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Wilco: New Album for Spring

August 21, 2008

Wilco Planning New Album for Spring 2009 Wilco In a recent interview with New York radio station WAMC, Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy indicated plans for a new Wilco album to hit this spring. The news was spread by Billboard.com, where Tweedy was reported as saying he expects the band to “allow ourselves a little bit more ...

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Sasquatch! Part II | 05.24-05.26 | the Gorge

May 29, 2008

For first half coverage of Sasquatch!, please go here... Words by: Jonathan Zwickel & Court Scott Sasquatch! Music Festival :: 05.24 - 05.26 :: The Gorge, Washington The Blakes The Blakes - Sasquatch! 2008 by Christopher Nelson The phrase “pop sensibility" was coined to describe bands like The Blakes. Grab a pint and ...

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Charlie Hunter:baboon Strength

September 19, 2008

By: Kayceman Featuring seven-string guitar master Charlie Hunter, keyboardist extraordinaire Erik Deutsch, and locked-in pocket-humper Tony Mason on drums, Baboon Strength (released September 8 and available digitally on reapandsow) finds these gifted individuals working as a real band, supporting one another, building bridges across at times strange waters. Where past efforts have found Hunter performing wild ...

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Tindersticks:the Hungry Saw

October 9, 2008

By: Dennis Cook It starts so meditatively with Satie-like piano putting shivery bell tones and low flying melancholy in the air. When the drums arrive, up front and thick on “Yesterdays Tomorrows," followed by simmering organ and a deep, very present voice snatched from '60s radio, you just know you're dealing with pros. Around since 1992, ...

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Happy Birthday, Thelonius Monk!

October 14, 2008

JAZZ'S GRAND TRICKSTER WOULD HAVE BEEN 91 THIS WEEK There's no one quite like Thelonius Monk. His impact on the instrument of piano, jazz and music as a whole is beyond comprehension. He's one of those rare individuals whose imagination and fearlessness break up the calcification that builds up on music and frees it ...

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Wakarusa Moves to Arkansas!

December 11, 2008

Wakarusa Moves to Arkansas Mulberry Mountain :: Ozark, Arkansas In a surprise move, due to difficulties with their original Kansas home, the 6th Annual Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival will take place on June 4-7, 2009 at Mulberry Mountain in Ozark, Arkansas! That's right! Wakarusa will take place on top of a mountain that's surrounded by ...

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Jason Isbell 2009 Tour

December 18, 2008

JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT ANNOUNCE 2009 TOUR SUPPORTING NEW ALBUM “Combine the sounds of Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, and Aretha Franklin and you've got Jason Isbell, a 28-year-old reviving Southern musical history." -ESQUIRE Jason Isbell Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit announce their first tour in support of their new self-titled album (Release date: ...

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The Black Crowes | 12.18-12.20 | S.F.

December 24, 2008

Words by: Dennis Cook | Images by: Josh Miller The Black Crowes :: 12.18.08 - 12.20.08 :: Fillmore Auditorium :: San Francisco, CA Chris & Rich Robinson - The Black Crowes :: 12.18 :: S.F. Thursday evening was this writer's 100th Black Crowes show. While vaguely surreal on a personal ...

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Antony and the Johnsons:the Crying Light

February 24, 2009

By: Dennis Cook Cut me in quadrants Leave me in the corner Oh now it's passing Oh now I'm dancing There's a resounding otherness to Antony Hegarty. Suspended between maleness and femininity, his voice cuts with the diamond edge of Edith Piaf or Maria Callas but blessed with a warm, ...

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs | 05.26 | Chicago

May 28, 2009

Images by: Eric Rejman Yeah Yeah Yeahs 05.26.09 :: Aragon Ballroom :: Chicago, IL Touring in support of It's Blitz! (released March 31 on Interscope), Karen O and Yeah Yeah Yeahs came to Chicago for a night of wildly ecstatic dance-rock. Yeah Yeah Yeahs are on tour now, dates available here.