Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | yesterday
Screaming Females @ Above the Auto Parts Store in October (more by Leia Jospe) tonight in NYC * Louis CK @ Caroline's * Robin Williams @ Town Hall * Bebel Gilberto @ Hiro Ballroom * Pixies @ Hammerstein Ballroom (late...
Sound of the City (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
NYC is a town of transplants, a fact that's never more obvious than during the holiday season. While thousands of New Yorkers take off work early and spend hours upon hours in traffic, at ...
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Sonic Youth and the Feelies sold out the Wilbur Theatre on Sunday. Over the course of the evening, 10 musicians took the stage. But there were no rock stars. These bands don't...
The Daily Gazette stories (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Rock club Valentine’s hosted the Kirkwood brothers’ hard rocking Meat Puppets for an enthusiastic, if not ecstatic, crowd Friday night.
Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Meat Puppets are on the road right now in support of their 12th studio album. The record is their second since singer/guitarist Curt Kirkwood reunited with his younger brother, bassist Cris, following Cris' struggle with drug addiction and subsequent incarceration.
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Underground '80s rock fans are descending on Boston's Theater District for what they'll deem the shows of year. Their fervor may be for bands that peaked in...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The decades-old rock band -- who has inspired the likes of Nirvana and Soundgarden -- play the Bowery Ballroom tonight. For tickets and more information, call 212-533-2111 or visit www.boweryballroom.com. ...
The Daily Gazette stories (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The Meat Puppets never had to reunite. According to guitarist and vocalist Curt Kirkwood, the band never broke up.
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , New Music , Exclusive Drummer Jake Morris doesn't have any problem talking about his day job in Portland, Ore., where his four-piece alt-rock band, the Shaky Hands , is based. "I work at American Dream Pizza in Portland," he tells Spinner. "Sometimes it's good and I can't wait to get back from touring to make consistent money. Other times I just...
My Old Kentucky Blog (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Hidden Track (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Last Week’s Sauce is a recurring column featuring recordings of shows from the previous week. Thanks to tye for this week’s photo. Artist & Title: Bela Fleck & The Flecktones - Blu-Bop Date & Venue: 2009-11-04 Vicar Street, Dubline Ireland Taper & Show Download: Taper Unknown There are interesting things going on over at the Bela Fleck camp. With saxophonist Jeff Coffin...
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Photo by Matthew Rodgers from the band’s MySpace page Most folks are familiar with The Meat Puppets ' hit "Backwater," but those in the know are more familiar with the band's more out-there sonic explorations across sun-bleached desserts and murky swamp haze. The group splintered in the early '90s after Cris Kirkwood left the band due to drug problems, leaving his brother Kurt Kirkwood...
jtwitten's blog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
In 1960, Frank Drake did something extremely clever. At least it was something the people in my lab would consider clever. He wrote down an equation that would define how frequent detectable, intelligent life is in the galaxy, if only we knew the values of the variables. The Drake Equation (simple form, there are a lot of variations and adjustments): ,where: read more
Consequence of Sound (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The former Hüsker Dü drummer hits the road.
Largehearted Boy (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Jump Clubb: "Los Angeles (Elliott Smith cover)" [mp3] other Jump Clubb posts at Largehearted Boy Laugh at Matt: free and legal Radio Soap Star album [mp3] other Laugh at Matt posts at Largehearted Boy...
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