Bob Dylan covers are nothing new, but when you’ve got a gorgeous and underrated original, and covers by The Beatles (well, John Lennon), Johnny Cash and Jeff Buckley, you’ve got something extraordinary.
“Mama” was originally recorded during the Bringing It All Back Home sessions in 1965, but wasn’t officially released until 1991 with the release of [...]

The lineup for the 2008 Bridge School Benefit concert has been announced, to be held October 25 & 26 at Shoreline Amphitheatre. As always, Neil Young (a school co-founder) will anchor the lineup which also features Wilco, Jack Johnson, Cat Power, Death Cab for Cutie and Norah Jones.
In addition to those artists, ZZ Top and [...]

[Update: Looking for playlists for the 2009 festival? We've got you covered: Friday, Saturday & Sunday]
Here’s the third and final installment of our Outside Lands Festival preview. Today, we bring you songs by all of the artists appearing on Sunday of Outside Lands.
You can find the two previous installments here: Friday & Saturday
With our fancy [...]

While the folks at APE Concerts haven’t announced the schedule for the Outside Lands Festival [Update: full schedule now available here], most of the bands involved have which night they’re playing on their respective sites. So we did a little investigative journalism to cobble together a schedule.
According to their site, Radiohead is scheduled to headline [...]

OK, we’ve given a lot of attention to the Outside Lands Festival in this here part of West Blogistan – The Stranger and Vague Panther have drooled over it several times – but I’m going to play devil’s advocate. What if the lineup is too narrow, too indie-rock intensive without enough goodies for those of [...]

It looks like the Radiohead rumors were actually true. We just got an email from APE Concerts confirming that Radiohead, Tom Petty and Jack Johnson will in fact be headlining the first annual Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco.
The Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival is set to take place in San Francisco’s historic Golden [...]

Please, oh please be true. I promise I’ll be nice. I swear. I’ll start contributing to charity. Please don’t let the August 22 Radiohead concert in Golden Gate Park be a nasty internet rumor. Please let this Outside Lands Festival be a gift from the gods.
SF Weekly just posted that Radiohead, Tom Petty and Jack [...]