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By: David Schultz Two years ago, Yeasayer's debut album All Hour Cymbals had bloggers all atwitter in their usual state of excitement and at SXSW, every one of their numerous sets, including one at the NPR showcase, had lines streaming down West Sixth or Red River. They surely didn't rush back into the studio to capitalize on the success. Quite the opposite, they seemed to let the buzz fade

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By: David Schultz Tea Leaf/Galactic Photo: Jeremy Gordon On the eve of the Saints’ first ever Super Bowl appearance, New Orleans’ funkmeisters Galactic brought a bit of the French Quarter to New York City this past Friday night, packing people into the spacious Terminal 5 for a wild night of Mardi Gras-tinged reveling. A guest laden night, Galactic received tremendous infusions of energy from

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By: David Schultz Big Head Todd & The Monsters make a point of doing something special for their annual hometown show at the Red Rocks Ampitheatre in Denver, Colorado. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the release of Midnight Radio, their landmark sophomore effort, and to commemorate the occasion, Big Head Todd will play the album in its entirety when it headlines Red Rocks on June 5. On

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By: David Schultz Photos: Jason Fuiman At the close of the Cold War Kids’ New York City set this past Friday night, lead singer Nathan Willett sat down at his keyboard and began to pound out the opening chords of “We Used To Vacation.” As has been their custom for years, guitarist Jonnie Russell wails away on a loose cymbal perched atop a speaker cabinet in between shakes of a maraca until the

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By: David Schultz Twenty-five years ago, Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie helped organize the original USA for Africa session which brought together the biggest names of the 80s and Dan Aykroyd to record “We Are The World,” a benefit song inspired by Band Aid’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas.” This past week, the two along with Wyclef Jean brought together an A-list of today’s music scene and Nicole

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By: Rinjo Njori In a perfect world every band would be as interesting and engaging as Brooklyn's The Giraffes. Sure you can call them punk metal, but live this band ceases to fit into any genre: a brew of vintage Soundgarden grunge, hints of System of a Down folk flare, and classic Blue Cheer blues metal. Guitarist Damien Paris pulls more licks out of his guitar than all three guitarists in the

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Editors are in the U.S for a string of tour dates before heading back home to England in March. They kick off in Seattle on February 5th and The Antlers will join them for several stops in the states:Feb 8 The Warfield Theatre San Francisco, CaliforniaFeb 9 House of Blues San Diego, CaliforniaFeb 11 The Wiltern Los Angeles, CaliforniaFeb 13 Ogden Theatre Denver,

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By: David Schultz THE CONCERT FOR HAITI TELETHON album isn't the only way you can use the power of the download to help out Haiti. The Dave Matthews Band has put together an EP of live tracks entitled The Haiti Relief Project. The 5 track EP doesn't contain live versions of Matthews' hits, rather it includes a 2004 recording of "Cry Freedom," a 2007 solo version of "Butterfly" and 2009 takes on

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Bon Jovi will fire up their steel horse for the Circle Tour that kicks off in a couple weeks. The veteran road warriors will do many of the first leg dates with Dashboard Confessional opening. Before the Bon Jovi tour dates, Dashboard will perform on Jimmy Kimmel live February 12th. For Bon Jovi, the Circle Tour begins February 11 in Hawaii and is set to go well into the summer.February 24 -

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By: David Schultz While far from a diligent or scientific survey of the multitude of Best of the Decade lists, The Secret Machines’ Now Here Is Nowhere seemed criminally underrepresented in the culling of the oughts’ finest. A mixture of strident unrelenting modern rock, wispy pastorals and droning ambience, the freshness and excitement of The Secret Machines’ 2004 debut more than made up for

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By: David Schultz When you've gone through the whole record-release-tour- develop side project cycle enough times that you can do it on auto-pilot, how do you go about keeping things fresh? It seems that the answer is: star in your own documentary. The White Stripes will accompany the March 16 release of Under Great White Northern Lights with an Emmett Malloy directed documentary of the same

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By: Rinjo Njori The cover photos are definitely getting better, although in our household we are partial to "Uncle" Dwight Schultz, even if he did go slightly Limbaugh a couple years back. At the risk of giving away some of the plot, Rinjo includes Silversun Pickups, Japandroids, Animal Collective, the Almighty Defenders and the Reatards. Rinjo, Shut Up And Just Play Music by Rinjonjori on

