Full Show Friday: Hall & Oates - Liberty Concert 1985 Jersey City, NJ

We search the murky back waters of youtube to find full concerts and post them to the site weekly, come back every seven days to help us celebrate Full Show Friday's. These shows are of varying quality and may not be here for long so enjoy them while you can...As always, please support the artist every which way, but especially by seeing them live (if they are still playing)...This week...Hall & Oates!

Album Review: Guts Club - Please Come Back To The Farm

Guts Club

Please Come Back To The Farm

*** out of *****

The newest release from the New Orleans, LA based doom/experimental outfit Guts Club is a capturing of the quartet's haunting power and tone. Titled Please Come Back To The Farm, the four track record finds each song running long as the band's dense sound leads to crackling and distorted speakers.

New Single from Record Thieves "Cause and Effect"

Denver, CO based Record Thieves have a new single out, "Cause and Effect".

Album Review: Corey Henry and the Treme Funktet - Live at Vaughn's

Corey Henry and the Treme Funktet 

Live at Vaughn's

***and1/2 out of *****

The newest release from Corey Henry and the Treme Funktet is a live album captured at their Thursday night homebase, Vaughn's in the Bywater. The directly titled, Live at Vaughn's from Louisiana Red Hot Records, drops the listener in the small bar with the band as the party music rolls out for over an hour. 

New Single/Video from Stella and the Very Messed "Big Familiar"

The Austin, TX based rockers Stella and the Very Messed have a new single/video out "Big Familiar".

Lead Singer Stella Maxwell explains about the song:

Album Review: MonoNeon - You Had Your Chance... Bad Attitude!

MonoNeon

You Had Your Chance...Bad Attitude!

***and1/2 out of *****

The newest effort from the prolific bass maestro MonoNeon, You Had Your Chance...Bad Attitude! continues his recent success from last years dynamite Quilted Stereo. The quirky artist marches to the beat of his own drummer, but this collection stays mostly in the pop/funk/R&B vein, with success. 

New Single/Video from Delicate Steve "We'll Be Friends"

The LA based guitarist Delicate Steve has released a new single, "We'll Be Friends" from his upcoming album Luke's Garage.

Check out the tune below.

Dylan Cover #688 Todd Snider "The Man In Me" Live

In this ongoing Monday Series we will be exploring various artists versions of Bob Dylan song's. Today's tune is a live cover by Todd Snider playing "The Man In Me"

Thoughts on Original:

From the first time we tackled a cover of this tune:
Almost a forgotten throw away track from Bob, which proves how great he really is, this peach of a song originally appeared on New Morning. The famous La-la-la's are so unlike Bob it instantly stands out as unique in his back catalog. "The Man In Me" is playful, loving, sincere yet deceptive. It took on an added life after showing up in the cult classic The Big Lebowski and now has a whole new generation digging its quirky sounds.  

Cover:

Thoughts on Cover Artist:

RtBE did a special focus on Todd Snider covering Dylan back in December for a month, but we didn't get to this full band live gem. So it enters the Dylan Cover Series now instead. 

Thoughts on Cover:

A shaggy, rollicking full band cover from Snider and crew that is a bit wooly and unkept. Strong vocals, guitar bass and drum. A fun ramble through a fun tune. 

Happy 55th Anniversary to The Stooges Fun House

Today marks the 55th Anniversary of The Stooges sophomore release Fun House. 

This iconic record marked a step up from their debut and still sounds raucous today. 

Enjoy The 4th of July with The Grateful Dead

The United States celebrates it's Independence today, and while the country has deep rooted issues and problems we are dealing (and not dealing) with, it is still the best country mankind has founded in our sordid history. So enjoy the outdoors, hanging safely with friends, and living life. What better soundtrack for that is there than The Grateful Dead?!?!

We took the opportunity a few years back to talk about the Best American Band question on July 4th. Now (in a tradition started years ago) we are just giving you our answer in concert form, the Grateful Dead's July 4th 1989 concert. What a doozy! It is the perfect time to bust it back out and get Truckin' Up To Buffalo.

