More David Vandervelde

On Tuesday night I decided to go down to Pianos to catch David Vandervelde and I am really glad I did. The Tuesday show was packed full of people eager to see David and the stripped down version of The Moonstation House Band. The show was awesome. It was like watching Marc Bolan and Neil Young and Stones all wrapped into one. For those still unfamiliar with David check out this great video of his cover of the Rolling Stones song "Cocksucker Blues". David will also be back in New York on April 21st at Luna Lounge.

More Awesome Album news, The Whitestripes to release Icky Thump

Last night Jack and Meg announced the details of their brand new album entitled Icky Thump. This is easy the album I am most excited to hear this year. The album was recorded at Blackbird Studios in Nashville(Jack's current home). Does this mean that perhaps we can expect a few more bluegrass numbers similar to "Little Ghost"? I certainly hope so, I loved the songs that Jack did for the Cold Mountain soundtrack and I have always wanted to hear more country and blues from Jack. Now if only they would announce a full tour, then I can get really excited.

Trey Anastasio in court

I am still unsure what to make of all Trey Anastasio's recent trouble with the law. Part of me is sympathetic, it is easy to understand how a casual drug use can become a full blown addiction. But then there is part of me that has lost all patient with this story because it really seems as though Trey isn't really interested in getting clean. He has made multiple statements about being sober which all seem to be false. I will always be a huge fan of Phish and will continue to support him but Trey please get some help.

Ryan Adams set to release the Tiger

Ryan Adams will release his 9th full length album entitle "Easy Tiger" on June 5th. This year has already seen a lot of great release and I guess you can add this to the list. While the final sequence is still to be determined, "Easy Tiger" will be comprised of the following tracks: "Goodnight Rose," "Everybody Knows," "The Sun Also Sets," "Halloween Head," "Off Broadway," "Two Hearts," "Tears Of Gold," "These Girls," "Two," "I Taught Myself How To Grow Old," "Oh My God, Whatever, Etc.," "Rip Off" and "Pearls On A String." We have already heard most of these track live and they all rock. Hooray for a new Ryan Adams Album.

David Vandervelde @ Union Hall

Vandervelde likes to rock now, yes he does, yes he does. David Vandervelde and his Moonstation House Band played a short set at Union Hall last night. Vandervelde has been attracting a lot of blog buzz lately because of his awesome new album "The Moonstaion House Band" out now on Secertly Canadian. I personally was very impress by last night's set even though it was very obvious that David was very sick and probably should have been at home in bed. Hopefully David is feeling better by tonight when he plays at Piano's.

Trans Am, Oneida, and Big Bear @ the Knitting Factory

Saturday was one of those typical New York nights when there are way too many good shows to go to and you are forced make some hard decisions. There was O'death at the Mercury Lounge, Call Me Lightning at the Cake Shop and Onieda and Trams Am at the Knitting Factory. I decide to head down to the Knitting Factory for Trans Am and Oneida early show. The show began with heavy math rocker Big Bear who I was completely unfamiliar with but they left me very impressed. Oneida set was great as usual and featured cool visual provided by The Mighty Robot A/V Squad. Trams Am's set which was kind of plagued by equipment problems was still pretty fun. After Trans Am's set I took off to try and catch Call Me lightning at the Cake shop but unfortunately got side tracked and ended up just watching SNL with Rain Wilson and the Arcade Fire.