Archive: 2013

Last night, soul-rock newcomers Alabama Shakes brought their energetic stage show to Hard Rock Live in Orlando, Florida. HT photographer Barbara Sheridan was in an attendance, capturing the band in all their live glory (including some close-ups of firecracker frontwoman Brittany Howard). (– Ryan Reed) Here’s the band playing one of their signature tunes, “Hold […]

Acoustic at The Ryman, a 10-song virtual greatest hits set of acoustic renditions of songs from across the Band of Horses catalog, recorded at Nashville’s legendary Ryman Auditorium over two nights in April 2013, will be released February 11, 2014 on Brown Records via Kobalt Label Services. In addition to standard digital and CD versions, Acoustic at The Ryman will be […]

John Cale, Steve Reich, Colin Stetson, and Julia Holter round out the eclectic line-up.

The War On Drugs, the Philadelphia-based project of Adam Granduciel, is set to release their third full-length album, the beautifully sweeping Lost In The Dream, on March 18, 2014 via Secretly Canadian. Written and recorded over two-plus years in Philadelphia, North Carolina, New York and New Jersey, following almost two years of nonstop touring in […]

Shirley Manson recently lamented the lack of excitement and eclecticism in modern female pop and rock music. Ironically, though, 2013 music has been dominated by females (from Neko Case to Miley Cyrus).

The staff here at Glide as usual had a hell of year narrowing down our picks for the best albums of 2013. After critiquing every significant release and deciding whether some releases might be too pop or others not fitting of the band’s strongest efforts, it all still comes down to the best of the year.

Aims takes an introvert and thrusts her into extroverted waters. In a live setting, a few of the songs from the new record lacked the epic trappings they wore in the studio. Still, this tour shows Teng at her most musically adventurous.

Stephen Malkmus  & The Jicks have announced the U.S. leg of the Wig Out At Jagbags Tour in support of the band’s sixth album due 1.7.14.  The band will be hitting a good part of the US and Canada starting in February and continuing well into April with a few different support acts.  Tyvek starts […]

Drive-By Truckers will release English Oceans on March 4, 2014 on ATO Records. English Oceans, the band’s 12th release, is an elegantly balanced and deeply engaged new effort that finds the group refreshed and firing on all cylinders. “It can go from this chainsaw rock ‘n’ roll to this very delicate, pretty-sounding stuff,” says Mike […]

Beach House & Friends have announced they will  perform Gene Clark’s Lost Classic No Other – Note for Note January 22nd-25th, 2014 for four shows. These special performances will feature Alex Scally & Victoria Legrand of Beach House, Robin Pecknold (Fleet Foxes), Daniel Rossen (Grizzly Bear), Hamilton Leithauser (The Walkmen), Jenn Wasner (Wye Oak), Iain […]

With “I Was There When…,” veteran music journalist Doug Collette reflects on his experiences in the glory days of live rock music. With each column, he takes us back to a specific concert he attended way back when, spotlighting bands like The Who, Pink Floyd, and The Allman Brothers Band, among many others. Whether you […]

Madison Square Garden announced today that Billy Joel will become the first-ever music franchise of “The World’s Most Famous Arena.” Joining the ranks of The Garden’s other original franchises — including the New York Knicks, Rangers and Liberty — Billy Joel will kick off this franchise at The Garden performing a show a month, as […]

The Black Angels will be heading out on a winter tour in support of their latest record, Indigo Meadow. The tour begins on January 31st at Granada in Lawrence, KS and wraps up on March 1st at the Granada Theater in Dallas, TX. Throughout most of the dates, the Austin-based quintet will be joined by psychedelic […]

This was another episode delightfully stuffed with callbacks to earlier this season and earlier this series.

[rating=8.00] When the original guitarist for the Rough Seven Michael Aaron passed away recently the band looked internally for solace. Aaron had not been in the band for some time but was vital in its construction and was still tight with the present day group. In tribute the band went back to an early session […]

January 27th , 2014 will see the release Uncle Tupelo’s No Depression: Legacy Edition, a two disc volume comprising the landmark 1990 album alongside a bumper crop of previously unavailable demos, live tracks, and other rarities. Released in 1990, No Depression is a genuine milestone in American rock ‘n’ roll, a still striking fusion of […]

Elton John performing in Washington DC

Dr Dog with opener Fly Golden Eagle

Everyone involved in this is a freaking trooper.

The Walkmen’s Peter Bauer revealed in a recent interview that after playing Philadelphia this week, the band is going on a “pretty extreme hiatus.” The bassist said after nearly 14 years together and seven studio albums, the timing is right for a break. “We have no future plans whatsoever,” Bauer told the Washington Post. “I’d call […]