It’s Official: Las Vegas Is Really Freakin’ Weird
This past weekend I took a break from the hustle and bustle of New York City to work on achieving one of those fantastic feats I’ve been aiming for my whole life: that’s right, I visited my 47th state...
View ArticleAdmissions On Our Emissions
In the history of rock ‘n roll, one has to look no further than Stevie Ray Vaughn and Bill Graham to know that helicopters and rock concerts make dubious bed fellows. Thusly, when we conceived this...
View ArticleChan(el)
In an event that edged on the surreal but certainly was a hugely successful piece of grand theatre Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues rocked the highest echelons of the fashion world on Tuesday providing...
View ArticleLovin’ Love of Diagrams in the City of Brotherly Love
Love of Diagrams (above) opened the first date of their opening stint with Ted Leo and the Pharmacists last night in Philadelphia at TLA, and this correspondent reports that it was an amazing show....
View ArticleMatador Vs. The Ponys bowl-off round 1
As killer as last Saturday night's Bowery Ballroom Ponys / Jay Reatard show was, it is pretty hard to compete with a bowling alley where the bands play right in the middle of the lanes. With that in...
View ArticleA Poorly Lit Look Into Our Founder’s Rich Leisure Time
Not actually a photograph of Chris Lombardi's personal rumpus room. However, now that the idea's been successfully planted in the mind of 304 Hudson's most devoted Phil Lynott fan, check back in a few...
View ArticleMatador Heads To The Arctic Circle
Not every day do you get offered the opportunity to head to the North Pole, but last week I did just that. I’m not one for holiday-blogging but I figured this might rival Patrick’s culinary exploits....
View ArticleT.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou
This ’70s group from the African country of Benin (or in its earlier incarnation Dahomey) has been kicking my ass lately. Poly-Rythmo recorded every imaginable type of African popular music – rhumba,...
View ArticleJO’C tour with Damien Jurado
Tonight is our last night of our 5 date, west-coast run with Damien Jurado – it has been really, really great. Damien and Eric and Jenna are fantastic musicians and people and its been an honor to...
View ArticleCoachella Unofficially: Catch The Cave Singers And Sneak A Listen To “The...
This weekend, I’ll be globbing on the Zinka and heading to Palm Springs. It’s not about Sir Paul or Robert Smith although, admittedly, it’s a tad about TG and bear hugging this guy. Rather, I will be...
View ArticleJay Reatard instore tour update
Greetings from the Big White Van (whom the rental company named ‘Beth’), So we’re officially halfway into the instore tour. 5 down, 5 to go. SoCal is in the bag and we’ve made our way north where it...
View ArticleTed Leo and The Pharmacists: New Tour Dates, Same Great Taste
(pic taken from Lori Paulson’s Flickr page) Depending on which side of the St Lawrence River you live, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists will be hitting up the Northeast or Southeast section of your country...
View Articlelisten to a new version of Majical Cloudz “Childhood’s End”, remixed by CFCF
Canadian producer CFCF added some trippy gamelan elements to Majical Cloudz’ “Childhood’s End”, which also features newly recorded vocals.” Catch Majical Cloudz on tour and follow along, as Devon...
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