Self-Promotion

Here's my latest review for Glide.....

The Elected - Sun, Sun, Sun

I Love Tuesdays...Part 2

I'm usually on top of music releases, but was checking out My Old Kentuky Blog when I came across his post about the new Secret Machines album Ten Silver Drops being released today via Itunes about three months before it hits stores. So add that to the list of cds purchased for the week.....

The Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops

Looking forward to giving this a spin.

Take Me To The Mardi Gras

In honor of Fat Tuesday I figured I'd throw up links to a smorgasbord of New Orleans bands and related music - beware it's gonna be funky.....

The Meters - 1976-01-01 - Baton Rouge, LA

The Radiators - 2005-09-10 - Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA

Galactic - 2006-02-12 - Caesars Tahoe Showroom - Stateline, NV

Galactic's Krewe de Carnivale - 2005-06-11 - This Tent - Bonnaroo Music Festival - Manchester, TN

JoJo and his Mardi Gras Band - 2005-12-02 - Cannery Ballroom - Nashville, TN

Bayou Rendezvous - NOLA Allstars vs. Zambi Allstars - 2004-04-30 - Howlin' Wolf - New Orleans, LA

Rebirth Brass Band - 2005-08-06 - Satchmo Summerfest - New Orleans, LA

Flaming Lips To Play Webster Hall

Everyone's favorite psychedelic-pop-rock band The Flaming Lips will be playing Webster Hall here in NYC on March 31st and April 1st. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, March 1st at noon. Tickets are $35.


Should be a great place to see the Lips and their multi-media stage show they bring along with them. If you haven't seen them live though I'd highly recommend checking them out - it's really a different experience then anything you're going to see. I've seen the band twice and while yes I enjoyed the shows Wayne can get a bit chatty and forget the band is there to play music. But when you throw in the fact that there are people dancing in animal costumes, tons of balloons, music videos playing behind the band, confetti shooting all over the place, and the possibility of Wayne getting into a giant bubble and walking around how can you not love this band. It's like going to the circus, but without the bad smells.

I Love Tuesdays

Here are the purchases for the week....

Bettye LaVette - I've Got My Own Hell To Raise
Of Montreal - The Sunlandic Twins
Eef Barzelay - Bitter Honey

Particle's New People

Particle has finally revealed who their new guitarist is going to be and it's actually not one, but two guitarists - Scott Metzger (of RANA fame - wonder how this will effect them?) & Ben Combe. I never really got into the whole Particle thing. I did see them play their first NYC show at the Knitting Factory back in '01 - but that's really been my only exposure to them. I've heard they've evolved a lot since then and are quite good at what they do - especially if your ingesting the appropriate things.

Back in November Glide ran a Q&A with their former guitarist Charlie Hitchcock. It's an interesting read and gives a good glimpse into how the line-up change came about. Read it here.

Here's some classic Particle.....

Particle - 2005-01-22 - Club Breeze - Crystal Bay, NV

Particle - 2003-05-25 - moe. Summer Camp - Red Barn - Three Sisters Park - Chillicothe, IL

Particle - 2003-08-21 - Bowery Ballroom - NYC, NY

Green Apple Music Festival

Head on over to Slack LaLane for the potential line-up for the first annual Green Apple Music Festival. Seems like they weren't exactly ready to reveal it yet, but someone must have slipped up. Anyway looks pretty solid from what Ace has up, check it out for yourself for a taste of what's to come.

Eric & Derek

I've seen a few posts about this already but had to just mention it here because it's pretty damn exciting if you ask me. Guitar phenom Derek Trucks has been asked to be a member of Eric Clapton's band for his upcoming tour. Let that sink in for a moment......................................Yeah it's going to be good, I'm giddy with excitement about the potential of this.

As of right now they only have European dates scheduled. I'm crossing my fingers they decide to do some shows here in the good 'ol U.S. of A. because I'd certainly be willing to part with my hard earned cash for that.

Here's some DTB and EC.....

