Every spring in Grateful Dead land, the archivists dive into the vault and pull out another full concert to exhibit at movie theaters nationwide.May 11th is the date for the 2016 event, now in it's sixth year. This years Meet-Up is the complete show from Sullivan Stadium in Foxboro, MA 7/2/89.Special features this year...

By: Alex WoodWhite Denim have always been a band of change and growth, slowly evolving over time from a simplistic garage-rock trio to the progressive-meets-psychedelic four-piece sound featured on their last two records.Knowing such, fans should expect this evolution to continue, which is precisely what Stiff, the bands latest release, delivers. Stiff is, by...

David Gilmour set up for the first of three Chicago shows on Monday night. While his upcoming Auditorium show has the small venue flair, and Friday's United Center gig will be the weekend blowout, tickets for this appearance appeared to be plentiful and inexpensive on the secondary market, despite the instant sellout.It was a...

M. Ward- More Rain [3/4]His first solo release since 2012, M. Wards More Rain is an extremely big deal. The underrated and understated folk singer-songwriter has a cult-like following, developed over years of consistent releases that focus on atmosphere and songwriting. More Rain sounds deceptively simple, as though the songs have existed forever, every instrument sounding...

This event has been going strong eight years running now, but the 2016 version has a vision that goes back a bit further than that.Gia Eppolito and the good folks at at Rock4Autism, just as they do each April (Autism Awareness Month), have set up a music-related benefit at Berwyn's Wire. But this time,...

By: Aaron Stein - @neddyoThis originally appeared in Aaron's excellent weekly newsletter Noted:: Nedsday. Sign up here.So... you may have noticed that I seriously dig on the Almost Dead thing.I'm certainly not alone, almost everyone that sees them is rightfully blown away. But, there are a nontrivial number of folk that are basically...

Here's a story that I've been following with great curiosity and still have to pinch myself a little to believe it's true.Since about 1985, I'm sure there's been no figure as singularly important in the jam scene as Col Bruce Hampton, Ret. A man of many talents, his role as Morrisin Billy Bob Thornton's Sling...

Those pranksters at Shoe Fest have done it again. Sure, some festivals can just announce their lineup. Shoe Fest hid the first 11 artists revealed for their Labor Day Festival in Manteno, IL via a Word Search puzzle.  What's more, the offered a free ticket to the first person to identify and tag all eleven...

Photo: Kristine Condone PhotographyFans of Umphrey's McGee really do appreciate how transparent and engaging the band members can be. The latest swing atnext-level fan interaction comes in the form of a self-produced documentary, Reel to Real, inwhich they openup the vault and tell the band's story in their own words, cultivated from hours of professional...

Andrew Bird recently performed on Ellen in support of his upcoming record Are You Serious. Fiona Apple joined the Chicago violinist for a stunning rendition of Left Handed Kisses.The duet, which also features Apple on the studio cut, is an insanely clever track, written about Birds inability to write a simple love song. The...