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By: David SchultzThe Eighties proved to be an awkward era. Not only did it give us the Safety dance, purple rain, luftballons, the moonwalk, Wang Chung and Terence Trent D’Arby, it’s the decade that gave us the phrase “Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto.” In addition to cringeworthy fashion statements ...
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Genesis
Grateful Dead
Eric Clapton
ZZ Top
Aerosmith
David Bowie
By: David SchultzGiven the bad blood that runs through the veins of the surviving members of the Velvet Underground when it comes to playing together, the December 8 gathering of Lou Reed, Doug Yule and Maureen Tucker at the New York Public Library will likely be the closest we ever get to a VU ...
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The Underground
Lou Reed
U-Melt Signs With Harmonized RecordsNew Album Perfect World To Be Released Nationally on February 23, 2010Brilliantly capturing U-Melt’s amazing ability to shatter musical boundaries and transcend genre classification, Perfect World, U-Melt’s eagerly anticipated third studio album will soon be ...
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Phish
By: David SchultzUsually it takes a couple decades before a band ends up in some version of someone's "Where Are They Now" column. Nowadays, when an act can be hyped up and inspire a backlash within a six month cycle, it's a less a "Where Are They Now?" and more of a "What Are They Up To?" Just ...
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By: David SchultzSince making an appearance at Super Bowl XXXVIII, much has been said, written and debated about Janet Jackson's right breast. In the five years since Jackson flashed America, fines have been levied, speech and expression censored and decisions rendered by all sorts of judicial ...
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The Who
Wilco
The Super Bowl
By: David SchultzRather than read my words this fine Friday, I'm going to suggest you go over to Hidden Track where Ryan Dembinsky has a great interview with Jason Gallagher of Leroy Justice. So put on The Loho Sessions, check out Ryan's interview and enjoy the weekend.This will also start an ...
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By: David SchultzA Segovia with the wit of Phil Ochs, Wisconsin singer-songwriter and guitarist nonpareil Willy Porter can do things with an acoustic guitar that seem impossible until you see him play. When he gets going, his dexterity defies physics. Like Tom Morello and Vernon Reid, the guitar ...
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By: David SchultzIf the photo to the left didn't make it clear, My Morning Jacket will appear on FOX's American Dad, Seth MacFarlane's unfunny version of Family Guy. This has the potential to supplant the Goth kids channelling Ian McKellen's defiance of the Balrog to the strains of Joy ...
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Aerosmith
My Morning Jacket
Sesame Street
American Dad!
By: David SchultzLicorice's Dave Lott and Rebecca Hart's Rebecca Hart, two of Earvolution's favorites will be playing a combined acoustic set this Thursday night at New York City's Ace of Clubs on 9 Great Jones Street. Playing as The Tiny Ambivalents, the set, which starts at 7:30 p.m., should ...
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Rebecca Gayheart
By: David SchultzTell me if this sounds familiar. A young East Coast singer-songwriter releases a splendid debut album that draws a fair modicum of attention. Backed by a stellar band, he draws raves for his live performances and has critics salivating over his brilliance. They herald our hero ...
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Bruce Springsteen
Holly Madison
By: David SchultzWith Phish covering Exile On Main Street in Indio and Gov’t Mule and Jackie Greene touching on all sorts of Jagger/Richards goodness in Philadelphia, The Rolling Stones were clearly the Seventies go-to group this past Halloween. Going in a different direction, Leroy Justice ...
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By: David SchultzLast week, Zac Lasher, Rob Salzer and Adam Bendy - 3/4 of U-Melt - offered a quiet little early evening acoustic set at New York City's Rockwood Music Hall, which long time readers will recall as the locale of Earvolution's first New York City showcase. I'd love to offer a ...
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Bruce Springsteen
By: David SchultzOn the night before Halloween, Metallica, Aretha Franklin, Jeff Beck and U2 held court at Madison Square Garden as part of the second night of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s 25th Anniversary celebration. Only a few blocks south, Living Colour, one of the truly great rock bands ...
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By: David SchultzA visit to any Hall of Fame is usually akin to visiting a museum. The inductees enshrined, if they are still alive, are far past their prime and watching them practice their craft in the present day would be depressing. We like Old Timers’ Day because we can cheer our favorites ...
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Bruce Springsteen
Paul Simon
Stevie Wonder
Tom Morello
By: David SchultzTwenty years ago, an uninspired and jaded Generation X pondered their future while staring at a bleak job market, the trickle down economics of Reagan era failing to bring about feelings of prosperity or any sense of hope in America’s youth. At the same time, a disenfranchised ...
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Lenny Kravitz
The Rolling Stones
Phish
By: David SchultzStarting tomorrow night, Sirius XM's Jam On channel will bring Phish's Festival 8 live into your living rooms (or wherever else you listen to your satellite radio). Phish's eighth destination fest, hence the name, will take place in Indio, California and feature the resurrection ...
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Phish
Howard Stern
By: David SchultzA dramatized history of Chess Records, Cadillac Records turns out to be a threadbare and homogenized account of the rise of the label’s most well-known stable of stars: Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Howlin’ Wolf, Little Walter and Etta James. The movie peaks early with its opening ...
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Cadillac Records
By: David SchultzIn 1994, Phish played The White Album in its entirety as part of its Halloween show at the Glens Falls Civic Center and began a tradition of donning a musical costume for the holiday’s that has grown beyond the crunchy Vermont foursome. When Phish takes the stage on October 31, ...
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Phish
By: David SchultzIn 2008, Leonard Cohen became one the more unlikely inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. For all the praise that can be lauded upon the vaunted Canadian singer-songwriter for his evocative lyrics, inimitable style and singularly identifiable voice, Cohen really doesn’t ...
