Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Phish has released the details regarding their 8th festival, which is “creatively” entitled “Festival 8.” See the homepage for details regarding the three day event. Also be sure to check out the FAQ, as it has an abundance of valuable information.
Stay tuned for more details.
-Sophist
The cover to Phish’s new album has made its way to the public ‘eye’.
Hope you like it.
Rolling Stone reports that Phish’s new album will be titled Joy.
Many of the songs from the forthcoming record debuted during the recent tour (as well as the Hampton run) and have been receiving mixed reviews from the fanbase. These include:
Other possible inclusions are “Ocelot”, “Light”, “Alaska”, and Mike Gordon’s “Sugar Shack”.
*UPDATE*
Phish.com has released the full tracklisting of the album. Release date is still TBA.
1. Backwards Down the Number Line
2. Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan
3. Light
4. Joy
5. Sugar Shack
6. Ocelot
7. Kill Devil Falls
8. I’ve Been Around
9. Time Turns Elastic
10. Twenty Years Later
With the release of their seventh studio album, Wilco has found an equilibrium between the various directions of its past releases. Having cast aside abstract experimentation in favor of more succinct melody and songwriting on their previous album, Sky Blue Sky, they, in some eyes, over simplified. Now, they have rebounded with mature soundscapes, smart lyrics, lush melodies and more. No longer the alt-country kids who discovered synthesizers or the rock band that set aside their synthesizers for the sake of simply jamming, Wilco is a band that has found itself amongst all of these identities and embraced them for the better. This is Wilco (the album.)
Last night Phish finished off the first leg of their Summer tour in in Alpine Valley (East Troy, WI) so we thought we’d leave you with a few thoughts.
Phish traveled a long way on this tour. It started a little rough and hit a few bumps along the way but they wrapped it up in style with a wild, soaking wet show at Deer Creek and the two nights at Alpine Valley. In listening to those three shows, I’m hearing redemption for some of the earlier ‘bumps’ and promise for the future. Come July 31 at Red Rocks, I expect they’ll have even more songs rehearsed and the second leg will be a smoker.
Let’s hope.
Now, how about some pictures from last Thursday’s show at Star Lake (or whatever it’s called now.) Huge thanks go out to our friend, John Neely for these photos.
