Electric Forest 2013: String Cheese Incident, Pretty Lights, Passion Pit,...
The lineup for this year’s Electric Forest has been announced and mixes jam, rock and a heaping dose of electronica. The event is set to place in Rothbury, Michigan from June 27 – 30. As usual, the...
View ArticleMumford and Sons Announce Gentleman Of The Road Stopover 2013 Towns and Bands...
Last year Mumford and Sons threw a series of multi-band festivals dubbed “Gentleman Of The Road Stopovers” in small cities across the U.S. and in the U.K. The band described the events as such… “The...
View ArticleA Dose Of The Dead @ Capitol Theatre on February 16
The Grateful Dead played many killer concerts at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York back in the early ’70s. Grateful Dead legacy manager David Lemieux will spin one of those shows, 2/24/71,...
View ArticleWeekly RecommNeds: The Holydrug Couple / Opossom
I’m back! Easing into my 2013 listening, may reach back to some of last year’s leftovers while moving on with this year’s goodies. Enjoy! The Holydrug Couple: Noctuary Lest you thought it was just a...
View ArticleMusicians To Pay Tribute To Levon Helm @ Grammys
The Grammys take place this Sunday night and as part of the ceremony, a number of musicians will pay tribute to the late Levon Helm. According to the AP, both Elton John and Mumford and Sons will take...
View ArticleVideo: Delaney & Bonnie (with Eric Clapton) – Poor Elijah
Today’s video highlights the underrated husband and wife soul revue perhaps best known for being the first white group to sign with Stax, encouraging Eric Clapton to sing and teaching George Harrison...
View ArticleThe Show Must Go On: Drummer Scott Devours Saves The Who’s Quadrophenia...
What is it about California that leads The Who to need to recruit drummers named Scott to save their shows? You may recall that back in 1973 The Who were famously forced to use a young drummer pulled...
View ArticleIntroducing: Umphrey’s McGee 15th Anniversary Tour Program
Nearly as old as rock and roll itself is the concert tour program. Before the internet age took hold, you would regularly find tour programs for sale at venue merch tables for artists from all genres...
View ArticlePicture Show: Icons of Funk @ Highline Ballroom
Icons of Funk @ Highline Ballroom, Feb. 5th Photos: Michael Jurick How’s this for a band? Leo Nocentelli of The Meters on guitar, Galactic’s Stanton Moore on drums, Fred Wesley of the JB horns on...
View ArticleThe Meter Men feat. Page McConnell Announce More Shows
We’re glad to see that The Meter Men with Phish keyboardist Page McConnell keep on expanding their schedule. Not only has the quartet announced a second show at Republic in New Orleans during Jazz Fest...
View ArticleQuestlove and Jim James To Record Album?
Before and after Monday night’s performance of A New Life by Jim James (@jimjames) on Jimmy Fallon, show house band drummer Questlove (@questlove) professed not only his affection for the single from...
View ArticleGovernor’s Ball 2013: Guns N’ Roses, Kanye, Kings of Leon
Organizers of the Governor’s Ball Music Festival, which takes place on Randall’s Island in NYC from June 7th – 9th, are playing with fire. Not only is the always unpredictable Kanye West a top the...
View ArticleVideo: Perpetual Groove Says Goodbye To Fayetteville
HT faves Perpetual Groove’s farewell tour visited George’s Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville, Arkansas on Saturday night. DGold was on hand to film the entire show and has uploaded his footage to...
View ArticleHitting The Trunk Road: Leroy Justice – Justice Shall Be Served
Depending on the age of the company you keep, the complaints concerning the dearth of bands keeping the spirit of classic rock and roll alive is either an intermittent interruption or a perpetually...
View ArticleReview and Photos: Conspirator @ Chameleon Club
Conspirator @ Chameleon Club – February 2 Words and Photos: Matthew Hebert Hot on the heels of dropping their latest EP, Unleashed, Conspirator has hit the road on an ambitious coast-to-coast tour that...
View ArticleBloggy Goodness: AV Club Undercover 2013
It’s no secret that we’re huge fans of AV Club’s Undercover series. Launched back in 2010, they’ve gotten an impressive array of indie-rock bands to come into their Chicago office and tackle songs from...
View ArticleDave Grohl and Sound City Players To Make Television Debut With Stevie Nicks...
Earlier this week tickets for Dave Grohl and the Sound City Players’ lone New York City gig sold out with a quickness. The show will take place at the Hammerstein Ballroom on February 13th and while in...
View ArticleCover Alert: Grace Potter and the Nocturnals – House of the Rising Sun...
HT faves Grace Potter and the Nocturnals played before a capacity crowd at The Egg in Albany, New York on Wednesday night. Towards the end of the show, Potter and a stripped down version of her band...
View ArticleTelevised Tune: Big Easy Express on Showtime Tonight
Big Easy Express, a documentary about the Railroad Revival Tour, which featured Mumford and Sons, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and Old Crow Medicine Show playing shows across the country while...
View ArticleVideo: Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside – Party Kids
Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside isn’t the typical band that we’ve come to identify with the Pacific Northwest town of Portland, Oregon over the last half-a-dozen or so years. They don’t wear...
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