Steve Kimock

This was a softer blues rock set as far as Electric Hot Tuna goes (which sometimes can get pretty heavy), but it was great and included tons of favorites from Tuna’s prime early ’70s era…

Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead‘s classic two-drummer lineup (and currently of Dead and Company) is releasing a new solo album, RAMU, on November 10 via Verve Forecast. It follows 2013’s Superorganism. Excitingly, it features Avey Tare of Animal Collective on one of its lead singles, “Wayward Son,” which you can stream…

Also: Colter Wall, Leif Vollebekk, LVL UP, Ducktails, Radiator Hospital, Open Mike Eagle, and more NYC shows on sale.

The NYC-area shows had three members of The National (including Aaron Dessner, who had to sit out the other tour dates), Josh Kaufman, Conrad Doucette, Dawn Landes’ band The Bandanda Splits, Sam Cohen, and more.

Steve Kimock, who’s been in a number of Dead-related bands including Bob Weir’s Kingfish and RatDog, and Jon Shaw are on the tour in Aaron Dessner’s place. Check out setlists from the tour so far, plus videos of Matt Berninger joining in LA for four Grateful Dead songs.

Grateful Dead mania is in full force, with the California shows right behind us (pictures, recap, setlist) and the Chicago shows coming up this week…

Bon Iver @ Sasquatch Fest (more by Chris Graham) Tickets are now on sale for all of Merkin Hall’s upcoming 2009/10 concerts. Those shows include the NY Guitar Festival‘s Silent Films/Live Guitars series (previously mentioned here), which features David Bromberg and Marc Ribot playing alongside Charlie Chaplin films on January 14th, Bon Iver‘s Justin Vernon (Charlie Chaplin’s The Gold Rush) with Steve Kimock (Buster Keaton’s Cops) on January 21st, and more…

Wisconsin’s Volcano Choir is Bon Iver‘s Justin Vernon with Collections of Colonies of Bees members Jon Mueller, Chris Rosenau, Jim Schoenecker, Daniel Spack, and Thomas Wincek…