Tour Dates: The Head & The Heart Spring Tour
If we were to give out an award for breakout band of the year, we’d probably have to strongly considering handing it out to The Head & The Heart, who have seen their stock rise exponentially...
View ArticleVideo: Craig Finn – Clear Heart Full Eyes
Gearing up for the release of his solo album, Clear Heart Full Eyes, Hold Steady front-man Craig Finn released a “making of” video whereby he talks about the the process of writing this new batch of...
View ArticleTransaction Report: Pete Griffin Leaves Zappa Plays Zappa
Bassist Pete Griffin has decided to leave his dream gig playing alongside Dweezil Zappa and Frank Zappa (virtually) as a a member of Zappa Plays Zappa. Griffin announced his departure through a post on...
View ArticleOminous Seapods Say So Long, For Now
Upstate New York jam band Ominous Seapods reunited on Saturday night at Valentine’s in Albany for what will be their last concert together for a while. Guitarist Dana Montieth is moving to Australia,...
View ArticleFollow Hidden Track on Twitter
In April of this year we formally launched the Hidden Track Twitter account @Hidden_Track. Over the course of the last few months we’ve seen our follower count grow to 3,100+ and have tweeted over...
View ArticleBloggy Goodness: Capitol Theatre To Reopen
It’s safe to say that a majority of our readers are quite familiar with the musical history of Port Chester, New York’s Capitol Theatre. Built in 1926 and designed by the architect Thomas W. Lamb, who...
View ArticleAllman Brothers Band to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
Throughout the Allman Brothers Band’s over 40 years in the music biz, the jam titans have received very little love from The Recording Academy. In fact, they’ve never won a Grammy outside of a live...
View ArticleStarr Hill Rep Confirms Phish Summer Tour 2012 in Works
Buried deep within the Press of Atlantic City’s article on the City Council delaying a vote on the possibility of bringing music festivals to Bader Field in 2012 comes confirmation that Phish is...
View ArticleBriefly: Sirius/XM Details NYE Broadcast Plans – Furthur, Widespread Panic,...
Once again Sirius/XM radio will broadcast live concerts from across the country this New Year’s Eve. In a press release issued this morning, the satellite radio giants detailed their plans… Furthur...
View ArticlePostcards: HeadCount Reveals DNA Project Results
When I first started working for HeadCount in 2005 and 2006, one of my very first roles was pounding the pavement at shows, with a clipboard in hand, registering voters at those concerts. Five-plus...
View ArticleB List: Top 15 Concert Films (DVD/Blu-Ray) of 2011
I love watching great performances or well-made documentaries featuring my favorite artists from the comfort of my couch. In 2011 a number of fantastic music-related films came out and it was nearly...
View ArticleTelevised Tune: On The Tube This Weekend
Despite the holiday it’s a busy weekend for music on the ol’ telly. Tonight, Darlene Love makes her annual visit to The Late Show with David Letterman, where she’ll sing Christmas (Baby Please Come...
View ArticleVideo: Phish – Reba (10/31/1989)
A few hours ago a video popped up on YouTube that will be of interest to Phish fans. It features the quartet’s seventh known version of Reba, from October 31, 1989, complete with a “bag it, tag it”...
View ArticleFriday Mix Tape: The Women of Indie Rock (2011)
Depending on your definition of “Indie”, maybe some of the artists listed in today’s mix tape won’t fit the description for you. Regardless of genre classification, it’s been a great year for new music...
View ArticleVideo: Diamond Rugs – Christmas In A Chinese Restaurant
John McCauley has already had quite the busy 2011, having toured and released albums with both the indie-roots super-group Middle Brother and with his longtime band Deer Tick. The singer-songwriter’s...
View ArticleHappy Holidays: The Seven Below Mix
This Christmas, we continue a Hidden Track tradition by posting a compilation engineered and mixed by Alan “Pickles” Veniscovsky featuring parts of every Seven Below jam Phish laid down between...
View ArticleTelevised Tune: On the Tube This Week
If you missed the original airings of Death Cab for Cutie on Storytellers, MGMT and Vampire Weekend from MTV’s World Stage series or Thievery Corporation’s visit to Carson Daly, you’ll get a chance to...
View ArticleVideo: Cat Power – King Rides By
We last heard from Cat Power back in early 2008, when Chan Marshall released Jukebox, her second collection of radically rearranged cover tunes from a diverse group of artists such as Frank Sinatra,...
View ArticleVan Halen Teases Forthcoming Tour in New Video
The Van Halen brothers have always been a secretive clan, but they’ve really taken the cloak and dagger stuff to a new level over the past few year. We all know the group has a new album in the works...
View ArticleVideo: Phish – Pigtail
As Phish prepares to take the stage tonight to kick off the 2011 New Years Run, let’s have a look back at the December 28th show last year where Phish laid down the definitive plinko jam in Harry Hood,...
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