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By: David Schultz
The path to glory rarely runs downhill. About one year ago, at the tail end of a lengthy stretch of touring to promote their sophomore studio effort This Is Somewhere, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals played before a packed house at Webster Hall, at the time, the largest room ...
Indie Music
Terminal
T-Bone Burnett
By: David Schultz
As if sensing the communal love that's about to come their way once the Best of the Decade lists start recalling the greatness of Is This It, The Strokes have announced they will headline one of the nights at the Isle of Wight Festival in June of 2010. The set will be their ...
Indie Music
The Strokes
Phish
Steve Albini
The Hours
Julian Casablancas
By: David Schultz
By steeping their music with a knowledgeable and learned infusion of traditional African rhythms and instrumentation, North Carolina’s Toubab Krewe has always possessed a distinctly singular look and sound. No other band playing in the clubs features someone sitting front and ...
Indie Music
Paul Simon
Peter Gabriel
Vampire Weekend
By: David Schultz
Arguably one of America’s most enigmatic performers, Bob Dylan has puzzled, provoked, instigated, mystified and amazed audiences over his storied career. Since embarking on his Neverending Tour about a decade ago, Dylan has once again transformed himself, this time into a ...
Indie Music
Bob Dylan
The Decemberists are currently featured on Current TV's "Embedded" - which if you haven't seen yet is a great show on an equally cool network. The show has some exclusive rehearsal and live footage along with interview clips from the band. Check it out here and for those "down under" you can buy ...
Indie Music
Britney Spears
The Decemberists
Michael Jackson
Miranda Lambert
Adam Yauch
Scott Stapp channelled his inner Bill Clinton recently by telling Spin magazine there was no "sex" on the sex tape featuring some young ladies visiting the Kid Rock tour bus. Of course, like the former President, Mr. Stapp apparently doesn't count blow jobs as sex (which may or may not be ...
Indie Music
Kid Rock
Metallica
Scott Stapp
Creed
Spin
Jay Nash joined forces with Matt Duke and Tony Luka for an EP called "TFDI" and the collaboration has paid off. Today "TFDI" sits a top the iTunes Singer Songwriter charts. The four song EP features a nice cover of The Band's "The Weight" and may represent a new promotional model for indie ...
Indie Music
Sara Bareilles
Meanwhile...
By: David SchultzThe Eighties proved to be an awkward era. Not only did it give us the Safety dance, purple rain, luftballons, the moonwalk, Wang Chung and Terence Trent D’Arby, it’s the decade that gave us the phrase “Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto.” In addition to cringeworthy fashion statements ...
Indie Music
Lou Reed
Genesis
Grateful Dead
David Bowie
Eric Clapton
ZZ Top
By: David SchultzGiven the bad blood that runs through the veins of the surviving members of the Velvet Underground when it comes to playing together, the December 8 gathering of Lou Reed, Doug Yule and Maureen Tucker at the New York Public Library will likely be the closest we ever get to a VU ...
Indie Music
Lou Reed
U-Melt Signs With Harmonized RecordsNew Album Perfect World To Be Released Nationally on February 23, 2010Brilliantly capturing U-Melt’s amazing ability to shatter musical boundaries and transcend genre classification, Perfect World, U-Melt’s eagerly anticipated third studio album will soon be ...
Indie Music
Phish
By: David SchultzUsually it takes a couple decades before a band ends up in some version of someone's "Where Are They Now" column. Nowadays, when an act can be hyped up and inspire a backlash within a six month cycle, it's a less a "Where Are They Now?" and more of a "What Are They Up To?" Just ...
Indie Music
Axl Rose
By: David SchultzSince making an appearance at Super Bowl XXXVIII, much has been said, written and debated about Janet Jackson's right breast. In the five years since Jackson flashed America, fines have been levied, speech and expression censored and decisions rendered by all sorts of judicial ...
Indie Music
Wilco
By: David SchultzRather than read my words this fine Friday, I'm going to suggest you go over to Hidden Track where Ryan Dembinsky has a great interview with Jason Gallagher of Leroy Justice. So put on The Loho Sessions, check out Ryan's interview and enjoy the weekend.This will also start an ...
Indie Music
Matthew Ryan
By: David SchultzA Segovia with the wit of Phil Ochs, Wisconsin singer-songwriter and guitarist nonpareil Willy Porter can do things with an acoustic guitar that seem impossible until you see him play. When he gets going, his dexterity defies physics. Like Tom Morello and Vernon Reid, the guitar ...
Indie Music
By: David SchultzIf the photo to the left didn't make it clear, My Morning Jacket will appear on FOX's American Dad, Seth MacFarlane's unfunny version of Family Guy. This has the potential to supplant the Goth kids channelling Ian McKellen's defiance of the Balrog to the strains of Joy ...
Indie Music
Aerosmith
My Morning Jacket
By: David SchultzLicorice's Dave Lott and Rebecca Hart's Rebecca Hart, two of Earvolution's favorites will be playing a combined acoustic set this Thursday night at New York City's Ace of Clubs on 9 Great Jones Street. Playing as The Tiny Ambivalents, the set, which starts at 7:30 p.m., should ...
Indie Music
Dave Grohl
Jersey
Grass
By: David SchultzTell me if this sounds familiar. A young East Coast singer-songwriter releases a splendid debut album that draws a fair modicum of attention. Backed by a stellar band, he draws raves for his live performances and has critics salivating over his brilliance. They herald our hero ...
