Hump Day Happenings

I am currently sitting in my hotel room in Rochester, NY just about to hit the road for Raleigh, NC. Both of the Phish shows I have seen so far have been very very good, but MPP night two, set two has been the best set so far. I am really pumped for the final four shows of the tour. Here is some news and a video of Phish covering Neutral Milk Hotel's "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea"

• The folks at Pitchfork are prepping new music site dubbed Altered Zones
• Guided By Voices will reunite for Matador Records' 21 birthday bash
  
• T in the Park Festival bans those damn Vuvuzelas
• Led Zeppelin is being sued by English folk singer over Dazed and Confused"
• Nationwide Gulf Coast benefit shows set for July 1
• Check out Greg Kot's piece on Lollapalooza's exclusivity clause

Phish - In the Aeorplane Over the Sea

Led Zeppelin to Replace U2 at Glastonbury?

Just hours after U2 canceled their appearance at Glastonbury, Michael Eavis might and I stress might have a really big replacement. Jimmy Page has stirred the pot by saying that he wouldn't rule out Led Zeppelin replacing U2 at next months festival. Stay tuned for more on this. I would say this is highly unlikely, but you never know.

[via Gigwise]

Hump Day Happenings

It's been one hell of a week so far, but the weekend is near! Don't forget that Wilco will offer a live webcast of their show tonight at the Capitol Center in Concord, NH. Show time is around 8 p.m. ET. You can listen to the webcast here. Here is some news and a video to get your over the Wednesday hump.

• Exploding potholes welcome Atoms of Peace to NYC
• Menomena announce new album
• Found: Earliest known Led Zeppelin recording
• Dr. Dre & Jay-Z to release new track "Under Pressure"
• Live Music Blog reviews a recent Wilco show
• Mr Miner's four Phish 3.0 songs that have fizzled a bit

Dr. Dog - Stranger

Hump Day Happenings

After putting in my request for Phish summer tour tickets last night, I headed out to Piece where I enjoyed a Dark-n-Curvy Dunkelweizen and some pizza. I am really excited for the Experience Hendrix show tomorrow night at the Chicago Theatre. Here is some news and a video to help you get over the hump day known as Wednesday.

• Mumford & Sons will play Glastonbury this year
• A 1971 Led Zeppelin bootleg turned up in an unusual place
• David Byrne + St. Vincent + brass ensemble = awesome!
• Jack White & Jay-Z have recorded a song together
• Jimmy Fallon will salute Exile on Main Street on his show
• Michael Jackson's estate signs $250 million record contract

Rolling Stones - Honky Talk Woman(Live)

Monday Morning Coffee Break

The Bad Plus show on Friday night was sick! It had been awhile since I had seen them, but they put on a clinic. On Sunday, I watched Didier Drogba beat Arsenal himself. After that I was up in Evanston to see Northwestern take care of Indiana. I enjoyed the Super Bowl, but thought the commercials were pretty lame for the most part. The worst being the Doritos commercial with the guy in the coffin that falls out. Dumb. Paste runs down ten great Pepsi ads from past Super Bowls. Here is some news to help kick start your Monday.

• Leonard Cohen postpones European tour six months
• Jambands.com interviews The Avett Brothers
• Trey Anastasio begins tour tonight. Do you have your tickets?
• Hangout at the beach with The Black Crowes and many more
• Them Crooked Vultures rocked Saturday Night Live
• Gogol Bordello announce album & spring tour

I remember when I listened to "I Can't Quit You Baby" from Led Zeppelin's Coda for the first time and was blown away by Jimmy Page's guitar solo. Check out this great video of the song.

Led Zeppelin - I Can't Quit You Baby

Them Crooked Vultures: "New Fang"

The anticipation is building for the November 17 release of Them Crooked Vultures self-titled debut album. After several short studio clips and some live YouTube videos, the band has finally released a full studio track called "New Fang".

Click below to hear the track:

Them Crooked Vultures Announce Tour

The supergroup featuring Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters), John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) and Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age) have announced a US fall tour with a UK tour to follow in December. The band also posted a video of the song "Elephants" in the studio. They just posted a new music video of "Scumbag Blues", which is also below.

I missed out on getting tickets to their first ever live show at Metro a few weeks back, but next time they are in town I will definitely be there!






Them Crooked Vultures Tour Dates
10/01/09 Thu Stubb's BBQ Austin, TX
10/02/09 Fri Zilker Park Austin, TX (Austin City Limits Festival)
10/05/09 Mon War Memorial Auditorium Nashville, TN
10/06/09 Tue Lifestyle Communities Pavilion Columbus, OH
10/08/09 Thu The Fillmore Detroit (State Theatre) Detroit, MI
10/09/09 Fri The Sound Academy Toronto, ON
10/11/09 Sun House of Blues Boston, MA
10/12/09 Mon Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA
10/14/09 Wed 9:30 Club Washington, DC
12/10/09 Thu Plymouth Pavilion Plymouth, GB
12/11/09 Fri Portsmouth Guildhall Portsmouth, GB
12/13/09 Sun Empress Ballroom Blackpool, GB
12/14/09 Mon Birmingham Academy Birmingham, GB
12/15/09 Tue Edinburgh Academy Edinburgh, GB
12/17/09 Thu Hammersmith Apollo London, GB

http://themcrookedvultures.com