Showing posts with label Drive By Truckers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Drive By Truckers. Show all posts

Friday, July 20, 2012

Jam of the Day | Patterson Hood - Come Back Little Star

Photo by Andy Tennille

Patterson Hood, the storytelling frontman of Athens, Georgia's Drive-By Truckers, is getting ready to release his third solo album, Heat Lightning Rumbles In The Distance, on September 9th (ATO Records). The first track from the album is this gorgeous song co-written by Hood and Kelly Hogan (whose own solo record from 2012 isn't so shabby itself), for late friend and revered Athens musician, Vic Chesnutt.

Hood notes that Hogan began writing it as a tribute to Chesnutt, and when Hood finished it for her, he originally intended to give the song to Hogan for her own record -- on which he appears -- but ended up keeping it, and inviting Hogan to join him on the track for his album instead. It's a gorgeous piano ballad laid over by Hood's distinctive whine, thickly fuzzy guitars, and pedal steel, and Hood and Hogan sound fantastic in harmony on the chorus.

It's heartbreaking, too -- Chesnutt committed suicide unexpectedly in 2009 after a lifelong struggle with mental illness, and as a paean to a fallen friend, it's a bit of a weeper. As a tribute to a songwriter as brilliant as Chesnutt, this song is perfect.

Stream "Come Back Little Star" below.

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Hopscotch Music Festival | Days One and Two in Photos

Robert Pollard of Guided by Voices | Photo by Aggie Donkar

Much, much more coming, but here is a taste of what we've seen thus far at the 2011 Hopscotch Music Festival. It's been a blast thus far, and even though our heads hurt, our ears are still ringing, and our feet are KILLING us, there is still one night to go.  And tonight features a little band called The Flaming Lips. Rawk.

Dinosaur Feathers | Photo by Aggie Donkar
Spider Bags | Photo by Aggie Donkar
Last Year's Men | Photo by Aggie Donkar
The Dodos | Photos by Aggie Donkar
Drive By Truckers | Photo by Aggie Donkar
Drive by Truckers | Photo by Aggie Donkar
Guided by Voices | Photo by Aggie Donkar
Wooden Wand | Photo by Aggie Donkar
Annuals | Photo by Aggie Donkar
Swans | Photo by Aggie Donkar

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Hopscotch Music Festival 2011 | The Speakers-Endorsed Track


Goooood Lawd! This little blog cannot BELIEVE it is almost the start of September - that means the 2011 Hopscotch Music Festival in Raleigh, North Carolina is quickly approaching! Two out of the four of us just celebrated the dawning of LouFest II in Saint Louis. Now, it's time to start doing liver calisthenics, training our stomachs to digest dirty-water dogs, practicing the fine art of insomnia, and getting our calves ready for copious amounts of club hopping in good ol' Raleigh.

This year is even better than an inaugural year that left everyone hoping The Independent wouldn't somehow fuck up something so awesome. Luckily, they apparently raided the iPod we collectively use here at Speakers in Code, presenting the seasoned indie-veterans we all love, alongside the freshest of the fresh artists just beginning to blip on our rock 'n' radar.

This year we'll see The Flaming Lips, Drive By Truckers, Superchunk, and the very last live performance by "Uncle Bob" and his band, Guided by Voices. But those are just the slots before the 9:00 club shows begin! Check out the below, carefully crafted list to see where we'll be - and where you should highly consider being too.

And if this is not enough, we'll be sending out our day party track as well just as soon as that shiz is all firmed up.

The Speakers-Endorsed Hopscotch Track

Thursday, September 8th
8:30 - Dinosaur Feathers @ King's
9:00 - Super Vacations @ Slim's
9:30 - Lower Dens @ King's
10:00 - PC Workshop @ Slim's
10:30 - Grandchildren @ King's
11:00 - Xiu Xiu @ White Collar Crime
11:30 - Weekend @ Pour House
12:00 - Jeff the Brotherhood @ Slim's
12:30 - Black Lips/Cold Cave @ Lincoln Theatre/Pour House

Friday, September 9th
5:45 - The Dodos @ City Plaza
7:00 - Drive By Truckers @ City Plaza
8:40 - Guided by Voices @ City Plaza
9:00 - Brain F≠ @ Slim's
9:30 - Pepper Rabbit @ Five Star
10:00 - Wooden Wand @ Berkeley Cafe'
10:30 - Braids @ Pour House
11:00 - Generationals @ White Collar Crime
11:30 - Twin Shadow @ Lincoln Theatre
12:00 - Beans @ Tir Na Nog
12:30 - Japandroids/Earth @ Pour House/King's

Saturday, September 10th
5:45 - Dreamers of the Ghetto @ City Plaza
6:45 - Superchunk @ City Plaza
8:15 - The Flaming Lips @ City Plaza
9:00 - The Caribbean @ Tir Na Nog
9:30 - The Hairs @ King's
10:00 - Onward, Soldiers @ White Collar Crime
10:30 - Toro y Moi @ Lincoln Theatre
11:00 - Beach Fossils/Bass Drum of Death @ Tir Na Nog/Slim's
11:30 - Future Islands @ Lincoln Theatre
12:00 - Lost in the Trees/Titus Andronicus @Fletcher Opera Hall/Tir Na Nog
12:30 - Times New Viking/Yelawolf @ Lincoln Theatre/The Union

Also, for those challenged by the layout of the festival, make sure to print out this schedule, as well as the map below, and bring them with you. We all know how directions can become challenging after PBR number twelve.


Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Hopscotch 2011 Lineup Announced!


