Last year, San Fran's inaugural Outside Lands festival featured Radiohead, but also power outage issues. This year: No Radiohead, but abundant electricity. Trade-offs! While Thom was twisting words at the Reading and Leeds fests in the motherland, Golden Gate park... CONTINUE READING OUTSIDE LANDS 2009 IN PHOTOS»
Posted on September 1, 2009 in , , (0 comments)
Tags: Alison Mosshart | Atmosphere | Band Of Horses | Bettye LaVette | Black Eyed Peas | Built To Spill | Calexico | Dave Matthews Band | Fergie | Heartless Bastards | Jack Black | Jack White | John Vanderslice | M.I.A. | Maserati | Mastodon | Matt And Kim | Os Mutantes | Outside Lands | Pearl Jam | Q-Tip | Tenacious D | The Dead Weather | The Dodos | The Duke Spirit | Thievery Corporation | Tom Jones | Vau-De-Vire-Society | Ween
Barack Obama was the eighth most frequently tagged "artist" on Stereogum in the past twelve months. That makes him even more popular than Animal Collective around here, and deservedly so: Animal Collective may have just released their finest album, but... CONTINUE READING U2, SPRINGSTEEN PLAY INAUGURAL CELEBRATION AT LINCOLN MEMORIAL »
Posted on January 19, 2009 in , (33 comments)
Tags: Barack Obama | Bettye LaVette | Beyoncé | Bono | Bruce Springsteen | Denzel Washington | Explosions In The Sky | Garth Brooks | Holy Fuck | James Taylor | Jamie Foxx | Jennifer Nettles | Joe Biden | Jon Bon Jovi | Marisa Tomei | Mary J. Blige | Pete Seeger | Shakira | Stevie Wonder | U2 | Usher
This black and white Lex Halaby-directed clip finds Detroit's own Bettye LaVette alone at the Lockeroom Lounge, blowing smoke, drinking too much wine, looking at photos, staring at the walls, and singing about what it's like to grow old and... CONTINUE READING NEW BETTYE LAVETTE VIDEO - "TALKING OLD SOLDIERS"»
Posted on August 14, 2008 in , (3 comments)
Tags: Bettye LaVette | Drive-By Truckers | Ra Ra Riot | Throbbing Gristle
No shortage of Bruce love ever, really. Recently, Jesse Malin and Arcade Fire wrangled the Boss for cameos. But even when Springsteen's not in promo-mode, we always seem to be listening to his music. April had that all-star live tribute... CONTINUE READING EVERYONE COVERS SPRINGSTEEN»
Posted on October 18, 2007 in (30 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | Bat For Lashes | Bettye LaVette | Bruce Springsteen | Chromatics | David Gray | Jesse Malin | Josh Ritter | Ted Leo
Never got around to collectively scratching our skulls over Janet Reno's patriotic foray into album curation, but better late than never, so here's the windup: Our nation's former Attorney General has assembled a music comp, spanning three discs and 50... CONTINUE READING BETTYE LAVETTE COVERS BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN»
Posted on September 21, 2007 in (5 comments)
Tags: Bettye LaVette | Bruce Springsteen
The swaggering 61-year-old Detroit soul singer Bettye LaVette has teamed with our favorite Southern rockers for her forthcoming album The Scene Of The Crime: 45 years after recording "My Man – He's A Lovin' Man" at the age of 16,... CONTINUE READING NEW BETTYE LAVETTE (FEAT. DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS) - "YOU DON'T KNOW ME AT ALL" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on August 3, 2007 in (16 comments)
Tags: Bettye LaVette | Drive-By Truckers
Biggest news in recent months from camp Drive-By came from the departure of Jason Isbell, with John Neff being promoted to full-time status in the band's Southern-fried three axe attack. And since then, those crazy mother Truckers have been on... CONTINUE READING DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS PREVIEW NEW MATERIAL, BACK-UP BETTYE»
Posted on June 8, 2007 (7 comments)
Tags: Bettye LaVette | Drive-By Truckers
