Fricke’s Picks: A Family AffairPhoto: Sandy Carson Hacienda are a band of brothers from San Antonio, formed in 2006 by Abraham, Jaime and Rene Villanueva — pianist, drummer and bassist, in that order, and all singers — with guitarist-vocalist Dante Schwebel. Unlike Austin’s heavy-blues brother trios Los Lonely Boys and Amplified Heat, Hacienda write eccentric pop songs and play them with flashes of T. Rex (”She’s Got a Hold on Me”) and the Friends-era Beach Boys (”Sun,” “Degree of Murder”) on the fine debut album Loud Is the Night (Alive). Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys produced the record with a kitchen-jam, bathroom-echo touch, like a central-Texas version of Paul McCartney’s 1970 home-made solo debut, while the Tex-Mex groove Hacienda put under their cover of Sonny and Cher’s “Baby Don’t Go” reminds me of the great early-Seventies Chicano band Louie and the Lovers, who were not brothers but sure sounded like it. [From Issue 1063 — October 16, 2008] Related Stories: • Fricke’s Picks: Rebel Yellers • Fricke’s Picks: Mercury Rev • Fricke’s Picks: Roy Harper
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Published: 2008-10-14
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Fricke's Picks
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International Report: Live Earth Sydney We asked Rolling Stone’s international editions to report on the Live Earth concerts nearest them. Here’s the report from Dan Lander of Rolling Stone Australia on Live Earth Sydney: WHO PLAYED: Wolfmother, Jack Johnson, Crowded House, Blue King Brown, Toni Collette, Sneaky Sound System, Ghostwriters, Paul Kelly, Eskimo Joe, Missy Higgins, John Butler Trio HIGHLIGHTS: • Crowded House joined by everybody on the bill for a sing-along version of “Weather With You”, a song which took on a new meaning under the circumstances. • An intense-as-hell drum solo from the John Butler Trio’s Michael Barker, the perfect foil to Butler’s equally intense demand to Australia’s leaders not to introduce nuclear energy as an answer to global warming (we have much better options). The JBT set was a standout overall – there is no one on the planet who sounds better at an outside gig than these guys. • Paul Kelly joined by Kev Carmody, Missy Higgins and John Butler for “From Little Things Big Things Grow”. The whole crowd sung along – all eleven verses. MOST UNEXPECTED MOMENT: Academy-Award nominated actress Toni Collette and her band the Finish closing their set with a very fitting cover of T-Rex’s “Children of the Revolution”, proving not every actor who tries their hand at music need be as bad as Russell Crowe.
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Published: 2007-07-07
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Live Earth, Live Earth International Report
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Tour Tracker: Danity Kane/Day26, Blondie and !!! Diddy’s darlings Danity Kane and Day26 play nice for the eleven-date Making The Band 4 Tour, Blondie celebrate thirty years of Parallel Lines and !!! teach a nation how to properly say their band name. The full tour dates are after the jump. Danity Kane/Day26 May 24 - Orlando, FL @ Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre May 25 - Miami, FL @ The Fillmore Miami Beach May 29 - New York, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom May 30 - Baltimore, MD @ Pier Six Concert Pavilion May 31 - Detroit, MI @ Fillmore June 1 - Chicago, IL @ Chicago Auditorium June 5 - Phoenix, AZ @ Dodge Theatre June 6 - Las Vegas, NV @ The Pearl Concert Theater June 7 - Alpine, CA @ Viejas Casino June 9-10 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern Blondie June 5 - Baltimore, MD @ Ram’s Head Live June 6 - Englewood, NJ @ Bergen Performing Arts Center June 8 - Jackson, NJ @ Six Flags Great Adventure June 10 - Kingston, NY @ Broadway Theatre June 12, 13 - Orillia, Ontario @ Casino Rama June 14 - Niagara Falls, NY @ Seneca Events Center June 17 - Red Bank, NJ @ Count Basie Theatre June 18 - Farmingville, NY @ Brookhaven June 20 - Hyannis, MA @ Cape Cod Melody Tent June 21 - Cohasset, MA @ South Shore Music Circus June 22 - New York, NY @ Nokia Theatre June 24 - Louisville, KY @ Kentucky Center June 26 - Chester, WV @ Mountaineer Racetrack June 27 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Park Zoo June 28 - Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest !!! June 13 - Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo July 17 - Boston, MA @ The Middle East July 18 - Mariaville, NY @ Camp Bisco Festival July 19 - Chicago, IL @ Pitchfork Festival July 20 - Detroit, MI @ Pike Room July 21 - Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop July 22 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Rex Theater July 25 – Nova Scotia @ Evolve Festival July 27 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg August 29 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge August 30 - Seattle, WA @ Bumbershoot Festival August 31 - Vancouver, BC @ TBA [Photo: Getty]
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Published: 2008-04-16
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, On Tour
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Down to record new albumDown - the New Orleans supergroup featuring members of Pantera, Corrosion Of Conformity and Crowbar - will start work on the follow-up to 2007’s Down III: Over The Under late next year. "(Down) is gonna keep rolling," bassist Rex Brown told Billboard. "We're not getting any younger, and this is what we're kicking ass at. All that other stuff people were doing kind of cleansed itself out. There's no reason to take time off anymore. This is a band we can grow old in together, which is really cool." "We’re writing constantly on the road. We still have all these ideas, and we play a lot of new stuff at sound check, just to feel it out. Hopefully we can get back in the studio in the fall and work on something."
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Published: 2008-11-19
Provider: Kerrang!
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