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CD Review: Tea Leaf Green - Coffee Bean Brown Comes Alive

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:10:35 UTC

San Francisco rock band, Tea Leaf Green is known for their incendiary, psychedelic rock shows and skillfully crafted songs. Over the years, they have developed an alter ego band with the namesake, Coffee Bean Brown. Coffee Bean Brown is known for playing impromptu shows that display their acoustic side while focusing more on singer/songwriter Trevor Garrod’s timeless songwriting skills. These shows are special for the few Tea Leaf Green fans who attend and now they are offering one of their most intimate shows available with clear, crispy quality.

Strangers Almanac: Volume 27: Regina Spektor

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:52:35 UTC

At first listen, Regina Spektor’s music sounds fantastical, with her buoyant voice, backed by piano runs, escaping far, far away from reality. However, the listening experience is a lot like opening a little girl’s music box. The spinning, red-haired ballerina at center stage pirouettes in time with the twinkling melody, and at first the dance feels inviting and at last, eerily affecting. The music box’s whimsy masks its ability to actually influence an audience, but then its power takes hold. It’s not just fun anymore…it’s something more.

Sights & Sounds: The Dirty Projectors - "Live in Philly - "Remade Horizon" and "Stillness is the Move"

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:39:03 UTC

Time Out, Take Five: Branford Marsalis, Sonny Rollins, Ravi Coltrane, Steve Bernstein, Bill Evans

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:36:32 UTC

Five more shotgun jazz CD reviews by Glide contributor Doug Collette - this month he visits: Branford Marsalis, Sonny Rollins, Ravi Coltrane, Steve Bernstein, Bill Evans.

CD Review: Andy Shauf - Darker Days

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:27:32 UTC

Sometimes all it takes is a pure voice, a few instruments, and a scattering of bells and whistles for a talent to stand out in a crowd. Canada’s Andy Shauf has all of those things, and he delivers them on Darker Days, his solo debut. The songs are brief, the songwriting seems personal and mature, and the melodies have staying power that suggest Shauf, 21, is a lot older than he really is.

Feature: Track By Track: An Inside Look at Mark Karan�s Walk Through The Fire

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:09:45 UTC

A new Hidden Track column called 'Track By Track,' in which an artist shares a story or factoid about each track on their latest album.

Gallery: Nine Inch Nails - Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden NJ 6.5.09

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:02:17 UTC

Nine Inch Nails performing in Camden, NJ on June 5th, 2009. All photos by Kenny Pusey

CD Review: The Mars Volta - Octohedron

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:27:10 UTC

Straightforward. Subdued. Accessible. If Octohedron had been recorded by just about any other band, those words would never cross anyone's mind. However, the Mars Volta has pushed the boundaries of their music and their mania time and again, leaving the expectation that each album will be a further exploration of psychedelic insanity. This album explores to be sure, but in a different way than they have previously

CD Review: Akron/Family - Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:23:16 UTC

It is great to literally hear the walls of genre coffining labels collapse when Akron/Family starts a’rolling. Their newest release Set’Em Wild, Set’Em Free isn’t as experimentally weird as past efforts, but still brings enough freak with their Nuevo-hippy folk to keep listeners on edge.

Sights & Sounds: Booker T. Jones & Drive By Truckers - "Green Onions"

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:11:51 UTC

Giveaway: Albert King/Stevie Ray Vaughan CD/Stax Records T-Shirt

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:48:46 UTC

Glide Magazine is proud to giveaway to three (3) different winners a CD copy of Albert King and Steve Ray Vaughan's In Session and a Stax T-Shirt.

CD Review: Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:29:47 UTC

With half undecipherable melodies, half indie pop, Dirty Projectors mash up a style that reflects the work of Deerhoof, capturing a disjointed knack of melody that is otherwise fascinating and pretentiously artsy. At first listen, you’ll probably want to run to the more “welcoming” sounds of Wilco..

Sights & Sounds: Michael Jackson - "Human Nature" (Bad Tour 1987 - Live)

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:31:58 UTC

Sights & Sounds: Wilco - "You Never Know" (Conan 6/24)

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:29:48 UTC

CD Review: Dinosaur Jr. - Farm

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:23:32 UTC

Few bands have successfully produced two decades of quality music and lived to liven listener's senses for a third. Even fewer bands staking that claim hail from that musical-bridge between the late 80’s and early 90s. Yet that is exactly what Dinosaur Jr. has re-affirmed with their newest release: Farm.