listing for this release…

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Tour Dates: Lips To Do Soft Bulletin On NYE

Another day and another story about our favorite psychedelic rock band from Oklahoma, as The Flaming Lips have announced via their Twitter account that they will be playing their 1999

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Intermezzo: moe. Postpones Halloween Show

moe. had been scheduled to perform an “Electric Lemoe.nade Acid Test”-themed concert at the Washington Avenue Armony in Albany, NY on Saturday night, but due to “a serious illness in

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Video: Phish – MTV Halloween Segment 1996

MTV News anchor Kurt Loder spearheaded a short feature back in 1996 regarding Phish’s performance of the Talking Heads’ Remain in Light, which interspersed live footage of the musical costume, interviews

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