The initial list of names for Raleigh's Hopscotch Music Festival was announced this morning, and holy shiz, we are excited!  The Flaming Lips, GBV, and DBT lead the pack for the main stage, but there is a solid list of small-club headlining bands as well.  And if things work they way they did last year, other major acts will be announced as we draw closer to September. NICE!

See below for the list thus far!

All Tiny Creatures (Madison, Wis.)
Andrew Cedermark (Charlottesville, Va.)
Annuals (Raleigh, N.C.)
Apache Dropout (Bloomington, Ind.)
Apex Manor (Pasadena, Calif.)
Apple Juice Kid (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Bandway (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
Barn Owl (San Francisco, Calif.)
Beach Fossils (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Beans (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Bird Peterson (Austin, Texas)
Black Lips (Atlanta, Ga.)
Black Twig Pickers (Ironto, Va.)
Bombadil (Durham, N.C.)
Braids (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
Budos Band (Staten Island, N.Y.)
Bustello (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Caltrop (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Carlitta Durand (Durham, N.C.)
Cassis Orange (Carrboro, N.C.)
Charlie Smarts (New York, N.Y.)
Cheyenne Marie Mize (Louisville, Ky.)
Chip Robinson (Austin, Texas)
Cold Cave (New York, N.Y.)
D&D Sluggers (Wilmington, N.C.)
Dan Melchior Und Das Menace (Durham, N.C.)
David Daniell (Chicago, Ill.)
Dawn Golden and Rosy Cross (Chicago, Ill.)
Des Ark (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Dinosaur Feathers (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Disappears (Chicago, Ill.)
DJ Thien (Raleigh, N.C.)
Drive-By Truckers (Athens, Ga.)
Duane Pitre Sextet (New Orleans, La.)
Dustin Wong (Baltimore, Md.)
Dylan Gilbert (Charlotte, N.C.)
Earth (Seattle, Wash.)
Embarrassing Fruits (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Empress Hotel (New Orleans, La.)
Eric Carbonara & Jesse Sparhawk (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Family Dynamics (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Fight the Big Bull (Richmond, Va.)
Filthybird (Graham, N.C.)
Flight (Oxford, Miss.)
Ford & Lopatin (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Frank Fairfield (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Frontier Ruckus (Detroit, Mich.)
Future Islands (Baltimore, Md.)
Gauntlet Hair (Lafayette, Colo.)
Generationals (New Orleans, La.)
Grandchildren (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Gross Ghost (Carrboro, N.C.)
Guided by Voices (Dayton, Ohio)
Heads on Sticks (Raleigh, N.C.)
Hog (Durham, N.C.)
Horseback (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Invisible Hand (Charlottesville, Va.)
J Mascis (Amherst, Mass.)
Jack the Radio (Raleigh, N.C.)
Japandroids (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
JEFF The Brotherhood (Nashville, Tenn.)
Jennyanykind (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
John Vanderslice (San Francisco, Calif.)
Jon Lindsay (Charlotte, N.C.)
Julianna Barwick (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Justin Robinson and The Mary Annettes (Durham, N.C.)
King Mez (Raleigh, N.C.)
KORT (Nashville, Tenn.)
Krallice (New York, N.Y.)
L.E.G.A.C.Y. (Fayetteville, N.C.)
Last Year’s Men (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Le Weekend (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Little Scream (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
Liturgy (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Lonnie Walker (Raleigh, N.C.)
Lost in the Trees (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Lower Dens (Baltimore, Md.)
Man Will Destroy Himself (Raleigh, N.C.)
Man/Miracle (Oakland, Calif.)
Mandolin Orange (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Mount Eerie (Anacortes, Wash.)
Mount Moriah (Durham, N.C.)
Mouthus (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Old Bricks (Carrboro, N.C.)
Oneohtrix Point Never (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Onward, Soldiers (Wilmington, N.C.)
Organos (Carrboro, N.C.)
Oulipo (Raleigh, N.C.)
Oxbow (San Francisco, Calif.)
PC Worship (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Peter Lamb and The Wolves (Raleigh, N.C.)
Prurient (New York, N.Y.)
Reading Rainbow (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Rhys Chatham (Paris, France)
Royal Bangs (Knoxville, Tenn.)
Royal Baths (San Francisco, Calif.)
Shit Horse (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Sir Richard Bishop (Oakland, Calif.)
Soft Company (Carrboro, N.C.)
SPCL GST (Raleigh, N.C.)
Spider Bags (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Steve Gunn (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Super Vacations (Norfolk, Va.)
Superchunk (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Swans (New York, N.Y.)
Tender Fruit (Carrboro, N.C.)
The Body (Providence, R.I.)
The Caribbean (Washington, D.C.)
The Dodos (San Francisco, Calif.)
The Flaming Lips (Oklahoma City, Okla.)
The Foreign Exchange (Durham, N.C.)
The Light Pines (Carrboro, N.C.)
The Loners (Raleigh, N.C.)
The Love Language (Raleigh, N.C.)
The Moderate (Washington, D.C.)
The Necks (Sydney, Australia)
The Old Ceremony (Durham, N.C.)
The Prayers and Tears (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
The Strugglers (Washington, D.C.)
The Tomahawks (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Toro Y Moi (Columbia, S.C.)
Twelve Thousand Armies (Carrboro, N.C.)
Twin Shadow (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Tyvek (Detroit, Mich.)
Unknown Mortal Orchestra (Portland, Ore.)
Weekend (San Francisco, Calif.)
Wembley (Hillsborough, N.C.)
Wesley Wolfe (Carrboro, N.C.)
Whatever Brains (Raleigh, N.C.)
William Tyler (Nashville, Tenn.)
Wooden Wand (Lexington, Ky.)
Woodsman (Denver, Colo.)