2011

Two years ago, the Disco Biscuits were smack dab in the middle of their busiest year of touring in a decade and seemed to be gaining fans at an impressive rate. 2010 and 2011 have been much slower years for the group leaving tDB fans hoping that 2012 would mark a return to extensive tours. From the responses given in a new interview with Disco Biscuits/Conspirator keyboardist Aron Magner about the Biscuits’ future, those fans shouldn’t hold their breath.

[Photo by Jeremy Gordon]

Magner spoke with scribe Travis Newbill of South Florida’s New Times for a preview of this past Saturday night’s Conspirator gig in Fort Lauderdale and made it clear not all is well in the Disco Biscuits world. There’s no doubt Aron loves touring and that Conspirator fills that void for him. The keyboardist is very frank in his response about what lies ahead for the Biscuits…

The members of the band just aren’t seeing eye to eye with what we need to do in order to take the current band to the next level. And I don’t know whether that’s going to involve taking a little breather for a few months or really what’s around the corner from there, to be quite honest with you.

READ ON for more on the Disco Biscuits’ future…

Post-Jerry act Furthur was scheduled to perform at the Bryce Jordan Center on the campus of Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania on November 15. That show has been

HT fave Marco Benevento has a full dance card for the next few months as he takes his trio up and down the East and West Coasts this fall. The run includes residencies at both Radio Bean in Burlington, Vermont and at the Red Door in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and a House of Usher Halloween show on October 29 at Burlington’s FlynnSpace.

Marco’s band for the East Coast swing features Dave Dreiwitz of Ween on bass and drummer Andy Borger (Tom Waits, Norah Jones). For the West Coast dates, Marco will perform with Borger and Tea Leaf Green’s Reed Mathis on bass/guitar. In addition to his trio shows, Benevento will also play a pair of solo piano shows in November; one opening for Bela Fleck and the Flecktones in Philadelphia and another along with Superhuman Happiness in NYC. Tickets for every show are on sale now, so head over to Royal Potato Family’s blog for info for more details.

We’ve teamed up with Marco for the latest installment of our Everybody Wins When We Plug Something And In Return They Offer Us Free Shit To Give Away program. We’re giving away a copy of the Radio Bean poster above AND a copy of the Live in NYC: The Sullivan Hall Residency DVD to a lucky reader. To enter, simply leave a comment below detailing a song you think would make a great cover for Marco’s trio. Enter a second time by leaving your song request on our Facebook wall.

Here’s the fine print…

• To enter the contest, leave a comment below telling us which song you’d like to see Marco Benevento cover
• You can enter a second time by leaving a similar comment on the wall of the Hidden Track Facebook Page
• Your comment(s) must be left by 11:59 AM EST on October 11
• Anybody entering more than once on Facebook or at the bottom of this post will be disqualified, tarred and feathered
• One winner will be selected at random from all entries
• HT staff members are not eligible to win

READ ON for a full list of Marco’s tour dates…

The early birds (or late-nighters) got the worm this morning as Groupon – Chicago unveiled a deal at 12:06AM offering their users a pair of tickets to see HT faves

It’s another good week for late night music with Ryan Adams on Conan (Monday), Cake on Craig Ferguson (Wednesday), Portugal.The Man on Carson Daly (Wednesday) and The Moody Blues on