New Reviews: Prince, PJ Harvey & John Parish, UGK March 31, 2009
Posted by shredguitar in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsThis week in New Reviews, we have not one but three new albums from Prince: LOtUSFLOW3R, MPLSoUND and Elixer by his protégée Bria Valente. First, LOtUSFLOWER finds the Purple One embracing his inner-guitar god. “Whether it’s the spare funk of ‘Wall of Berlin,’ the metal grind of ‘Dreamer’ or the hazy cover of ’Crimson and Clover,’ […]
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Tour Tracker: Allman Brothers, The Hold Steady and Grizzly Bear
Posted by shredguitar in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsPhoto: Loccisano/GettyThe Allman Brothers leave the Beacon and schedule a summer trek with Widespread Panic, the Hold Steady map out five June dates after the release of their live CD/DVD A Positive Rage and Grizzly Bear celebrate the release of Veckatimest with a summer on the road. Full dates for all three tours, after the […]
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Semi Precious Weapons: On the Road and Out of Control at SXSW
Posted by shredguitar in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsWhen Rolling Stone hit Austin’s South By Southwest Music Festival a week ago, we handed Semi Precious Weapons‘ outrageous frontman Justin Tranter a Flipcam and a simple set of directions: film yourself doing what you do before, during and after gigs and hand over the footage. We wound up with two days’ worth of video […]
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The Breeders Meet the Roller Derby: Behind the Deals??Fate to Fatal? Video
Posted by shredguitar in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsThe Breeders‘ limited-edition EP Fate to Fatal comes out April 21st, and as Rock Daily reported in our preview, the Deal sisters shot the video for the title track at an usually athletic location: a St. Louis roller derby. Now we’re happy to bring you Skate to Fatal, the making-of video that takes you behind […]
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Rolling With The Dead: Legends Rock Three Back-to-Back Shows in New York
Posted by shredguitar in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsPhoto: Bedder/Getty“It’s just like playing a three-hour show,” said the Dead’s Bob Weir, backstage at New York’s Angel Orensanz theater, “but it’s broken up by cab rides.” Weir wasn’t joking. To unofficially kick off their spring reunion tour, the Dead had grand plans to play a free concert in a large outdoor venue in New […]
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Rihanna Cooperating With District Attorney in Chris Brown Case, Lawyer Says
Posted by shredguitar in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsPhoto: GettyDespite reports that Rihanna wasn’t helping the Los Angeles district attorneys prepare their case against Chris Brown, the “Umbrella” singer’s lawyer, Donald Etra, reiterated to Us yesterday, “She will do everything that the law requires her to do… nothing has changed.” A district attorney spokeswoman backed up Etra’s statement, saying, “We deal with her […]
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News Ticker: U2, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Rancid and Andre 3000
Posted by shredguitar in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsPhoto: WireImageU2 will set single-day concert attendance records in three cities with their 360° Tour. With 82,000 tickets at Jersey’s Giants Stadium, 72,000 for Boston’s Gillette Stadium and 65,000 for Chicago’s Soldier Field nearly instantaneously selling out yesterday, second shows were added to each market, Fox Business reports.Unearthed demos of Crosby, Stills & Nash’s greatest […]
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Overkill Taps Peter Tagtgren For New Album Mix
Posted by shredguitar in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsOverkill have tapped Pain/Hypocrisy mainman Peter Tagtgren to mix their new album in August.
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Bad Company Book Reunion Tour
Posted by shredguitar in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsAfter a successful one-night-only reunion concert last year, the members of ’70s supergroup Bad Company will once again come together, this time for a run of summer 2009 shows. According to a press release, the band’s founding members — singer Paul Rodgers, guitarist Mick Ralphs and drummer Simon Kirke — are all on board for […]
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Fricke?s Picks: Rare Moby Grape
Posted by shredguitar in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsThe 1967-68 outtakes on The Place and the Time (Sundazed) were firstreleased as bonus tracks on 2007 reissues of Moby Grape’s Columbia LPs,including withdrawn versions of 1967’s spectacular Moby Grape and ’68’s Wow. Here, on one CD, these rarities — among them rowdy audition tracks and Moby Grape outtakes — are a dynamic alternate portrait […]
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