Bob Dylan to perform at Mountain Park and Mohegan Sun
And the “Never Ending Tour” just keeps rolling as rock ‘n’ roll icon Bob Dylan comes Sept. 7 to Mountain Park in Holyoke and Sept. 8 to Mohegan Sun. Tickets for both shows go on sale July 13 at 10…
Ex-Booze guitarist Randy Michael debuts new band with trashy single, video
After digging the hell out of a pair of songs last year from Atlanta band the Booze, we were crestfallen to learn the group is no more: apparently singer Chaz Tolliver dropped out of sight last fall, and nobody in…
Western Massachusetts music collective seeks local bands for compilation album
The Collective Music Group of western Massachusetts has announced the second incarnation of its “Valley Rising” compilation CD featuring local bands. The collective says it will select more than 10 artists (how many more? Who knows?) for “Valley Rising II,”…
New band Denver, featuring members of Blitzen Trapper, gives away song from debut
Sometimes a song brings you up short on the very first note, which is exactly what just happened with “The Way It Is” by Denver, a group featuring members of Blitzen Trapper and Alela Diane’s Wild Divine. Biographical information is…
Album review: The Flaming Lips’ ‘The Flaming Lips & Heady Fwends’
Anyone who’s ever seen the Flaming Lips in concert knows the band has never lacked for ambition: their performance Dec. 31, 2004, at Madison Square Garden, for example, was a full-on spectacle marked by confetti, furry dancers, acid-soaked video and…
Lavender Diamond debuts new song from sophomore album, ‘Incorruptible Heart’
After a stint recording and touring with the Decemberists on “The Hazards of Love,” Becky Stark returned to the studio with Lavender Diamond to record “Incorruptible Heart,” the follow-up to Lavender Diamond’s 2007 debut “Imagine Our Love.” The group worked…
Mumford & Sons announce U.S. tour with handful of northeast dates
Connecticut and western Massachusetts music fans have plenty of chances to see Mumford & Sons in concert this summer, but all of them will mean road trips. The British folk-rockers announced an itinerary this morning that includes shows in Providence;…
Spoon’s Britt Daniel teams with Wolf Parade’s Dan Boeckner in new Divine Fits
Lest Dan Boeckner have nothing to do while Wolf Parade is on hiatus, the former Atlas Strategic and Handsome Furs member has joined with Spoon’s Britt Daniel and New Bomb Turks drummer Sam Brown in a new band, Divine Fits….
Video: Birds & Batteries’ ‘Let the Door Swing’
A couple weeks ago we talked up the song “Let the Door Swing” by San Francisco electro-pop trio Birds & Batteries. Now the group has released a trippy video, featuring two young women applying makeup, levitating an astral dude who…
Album Review: A Place to Bury Strangers’ ‘Worship’
Building music around noise is like playing with fire: you’re in control of it until you aren’t. A Place to Bury Strangers pushes right up against that line on its new album, “Worship” (Dead Oceans). The New York band’s third…