Derek Trucks Band - 2006-02-19 - Taboo - Eugene, Oregon

Derek Trucks Band - 2006-01-19 - The Odeon - Cleveland, OH

Eric Clapton - 1987-04-27 - MSG - NYC, NY

Derek and the Dominos - 1970-10-16 - Electric Factory - Philadelphia PA

Cream - 1967-10-15 - The Grande Ballroom - Detroit, MI

Quest For Festeroo

From the twisted mind of everyone's favorite alt.rocker turned jambander Les Claypool comes his first feature film the mockumentary Electric Apricot: The Quest For Festeroo. The movie features cameos from the likes of Cactus, Bob Weir, Warren Haynes and more and will premiere at Tiburon Film Festival and also will appropriately be screened at the movie tent at Bonnaroo.

Les has really gone all out with this one. Check out the EP website here - it features photos, bios and more. You can also download and watch the trailer here. Definitely worth it - it's damn funny.

Listen to some Electric Apricot....

Electric Apricot - 2005-07-02 - High Sierra Music Festival - The Tulsa E. Scott Bldg.

Electric Apricot - 2005-05-25 - Sweetwater - Mill Valley, CA

Love their logo - pure genius.

Jammy Nominations

I reported earlier on the initial artist line-up for the 6th annual Jammy awards, now here of the nominations for the awards.....

Tour of the Year:

Allman Brothers Band / moe., Summer

Big Summer Classic Tour (String Cheese Incident, Keller Williams, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Yonder Mountain String Band, Umphrey's McGee, New Monsoon, and Xavier Rudd)

Benevento Russo Duo with Mike Gordon, December

Trio! (Bela Fleck, Stanley Clarke, Jean-Luc Ponty)

Voodoo Caravan (Gov’t Mule with Robert Randolph & The Family Band, MMW, Yonder Mountain String Band, Galactic, Benevento/Russo Duo and Xavier Rudd)

Widespread Panic, Fall

Live Album of the Year

Gomez- Out West

The Mars Volta- Scab Dates

Matisyahu- Live at Stubbs

New Monsoon- Live at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival

Widespread Panic- Live at Myrtle Beach

Wilco- Kicking Television

Studio Album of the Year

Ryan Adams and the Cardinals- Cold Roses

Benevento Russo Duo- Best Reason To Buy The Sun

Brothers Past- This Feeling's Called Goodbye

Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon- Sixty Six Steps

My Morning Jacket- Z

North Mississippi Allstars- Electric Blue Watermelon

Song of the Year

Ryan Adams and the Cardinals-“Magnolia Mountain”

Benevento Russo Duo-“Becky”

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals-“Toothbrush And My Table”

My Morning Jacket-"Off the Record"

North Mississippi Allstars-“Hurry Up Sunrise”

Tea Leaf Green-“Taught To Be Proud”

Live Performance of the Year

Comes A Time, A Celebration of the Music and Spirit of Jerry Garcia Greek Theater, Berkeley, California, 9/24/05

Warren Haynes, Matt Abts, Jon Medeski, Dave Schools and Skerik, Bowery Ballroom, NYC, 2/2/05

moe. Tsunami Relief Benefit, Roseland Ballroom, NYC, 2/10/05 (with Trey Anastasio, Sam Bush, Jennifer Hartswick, John Medeski and Ray Paczkowski)

Phil Lesh & Friends, Vegoose, Las Vegas, NV, 10/29/05

My Morning Jacket, Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA 11/11/05

The Word, Bonnaroo Music Festival, 6/12/05

Archival Album of the Year

Allman Brothers Band- 5/1/73

Grateful Dead-Fillmore West 1969 The Complete Recordings

Legion of Mary-The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 1: Legion of Mary

moe.-Warts and All 4

Thelonious Monk Quartet: Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall

Phish-Live at Madison Square Garden New Year's Eve 1995

DVD of the Year

Les Claypool - 5 Gallons of Diesel

Bob Dylan - No Direction Home

Traffic - The Last Great Traffic Jam

Umphrey's McGee- Wrapped Around Chicago

Keller Williams – Sight

Frank Zappa- Dub Room Special

New Groove

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

Green Lemon

Pnuma Trio

Rose Hill Drive

Ten Mile Tide

Xavier Rudd

Not sure that anyone really cares who wins these things - it's more of a formality to give some time to set up the stage for the next performance then anything else. It is nice to see that they looked beyond the normal 'jamband' acts for some of this stuff. You can vote for the awards here.

