
Dave Matthews Band – Comcast Theater, Hartford, CT 5.25.12
Dave Matthews Band performing at the Comcast Theater,
Dave Matthews Band performing at the Comcast Theater,
Fulero//Lehe is the brainchild of keyboardist Asher Fulero and guitarist Sean Lehe. Having met on the west coast festival circuit the two road warriors found time to spend three days recording with bassist Mark Murphy and drummer Zach Bowden in Sacramento in 2011. Their self-released debut, Cocoon, is out now and is a creative amalgamation of Phish-influenced jams and Steely Dan jazz-rock. Fulero and Lehe split the writing duties on six originals and the band wisely chooses a cover of Radiohead’s “In Limbo”.
Produced by Galactic’s Ben Ellman, who assembled the group, the album features Anders Osborne (guitar), George Porter Jr. (bass), Ivan Neville (keys), and Simon Lott (drums) – an elite group by any standard. One look at the lineup and there’s no doubt that there will be funk found throughout this record. The album’s real charm, though, is in its restrained playing and in Montbleau’s astoundingly expressive voice.
We chat with Mike Gordon / TriBeCaStan / International Orange drummer Todd Isler
Wilco’s free iPad book covers 2011’s Incredible Shrinking Tour of Chicago.
The Bonnaroo Webcast schedule is out and features a bevy of HT faves.
Sights, sounds and news from Perpetual Groove’s annual Amberland Festival.
Ogya earns the distinction of this year’s Bonnaroo Mr. Irrelevant.
Rex visits a Dave Matthews Band show in Cincinnati and comes away impressed.
Following a few more solo dates and a couple big festivals, Slash will take his band to Europe and Canada, this time hitting our North American neighbor more thoroughly than last time, and also a few more exotic countries are on the agenda. “Slash has never played India or Beirut so it’s pretty exciting,” said Kerns about the band’s upcoming plans. In the fall, they plan on making another run through the states and from what some fans have told me, they are letting the Hard Rock in Biloxi know that they want Slash back again ASAP.