Archive: 2013

Foals have become one of the biggest bands to arise from the fruitful Oxford, England scene as of late, and their third album Holy Fire finds them carving out a sizeable international space for themselves. The album is a natural progression from the dense math-rock of their debut, Antidotes, through the spacious creations of breakthrough record Total Life Forever, and into something bigger and somehow more infectious.

For Jordan, this is another fountain of youth moment that she hopes to keep drinking from. Having been in the business over thirty years, her bluesy voice and kinetic energy has brought her many highlights: singing with Joe Cocker on The Bodyguard soundtrack, being a judge on Canadian Idol, doing some acting and most notably belting out songs from her heart and her gut.With the S.U.N. album just hitting on February 12, Jordan was hanging out in California creating yet more music.

Dave Matthews Band will launch its 2013 summer tour at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in Woodlands, TX on May 17. The run will include two-night stands in Saratoga Springs, NY, Hartford, CT, Mansfield, MA, Noblesville, IN, Wantagh, NY, Camden, NJ, East Troy, WI, West Palm Beach, FL and Commerce City, CO. The group will make […]

Listen to a newly circulated recording of Amfibian at Higher Ground in 2001 with special guest Trey Anastasio

The Alabama Shakes performed Hold On and Always Alright last night on Saturday Night Live

Watch both sets and the montage from Phish’s 20th Anniversary Concert at the Fleet Center in Boston from 2003

JamBase will throw their first large festival at The Gorge this summer

The Late Nights for the 2013 edition of the Summer Camp Music Festival have been announced

Page McConnell and The Meter Men will play Philadelphia on March 23

RAQ will play three shows in the Northeast this March following today’s set at AURA

See where Gov’t Mule and The Revivalists will be playing in late April and early May

Michael Jurick’s stunning photos of the Sound City Players in New York City

CHK (CHK CHK) out the new single from dance-punk act !!!

Watch the network debut of the Sound City Players on last night’s The Late Show with David Letterman

Eagles documentary on Showtime, Love For Levon debuts on AXS TV and Alabama Shakes pull double duty on SNL & ACL

FaltyDL is Drew Lustman from New York City by-way-of New Haven, CT. His pseudonym has been gaining steam in electronic music circles due in large part to his association with Thom Yorke and Radiohead. Lustman was invited to open for the iconic band at New York City’s Roseland Ballroom in 2012 but prior to this anointment he was an in-demand re-mixer for the xx, Scuba, Photek and many others. With the tastemakers listening closely, Lustman drops his first full length, Hardcourage on inimitable UK label Ninja Tune.

Lost Animal has connected with something here, much in the same way the Christopher Owens was able to touch a nerve when Girls first arrived. There may even be a digital age Leonard Cohen mixed in there as Quarrell has crafted a swirling first release that keeps rewarding.     

2013 is going to be a busy year for STS9. In addition to their headlining Winter Tour for February and March—their first month-long coast to coast outing in over two years—the instrumental electronic rock band, hailed as “one of the country’s most intriguing, innovative outfits around” by XLR8R, has just announced a new run of […]

Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers featuring Edie Brickell announced new dates for their upcoming North American summer tour today. Added dates include Virginia’s famed Wolf Trap, Pennsylvania’s Bryce Jordan Center and a number of venues across the midwest. The highly anticipated tour which kicks off May 22nd in Ft. Myers Florida is the […]

Alice In Chains have announced a May 2013 release for their highly anticipated new album, THE DEVIL PUT DINOSAURS HERE. Fueling excitement is the first track “Hollow,” which was initially released as a lyric video but has taken on a life of its own, hitting No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock radio chart and closing […]