Author Archives: Robert Duffy

Extended Donewaiting Family: Empty Growler

Yesterday I launched Empty Growler, a new website about craft beer, homebrewing, and beer culture. Along with Joe Long from Each Note Secure, we decided to take the last moments of our spare time and stretch it even thinner.

Check it out, and please share it with anyone you think might be interested. I think we can do some interesting connections between beer and music on both websites, stay tuned.

SXSW Music Festival 2012 Schedule Live

Click here for the details and see some new bands that have been added. Now to wait for SCHED to get up and running for this year.

MP3: Lee Ranaldo “Off the Walls”

MP3: Off the Wall

Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo has a solo album coming out on March 20 via Matador Records. Tour dates coming soon.

Thurston Moore’s solo album was my favorite of 2011. Will Lee make it onto my 2012 list? If this first song is any indication of the whole album, the magic Oasis-brand eightball says DEFINITELY MAYBE.

Stream: Craig Finn “New Friend Jesus”

The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn is releasing his first solo album on January 24. Pre-order here. Click here to hear another song from the album.

Tour dates after the jump. Continue reading

Coachella 2012: Pulp, Radiohead, Mazzy Star, At the Drive-In, More

Coachella details announced. Here’s the line-up: Continue reading

Fred Armisen’s Playlist Live Coming to Brooklyn in February

Fred Armisen (Saturday Night Live/Portlandia) will be performing music at Union Pool in Brooklyn on 2/5, 2/12, and 2/16. He plays instruments, sings, and does a lot of looping of sounds in an entertaining and insane show. I saw a bit of it when he performed at Julie Klausner‘s “How Was Your Week Live” and it was really fun to watch. Special guests each week. Click here for tickets.

Van Halen 2012 Tour Dates

Complete details over here. Sorry, Ohio.

PS – There is a place in Kentucky called the KFC Yum! Center.

2/18/12 Louisville, KY KFC Yum! Center
2/20/12 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills
2/22/12 Indianapolis, IN Conseco Fieldhouse
2/24/12 Chicago, IL United Center
2/28/12 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
3/1/12 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
3/3/12 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun
3/5/12 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
3/9/12 Buffalo, NY First Niagra Center
3/11/12 Boston, MA TD Garden
3/15/12 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
3/17/12 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
3/21/12 Ottawa, ON Scotiabank Place
3/24/12 Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall
3/28/12 Washington, DC Verizon Center
3/30/12 Pittsburgh, PA Consol Energy Center
4/1/12 Rosemont, IL Allstate Arena
4/10/12 Ft. Lauderdale, FL BankAtlantic Center
4/12/12 Tampa, FL St Pete Times Forum
4/14/12 Orlando, FL Amway Arena
4/16/12 Jacksonville, FL Jacksonville Arena
4/19/12 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
4/21/12 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum
4/25/12 Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena
4/27/12 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
5/1/12 Tulsa, OK BOK Center
5/5/12 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome
5/7/12 Vancouver, B.C. Rogers Arena
5/9/12 Calgary, ALB Scotiabank Saddledome
5/11/12 Edmonton, ALB Rexall Place
5/17/12 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre
5/19/12 St Paul, MN Xcel Energy Centre
5/22/12 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
5/24/12 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
5/27/12 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena
6/1/12 Los Angeles, CA STAPLES Center
6/3/12 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
6/5/12 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion
6/12/12 Anaheim, CA Honda Center
6/14/12 San Diego, CA Viejas Arena
6/16/12 Phoenix, AZ US Airways Arena
6/20/12 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
6/22/12 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
6/24/12 Houston, TX Toyota Center
6/26/12 New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena

Video: Sharon Van Etten & Ted Leo “I Wanna Destroy You (Soft Boys Cover)”

Filmed on New Year’s Eve at Maxwell’s in Hoboken.

Classic Bruce Springsteen Television Interviews

Backstreets compiled some interviews with a young Bruce Springsteen during the 1970s. The footage of the reporters doing the nightly news is just as great.

(thx Randy)

MP3: Squirrel Nut Zippers “Indian Giver”

MP3: Indian Giver

Lots of bands do Chritmas songs, but only few do full albums of holiday songs and even less do GOOD holiday albums. Squirrel Nut Zippers fall in the latter category, with Christmas Caravan being a fun, festive and unique collection of holiday tunes.