I had to find some alternate sources for this news to make SURE it wasn’t an Onion story, but it appear to be legit. Paul McCartney is playing with Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear at a benefit tonight for the victims of Superstorm Sandy. No word on exactly what the set will be, [...]

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#30: Trailblazer @ Al’s Bar [Original Post] Man, what a great first Trailblazer show for me to catch. On record he can occasionally get a little noisy for my taste, but this set didn’t get too far from his solid guitar rock base. Solid songs and a great performance made this one of the best [...]

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Mister Heavenly improvised this cover of “Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey” from Ram at their recent show in Germany. I’m most impressed that Cera remembered to jump into the “Be a gypsy” bit with no hesitation.

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In my never-ending quests to collect all the Ted Leo covers out there, I tracked down these two from a few months ago. Ted played these two covers at a solo show in May. MP3: Ted Leo – The Back Seat of My Car (Paul McCartney) MP3: Ted Leo – Could You Be the One [...]

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Let’s get this out of the way early: I consider Paul McCartney to be the single greatest songwriter since the invention of sheet music. I’ve seen great shows before, but never have I seen over two hours of literally some of the greatest songs ever written. So on that grounds alone, yeah, Paul McCartney’s show [...]

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