Craig Kief Spring is only barely here - the past few days' weather notwithstanding - but the concert announcement machine is already making eyes at Autumn with the unveiling of a couple of pretty high profile tours coming through town when the leaves start to change and the days get shorter. Sam Beam, the walking epitome of bearded folk music, released Ghost On Ghost - his fifth album as Iron & Wine - last month, but until now only had Spring dates in the northeast and Europe confirmed [...]
Eternal Summers start off the show tonight at Union Transfer. The Virginia trio continues to tour in support of its 2012 LP Correct Behaviour, although a new album may be in the works judging by the fact that the shoegazey punk band played several unreleased songs last time they were in Philly. Despite their carefree name, ... Continue reading
Facebook Most bands of a certain vintage these days have at least one of a break-up, extended hiatus, reunion, core lineup turnover, artistic irrelevance, diminishing fanbase, or becoming a nostalgia act in their narrative. Depeche Mode , however, largely bucks that trend. At it - it being one of the most influential electronic/alternative bands going - for more than three decades now, their output may have slowed a bit following their opening pace of six albums in seven years, but since 19872s massive Songs Of Faith and Devotion , they've kept a remarkably steady cycle of [...]
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I'm not sure what he's under the influence of, but whatever it is, remind me never to try any of it. As I mentioned in yesterday's post , we were checking out Austin, Texas, last week, and what a great city it is. There's a claim I read somewhere that Austin has more live music on its weekday nights than most cities have on their weekends, and from what I can tell, that's pretty close to being true. I made a point of getting out to check some of it out [...]
The start of the seapony-tail? Hey, long time no blog! Sorry about the unplanned hiatus last week - well, that is to say, I was on vacation, in Austin, TX, and that wasn't unplanned. Just the lack of blogging. Turns out there was no time, what with the busy tourist schedule we were trying to accomplish. But let me just say that I highly recommend taking some time to visit Austin - it lives up to all that I'd heard about what a great city it is - musically, food-wise, [...]
Alejandro Escovedo & the Sensitive Boys Continental Club February 9, 2013 It always makes me a little nervous when an artist opens with a true favorite right out of the gate, something you were ... Continue reading "Saturday Night: Alejandro Escovedo at the Continental Club" >
Kansas City can get pretty lucky now and then. Case in point: as of now, Austin punk/tex-mex/roots/badass rock star Alejandro Escovedo only has one show lined up outside of the NYC area next year, and it's at Knuckleheads.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
Kansas City can get pretty lucky now and then. Case in point: As of now, Austin punk/Tex-Mex/roots/badass rock star Alejandro Escovedo only has one show lined up outside the NYC area next year, and it's at Knuckleheads.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
Rhett Miller at MHOW, October 2012 ( more by Dominick Mastrangelo ) Rhett Miller has only a sprinkle of dates scheduled from now until the early portion of 2013, but that does include a stop on January 9th, 2013 at City Winery . Tickets are on sale for the NYC show and for a December show at City Winery in Chicago . Rehtt Miller recently celebrated the 15th anniversary of Too Far to Care [...]
Experimental electronic duo Crystal Castles take over The Electric Factory tonight for a show with HEALTH. The Canadian producers, who have an affinity for glitchy horror movie sound effects and ravey bass lines, relocated to Warsaw, Poland to record their upcoming record Crystal Castles III due out November 8th. Tickets are $30 through Ticketmaster for ... Continue reading
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Your fun-filled Friday show picks: ► Some sonic explorers from the L.A. beat scene convene at the Echoplex, where a Friends of Friends showcase brings in Shlohmo (aka producer Henry Laufer) to head up a hometown show that features Salva , LOL Boys and Groundislava (new album "Feel Me" out next week). That's the video for the Shlohmo remix of LOL Boys' "Changes," above. ► And upstairs at the Echo, avant-garde composer Julia Holter , fresh off support gigs for Sigur Ros, xxxx [...]
ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO ( Doug Fir , 830 E Burnside) Whatever I'm doing at age 61—it'll be long after the final death throe of print media's ugly, protracted demise—I'm hoping I sound half as energized as Alejandro Escovedo does on his latest record, Big Station . (I'm also hoping for robots.) The Texas songwriter, who cheated death last decade by defeating hepatitis after having already written a lifetime's worth of great songs, keeps things simple on Big Station , opting for a blaring, big-party vibe on much of the record. The lovely, strumming "Bottom of [...]
Alejandro Escovedo at Clearwater 2009 ( more by Chris La Putt ) Alejandro Escovedo , who will be on NYC soon for a free show at Stuyvesant Town Hall on July 28 , will be heading out later this year on a tour supporting arena rockers Heart . That tour comes to the NYC area for shows at Beacon Theatre on October 3 and Long Island's Paramount on October 10 . [...]
Our Austin buddy Alejandro Escovedo has a new album out, Big Station , produced by Tony Visconti (David Bowie, T. Rex) and featuring the first single "Man Of The World." Here, he performs that song in the studios of WFUV in New York City. Alejandro Escovedo official website
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Every Sunday Daily Downloads shares 10 live shows that span a musical artist's career. Today's artist is Alejandro Escovedo , who released his latest album Big Station this week. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Alejandro Escovedo : 2011-01-27, Carrboro [mp3,ogg,flac] Alejandro Escovedo: "Down in the Bowery" [mp3] [...]
The latest release from one of Austin, Texas' favorite sons finds him furthering his partnership with Tony Visconti and Chuck Prophet and expanding upon his varying influences. Popular recognition has come later in life for Alejandro Escovedo. A true rock and roll veteran, Escovedo has built a long and steadily respected solo career that rose out of stints in '70's punk-rock outfit The Nuns and '80's roots revivalists True Believers. Drawing from his wealth of influences and experiences, he has released ten top-notch albums since 1992, each one showcasing varying musical arrangements and divergent stylistic tendencies that envelop the [...]
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