Vampire Weekend returns to SNL, The Shins and Dr. Dog on Austin City Limits, She & Him on Letterman, a Pete Seeger documentary and more music on TV this weekend
Drummers were high-energy beat keepers all weekend: Mutemath’s Darren King with his duct-taped-on headphones, Cowboy Mouth’s Fred LeBlanc’s always animated hard-hitting antics, Patrick Carney whipping his sticks into a frenzy during the Black Keys’ Sunday set, the lanky legendary Mick Fleetwood, Stanton Moore of Galactic coming off his seat as the adrenalin pumps him up and Joey Peebles tearing the absolute skin off his drums during Trombone Shorty’s Fest closing performance.
e're here in part for the same reason you are: to get a little out of our skin."So said Craig Minowa, leader of Minneapolis based experimental indie (in the true sense of the word) rockers, Cloud Cult. Now 11 full-length albums into their career, the sound is as expansive and, in Minowa's own words, schizophrenic, as ever. Yet a 90 minute set, as the seven piece band offered up in Seattle in support of their latest release, Love, remained an entirely cohesive and, dare I say it, life-affirming affair.
Back in April The Black Crowes debuted their cover of Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues. Take a listen.
Watch Eric Clapton, Susan Tedeschi and Danny Louis guest with the Allman Brothers Band
Watch Jon “The Barber Gutwillig talk about creating music for a new “popumentary”
Watch a highlight of Umphrey’s McGee’s Bonnaroo 2010 set
Jim James has co-produced the new Preservation Hall album + Patty Griffin sets the record straight
The Best Fest, sponsored by Jameson® Irish Whiskey, proudly presents Stones Fest New York and Los Angeles. As always, the acclaimed Cabin Down Below Band will host Stones Fest. Last
Give The People What They Want is certainly an appropriate title for Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings’ upcoming release. After more than a decade of nearly constant recording, collaborating, and
