These guys don’t really take too much very seriously — until they start playing music.

As soon as they start strumming that guitar, banging that conga, and shaking that tambourine, they go from ripping on one another to creating some good old heartfelt Americana music.

Eddie Vedder (do I really need to mention he’s the frontman for Pearl Jam?) will embark on an 11-day solo tour of the U.S. — though unfortunately the closest he’s going to get to the Lower Hudson Valley is Albany…

(Photo courtesy of Associated Press/Stephen Chernin)

The tour begins June 8 and ends July 2. New Zealand [...]

Well we’ve got ya… covered.

The band Blue Mozart is playing two gigs this weekend, at Ruben’s Mexian Cafe in Peekskill on Friday and Garfield’s Bar in Thornwood on Saturday.

These guys will bring you some good, bluesy rock ‘n roll — from Muddy Waters and the Rolling Stones to ZZ Top and Led Zeppelin.

I don’t know [...]

Local songwriter/guitarist Geoff Hartwell will celebrate the release of his second album — “Hate To See You Go” — with not one, but TWO parties this weekend! I mean, the man’s a rock star. Gotta do it big, right?

Check him out Friday at the Bayou in Mount Vernon, 580 Gramatan Ave; and Saturday at 12 [...]

Yep, the Los Lobos show on April 16th has sold out. Didn’t get tickets in time? You can still call the box office at 914-698-0098 to be added to the waitlist.

With three Grammy Awards and more than 35 years under their belts, it’s no surprise the upcoming show is so highly anticipated. The stop at [...]

“I just love the art of it, how creative it is,” 20-year-old New Rochelle native Papa Asante says of the rhythmic rap style he’s been working at since he was a kid. “The past couple of years, though, people have been thinking Hip-Hop is dead.”

I love the Smashing Pumpkins. Without a doubt, this was the band of my youth and the music and lyrics still resonate with me to this day. Probably always will.

My thoughts on Billy Corgan looking for a drummer to replace Jimmy Chamberlin, hence, are a bit conflicted. I would love to see Billy continue to [...]

The All Points West Music & Arts Festival will be back at Liberty State Park for three nights starting July 31. More than 65 artists are scheduled to appear, with Coldplay, Beastie Boys, and Tool headlining.

Tickets go on sale this Friday, April 3.

(Photo copyright Gannett Suburban Newspapers/Ryan Murphy)

The ALL POINTS WEST MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL [...]

The Dead today confirmed over at cloud.dead.net that they’ll perform three shows on Monday at three different venues: an acoustic set (Bob Weir/Phil Lesh/Warren Haynes) at Angel Orensanz (showtime 5 p.m.), an electric full-band (including Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann and Jeff Chimenti) set at The Gramercy Theatre (showtime 8 p.m.) and the electric finale at [...]

Two-day passes to the Disco Biscuits’ “Bisco Inferno” Colorado run sold out in only four minutes last week. As a result, the band has announced that their previously scheduled May 29 performance has been moved to a larger venue: Denver’s Ogden Theatre.

All passes already purchased will be honored at the new venue, of course. But [...]

Oops! Ticketmaster last night accidentally started selling its share of four-day passes to the Phish Red Rocks performance, which weren’t supposed to go on sale until March 26.

Of course news of this seeming miracle spread like wildfire across the Internet and via text messages, and fans jumped on the chance to see one of the [...]

… is the reunion of the String Cheese Incident!! Part bluegrass, part rock, part jazz, part trance, entirely a great time, every time. (God that’s cheesy! But I’m ready to eat it up!)

This is the only SCI appearance scheduled for 2009. The band parted ways in 2007, and while all of the band members were [...]

I’ve never gotten to see Lotus live, but I do really enjoy listening to their live shows via archive.org. I hope to change my fate and check them out at the Bowery next month.

Here’s their official 2009 spring tour dates, just released by Madison House Publicity:

Friday, April 10th and Saturday, April 11th 9:00 PM [...]

Just learned this from a Coachella Twitter update that simply says:
yes it’s true. Amy Winehouse canceled. We’re really bummed.
This comes on the heel of news that the London rock chic has been hit with assault charges for allegedly striking a fan who wanted to take a photo, according to an earlier Listening Room [...]

By now anyone who really cares about what Phish played over the weekend probably already knows. The Internet was buzzing with updates all weekend long, from blog posts to live set updates at Phish.com.

The most important thing at this point is to MAKE SURE YOU DOWNLOAD THE SHOWS FOR FREE WHILE YOU STILL CAN via [...]

Word from Hampton is that tonight’s show was by all means spectacular. From the selection of songs to the expanded light rig to the tight musicianship, my friends on the ground are leaving as happy campers.

Seriously folks, check out this lighting rig. 

Here’s the set list as posted live on Phish.com: 
Set One: 

Fluffhead
Divided Sky
Chalk Dust Torture
Sample In [...]

There’s so much to say about tonight’s momentous occasion, perhaps too much. Streams of fans from all over the country have been trekking to Virginia for the weekend of shows (I got to see one of my best friends who was in town from San Francisco for the big event), and the excitement is basically [...]

As a college student at Binghamton University, our latest Listening Room performer was not yet a guitar hero, but rather a baseball star. Brought on the team with a scholarship to play ball for four years, he was even in talks with recruiters to play Major League Baseball.

But while playing music to his college mates [...]

TJay performs live in the Listening Room studios of LoHud.com.

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Download loads of free tracks from The Listening Room studio through our  iTunes podcast! Hope you enjoy!

TJay performs live in the Listening Room studios of LoHud.com.

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TJay performs live in the Listening Room studios of LoHud.com.

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Mercury Landing has gone through several incarnations since forming in 2005, but each step along the way only seems to bring bigger and better things for the band.

Up next? A national tour taking the guys from their hometown of New York City to venues in cities such as Chicago, Cincinnati and Philly. Be sure to [...]

Pleasantville Music Festival organizers have announced that the event will return in 2009 and is set to take place on Saturday, July 11th.  This will mark the fifth straight year of the popular Festival, highlighting regional performers and attracting celebrated recording artists to Pleasantville..

“Since our first Festival in 2005, this event has drawn thousands of [...]

With the new season of The Listening Room now in full gear, we have some free tracks available for download via our iTunes podcast! Here they come….

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With the new season of The Listening Room now in full gear, we have some free tracks available for download via our iTunes podcast! Here they come….

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With the new season of The Listening Room now in full gear, we have some free tracks available for download via our iTunes podcast! Here they come….

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With the new season of The Listening Room now in full gear, we have some free tracks available for download via our iTunes podcast! Here they come….

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With the new season of The Listening Room now in full gear, we have some free tracks available for download via our iTunes podcast! Here they come….

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With the new season of The Listening Room now in full gear, we have some free tracks available for download via our iTunes podcast! Here they come….

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Bittersweet news, this is. Trent Reznor yesterday posted a statement saying NIN has reached out to Jane’s Addiction to co-headline a world tour, though this run could be the last for NIN.

Here’s what Reznor had to say:
Towards the beginning of my career in Nine Inch Nails, our biggest break came in the form of an [...]