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By: David Schultz Bands that vary up their setlists on a nightly basis pose tremendous difficulties for anyone wanting to write an all-encompassing review of the group from a single show. The personnel won’t change but the band you see one night could be subtly to drastically different from the one that played just 24 hours earlier. What you typically get is someone’s personal recollection of

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By: David Schultz Context is everything. No matter how good a band may be, how they make their first impression – how you come to hear about them – predisposes how you’re going to feel about them. If the backstory of The Swell Season consisted of Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova coming together as the result of their shared experiences on failing to become American Idol, they would likely be

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By: David Schultz With Genesis being inducted into the Hall of Fame this year, the dormant reunion rumors with Peter Gabriel have once again sprung to life. Before they could gather steam, Genesis' original lead singer has doused all of the anticipatory excitement, definitively stating that no reunion will occur. Rather than just cast the normal aspersions on the reunion, Gabriel categorically

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By: David Schultz Tomorrow night, jamband stalwarts moe. will celebrate their 20th anniversary with two shows at New York City's Roseland Ballroom. In addition to marking the milestone, Friday night's show will serve a more civic minded purpose: not only will the show benefit World Hunger Year, the organization co-founded by singer-songwriter Harry Chapin, it will benefit those in need in Haiti.

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By: David Schultz Rolling Stone and Pitchfork often seem to work in worlds that seem almost mutually exclusive of each other. Jann Wenner’s publication gives ceaseless coverage to classic rock’s upper echelon and hops on the bandwagon of the pop tart du jour while Pitchfork invests the same effort into discovering and giving press to bands 90% of the world has yet to hear. Scanning over their

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By: David Schultz The deadest period for new music comes in the six weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year’s. In that regard, the whole industry just shuts down, leaving the entertainment world to focus on Oscar contending movies. While the cinema world treats January as their dumping ground for movies with dim prospects, major and independent labels offer up a glut of new releases.

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By David Schultz Long before I started writing about bands nobody had ever heard of in an attempt to illumate souls to good music, the man you know as Rinjo Njori was well ahead of me on that path. In a Podcast that takes it cue from the philosophy of The Minutemen, Njori now blogs econo. If he'd recorded this one sooner he would have surely paid tribute to the recently departed Jay Reatard, but

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By: David Schultz Anyone whose seen Phil Lesh & Friends over the past few years has been blown away by Jackie Greene's version of "Sugaree." When the band plays it, Greene usually steals the show. The California based singer and guitarist may have the look of a young Dylan but he often embodies the soul of Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead's lovably shaggy leader. For those tired of searching the

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By: David Schultz Since the dawn of time when the first band traveled to the neighboring city to play for the locals, the touring paradigm has remained relatively unchanged: artist releases album, gets on the tour bus and brings the music to theaters and arenas all across the country. Levon Helm’s Midnight Rambles puts a completely different spin on the entire experience, taking the philosophy

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By: David Schultz Here's a lesson why you should never take bands for granted and go see them whenever you can. Earvolution has always had a soft spot in its heart for The States. They were one of the headliners of Earvolution’s 2006 Summer Jam and an integral part of Earvolution’s 2007 SXSW. They’ve released two great albums, Multiply Not Divide and The Path Of Least Resistance, and an equally

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By: David Schultz The 18th Annual Noise Pop Festival will take place throughout San Francisco from February 23 through March 1. The Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band, which includes Sean Lennon, will play the event's opening night. In breaking out the Plastic Ono Band name, Ms. Ono is unearthing some hallowed ghosts. One of John Lennon's all-inclusive conceptual ideas, the Plastic Ono Band is credited

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By: David Schultz For the past twenty years, give or take a hiatus for Hepatitis C recovery, The Allman Brothers Band have been a harbinger of Spring in New York City. Each March, the Allmans take up residency at the Beacon Theater, reinvigorating the blues, reviving Southern rock and busting out guest stars that range from Bruce Willis and Kid Rock to Trey Anastasio, Buddy Guy and Eric Clapton.

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