Results for "JamBase"

News: Recording

Neil Halstead:Oh! Mighty Engine

November 12, 2008

By: Dennis Cook There's something so unforced and inviting about Neil Halstead's solo work. In Mojave 3 he soars and swoops with wide prairie scope but there's spectacular hush to the albums that bear his name. Six years on from his 2002 solo debut, Sleeping On Roads, not a lot has changed. Halstead invites us on ...

News: Performance / Tour

Councilman Arrested for Urinating on Dark Star Orchestra Crowd

November 11, 2008

Jersey City Councilman Arrested for Urinating on Dark Star Orchestra Crowd From www.nydailynews.com: Jersey City Councilman Steven Lipski is No. 1 threat at Washington club BY RICH SCHAPIRO DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Steven Lipski A drunken Jersey City councilman was arrested for urinating on a crowd of concertgoers from the balcony of a Washington ...

News: Performance / Tour

Bump and Hard Lessons Give Thanks

November 11, 2008

The Hard Lessons join Bump for 7th Annual Thanksgiving Eve Spectacular Bump The dictionary lists the definition of “Tradition" as the handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, information, etc., from generation to generation, especially by word of mouth or by practice. For Detroit's Bump, the statement is that their annual Thanksgiving Eve shows are legendary. ...

News: Performance / Tour

Brett Dennen: Major Tour Into '09

November 11, 2008

BRETT DENNEN TO HEADLINE HOPE FOR THE HOPELESS TOUR THROUGH APRIL ALBUM ENTERED BILLBOARD 200 AT #41; TOP TEN ENTRY ON INDIE & DIGITAL ALBUM CHARTS Brett Dennen With a Top Ten album debut, a Top Ten radio single and a run of sold-out club shows, singer-songwriter Brett Dennen announces plans for a Hope ...

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News: Music Industry

Jay Blakesberg: Waiting For That Moment

November 11, 2008

Words by: Dennis Cook | All images by: Jay Blakesberg Jerry Garcia Photographers, particularly music photographers, aren't often viewed as artists by a fair number of people. The influx of inexpensive digital gear and the too-easy proliferation of images on the Internet have contributed to this artistic slide, or at least helped fuel the perception that ...

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News: Recording

Sun Spin: Mahavishnu Orchestra

November 10, 2008

OUR CLASSIC ALBUM SPOTLIGHT SHINES ON A CORNERSTONE OF MODERN MUSC This week in 1985, the theme song to Miami Vice was the No. 1 song in the U.S. and a whole generation got to see one of the last truly homely people to ever grace MTV as Jan Hammer briefly rose to ...

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News: Recording

Gongzilla:Five Even

November 10, 2008

By: Dennis Cook They come on like some thick aphrodisiac, Hansford Rowe's bass seeping into your crevices and warming your cockles, putting the “skinny in your dip," while the guitars of Bon Lozaga and Jameison Ledonio run their fingers through your hair and massage your back. Fragrant as fresh pines and slippery as an oiled eel, ...

News: Recording

Malkmus, Blitzen Trap: Funk 49 "Furr" a Best Song of the Year?

November 8, 2008

Stephen Malkmus & Blitzen Trapper Cover “Funk 49" Everyone needs a friend who scrapes the web looking for cool stuff; lucky for JamBase we've got a bunch of weirdos who love doing that kinda thing. Big thanks to J over at reapandsow for tippin' us off to this sicktastic cover of the James Gang's “Funk 49" ...

News: Festival

Voodoo Fest | 10.24-10.26 | New Orleans

November 7, 2008

Words by: Saira Anderson | Images by: Zach Mahone Voodoo Festival :: 10.24.08 - 10.26.08 :: New Orleans City Park :: New Orleans, LA Voodoo Festival 2008 :: New Orleans About 50 miles outside New Orleans, I switched the radio station to 90.7 FM, WWOZ, one of the world's greatest radio stations. The haunting brass ...

News: Performance / Tour

Wilco with Barack Obama

November 7, 2008

Jeff Tweedy & Friends with Barack Obama Jeff Tweedy, Pat Sansone, and Glenn Kotche of Wilco perform at a fundraiser for Barack Obama and talk about their support for our new leader. Then they introduce Obama and talk about his iPod. Check out the good times here: Wilco's next ...