Jammys

The initial line-up for the 6th Annual Jammy awards has been announced. Read the press release here and the initial line-up here. Some interesting acts on the bill already, but I think The Secret Machines are primed to blow some minds that night. I've been to the Jammys a couple of times - it's a fun time and a loooooooong night of music. The collaborations are sometimes hit or miss, but when they hit they are quite good.

Here's last year's show....

5th Annual Jammy Awards - 2005-04-26 - Theater At Madison Square Garden - NYC, NY

Definitely worth the download for the Ryan Adams/Phil Lesh performance.

The Jammys will be kicking off the first Green Apple Music & Arts Festival - something that I've been hearing about for awhile, but that nothing has actually been announced about.

Another Fine Day

Some exciting news for fans of the short-lived supergroup Golden Smog. The band is set to release it's new album Another Fine Day this July. Read about it from Jambands.com....

Veteran supergroup Golden Smog will release its fourth album, Another Fine Day, on July 18. Featuring Jeff Tweedy (Wilco), Gary Louris, Marc Perlman (The Jayhawks), Kraig Johnson (Run Westy Run), Dan Murphy (Soul Asylum), Another Fine Day marks the first Golden Smog album since 1998’s Weird Tales. In addition to a handful of originals, Another Fine Day will also feature a cover of the Dave Davies’s “Strangers” rearranged as a duet for Louris and Tweedy. Recorded in both Spain and Minneapolis, Another Fine Day also boasts contributions for a pair of well-respected drummers: Linda Pitmon (Steve Wynn, Zuzu’s Petals) and Jody Stephens (Big Star). Wilco will perform next at Chapel Hill, NC's Memorial Hall.

If your a fan of Americana/alt.country you're going to love these guys. I highly recommend Weird Tales and Down By The Old Mainstream. Jeff Tweedy still does some of his Golden Smog songs when he plays solo.



Here's some live sutff for ya.....

Golden Smog - 1996-06-26 - Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA

Golden Smog - Various Radio Appearances - 1996

I Love Tuesdays....Wednesday Edition

Sorry I've been a total slacker the last couple of days. Here are the purchases of the week - a couple of new albums and a pair of old ones....

Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Beth Orton - Comfort of Strangers
Paul Simon - Graceland
Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs & Englishmen (Deluxe Edition)

Some more posts later. Stay tuned.

Bubble Boy

Saw this great picture of Wayne Coyne from last year's Allgood Festival over on Jambands.com and thought I'd post it here since it's such of cool picture....


I'm fortunate enough to know people, that know people who get advances of albums and have been listening to At War With The Mystics all this week and it's damn good. If you're not familiar with The Flaming Lips I highly recommend picking up Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots and The Soft Bulletin - both stellar albums filled with psychedelic-indie-pop.

Here's some live Lips for you to enjoy.....

The Flaming Lips - 2005-10-30 - Jokers Wild Stage - Vegoose - Las Vegas, NV

The Flaming Lips - 2003-06-14 - That Tent - Bonnaroo - Manchester, TN

Phish 'Round Room' Outtakes

Head on over to Jesse Jarnow's Frank & Earthy Blog for three outtakes from Phish's Round Room sessions. The tracks are "Birthday Boys" (which was an Oysterhead tune), "Bubble Wrap" and "Running Scared". Jesse give a brief explanation of each track too. Good stuff. Grab them now they'll only be available till Feb. 24th.

Phil Lesh & Ryan Adams Recording Together?

Saw this posted over on the Philzone rumors page and thought I'd post it here....

Rumors have been circulating for awhile now that Phil & Ryan Adams have been doing some studio sessions together. While we don't have any details, we can confirm that they have done some collaborative work at Loho Studios in NYC as they are listed as recent clients.

I've seen two Phil shows on this tour and have to say they've done a stellar job with the Ryan tunes, they've been some of the highlights of the shows for me. Joan doing Nobody Girl on Tuesday night was killer.

WWJD?

