We headed up to winter playground country in Austria and to the club Alte Muhle in Scharnitz, a small ski village high in the Alps. It’s just a few kilometers from Mittenwald,Germany, a major center of violin making from the 1800’s on. No…

Peering through my kaleidoscopic, I see a most groovy show Sunday at the Off Broadway.

Playing a mix of Byrds-style psychedelic pop and old soul, Jersey City’s Black Hollies will provide the time machine if you feel like dressing the…

Tonight (Thu)

Kevin Gordon (7pm); Pik n Lik n (8pm);Chippewa Chapel Traveling Guitar Circle, Medicine Show, Open Mic (9pm), Off Broadway

Leon Redbone, VooDoo Cafe and Lounge at Harrahs

Friday

Leslie Sanazaro, Lucas School House

Vijoy Rao; The Removers; The Takedown, Off…

Here are some nuggets that passed over my desk in April.

Air “Moon Safari” (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (Astralwerks)

A re-issue of the groundbreaking electronic, clone-spawning band. At $20, it’s worth it since your 10-year-old CD must be scratched up by…

By Anne

Of course touring is incredibly glamorous: The accolades, the fans storming the clubs, the heaps of money that the big record companies are throwing at us … oh, sorry, I was just snoozing in the car on the…

From Vintage Vinyl:

Definitive Jux Records’ Del tha Funkee Homosapien

June 7^th, 5:00 PM

Hieroglyphics founder. Banner solo releases. Collabs with The Coup, Swollen Members and Handsome Boy Modeling School. Major breakout mainstream success with The Gorillaz and their smash…

This local music site is a labor of love for South Sider Bill Streeter.

Streeter, who is a “graphic designer, A/V geek, husband, dad, artist, thinker, human being and some other things,” told me his main goal is to spread…

Sources: AMG, Bloodshot, Insound

Elvis Costello & the Imposters “Momofuku” (Lost Highway)

Originally planned as just a vinyl and digital download but now seeing release as a CD, Momofuku stands apart from all recent Elvis Costello by not being a conceptual project but…

Here are a few shots of Caribou, who played last Thursday at the Billiken Club. I elbowed my way through the kiddos and up to the stage, which was necessary as you had to be in the extreme front to…