2011

The Decemberists Extend U.S. Tour

The Decemberists have announced a second leg of U.S. tour dates for the Spring, which will kick off April 16 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and cover the Midwest and South

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Keith Richards: Life

If the measure of a good autobiography is the extent to which the writing reflects the progression of the life under inspection, then Keith Richard’s Life is an exceptional piece of work. That doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a stunning read all the way through, but only that it reveals the true nature of its subject, blemishes and all.

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Zoe Keating: The Independent SF San Francisco, CA 1/19/11

It’s certainly not everyday that an avant-garde cellist sells out a show in a popular rock club, and adorned with only a cello, series of foot pedals and laptop completely wins over the entire crowd.   That is unless you’re Zoe Keating

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Daniel Lanois’ Black Dub: Alladin Theater, Portland, OR 2/3

Playing to a packed 600 seat Aladdin Theater, Daniel Lanois and his band lured the crowd into their cozy lair with a mix of material from Black Dub’s wonderful self titled debut and Lanois’ previous solo work.  It is obvious Lanois chooses only to surround himself with the highest quality musicians,

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Briefly: UMBowl II Details Revealed

HT faves Umphrey’s McGee revealed more details for UMBowl II, which we already knew was set to take place in the band’s hometown of Chicago on April 2, via The

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Review: Buddy Guy @ Buddy Guy’s Legends

Buddy Guy @ Buddy Guy’s Legends, January 27th

Every January, Chicago blues fans brave the city’s schizophrenic weather and flock to the 700 block of south Wabash. Their destination, Buddy Guy’s Legends to experience none other than blues deity Buddy Guy, at home in the flesh. To many it would not be a new year without Guy’s traditional winter residency; loyalists would even say that Guy’s shows set the tone for the year ahead.


Each year, Guy returns to sweet home Chicago to perform a month’s worth of sold-out shows, 16 to be exact, at his South Loop club, Legends. For 20 years Legends was located at 754 S. Wabash; that was until Guy’s landlords, Columbia College, gave his bar the boot to expand their campus. As a result, Guy bought a new place up the block at 700 S. Wabash, replicated and upgraded his 20 year old masterpiece, and re-opened during the summer of 2010.

January 2011 marked Guy’s first residency at the club’s new address. There were people packed into every nook and cranny for show #13 on January 27th. About three or four rows of tables lined the middle of the room, all of which were dominated by Buddy Guy vets, aka experienced patrons aware of the benefits to unite together and arrive early. For everyone else it was standing room only surrounding the club’s perimeter. Looking around there could not have been a friendlier or more welcoming atmosphere.

READ ON for more on catching Buddy Guy in Chicago…

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Cover Wars: All My Friends

With the announcement coming this past weekend that LCD Soundsystem would be playing their final show on April 2nd at Madison Square Garden, it seemed appropriate that we select one of their tunes for Cover Wars. All My Friends was released as a single for LCD’s 2007 album Sound of Silver. As you’ll see below, that single included two covers of All My Friends.

Cover Wars

The Contestants:

Franz Ferdinand is the first of two artists this week who recorded a cover of All My Friends specifically to be released as a B-Side to the single.

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Franz Ferdinand has played it live on a number of occasions:

READ ON for four more covers of All My Friends…

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