Apparently a sex tape featuring Kid Rock and former Creed frontman Scott Stapp engaging in some sexual acts with four females on a tour bus is set to be released in the near future. I'm not so surprised about Kid Rock being apart of this - I would have thought one would have come out already. The more puzzling thing is what hell was he doing on tour with Creed?? Read about it here. Stereogum has got the trailer, so head over their for that.

I guess this just adds for fuel to the fire for the much maligned Stapp. First he gets into a fist fight with members of the band 311 around Thanksgiving time. Then after claiming soberiety in a recent Rolling Stone article was arrested recently for public drunkenness, while trying to board a plane for this honeymoon. He blood alcohol test registered a 0.18 - twice the legal limit.

Jazzfest

I know I'm a little late on reporting this, but the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival will be taking place this year on April 28-30 & May 5-7. Read the press release here. Definitely some great news for the city of New Orleans as they continue to rebuild from Katrina. Some of the artists that are already confirmed for the fairgrounds are The Meters, Dave Matthews Band, Bob Dylan, Dr. John, Galactic as well as a ton of local New Orleans acts. No late night shows have been announced yet, but as they do I'll keep you posted.

Enjoy some music from past fests....

Widespread Panic - 1997-05-04 - New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival - Fair Grounds Race Course - New Orleans, LA

SuperJam - 1999-05-01 - The Howlin' Wolf - New Orleans Jazz Festival - New Orleans, LA

moe. 2002-05-02 - Orpheum Theater - New Orleans, LA

Buckethead's Cajun Fried Recipe - 2003-05-04 - Howlin' Wolf - New Orleans, LA

Ivan Neville's Dumpstah Funk - 2004-04-28 - Howlin' Wolf - New Orleans, LA

Funky Meters - 2005-04-27 - Cajun Queen Riverboat - New Orleans, LA

Gov't Mule - 2005-04-29 - The Orpheum Theater - New Orleans, LA

Trey Anastasio Super Jam - 2005-04-30 - State Palace Theatre - New Orleans, LA

Tickets are on sale now!!

Lollapalooza

Lollapalooza will once again be returning this summer to the Windy City. The festival will now be a three day affair with 8 stages and roughly 130 bands performing. Read about it here. The big rumor is that Chicago's own Smashing Pumpkins will be the headliner. Stay tuned for artist line-up and ticket info - which will be coming at some point in the next month or so. Definitely good news for Justin over at LMB.

Heckle & Jeckle

Seems like the Brothers Robinson have put their feuding years behind them for good (or at least for now) and have scheduled a string of acoustic duo dates. Read about it here (via Jambase). Right now the tour will only four cities with multiple dates in each. Here's the dates....

4.13 | Brooklyn, NY | Warsaw (on sale: Fri 2.24 @ Noon)
4.14 | New York, NY | Rose Theater @ Jazz at Lincoln Center (on sale: Fri 2.24 @ Noon)
4.15 | New York, NY | Town Hall (on sale: Fri 2.24 @ Noon)
**4.17 | Austin, TX | Cactus Café (on sale: Fri 2.17 @ Noon)
**4.18 | Austin, TX | Cactus Café (on sale: Fri 2.17 @ Noon)
4.20 | San Francisco, CA | Swedish American Hall @ Café Du Nord (on sale: Fri 2.24 @ Noon)
4.21 | San Francisco, CA | The Fillmore (on sale: Sun 2.26 @10:00 a.m.)
4.22 | San Francisco, CA | Bimbo's 365 Club (on sale: Fri 2.24 @10:00 a.m.)
4.24 | Los Angeles, CA | The Roxy (on sale: Fri 2.24 @ 11:00 a.m.)
4.25 | Los Angeles, CA | The Roxy (on sale: Fri 2.24 @ 11:00 a.m.)


Hopefully my schedule will allow me to hit one of the New York shows. I've become a Crowes fan after seeing them twice last year and this sounds like it's going to something that I won't want to miss out on.

Here's some acoustic Crowes....

The Black Crowes - 1997-02-22 - Garage - Early & Late Shows - London, England [ UK ]

Chris and Rich Robinson - 2005-01-06 - Las Vegas Convention Center, Consumer Electronic Show - Olympus Booth, Central Hall #1447 - Las Vegas , NV