Remember when MTV used to play music? Apparently, they still do on occasion, because I found myself watching the video for “Everybody Talks” by Neon Trees. Videos with an actual storyline almost seem like a lost art sometimes, with the landscape dominated by either performance clips or videos that are so simplistic that you find […]
Author: Matt Wardlaw
Jefferson Starship Announce New ‘Tales From The Mothership’ Live CD
With a band name like Jefferson Starship, it’s only natural that at some point, you should find a way to record a live CD in Roswell, New Mexico. The San Francisco psychedelic veterans did exactly that, pointing their tour bus towards Roswell in 2009 to be part of the city’s annual UFO Parade event. The […]
Contest: Win David Bowie’s ‘Ziggy Stardust’ On Vinyl!
The back cover of David Bowie’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars carries a very simple message: “To be played at maximum volume.” How can one refuse such an invitation like that? Those who took Bowie up on the offer found themselves enveloped by the sounds of an album […]
DVD Review: “The Grateful Dead Movie”
If you missed out on being a Deadhead back in the day, in a sense, it’s never too late to start again for the first time. The Grateful Dead were so well documented both on audio and film that there are no shortage of ways to recreate the experience. Today’s version is missing some important […]
Big Head Todd, You Wreck Me
Can you go wrong with Big Head Todd (minus the Monsters) covering Tom Petty’s “You Wreck Me?” Oh no, you certainly can’t. Do yourself a favor and get out to see a BHT show this summer if you can…
Foo Fighters – Every Album For One Cheap Price, Today Only
So you’re a big Foo Fighters/Dave Grohl fan, but you don’t actually own a lot of the albums, eh? PopMarket can help you out with that problem. They’re selling all of the Foos albums, plus a video collection for $54.99 today only. Details here!
Sons of Bill Take Their ‘Sirens’ To Vinyl & Plan Worldwide Trek
Since we last left our heroes Sons of Bill, they’ve been quite busy. Their new album David Lowery-produced album Sirens was officially released in March and made its debut in the Billboard Top 200 (not too shabby, guys!). They’re touring currently in support of Sirens and recently announced that they will go to Europe this […]
Richard Marx – ‘Hold On To The Nights’
In a perfect world, I’d have all day everyday to sit around and watch the album “making of” documentaries and videos featuring the “stories behind the songs,” but too often, I see something of interest, bookmark it to watch it later and then never get around to it. But when I saw that Richard Marx […]
Contest: Free Pair Of Passes To See ‘For The Love Of Music’
A new documentary exploring the roots of the Cambridge folk music scene and Club 47, the legendary Harvard Square coffeehouse, recently screened to rave reviews in front of a sold out crowd at the Boston International Film Festival. Now, For The Love Of Music: The Club 47 Folk Revival will come home for a special […]
Glen Phillips In The Chapel
I finally had a chance to participate in “Sofa Sundays” with Glen Phillips last night via the fine folks at StageIt, which is a whole ‘nother conversation. But while I was checking that out, somebody in the chat room mentioned that Fuel/Friends had recently posted an entry in their Chapel Sessions series featuring Glen, which […]