By: Michael Sinodis The Doors were one of the first bands that took me to another world. Sure, I was initially attracted to Jim Morrison’s wild child just like everybody else. Being a guitar player, I then moved on to Robby Krieger’s inventive electric flamenco style, and his insane feedback-driven guitar solos a la “When […]
Earlier today, the inaugural First City Festival was announced for August 24-25 in beautiful Monterey, CA. The festival will take place the same weekend as LA’s FYF Fest and, interestingly, they feature very similar lineups. If they’re organized by the same folks (undetermined yet), that’s some incredible double-Californian planning. Anyhow, First City Festival will feature […]
New York born folk musician Richie Havens passed away earlier today. Havens, 72, suffered a heart attack at his home. You might know him from one of his 25 albums, his Woodstock performance or as one of the musicians my dad talks about the most. But on the real, check out the clip of “Freedom” […]
Seattle’s Telekinesis–the project of Michael Benjamin Lerner–released a new album titled Dormarion on April 2. As Lerner plays drums & sings, Phil Collins style, he’s enlisted a few friends to take the new album on the road. To my knowledge, Say Hi’s Eric Elbogen and the Globes’ Erik Walters are amongst that tour team. Check out Dormarion track “Ghosts and […]
San Francisco’s Outside Lands Festival will return to Golden Gate Park from August 9-11, 2013. Additionally, this year’s line-up has been announced. Headliners at this year’s Outside Lands include Red Hot Chili Peppers, Willie Nelson, Vampire Weekend, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Paul McCartney, Nine Inch Nails, Phoenix, Jurassic 5, D’Angelo, and Grizzly Bear. Of course, that’s […]