Despite selling out in five minutes, and despite featuring Vampire Weekend playing Vampire Weekend songs, last night's early show at Joe's Pub was an atypical night with the band. They performed as the Music portion of the Happy Ending Music... CONTINUE READING VAMPIRE WEEKEND TAKE RISKS, COVER TOM PETTY @ JOE'S PUB, NYC 5/6/09»
Posted on May 7, 2009 in , (13 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | Tom Petty | Vampire Weekend
For "If I Were A Free Fallin' Boy," DJ Earworm -- the guy who put Kanye's Auto-Tune in Radiohead's tune -- mashes together Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'" and Beyoncé's "If I Were A Boy," and returns with a song with... CONTINUE READING BEYONCE VS. TOM PETTY - "IF I WERE A FREE FALLIN' BOY"»
Posted on December 8, 2008 in , (7 comments)
Tags: Beyoncé | DJ Earworm | Sonic Youth | Tom Petty
The first annual Pemberton Festival, in the city of the same name in British Columbia, Canada, definitely did its work attracting the right names to attract the right attention -- Tom Petty, Nine Inch Nails, Jay-Z, Coldplay, the Flaming Lips,... CONTINUE READING PHOTOS FROM PEMBERTON FESTIVAL»
Posted on July 29, 2008 in (14 comments)
Tags: Chromeo | Coldplay | Death Cab For Cutie | Grand Ole Party | Jay-Z | Kanye West | Matisyahu | Metric | MSTRKRFT | My Morning Jacket | N.E.R.D. | Nine Inch Nails | Pemberton | Sam Roberts Band | Serj Tankian | SXSW | The Flaming Lips | Tom Petty | Tragically Hip | Vampire Weekend | Wolfmother
Two days after their 'Roo debut, VW played Summerstage (with Born Ruffians, Kid Sister, and host Andrew W.K.) in NYC's Central Park for free. That's Ezra Koenig drenched by rain, not sweat, captured by photog Kim Funk. It rained a... CONTINUE READING VAMPIRE WEEKEND AND ANDREW W.K. COVER TOM PETTY IN THE RAIN»
Posted on June 15, 2008 in , (14 comments)
Tags: Andrew W.K. | Tom Petty | Vampire Weekend
Runnin' down a dream, etc. Maybe after Tom softly rocked the Superbowl Halftime show, he realized he had nowhere else to go but (I won't back) down. Or, maybe he was itching to recapture the past and realized too many... CONTINUE READING TOM PETTY REFORMS MUDCRUTCH FOR DEBUT LP»
Posted on March 21, 2008 in (2 comments)
Tags: Mudcrutch | Tom Petty
In what's surely the summer of Jack Johnson's life, another new festival's been announced and, yes, the peaceful surfing Curious George scribe's at the top of the schedule. Who knew so many people were on Jack's johnson? For Western commenters jealous over Radiohead's spot at Jersey's APW, you'll get another look at Thom & Co., too. (That makes like six.) It'll take place August 22-24 in Golden Gate Park. More details to come.
Posted on February 22, 2008 in (3 comments)
There's no doubt Tom Petty was a safe choice for entertainment in this desexualized, post-wardrobe-malfunction Super Bowl halftime era we find ourselves in, but it's nice to see the NFL still knows the imagination capturing ability of a good ol'... CONTINUE READING TOM PETTY'S SUPER BOWL PERFORMANCE ROCKED SOFTLY, SIMULATED A BIG DICK»
Posted on February 4, 2008 in (18 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | Super Bowl | Tom Petty
It's true, friends know it: While making weekend plans we did almost forget Sunday was the Super Bowl. But then we thought about Tom Petty, like ya do, and it all came back. The New Republic's been doing a little... CONTINUE READING THE NEW REPUBLIC EXAMINES THE APPEAL OF SUPER BOWL HALFTIME PERFORMING ARTIST TOM PETTY, FEELS SHAME FOR LOVING HIS ROCK»
Posted on February 1, 2008 (30 comments)
Tags: Super Bowl | Tom Petty
Maybe instead of staking his career on outselling Kanye, 50 Cent should have remembered just how cheesy it is to play some teenage girl's bat mitzvah and considered his gangsta lean limp even before he released Curtis and got schooled... CONTINUE READING HEY 50, YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET YOUR BULLETPROOF VESTS ELSEWHERE»
Posted on October 30, 2007 (12 comments)
Tags: 50 Cent | Aerosmith | Eagles | Kenny G | Tom Petty
Earlier this AM we mentioned the Killers covering Joy Division for the Control soundtrack. While we're talking films, how about Runnin' Down A Dream: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Peter Bogdanovich's Petty documentary? It's a four-hour film (epic) that includes... CONTINUE READING PETER BOGDANOVICH DOES TOM PETTY»
Posted on October 4, 2007 in (3 comments)
Tags: Peter Bogdanovich | Tom Petty
Everyday I find a reason to say to myself, "YouTube is SO AWESOME." It's like a video time capsule, man. So apropros of nothing, here is the video that MTV played back-to-back for fifteen minutes at midnight on January 15,... CONTINUE READING VIDEO FLASHBACK: THE PEACE CHOIR - "GIVE PEACE A CHANCE"»
Posted on August 18, 2006 (21 comments)
Tags: Peter Gabriel | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Tom Petty
NY Daily News's Jim Farber previews tomorrow's live mash-up fest Amsterjam at Randall's Island.Headlining the event this year will be two rock acts, Tom Petty and The Foo Fighters, joined by rappers Busta Rhymes and LL Cool J, plus reggaetone's... CONTINUE READING ABOUT AMSTERJAM»
Posted on August 18, 2006 (6 comments)
Tags: Foo Fighters | Tom Petty
And nine other summer CDs you might be curious about. Courtesy of those wusses at AOL. Tom Petty - Highway Companion Mew - Mew and the Glass Handed Kites Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther New York Dolls -... CONTINUE READING STREAM THE NEW TOM PETTY»
Posted on July 24, 2006 (7 comments)
Tags: Mew | The Long Winters | Tom Petty
Last night Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers headlined the main stage for a rousing 3+ hour set heavy on the hits. One of the Clap Your Hands guys tipped me off that Stevie Nicks was gonna join in (she's touring... CONTINUE READING TOM PETTY AND STEVIE NICKS ROCK BONNAROO»
Posted on June 17, 2006 in , (16 comments)
Tags: Bonnaroo | Tom Petty
Jenny Lewis' solo album Rabbit Fur Coat sprung a leak this holiday weekend and thankfully I'm sensing a thumbs up to her indie rock brigade's Traveling Wilburys cover. Pimps Of Gore has an MP3 of the original "Handle With Care"... CONTINUE READING JENNY WE GOT YOUR NUMBER»
Posted on November 27, 2005 (15 comments)
Tags: Bob Dylan | Bright Eyes | Jenny Lewis | Tom Petty
Over Glenmorangies and Hoegaardens at dba last night, Jen and Jeff suggested Stereogum go classic rock today. Didn't take much convincing 'cause these artists have been on my mind this week... ELVIS COSTELLO Rhino's finally completed its four-year purge of... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM CLASSIC»
Posted on June 1, 2005 (35 comments)
Tags: Elvis Costello | Rolling Stones | Tom Petty
