Further
Allah-Las prep covers EP (listen to "The Earth Won't Hold Me"), expand tour
Allah-Las have a new 10″ EP of covers coming out on November 3 via Mexican Summer, featuring their takes on Kathy Heideman’s “The Earth Won’t Hold Me,” George Harrison’s “Fish On The Sand,” Further’s “JO Eleven,” and Television’s “Hard On Love.”
Josh Schwartz (Beachwood Sparks, Further), RIP
Josh Schwartz of Beachwood Sparks has died at age 45 after a battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease).
Further (pre-Beachwood Sparks) get best-of compilation (stream it); The Tyde touring with Christopher Owens (dates)
Before they formed Beachwood Sparks and The Tyde, Brent and Darren Rademaker spent a good chunk of the ’90s making noise with their band Further…
Happy Birthday Jerry Garcia: indie musicians participating in online streaming tribute concert +++ other music celebrations
Jerry Garcia, who died in 1995, would have been 70 years old today (8/1) and, as you might imagine, there are some celebrations happening all over the country…
Furthur, The National, Wilco & other Chicago tix & presales
Furthur have a fall North American tour coming up, which doesn’t exactly hit Chicago, but does hit Rosemont, IL’s Allstate Arena on November 18th…
more pics from Outside Lands (where fans crashed through a fence to get in) (videos of that too)
“You ready for some Grateful Dead action after this?” asked singer Julian Casablancas early in the Stokes set, referring to Furthur, the band led by the Dead’s Phil Lesh and Bob Weir, already in progress at the eastern edge of the polo field…
Phish played Jones Beach (pics), playing Halloween in Atlantic City & other dates (including MSG on New Years Eve?)
One of the best things about Phish Tour is getting to see and enjoy shows with so many friends gathered in one place. It’s social multi-tasking…
Pixies, Pavement, Goodie Mob & other tickets
One of the four Pavement shows (the Thursday night) is on sale at the moment.
I don’t know if the other three are completely sold out yet, but TICKETS for the fourth Pixies show at Hammerstein Ballroom (a 1am show) are on sale (@ 10am)…