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Colin Meloy Sings Live!

By Rachael Maddux on 5:13 PM on April 15, 2008

“Tonight I’m gonna play you the worst song I ever wrote,” Colin Meloy announces before launching into... read more

Counting Crows: Saturday Nights, Sunday Mornings

By Kate Kiefer on 4:57 PM on April 15, 2008

I should’ve seen it coming when the Counting Crows went... read more

Catching Up With... John Hiatt

By Josh Jackson on 4:16 PM on April 15, 2008

There are a lot of things I’ve never done in life, but interviewing John Hiatt while wearing swim trunks is no longer on that list. Lying on the lido deck—yes, the lido deck—and sipping on some fruitilicious alcoholic concoction while our ship sailed back from Jamaica... read more

Squeezebox Redux

By Katy Henriksen on 4:00 PM on April 15, 2008

The accordion does not have history on its side. The instrument has been widely jeered for its enduring role in polka bands and klezmer-fueled bar mitzvahs—indeed, DeVotchKa’s Tom Hagerman says the accordion was “practically a license for pummeling back in the day...” read more

Bill Cosby's hip-hop Emergency to hit stores soon

By Liz Lawson on 3:35 PM on April 15, 2008

Despite reports back in January that America's favorite TV dad Bill Cosby would be joining the ranks of Tupac, Biggie, Jay-Z and Rakim as the newest (and perhaps strangest) MC to take the mic, it appears that newsies may have jumped the gun with their reports. Today, it's been reported that, while the album does in fact exist, Cosby himself will not rap on it (news that likely disappointed music bloggers nationwide). The album, entitled Cosby Narratives Vol. 1: State of Emergency, has Cosby taking the reins as executive producer and co-writer, and is described as an "unflinching look at... read more

Liam Finn announces May tour dates with Laura Veirs

By Meghan Jones on 11:53 AM on April 15, 2008

We've already called Liam Finn insane and most unexpectedly awesome because of the remarkable energy he displays in his mostly one-man, multi-instrument live shows. But perhaps now we'll need to add "tireless" to the list of adjectives, because as much as we enjoy his live show, it seems he's not growing bored with it either. After finishing up his tour with Eddie Vedder and heading to Europer for a couple weeks, Finn will bring his “I’ll Be Touring” (look, he's witty to boot!) tour back to the U.S. with dates through May. All of the shows will be with another... read more

Foo Fighters, Plant & Krauss, Beck head 2008 ACL line-up

By Julia Reidy on 11:49 AM on April 15, 2008

It was cool when the Austin City Limits Music Festival leaked a line-up teaser last week in the form of a musical mash-up featuring 29 of the artists playing the 2008 festival. We had fun guessing. Thankfully though, the festival organizers have now put us out of our misery and simply told us who's playing. All the obsessive speculation can quit, because here the lucky bands be. The top half (and therefore ostensibly the more important half?) of the poster reads as follows: Foo Fighters, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Beck (long live the '90s!), Manu Chao, John Fogerty, David... read more

U2 to re-master and release Boy, October, War

By Christina Hansen on 11:10 AM on April 15, 2008

U2 guitarist The Edge is overseeing the re-master and release of the band’s first three albums by Universal Records. The reissues are scheduled to hit stores July 22. U2’s first three albums (Boy (1980), October (1981), War (1983)) have all been restored from the original audio tapes, and expanded with new liner notes, previously unseen photos and full lyrics. Each title will be released as a standard single disc, a deluxe double version including a disc of B-sides, live tracks and rarities, and as an LP pressed on 180 gm virgin vinyl. The Dublin rockers began reissuing their early albums... read more

Hilary McRae: Through These Walls

By Jon Young on 11:09 AM on April 15, 2008

The debut of Florida native Hilary McRae showcases... read more

The Kooks: Konk

By Matt Fink on 11:05 AM on April 15, 2008

Though we tend to agree with our cousins across the pond... read more

James McMurtry: Just Us Kids

By Lynne Margolis on 10:59 AM on April 15, 2008

If we ever appoint a sarcasm-slinging cynic laureate... read more

M83: Saturdays=Youth

By Jeff Leven on 10:52 AM on April 15, 2008

Frequently making music to test your speakers with... read more

Rakim, De la Soul, Blackalicious headline Paid Dues fest

By Alexander Brown on 10:51 AM on April 15, 2008

Radio doesn’t play their music. Cable won’t show their videos. Chain stores don’t push their albums. It’s a hard life for alternative hip-hop acts; that is, until summer festival time hits, and then they are in high demand. To exemplify the fact is the third annual Paid Dues Festival Series, which expands to several cities across the U.S. this summer. This year the festival brings along legends such as Rakim and De la Soul for select dates along with other luminaries such as Sage Francis, Blackalicious and the Hieroglyphics. The festival aims to publicize hip-hop artists normally ignored by the... read more