September 2011

Popped! Music Festival 2011: Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, PA 09/23-24/2011

Despite a lackluster ending, the Popped! Festival overcame a large number of difficulties to provide Philadelphia with an enjoyable, if non-traditional festival experience. It may pale in scope to festivals like Lollapalooza, Sasquatch or Outside Lands, but this year’s show proved that Philadelphia can make a festival work.

Read More

The Flaming Lips Recording 24 Hour Song

 The Flaming Lips have announced plans to record a 24-hour-song. The move comes after the band recently recorded a six-hour-track to help the Central Oklahoma Humane Society and the Academy

Read More

Lydia Loveless: Indestructible Machine

This is one spark-plug of a new artist we got right here.  Lydia Loveless Bloodshot Records debut Indestructible Machine kicks ass, leaving a a scattered wake of creepy stalkers, shot glasses and bibles as it blows by.  Loveless was reared on country twang, but came of age in the adolescent rage of punk rock and both can be felt wrestling with the singer/songwriter throughout the release.

Read More

Brendan Perry of Dead Can Dance

Dead Can Dance was formed in 1981 made up of Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard bringing other world ambient music to their dedicated fan base for three decades. Now with his new solo album Ark, Perry returns to the scene after an eleven year recording break. Aside from writing all the lyrics on Ark, Perry plays every instrument to mesh with his distinct voice. Glide recently caught up to him on the road to discuss his latest endeavor.

Read More

Howard Levy: A Flecktone Once More

How rare it is for a seasoned band to revisit its past and re-generate the chemistry of days gone by, while simultaneously progressing into contemporary realms?  Yet that’s exactly what Bela Fleck and The Original Flecktones have done since Howard Levy rejoined the band in 2009.

Read More

View posts by year

Recent Posts

New to Glide

Keep up-to-date with Glide

Twitter