2012

Televised Tune: Ben Gibbard on Conan

Luke Sacks December 17, 2012 1 Comment

Ben Gibbard on Conan, DMB on Fallon, Jon Bon Jovi on Letterman and more music on TV this week.

Pullin’ ‘Tubes: Patty Griffin & Her Driver – Robert Plant

Jeffrey Greenblatt December 17, 2012 2 Comments

Watch Robert Plant deliver an interesting take on Black Dog and other Zep tunes.

Video: Tegan & Sara – Closer

Jeffrey Greenblatt December 17, 2012 No Comments

Sound-shifting duo Tegan and Sara have released their most mainstream single yet.

Unofficial 31 Days of Dead – 2012 Edition: Day Seventeen

Ed Martin December 17, 2012 1 Comment

On one of the nights the Grateful Dead paired up with Miles Davis, the Dead held their own as today’s track proves.

Coheed and Cambria Reveal Volume Two of Double Album Details

December 17, 2012 No Comments

In anticipation of the February 5, 2013 release of volume two of Coheed and Cambria’s double album, The Afterman: Descension, the band announced the album’s track-listing (below) and cover artwork

NOISE POP Reveals 2013 Lineup

December 17, 2012 No Comments

Seminal independent music festival Noise Pop, who will be celebrating their 21st anniversary this February, has announced the first wave of the music lineup for the upcoming festivities – which

Ari Hest

Shane Handler December 17, 2012 No Comments

Ari Hest doesn’t like to think of himself as a veteran pop rocker but after seven full length albums he admits, “Weird to call myself that, but I suppose it fits.” From his six albums, three EPs, and "52" in 2008, an innovative project whereby he wrote, recorded and released a new song every Monday for a full year, “prolific” might be an understatement when describing Hest.

Vermont Singer-Songwriter Joe Adler Recording Debut With Burlington Indie Folk Artists

December 17, 2012 No Comments

Vermont songwriter Joe Adler, along with a who’s who of the Burlington, VT underground indie folk scene, is recording his debut studio album titled Many Things & Many Scenes. Adler

Scott Holiday of Rival Sons (INTERVIEW)

Leslie Michele Derrough December 17, 2012 No Comments

Rival Sons is a band on the borderline of a breakthrough here in the States. Yet across the pond they have already been embraced, kissed and welcomed aboard the rock & roll freight train. With the recent issue of Classic Rock magazine pondering on their cover whether they just may be the hottest band in rock, this California quartet are reveling in some big time British love. Their most recent album, Head Down, is afire with psychedelic soul based rock & roll tunes that have become all too uncommon in an industry that swears they love rock & roll yet continues to prop other unworthy genres high on their charts.