R.I.P. Gypie Mayo of Dr. Feelgood, the Yardbirds
Gypie Mayo, the former guitarist for Dr. Feelgood and the Yardbirds, died yesterday morning at the age of 62. No cause of death has been announced yet. Mayo, born John … Read more
Posted in October, 2013
Steep Canyon Rangers – 11/4 – City Winery (New York, NY)
One of the hottest names in American bluegrass right now, the Steep Canyon Rangers’ scintillating take on the genre has won them fans ranging from Garrison Keillor (who featured them … Read more
Tom Hardy Set to Play Elton John in Biopic
Who can step into very large, very glittery boots of everyone’s favorite rocketman? Tom Hardy, apparently. The British actor, who most recently played Bane in The Dark Knight Rises, has … Read more
Neko Case Fights With Cincinnati Fans Over Cameraphone Recordings
Ask most musicians nowadays about their feelings on people taping their live shows with smartphones, and they’re probably not going to have a lot of nice things to say about … Read more
Bille Joe Armstrong, Norah Jones To Release Album of Everly Brothers Songs
Here’s something nobody probably expected: Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong is teaming up with Norah Jones for a duets album of Everly Brothers covers. Titled Foreverly, the album is due out … Read more
Bob Dylan, Nirvana Prep Record Store Day Releases
Record Store Day comes once every mid-April (right around tax time, which can be either a good or a bad thing), but lately, the organizers of the event are holding … Read more
Dean Wareham Releases “Love Is Colder Than Death” Video
Dean Wareham has played under a number of guises in his long career-Galaxie 500, Luna, and Dean & Britta, to name a few-but now the indie legend is going by … Read more
Arcade Fire Release Lyric Video For ‘Afterlife’
Arcade Fire keep rolling out Reflektor at a slow-yet-exciting pace. So far, we’ve heard the title track, seen them on Saturday Night Live and on the thrillingly weird special they aired after that, and … Read more
Thee Oh Sees – 10/27 – 285 Kent Avenue (Brooklyn, NY)
If you like your rock and roll as fuzz-laden and scuzzy as possible, you’re probably going to like Thee Oh Sees a whole lot. The San Francisco psych-rock quartet, led … Read more
Courtney Love to Release Autobiography this December
Sometimes it seems that the drama and rumors associated with Courtney Love are as famous—if not more famous—than her music, so Love fans and followers will be happy to get … Read more
