Roger Waters and Billy Joel To Visit With Jimmy Fallon
Lots of musical legends are in New York City this week for tomorrow night’s 12-12-12: The Concert For Sandy Relief at MSG and NBC’s Late Night With Jimmy Fallon has snagged two of them for visits....
View ArticleAudio: Yo La Tengo – Who Loves The Sun
For the past three nights (and for the next five nights) alt-rock pioneers Yo La Tengo have been holding court at Maxwell’s for their annual Hanukkah run in Hoboken. Jesse Jarnow has been keeping those...
View ArticleJonathan Wilson, Bob Weir, Mike Campbell, Jackson Browne + Benmont Tench Team...
Rising star Jonathan Wilson and his band opened for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in Europe this summer leading to Wilson forming a friendship with Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell. The pair...
View ArticleTour Dates: Thao & The Get Down Stay Down Take To The Road
The last time we heard from Thao & The Get Down Stay Down was back in 2009, when the San Francisco indie act released their kickass sophomore effort Know Better Learn Faster, which masqueraded as...
View ArticleRush Finally Did It! Rush, Public Enemy, Heart and Randy Newman Among Rock...
Big news from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has just broken as Rush, Public Enemy, Heart, Donna Summer, Albert King, Quincy Jones, Lou Adler and Randy Newman will be the Rock Hall’s Class of ’13...
View ArticleOld Umphrey’s McGee Documentary Surfaces on YouTube
Early next year Umphrey’s McGee will celebrate their 15th anniversary together as a band, so we were already feeling nostalgic about the group’s early days. Way back in 2001, just three years into UM’s...
View ArticleTechnology Tuesday: Worst Tech “Things” of 2012
Week after week, I have tried to highlight products, gadgets, apps, services, hardware or other tech items that I think you will love. Hopefully you have found a few items worthwhile and even checked...
View ArticleReport: Paul McCartney To Perform With Surviving Members of Nirvana
We’re expecting big collaborations tonight at Madison Square Garden for the 12-12-12: Concert For Sandy Relief, but if a report from The Guardian holds true we sure know what the biggest one will be....
View ArticleVideo: Star Wars Xmas – What Do You Get a Wookie For Christmas (When He...
We’ll make no bones about the fact that today’s video highlights maybe the worst Christmas song in the history of the (post-BC) world, but we had to post it simply because it exists. Hopefully, this...
View ArticleRoger Waters Tells Jimmy Fallon What He Has In Store For Tonight’s 12-12-12:...
As we reported yesterday, Roger Waters stopped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night for a chat with the host. Waters discussed his role in tonight’s 12-12-12: The Concert For Sandy Relief and...
View ArticleMy Morning Jacket To Headline On The Beach Sandy Benefit
While much focus has been put on tonight’s 12-12-12: The Concert For Sandy Relief, other acts have put together benefits for Superstorm Sandy victims as well. The latest is from HT faves My Morning...
View ArticleUmphrey’s Announces sUMmer School 2013
Back in August Umphrey’s McGee threw their first-ever sUMmer School program at Full Moon Resort in Big Indian, New York – a five-day summer music camp in which attendees can learn from and interact...
View ArticlePro-Shot Video: Phish – Scents and Subtle Sounds (Camden ’03)
We just came across a gem that’s New-To-YouTube that seemed too good to be true – 30 marvelous pro-shot minutes of Phish performing the best version of Scents and Subtle Sounds yet. The clip was filmed...
View ArticleUmphrey’s Jake Cinninger and Brendan Bayliss Play For Dolphins, Penguins, Sea...
MasterCard’s Priceless promotion staged events in interesting locations across the country for cardholders and one of these events hit right in our wheelhouse. Last night Umphrey’s McGee guitarists...
View ArticleSpoilers Aplenty: Minute-By-Minute Breakdown of 12-12-12!?
For those of you who don’t mind spoilers, we want to point you towards our friends at HyperVocal who have what seems to be a minute-by-minute breakdown of tonight’s 12-12-12: The Concert For Sandy...
View ArticleBoot Camp: Donald Fagen Band ’06 Soundboard
During a hiatus from Steely Dan in 2006, Donald Fagen embarked on a theater tour to support his third solo album, Morph The Cat. Fagen’s extremely talented band featured keyboardist Jeff Young, Wayne...
View ArticleWatch: 12-12-12 The Concert For Sandy Relief + Live Updates
The months in the planning 12-12-12: The Concert For Sandy Relief benefit concert is finally here. We’ll update this post with a setlist, photos, videos and our thoughts as the night goes along. The...
View ArticleUnofficial 31 Days of Dead – 2012 Edition: Day 13
Welcome back to the third installment of “The Unofficial 31 Days of Dead.” The past two years were so much fun that I decided to do it again. The idea for these compilations came about after dead.net...
View ArticleVideos: Punch Brothers – Bonnaroo Hay Bale Sessions
Over the past few months Bonnaroo has been rolling out videos from their Hay Bale Sessions series of performances on the Bonnaroo365 YouTube channel. The series is described as “Tucked away backstage...
View ArticleBuy Umphrey’s Game Tapes Bundle, Feed The Hungry
HT faves Umphrey’s McGee have teamed up with Groupees to offer a 12 previously unreleased live videos called the Game Tapes Bundle. These clips were shot at the lighting board and have been paired with...
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