If you weren’t able to score a ticket for LCD Soundsystem’s “last show” at Madison Square Garden on April 2, we’ve got some good news for you. The entire show,
Look for long lines at independent record stores across the nation on April 16 as Record Store Day takes hold. With each passing the year the number of exclusive RSD releases increases as does the attention given to the day by music fans. Yesterday, our friends at CoS hipped us to a PDF file listing all of the titles being exclusively released for Record Store Day and it is jammed packed with vinyl and CD from artists within nearly every genre.
For this week’s B List, I’ve examined the PDF file and came up with ten RSD exclusives of particular interest to me. I’ll share what’s on my shopping list and then I’d love to see what your list looks like.
1. Built to Spill – Ripple 7″ Picture Disc [3,00o Copies]
A unique release with art on one side and music on the other, Built to Spill shares a previously unreleased cover of Ripple by the Grateful Dead recorded in Charlotte on October 11, 2010. READ ON for more…
As Pearl Jam continues to celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2011, the seminal Seattle rock band’s lead singer, Eddie Vedder, has announced plans to release a new solo album and
At Maxwell’s in Hoboken last night, Yo La Tengo performed a last-minute show to raise money for Peace Winds Japan. Both David Byrne and Glenn Mercer of The Feelies made
Music collectors went gaga over an unreleased David Bowie album entitled Toy that surfaced on bit torrent this week. Toy, which features reworked versions of Bowie’s early material, was intended
Let’s break away from the traditional single-clip format of our 10AM video post to look at two sit-ins that took place last night… Wilco front man Jeff Tweedy returned to
We’ve shared recaps of all ten Allman Brothers Band March Madness shows which have taken place at the Beacon thus far, but today we wanted to share a gallery of outstanding photos taken by Rob Chapman of the band in action this past Monday night, March 21.
[All photos by Rob Chapman]
Monday night’s show had a jazzy feel to it with our first sit-ins by annual Beacon guests The Juke Horns and by acclaimed jazz trumpeter Randy Brecker. Highlights included a Gregg-led cover of Ain’t No Love In The Heart of The City featuring the horn section, Brecker’s work on Liz Reed and the run’s first The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.
Set One: Done Somebody Wrong, Midnight Rider, Trouble No More, Who’s Been Talking, Sailin’ Across The Devil’s Sea, Egypt, The Sky Is Crying, Ain’t No Love In The Heart of The City*, Stand Back*
Set Two: Spanish Key**, Desdemona**, In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed**, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down*, Into The Mystic*, Leave My Blues At Home > Bass Solo w/Derek Jam > JaBuMaOt > You Don’t Love Me
Encore: Southbound^
* – w/ Juke Horns
** – w/ Randy Brecker
^ – w/ Juke Horns and Randy Brecker
READ ON for a full gallery of Rob’s shots from the Allmans…
Slash performing at the Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville on February 22nd, 2011.
In response to the recent earthquake and tsunami that the people of the northeastern part of Japan have endured JEMP Records is releasing "7/31/99, Field of Heaven, Fuji Rock Festival,
The London band Noah and the Whale will be hitting the road on a full tour across the U.S. beginning on May 24 in San Diego. The tour will include
