Archive: 2011

John Fogerty has announced an unprecedented series of live shows at New York City’s famed Beacon Theatre. "Looking Out My Back Door: John Fogerty Performs Live! The Albums of Creedence Clearwater Revival" will see Fogerty perform in their entirety "COSMO’S FACTORY" on November 17th and "GREEN RIVER" on November 18th. In addition, Fogerty will perform […]

The Allman Brothers Band had announced its last shows of the year, slotting two gigs for Philly and four In BostonIn Philadelphia, Upper Darby’s Tower Theatre will host the Allmans Nov. 26-27.  The band then travels to Boston’s Orpheum Theater for shows scheduled Nov. 29-30 and Dec. 2-3.All shows go on sale Sept. 30 at […]

San Francisco-based indie-pop band Pomplamoose are happy to announce headlining tour dates in major cities along the West Coast. Pomplamoose’s core duo of Jack Conte and Nataly Dawn will be joined by several of their friends and perform as a six-piece band. This tour marks the first time Pomplamoose have ever played headlining shows in […]

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds’ new video for "If I Had A Gun" debuts today at Fuse and on VEVO. The video was directed by Mike Bruce and filmed at The Paramour in Silver Lake, Los Angeles. The video features Peyton List from Madmen as the bride and Tim Murphy from Criminal Minds as the […]

Above all, Neon Indian’s sophomore effort Era Extraña illustrates the band’s musical maturation and showcases the evolution of their style, departing from their ambient, sample-speckled debut without losing its defining characteristics.

The Sea and Cake will tour North America this November and December in support of their recently released ninth album, The Moonlight Butterfly, out this past May on Thrill Jockey Records. Two decades in and re-energized, The Sea and Cake show no signs of slowing down – earlier this year, they toured and released a […]

Nominations for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s class of 2012  have been announced. Guns N’ Roses, the Cure, Heart, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Eric B. and Rakim, the Spinners, the Small Faces/Faces, Freddie King and Rufus with Chaka Khan are all hitting the ballot for the first time, while previous nominees Beastie […]

Suicide Squeeze has annoucned vinyl and cassette reissue details for Minus the Bear’s debut EP, This Is What I Know About Being Gigantic and first full length album, Highly Refined Pirates. The release announcement comes on the heels of Minus the Bear’s previously announced 10th anniversary tour, which begins October 4 in Boise, ID at […]

The Flaming Lips, Moby, Passion Pit, STS9, Tangerine Dream, TV on the Radio, Special Disco Version featuring James Murphy and Pat Mahoney (DFA/LCD Soundsystem), Umphrey’s McGee, Chromeo, Crystal Castles, Amon Tobin: ISAM Live, Flying Lotus, Suicide (playing their legendary first album in its entirety), Ghostland Observatory, Childish Gambino, M83, Neon Indian, St. Vincent, Beak>, Matthew […]

New York-based singer-songwriter, Delaney Gibson, is creating a new album. By utilizing the PledgeMusic campaign, fans will be able to support her music, as well as a cause. Featuring songs inspired by her cross-country move from Ventura, CA, to New York, NY, Gibson claims that her nearly 60 new songs are her most raw and […]

Lajon Witherspoon has the raging supersonic vocals that power the amazing heavy duty band Sevendust, yet when you sit down and talk with him, he has an easy, fun sense of humor. He laughs often and when their former light tech Scott jumps on the bus to sneak into a bunk with bass player Vince Hornsby, Witherspoon is almost on the floor in tears laughing so hard. “He’s a muskrat”, Witherspoon jokes. “He sniffed the bunk down top to bottom. It’s so funny.”

All troubled thoughts and hand-wringing should cease however, as Wilco has released The Whole Love, a fully realized collection of tunes versatile, commanding, and magnificent.  This album is bold, yet painted with deft touches; powerful and evolved, yet simple and stripped down when need be; grippingly philosophical yet still fun enough to demand sing-alongs.

Map The Music is an impressive look at what lies beneath the surface of fandom, to discover those whose enthusiasm becomes devotion and forges communities in which music is both the common focus and the language used.

With his forthcoming Ashes & Fire (out October 11 on PAX-AM/Capitol) already generating arguably the best critical notices of his career to date, Ryan Adams has confirmed another leg of North American dates.  The new dates run from December 2 at Philadelphia’s Academy of Music through December 13 at the State Theater in Minneapolis and […]

Animal Collective’s Avey Tare will embark on a brief solo tour later this year. His first official solo album, Down There, was released last year via Paw Tracks. These are his first dates since that release. AVEY TARE TOUR DATES Nov 30 WASHINGTON DC – U Street Music Hall Dec 01 PHILADELPHIA, PA – Johnny […]

With first estimates of one million plus dollars raised from Phish’s Benefit for Vermont Flood Recovery on September 14, it’s going to be hard to quell calls for another such affair, especially in light of the flawless execution of the occasion (from announcement to ticket sales to actual show operations) plus the absence of any negative affects on the surrounding community the day of the concert.  After all there’s no shortage of worthwhile causes and the fanbase would certainly welcome a sequel given what they witnessed this full-moonlit night.

They Might Be Giants are an alternative rock band composed of John Flansburgh and John Linnell who have delivered heir quirky music to fans for decades. From the college charts to children’s ditties, this duo specialize in educating and entertaining simultaneously. Their latest offering Join Us still holds onto their classic sound while sounding modern. Linnell of the two Johns explained recent life as a little giant.

Concert Confidential and EventbriteNYC got together last week and announced with the quickness a series of 5 simultaneous concerts across the country with proceeds and donations going to charity.  New York City were blessed with hometown heroes The Hold Steady who were announced as the headliners for Saturday Night’s shindig in downtown Manhattan.  It was short notice, and a quick turnaround but the Unified Scene was on hand to party with the boys for a worthy cause down by the South Street Seaport. 

Hot on the heels of a successful first leg of their US tour, Mister Heavenly have announced another string of dates through our fair country, beginning on November 4 at the First Unitarian Church in Philadelphia and ending on November 20 at The Mercury Lounge in New York City. This musical voyage is in support […]

The Foo Fighters performing at the Xcel Energy Center in Minneapolis MN on September 14th, 2011.