Archive: 2013

Johnny Marr has just announced an 18-date North American tour in support of his highly-anticipated solo debut The Messenger (Sire/ADA) due out February 26. Kicking things off on April 11 in Las Vegas, the 3-week trek will include a stop at Coachella and two dates with New Order.  JOHNNY MARR – NORTH AMERICAN DATESApril 11 […]

Umphrey’s announced UMBowl IV, which will be held in Chicago, with a video

Listen to a pair of highlights from Phish’s lone performance at PPAC in Providence

Watch the trailer for a new documentary about The Eagles

Listen to 45 exceptional minutes of improv from a version of Clud d’Elf featuring John Medesk

Watch the trailer for the video release of the star-studded Love For Levon concert

Iron and Wine is back with the first single off their new studio album. Take a listen to Lovers’ Revolution

Vampire Weekend came up with a cool way to reveal the title of their new album

Jim James on Fallon, Zooey Deschanel on Ferguson and more music on TV this week

Here are a few things you need to know about Matt Pond and his latest release, The Lives Inside the Lines in Your Hands. For starters, he is now just Matt Pond and not Matt Pond PA. Second, his new album is essentially a pop record by way of the singer-songwriter tactic of wearing his heart on his sleeve about relationships. Finally, it is a pleasant release, but there isn’t a ton of variety here.

Bad Religion brought their crisp, concise, relentlessly melodic punk sound into the studio for the 16th and possibly final time on True North, and it's no major knock on the veteran band that the album doesn’t sound drastically different from their first album.

Mark Lanegan has teamed up with multi-instrumentalist Duke Garwood to release Black Pudding via Ipecac Recordings on Apr. 16. Lanegan, never one to shy away from unique collaborations, has previously worked with Belle & Sebastian’s Isobel Campbell, The Afghan Whigs’ Greg Dulli and as a member of The Screaming Trees, Soulsavers and Queens of the Stone […]

The Thermals are pleased to announce they have signed to Saddle Creek, a label the band has known and admired for many years. The Thermals and Saddle Creek have a long history of sleeping on floors together: The Thermals have toured with Cursive and Ladyfinger, and Hutch and Kathy organized the first Bright Eyes show […]

The 2013 Pitchfork Music Festival is incredibly excited to announce R. Kelly, Bjork, and Belle & Sebastian will be headlining this year’s festival. The full lineup, which will include dozens of acts, will be announced over the coming weeks The festival takes place Friday, July 19-Sunday, July 21 at Chicago’s Union Park. In its eighth […]

Fresh off the January 18 Park City, Utah debut that moved MTV to ask "Did Dave Grohl Put On The Greatest Sundance Show Ever?" and last week’s L.A. show celebrating the Hollywood premiere of their namesake… Dave Grohl’s SOUND CITY PLAYERS will play their first and only New York show February 13 at the Hammerstein […]

For over a decade, the Canadian trio Triumph was the darling of its home country, eventually crossing over to break into the American music charts with “Lay It On The Line,” “Never Surrender” and “Somebody’s Out There.” But by 1988, vocalist/guitar player Rik Emmett was feeling the need to leave the band and do something fresh. Venturing out on his own, his first album, Absolutely, was a nice success, spawning the emotional ballad “When A Heart Breaks.”

The Postal Service has announced a string of tour dates for 2013 to commemorate the 10th anniversary and subsequent reissue of their 2001 debut Give Up. The Postal Service 2013 Tour Dates: April 9 – Reno, NV @ Grand Sierra TheatreApril 10 – Davis, CA @ Mondavi CenterApril 12 – San Luis Obispo, CA @ […]

Having played to more than 220,000 fans in 2012, Bassnectar is downsizing for spring 2013 as the electronic musician/DJ lines up a short series of shows in smaller rooms as he goes for more intimate appearances.  Beginning in late-April, destinations include Boston, Providence, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta. Announcing a brief run of East Coast […]

Watch a full RAQ show from 2006 at the Georgia Theatre

Keyboardist Marco Benevento will be the special guest at an upcoming Midnight Ramble