If you’ve been waiting for a crisp recording of the Black Crowes recent One Night Only tour to surface today is your lucky day. The Crowes have teamed up with the Nugs.net guys to start a download portal cleverly titled LiveBlackCrowes.com.
To celebrate the launch of the site the Crowes are giving away 10,000 free downloads of a collection of songs from their recent tour that will eventually be released as a two disc EP. Simply sign up for LiveBlackCrowes.com and add the collection to your shopping cart. But be sure to act quickly, because once the giveaway reaches the 10,000 mark you’ll be shit out of luck.
Radiohead played a free concert in London on Tuesday for 312 lucky fans that was broadcast on BBC. Talkin’ About My Revolutions already found a recording.
One of the few disappointments during my trip to Langerado was that I didn’t run into Mike Greenhaus and Benjy Eisen. It turns out were busy recording the latest batch of Cold Turkey podcasts for Relix. So far they’ve released five episodes featuring Dr. Dog, New Mastersounds, Matt Pond PA, Matisyahu/311, and Bassnectar. And that’s just the first round! No wonder I didn’t see them.
We’re gonna change up the format a bit this week:
Finally, I’m on the lookout for MP3s of the matrix mix from Wilco’s 02/16/08 gig from their residency in Chicago. Someone sent me a link a week ago, and I can’t find it anywhere. Can somebody hook a brutha up?
After a major music festival hits you can always count on Largehearted Boy to compile all of the available downloads from said festie. Just check out their comprehensive 2008 SXSW Live Music Downloads and Streams page for music from A.A. Bondy to Yo La Tengo and all points in between. I can’t stop listening to the R.E.M. and My Morning Jacket sets myself.
Finally, we wanted to give a plug to NYCTaper who will be celebrating their first anniversary with a party at Piano’s on May 11. We’ll let you know as soon as we’ve got an official artist announcement.
The Butter Room is a new website that provides a “Virginian view” on music, technology, the arts, sports, and much more. The site features a regular segment every Saturday night at 11pm, called Baked Virginia Jams, that offers mp3s from a classic Virginia or D.C. show.
The segment was started to highlight the many legendary performances from classic venues, such as Hampton Coliseum, Trax, and the 9:30 Club. You can subscribe to the segment by following The Butter Room on Twitter or subscribing to their RSS feed.
Finally, NYCTaper opened up his archive to share a classic moe. show from 1997. I’ve been really enjoying the jammed out second set.
HT Reader and DJ Sister Silvie recently interviewed Chuck Garvey of moe. for his Homegrown Music Show on Penn State’s radio station. SS talks to Chuck about the making of Sticks and Stones, as well as Garvey’s feelings on playing festivals all the time. You can check out an mp3 of this interview at TheLion.FM.
Finally, IckMusic puts together a sampler of tunes that Bruce Springsteen has busted out on the most recent leg of his Magic Tour. We particularly dig the Born In The U.S.A. outtake Janey, Don’t You Lose Heart.
The internets were abuzz this week with news of a “new” Velvet Underground song. The guys at Dead Flowers unearthed a live VU recording from 1967, which features the previously unheard track I’m Not A Young Man Anymore. The other gem on this bootleg is the first known performance of Sister Ray.
Finally, we’ve got a couple of jamband podcasts to help us close out the column. Umphrey’s McGee just put out their 59th podcast, while Everyday Companion released their 61st PanicCast. Havin’ a good time, indeed.
Besides writing some of the best original music of the past thirty years, U2 also knows how to kick down a terrific cover during their sets. If you’re unfamiliar with U2’s varied roster of covers check out this 45 track compilation, featuring kickass versions of I Shall Be Released, Help, Whiskey in a Jar, and a shit-ton of others.
Another band that often drops tasty covers is Colorado’s Yonder Mountain String Band. The aptly named Yondermeister combed through the Live Music Archive to put together a compilation of Yonder’s best covers. You can download the FLACs at bt.etree, while Bands That Jam shares the mp3 version.
Back in the late ’70s a new style of music called 2 Tone originated in England. 2 Tone music combines groovy reggae beats and catchy pop melodies with a whopping dose of punk snarl. No one played 2 Tone quite like The Specials. The Specials took what some of their contemporaries were doing to the next level. Nargo’s Deviant Subculture unearthed a classic Specials gig from NYC on New Year’s Day 1980. These guys made great records, but they also put on terrific live performances that bubbled over with energy.
Finally, A Deeper Shade of Soul always kicks down a tremendous recording on Friday afternoons. This week’s Bootleg Friday post contains an intense Lou Reed show from 1978.
Everyone who attended Marco Benevento’s January residency at Sullivan Hall came back raving about most of the five shows he played. And according to Neddy last Thursday’s closing gig was the best of the bunch. You can judge for yourself by checking out NYCTaper’s recording of that show. Please keep on spoiling us, NYCTaper — we appreciate it more than you know.
We couldn’t end the column before noting how excited we are that our friend Ted Rockwell has brought back the Everyday Companion podcast series. You can always count on Ted to deliver the best Widespread Panic cuts out there.
If there was one band we could resurrect from the jamband and rock graveyards, the proprietors of this here blog would choose God Street Wine. But RANA would be a close second. If you’re unfamiliar with the obnoxiously awesome stylings of RANA, Uncle Neddy shares a number of legendary shows as the “of the week Download of the Week” (say that ten times fast!). Neddy also casts his vote in the Best Weekapaug Ever discussion that Rupert and Stan started last week.
Here’s a veritable bonanza of aural treats from a variety of singers and slingers:
Usually when artists play exploratory versions of Dylan tunes, Bob isn’t actually there to help them. That’s what makes the Wynton Marsalis Quartet’s takes on two Dylan classics incredibly cool: Bobby D himself adds the warbled lyrics and fractured harmonica playing we’ve come to know and love. Check it out.
