After retiring the floppy disk in March, Sony has halted the manufacture and distribution of another now-obsolete technology: the cassette Walkman, the first low-cost, portable music player. The final batch
In what can only be described as a bizarre coincidence, following an exhaustive re-sequence marathon, Beastie Boys have verified that their new Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 will be comprised
Phish returned to the Mullins Center in Amherst, MA this evening for the second of two shows at the 10,600-person capacity UMASS basketball arena. Ride Captain Ride came off of
Phish performed at the Mullins Center on the campus on UMASS-Amherst four times between April 16, 1994 and December 5, 1995. Fifteen years later, the group finally returns to the basketball-centric arena for two shows starting tonight and continuing tomorrow.
Chris Glushko will be reporting live from Amherst for @YEMblog this evening. You can enjoy the full “Couch Tour” experience by visiting PhishTwit.
READ ON for tonight’s setlist…
Phish @ Dunkin’ Donuts Center, Providence RI – October 22 Phish returned to the Providence Civic Center for the first time in nearly 11 years tonight to find a venue
We’ve got a good mix this week. There is an absolutely fantastic matrix recording of The Bridge, acoustic rock courtesy of Guster, a brand new tune from The New Deal and a section of a Phish first set that displays both the best and the worst of the performance of their tricky compositions.
A reminder, you can download all of this week’s audio in one easy to listen to MP3 that we call the Last Week’s Sauce Podcast, click here to download.
[Thanks to Big Perm for this week’s photo]
The Bridge – Easy Jane > Midnight Special
Date & Venue: 2010-10-15 River Street Jazz Cafe – Plains, PA
Taper & Show Download: Keith Litzenberger
I have heard that the River Street Jazz Cafe is one of the best venues to tape due to the helpful staff and the acoustics of the room. We’ve got a perfect example as this is a fantastic matrix recording. The Bridge [tour dates] plays tonight at Johnny D’s in Somerville, MA.
[audio:https://glidemag.wpengine.com/hiddentrack/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/bridgesauce.mp3]READ ON for tracks from Guster, the New Deal and Phish…
Earlier this week, the fine folks at When You Awake – a highly recommended blog if you dig things lean towards roots, folk and country – posted these amazing excerpts
This week has marked a dream come true for My Morning Jacket fans as the band has not only dusted off never played before and rarely played before album tracks from each of their first three albums, but they’ve also busted out many random covers from the old days at Terminal 5.
[via @MyMorningJacket]
The action continues tonight with a performance of 2005’s Z along with assorted chestnuts from that period and the run concludes tomorrow night with a show billed as “Evil Urges and Beyond.”
We’ve compiled the setlists from the first three shows as well as links to the best videos, reviews and anything else we could find about these performances. Let’s take a gander…
Monday, October 18…
The Tennessee Fire
Set: Heartbreakin Man, They Ran, The Bear, Nashville To Kentucky, Old September Blues, If All Else Fails (live debut), It’s About Twilight Now (last played 2006), Evelyn Is Not Real, War Begun, Picture Of You (last played 2006), I Will Be There When You Die, The Dark, By My Car, Butch Cassidy, I Think I’m Going To Hell
Encore: I Just Wanted To Say (Does Christmas Fiasco Style), Rocket Man (Elton John, last played 2001), Weeks Go By Like Days (last played 2000), Tyrone (Erykah Badu), White Rabbit (The Great Society), Hot Legs (Rod Stewart, last played 2000), Lil Billy (last played 2002) [via Jambands.com]
READ ON for more on the second two nights of MMJ’s T5 run…
Over the past few years, Yacht Rock mixes have been all the rage and for good reason – those smooth tunes from the late ’70s and early ’80s instantly transport
East Coast Wilco fans are in for a rare treat when Jeff Tweedy visits for a quick run of solos shows in December. The action starts on December 4th at
