When you first encounter the UI for indie911 you might be struck by it’s similarity to MySpace. That perception is certainly not accidental. indie911 is building a social networking site that appeals to bands and fans who don’t want all the MySpace “noise” but do want to use familiar social networking tools to discover new […]

“the future of rock and roll” was the tagline for my college radio station. It’s also makes a nice strawman at which we can throw flaming balls of analysis in hopes of lighting something up. What am I talking about here? In the next few weeks I plan on reviewing the companies that are helping […]

From the Chicago Tribune
Only one hospital transport was required during Pitchfork, which featured relatively mellow tunes as well as mild temperatures. But medical needs can be quite different at festivals like the heavy metal-oriented Ozzfest, a one-day traveling concert that features bands such as Black Sabbath, Slipknot and Slayer.
Dr. Jeff Grange, professor of emergency medicine […]

Nicole Willis and MySpace.
Plus, Amy pre-Rehab

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Drag that mike around girlz.

I”m trying to parse the wonderfulness of this clip from the Antonioni movie “Blow Up” featuring the Yardbirds but I just don’t have it yet. Jimmy Page plays on while Jeff Beck destroys his guitar. The mods are zoned out on something(!?!) until the guitar hits the fans and then - HAVOC!
WTF? I can’t recall […]

From Harp Magazine.

Raising Sand is the title of the forthcoming album from one of the more unlikely partnerships since Eminem and Elton John: erstwhile Led Zep lemon squeezer Robert Plant and Union Station fiddler/songbird Alison Krauss. Produced by T Bone Burnett—no stranger to genre mash-ups and inspired forays into left-of-center musical investigations— and recorded in […]

Ah, Mary (Acoustic)

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Burlington Free Press Article
It’s not hard to imagine the feelings a young band might have in the days leading to the release of its first major-label album: nervousness, anxiety, maybe something close to panic.
None of those feelings apply to Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. Potter’s confident approach to Tuesday’s debut […]

Both on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno this evening!
Grace and the band recorded new theme music for the Vermont Public Radio show “Vermont Edition“.
Grace Potter, Joe Satriani, Steve Kimock, Reed Mathis, Willy Waldman and Stephen Perkins cover Cortez the Killer at the Jammy’s.

Rock Band

Angela Chase