Heads up: Next week we are giving away tickets to the Robert Plant/Allison Krauss (June 23/24) show taking place at one of my very favorite summer venues — the Greek Theatre, here in Los Angeles. This week, though, we have a pair of tickets to giveaway to an AD reader for the upcoming Rilo Kiley/Lavender [...]

Like Thurston Moore and Rob Sheffield before him, AD contributor j. neas reflects on, and laments, the art of the (actual) mixtape. Now, raise your hand if you’ve created a muxtape (yes, I’m guilty). Part two of two. You can read part one, HERE – AD I never want to own a car without a [...]

Between travel, and gearing up for sxsw later this week, things have been busy around the AD camp, of late, but I would be remiss if I failed to get a little something up here regarding Buddy Miles passing, at the age of sixty, late last month. Without a doubt, the man had soul power [...]

Doom and gloom, baby. It is well documented that we Americans live in a country forged in strife. Since the very beginning our history has been bound to various disasters, calamities and murder. Hell, it still is. The Tomkins Square folks know this well and have dutifully compiled the extensive box set People Take Warning!: [...]

Interview with J Spaceman and Sonic Boom concerning the dissolution of Spacemen 3 Download: MP3: Spacemen 3 :: Come Down Easy (Demo) MP3: Spacemen 3 :: Feel So Good (Demo) ——– Amazon: Spacemen 3 – Forged Prescriptions + Download tunes through eMusic’s 25 Free MP3 offer. ———————————————————————————————————————— + Visit The Hype Machine for additional Spacemen [...]

AD contributor, J. Neas, weighs in on the recent companion soundtrack to filmmaker Todd Hayne’s new, and loose, Dylan biopic, “I’m Not There.” Tribute albums are always tricky; Bob Dylan tributes even more so. When you set out to cover someone with as distinctive a voice – lyrically, vocally and musically – it’s guaranteed to [...]

We do our best to keep tabs on the latest Numero Group happenings, as they rarely fail to deliver. The latest news to come out of their Chicago shop is the recently launched Asterisk imprint which drops not one, but three albums on us this month. The story goes that, apparently, while the label’s resident [...]