Pirate Cat Radio 87.9fm (Free subscription) | yesterday
PERE UBU / Long Live Pere Ubu CD / Hearpen Records / 2009 I lost track of the great PERE UBU sometime in the early ‘90s, when they started to sound depressingly more like a band influenced by R.E.M. than a band influencing it. But this CD is a great re-introduction for me to what [...]
Cloudland Blue - A Diary (Free subscription) | yesterday
Playlist King Crimson – Live in Warsaw 2000 Brand New – Your Favourite Weapon Brand New – Deja Entendu Wings – London Town Paul McCartney – Wingspan Various – 1972 Singles Chris Rea – The Return of the Fabulous Hofner Blue Notes Deep Purple – Made in Europe Deep Purple -Stormbringer A much welcomed lie in until gone nine o’clock... It was bitterly...
What's Left in the Church (Free subscription) | yesterday
As I was finishing up Barker and Taylor's Faking It last night, and started Simon Reynolds Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984 , I got to thinking more and more about the whole issue of authenticity. One of Reynolds major theses is that postpunk, unlike punk, sought to undermine ideas about authenticity as it consciously merged a variety of musical styles, believing that the destructive aspects...
Cloudland Blue - A Diary (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Playist Ken Hensley/John Wetton - More Than Conquerors Ken Hensley/John Wetton - One Way or Another Dream Theater - Black Clouds and Silver Linings Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me Led Zeppelin - Presence Miles Davis Quintet - 1963-1968 (MP3 CD) Phish - Slip Stich and Pass Wings - At The Speed of Sound The Chameleons - Script of the Bridge King Crimson - Live in Warsaw 2000 Up at...
Zoiks! Online (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
In college I took a class called The History of Progressive Rock. I did not know what Progressive Rock was at the time. I studied all sorts of cool bands like King Crimson, Rush, Yes, Pink Floyd, Dream Theater and, of course, Queensryche. I loved that course and became a huge fan of Dream Theater, Yes and Rush afterwards, but for whatever reason the music of Queensryche had never crossed my path. It’s...
Pirate Cat Radio 87.9fm (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
I lost track of the great PERE UBU sometime in the early ‘90s, when they started to sound depressingly more like a band influenced by R.E.M. than a band influencing it. But this CD is a great re-introduction for me to what always made PU great: bizarre humor, unusual instrumentation, great writing, and general beautiful [...]
Radio Dupree (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
The Radio Dupree monthly chart is here! Some weeks ago we tossed in a couple of excerpts from Mike Oldfield's classic Tubular Bells, and heureka, one of them reached the number one postition. Then George Duke, Frank Zappa and Yes follow. The top 20 also includes two pieces each by Mahavishnu Orchestra and David Bowie. What about our Album of the Month then? Did you listeners enjoy Zappa's Hot Rats...
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Music Appreciation At Festival 8 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California Saturday night, Phish , as promised, donned a musical Halloween costume and turned their second set into a top-to-bottom recreation of the Rolling Stones ' rock 'n' roll classic, 'Exile On Main Street.' To help them with this lofty ambition, Phish employed a horn section with female...
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Combining two of their most beloved traditions for the first time — the multi-day festival and the Halloween album “costume” — Phish got their rocks off at their Festival 8 in Indio, California, during the second of a three-day set with a crushing start-to-finish version of the Rolling Stones‘ classic Exile On Main Street. Under pristine [...]
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Photo: Kravitz/FilmMagic On Halloween night tomorrow in Indio, California, Phish will once again put on a “musical costume” at Festival 8 and revive their Halloween tradition of performing another artist’s album. We’ve kept on an eye on the Vermont jam band’s art gallery of album covers on the Festival 8 site, where Phish have been systematically [...]
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News On Thursday night, Phish unofficially kicked things off a day early at Festival 8, which they're hosting this weekend in Indio, Calif. As fans rolled into the campgrounds on the eve of the fest, they were greeted by the sounds of Phish coming across the concert field. While those gates remained closed, the set was broadcast live on " The Bunny ," a...
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Did anyone ever mention a band to you and you just thought to youself i don't like them even though you'd never heard them. When i was in school many years ago you were either in the Glam camp or the rock camp and very rarely did the twain meet. I was into Bowie/T Rex/Sweet and some of my friends were into Zeppelin/ Genesis/ Yes etc and as much as we tried to intergrate each other into our music it...
Live Music Blog (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Justin will be heading out on the road to Festival 8 this morning, so I’ll be taking over full blogging duties for the weekend (weee!). Hopefully, we’ll get some updates from him along the way, but knowing the chaotic nature of the festival environment, I don’t think we’ll set our expectations too high. For now, [...] Related posts: Phish Festival 8 Update: Kid A Campground...
Live Music Blog (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Like New Year’s Eve, Halloween is another holiday that a lot of bands choose to celebrate in style. There’s just something about mixing the live concert experience with all the fun and choas of Halloween that really brings out the freaks. While most bands typically play into the Halloween vibe in some way, touring bands [...] Related posts: Secret Machines “In the Round” Tour...
:: www.darrenlock.com :: (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
One could call "Lizard" the unloved bastard off-spring of the Crimson King. Unloved, ignored, and reviled, even by Robert Fripp himself, it is an album that has had a hard time of it. It's probably because this line-up never toured...
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