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04/07/2025

Worked this song from X's See How We Are Album -- but Dave Alvin wrote it and sings it best (but love you too, John Doe!).

Happy Fourth - our country is crazy, but we're still great 🇺🇸

DAVE ALVIN performs 4TH OF JULY on THE LATE LATE SHOW on April 25th, 2004. The band X had previously recorded the song.

24/06/2025

ANNOUNCEMENT ✨
New Single "Darkness, Darkness" - Streaming Now!
THE THIRD MIND: Right Now!- New Album out Sept 19, 2025

The Third Mind will release Right Now!, their highly anticipated third studio album, September 19 on Yep Roc Records. Today, the all-star collective unveils the first single, a rendition of The Youngbloods’ “Darkness, Darkness,” shared in memory of Jesse Colin Young.

Stream "Darkness Darkness" and pre-save Right Now! https://ffm.to/rightnowalbum

Recorded live over four days at 64 Sound Recording Studio in Los Angeles, Right Now! is a masterclass in instinct and improvisation by skillful musicians meeting in real time to find the songs as they go. “Everything about this record is intuitive,” says GRAMMY award-winning singer/songwriter and guitarist and The Third Mind co-founder Dave Alvin. “It’s five musicians walking a tightrope, improvising in dialogue with each other and finding the songs in real time.”

What began as a free-form studio experiment between Alvin and Victor Krummenacher (Camper Van Beethoven, Cracker, Monks of Doom, Eyelids), inspired by the spontaneity of Miles Davis’ improvisational work, The Third Mind morphed into a supergroup enlisting guitarist David Immerglück (Counting Crows, John Hiatt, Monks of Doom, Camper Van Beethoven), drummer Michael Jerome (Richard Thompson, Better Than Ezra, John Cale), and singer/songwriter Jesse Sykes (Jesse Sykes & The Sweeter Hereafter), whose mesmerizing vocal presence Alvin credits as the band’s anchor. “To me, Jesse’s vocals are the glue that holds this whole thing together,” says Alvin. “Her voice is so unique, and she sings with such intense introspection that it just sucks you in.”

In support of the new album, the touring band will play a West Coast run of dates beginning June 28 in Northern California, with additional Midwest and East Coast shows to be announced soon.

Starting this weekend:
Saturday, June 28 - Chuck Prophet’s Summertime Thing / Rio Nido Roadhouse - Guerneville CA

Sunday, June 29 - HopMonk Tavern Novato - Novato, CA

Sunday, July 6 - High Sierra Music Festival - Quincy, CA
Check here for more and get your tickets! https://bnds.us/5l7w86

“Not so much a supergroup as a great fu***ng band…” - MAGNET Magazine

Dave Alvin Victor Krummenacher David Immerglück Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter Michael Jerome

23/06/2025

PreOrder Alert ⚡ GRATEFUL DEAD: Dick's Picks Vol. 4—Fillmore East 2/13-14/70 • Remastered, Limited, Hand-Numbered, 180-Gram 6-LP Set

On sale this Thursday, June 26 at 10 am PT - sign up here to be notified the instant it goes live: https://bit.ly/3ZFe6LW

Our favorite Dick’s Pick has arrived! This volume presents one of the most famous stands of shows in the band’s long history of touring, the 2/13/70-2/14/70 shows at the Fillmore East in New York.

Just how good were the three sets that comprised each show? Well, when L*D chemist and band benefactor Owsley Stanley produced the official release History of the Grateful Dead, Vol. 1 (Bear’s Choice), he lifted portions of each night’s first set and acoustic second set in assembling that record, yet there was enough (very) strong material left over to make Dick’s Picks Vol. 4 one of the greatest live albums in the Grateful Dead catalog.

The biggest gem of the entire set—and some might say the crown jewel of the entire series—is the now legendary rendition of “Dark Star,” but there really isn’t a weak song on the album.

And while this has been out on vinyl before, we’ve given this edition our usual sonic upgrade, starting with a fresh mastering by Jeffrey Norman (in his words, “This is definitely worth doing”) that beefs up the bottom end of this sparkling recording.

Lacquers are, as always, cut by Clint Holley and Dave Polster at Well Made Music, and our friends at Gotta Groove Records have pressed the 6-LP set on 180-gram black vinyl. The two-piece hardcover box includes an insert with Bear’s original liner notes.

We’ve limited this to 3500 hand-numbered copies, and, unlike our previous Grateful Dead vinyl releases, this one is not slated to go to retail in the foreseeable future.

Grateful Dead Grateful Dead Archive

18/06/2025

the perfect snack for summer travels!

30/05/2025

New music from badass Southern Rocker!

Dyer Davis has a new song "Have Mercy." We premiered it. Enjoy our quality music reviews and coverage on Americana Highways.

20/05/2025

guilt free noshing - you won't be able to stop!

Introducing our NEW MAPLE MULTI SEED 🍁 💫 20% Off storewide sale so you can to try them, Flackers fans!! Use discount code Maple20 through Thursday for orders on these and all your favorite flavors > https://flackers.com/discount/Maple20

Maple Multi Seed Flackers combine the earthy crunch of nutrient-dense seeds with a subtle kiss of organic maple syrup and sea salt. These lightly sweet, crisp crackers are packed with flax, chia, and sunflower seeds -plus pepitas and h**p hearts- offering a satisfying crunch that plays just as well with almond butter as it does with your morning coffee or afternoon tea. We can’t wait for you to try them!

09/05/2025

23/04/2025

Thank you, Endowed Professor-Chair of Music Industry Studies and long-time music biz friend Jonathan McHugh for inviting me as a guest speaker for your course at Loyola University New Orleans’ School of Music & Theatre!

It was so rewarding talking with the students, we had such a great exchange! Can’t wait to see what these young creatives bring us in the future.

21/04/2025

21/04/2025

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