
When it came about that Dave Grohl was working on a sitcom for FX , we asked if there was anything he can't do. As if winning five Grammys didn't prove there in fact isn't, the recent trailer for his upcoming Sound City documentary seals it. The fact that the Foo Fighters frontman filmed a doc about the famed and now defunct eponymous L.A. recording studio of the title is intriguing, but the list of names contributing to the project is the real kicker. According the the recently revealed [...]

Dave Grohl has got some of the coolest friends in the world. How do I know? Because they're all in his new documentary. Down below is the trailer for a doc called Sound City which was directed by the Foo Fighters frontman and focuses on Sound City Studios in Los Angeles, CA. The studio was shut down in 2011 but not before some of the biggest names in rock recorded some legendary albums including Nirvana's Nevermind . Grohl said of the studio, "That place was like a church. [...]

For a decade plus following college, I participated in an extended childhood, existing on the periphery of the music industry, close enough to see behind the curtain, yet not so involved to reap financial rewards that would have sullied the experience. The time afforded me opportunities to do things and meet people that I would have thought unthinkable as a kid growing up in Sticksville, listening to music and devouring liner notes. Sometimes I will escape the office and the mind-numbing engagement in capitalistic endeavors to enjoy tobacco. I'll set the iPod [...]

Mike's Top 10 Concert Photos from 2011 Mike's Top 10 Photos from 2011 Twenty-eleven was an amazing year for me with YouTellConcerts.com. I went to (and shot) more shows than I could have possibly imagined in one year. I'm a music junkie all the way, but to be a photographer up front in the photo pit armed with my camera and favorite lens...well nothing compares. It was very tough to pick my favorite ten photos out of all the thousands I took during [...]

photos by Greg Cristman Cheap Trick was amazing... the band barely let up; if there was a second or a pause they ripped into another song, played The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour as if they owned it. "She's Tight" which brought back images of the video from thirty years ago. "The Dream Police" which I would say is my favorite, and "I Want You to Want Me". Rickie Nilsson kept flipping guitar picks out into the audience and like a kid I wanted to get one. [...]
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DUMP playing Hot Tub @ Littlefield this past Monday ( by DoneWaiting ) Tickets go on sale at noon for the eight Yo La Tengo Hanukkah shows : *12/20 Night One Buy Tickets Here! *12/21 Night Two Buy Tickets Here! *12/22 Night Three Buy Tickets Here! *12/23 Night Four Buy Tickets Here! *12/24 Night Five Buy Tickets Here! [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News P Photos | AP Images Cheap Trick 's stage collapsing disaster may have happened in Canada but the rockers are hoping the U.S. Congress will take action on the matter. According to the Chicago Tribune , guitarist Rick Nielsen and the band's manager Dave Frey appeared in Washington, D.C., Oct. 3 to urge Congress to seek legislation regarding temporary stages. "We want to make [...]

Review - Cheap Trick @ The Greek Theatre - Los Angeles, CA - 09/23/11 This concert review of Cheap Trick at the Greek Theatre comes from G.J. Nagy. I don't know much about G.J Nagy, except he knows a lot about Cheap Trick . As you can easily tell after reading his review Mr. Nagy didn't have all that good of a time at the show. So if you were at this show or have ever seen Cheap Trick make sure to comment on this post and let us know what [...]
Monday Afternoon Quick Fix runs every Monday afternoon to showcase the best of Chicago music news, views and stories from around the interwebs and blogosphere that we might have missed. • Jim DeRogatis examines if a ramped-up amusement tax could kill Chicago music . • WindyCityRock reviews last week's Atari Teenage Riot show at Reggie's . • Missed White Mystery at the Hideout Block Party? Gonzo Chicago has you covered . • Chicago Journal has the news that Cheap Trick plan on building a [...]
Gary Jules covers Cheap Trick's 'I Want You to Want Me.'

The series now hits 1980, which was a pretty good year for pop music. Good enough to warrant four instalments, I think. It was the year in which I turned 14. * * * Cheap Trick - Dream Police.mp3 This was the first record I bought in 1980. Cheap Trick probably were the first hair metal band. I didn't really dig them very much, but I did like Dream Police, even if I had no idea what [...]

Tunes - Cheap Trick - "I Want You To Want Me" (Live @ The Grove of Anaheim) Cheap Trick is at the Greek tonight, tix are still available and this should be a really fun show. I have seen Cheap Trick a few times and they def still know how to rock it! Cheap Trick - "I Want You To Want Me" (Live @ The Grove of Anaheim) Event [...]

SINGLE REVIEWS: Consider this month's FIVE Crop O' Singles your spin through a 452 bin at a record shop except here we give you the goods in the form of mp32s. Cool right? We strongly recommend that you actually go and purchase or investigate all of these bands and better yet go out of your to see them live. Ultimately we leave it up to you and your own devices how you go about consuming music so here's this month's curated selects you bastards. [...]
New Orlean's annual Voodoo Experience returns to City Park from October 28-30. Along with a reunited Soundgarden, this year's bill is topped by Blink-182, The Raconteurs, Fatboy Slim, Snoop Dogg, My Chemical Romance, and Girl Talk. Other notables acts include TV on the Radio, Social Distortion, Mastodon, Band of Horses, Ray Davies, The Original Meters, Dr. John and the Lower 911, OFWGKTA, Major Lazer, X, The Bloody Beetroots, A-Trak, Boots Electric, Cheap Trick, Violent Femmes' Gordon Gano, and Kreayshawn. Rounding out the bill are Ani DiFranco with Ivan Neville and Herlin Riley, Portugal. the Man, [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Holy Hell Andy Lyons, Getty Images Cheap Trick wants you to want them -- but not if it means they have to perform on the same stage as their disastrous July 17 Ottawa Bluesfest show , a gig that saw the stage collapse around them mid-set. Earlier this morning (Aug. 1) on their website , Cheap Trick announced they're cancelling their Sept. [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Holy Hell CP Photos | AP Images Aside from a spill their truck driver took (which required a trip to the hospital), Cheap Trick survived the terrifying stage collapse following strong winds July 17 at the Ottawa Bluesfest with everything in tact. Understandably, though, the band are demanding answers as to how the incident where they "narrowly averted death" happened. According to [...]
The lineup for this year's Voodoo Experience music festival in New Orleans has been something we're covering a bit better over at our sister site , LMB NOLA , but if you've been paying attention you know that it's a blast from the past, 19902s style. Headlining this year's festival will be Soundgarden , who've returned to the stage with a reunion this year and nailing the nostalgia thing big-time for our friends over at Coventry Music . Along with that major reunion, this year's festival will welcome Snoop [...]
Mason Lankford said, "There will come a day when we forget the Rapture ever even happened," but Rocks Off is keeping an eye out for signs of our impending Armageddon. We were wrong last time, but ... Continue reading "Cheap Trick Escape Collapsing Stage, But Not Armageddon" >
Wow! You might say Cheap Trick brought the house down on Sunday night at Toronto's Ottawa Bluesfest . Here they are playing "I Want You To Want Me" at the Ottawa Bluesfest last night: and the next thing you know, the 90-mph winds are bringing the stage down . The AP wrote : "Cheap Trick had been playing for about 20 minutes when howling winds and storm suddenly clouds blew in. The band quickly left as the stage began to collapse, sending about 10,000 fans [...]