Album Review: Ferris Blusa - And That's When I Saw Gawd

Ferris Blusa

And That's When I Saw Gawd

***and1/2 out of *****

For his album And That's When I Saw Gawd, the New Orleans based hip hop artist Ferris Blusa partnered with the Madison, WI based producer Observe Since 98 to craft a full length flowing album that thematically holds together questioning televangelism, religion and more. 

Album Review: Valerie June - Owls, Omens, and Oracles

Valerie June

Owls, Omens, and Oracles

***and1/2 out of *****

On her recent releases the Memphis, TN based artist Valerie June had been focusing on softer, slower, relaxing, acoustic efforts. With her sixth studio full length, Owls, Omens and Oracles, June has returned a bit to her indie-rock roots as June mixes grandiose soul, modern r&b, pop and gospel coloring the sound and tone. 

Album Review: Patterson Hood - Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams

Patterson Hood

Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams

***and1/2 out of *****

The fourth solo studio album from Patterson Hood is titled Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams and it continues his personal tales of odd occurrences and knack for effective story telling through ten songs. Some of the tunes are about Hood's childhood and were written in the 70's while others deal with adulthood and were written much more recently during the Covid lockdown. 

New Single/Video from Hail The Sun "The Drooling Class"

The Chico, California based, post-hardcore band, Hail The Sun have a new single/video out, "The Drooling Class".

Check out the slamming video and tune below:

Album Review: Durand Jones & The Indications - Flowers

 Hey all, got a review up @glidemag which you can read Right C'here:

It is of Durand Jones & The Indications - Flowers. 

A retro soul album, in the vein of The Stylistics, delivers a pleasant ride. 

Support the artists, buy the album, read the review and peep some video below:

New Single from T-Ray The Violinist "High Vibration"

The New Orleans, LA based T-Ray The Violinist has a new single out "High Vibration".

Check out the dramatic mix of hip-hop, strings and more below:

New Video/Single from Madeline Kenney "Semitones"

The Oakland, CA based artist Madeline Kenney has a new single/video out for her song "Semitones".

Dylan Cover #687 Phil J Gray "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" Live

In this ongoing Monday Series we will be exploring various artists versions of Bob Dylan song's. Today's tune is a live cover by Phil J Gray playing "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" 

This month we are doing another special focus in RtBE's Dylan Covers series.

In the past we have highlighted The Byrds, Coulson-Dean-McGuiness-Flint, The Hollies, Joan Osbourne, Mountain, Betty LeVette , Reggae Covers and many more.

For June we highlight live Dylan covers from Phil J Gray 

Thought's on Original:

From the first time we reviewed a cover of this tune:

This song is so iconic and flat out awesome, even people who dislike Dylan have to enjoy this tune right? Biting and yet not bitter, a toss off of the grandest proportions, "Don' Think Twice, It's All Right" is epic and yet so straight forwardly simple. It easily ranks as one of the bard's best works, truly a classic and has been covered by so many people in so many ways.

Cover:

Thoughts on Cover Artist

Back in October 2024 we came across Mr. Gray, aka MUSIC MAN and dug his style of straight ahead, live acoustic Dylan covers. Turns out he does a bunch, so all month we will focus on him and his Bob covers.

Thoughts on Cover

A great spin through an excellent song. We end our month of June's special focus on a high note with Mr. Gray! Thanks for reading and listening. 

Full Show Friday: The Ventures 30th Anniversary

We search the murky back waters of youtube to find full concerts and post them to the site weekly, come back every seven days to help us celebrate Full Show Friday's. These shows are of varying quality and may not be here for long so enjoy them while you can...As always, please support the artist every which way, but especially by seeing them live (if they are still playing)...This week...The Ventures!

With summer kicking into high gear here in NYC, let's get some surf rock flowing for our Full Show Friday this week. This show was originally recorded in 1983 but wasn't released until 1989, the 30th anniversary of the band. 

Pro shot, Pro Sound, with a ton of guest. Full set list below. Enjoy!

The Ventures 30th Anniversary 00:00 1 Wipe Out / Guest / MAX WEINBERG 03:45 2 Tequila / Guest / JEFF BAXTER 06:36 3 Apache / Guest / PETER FRAMPTON 09:28 4 Memphis / Guest / RICK DERRINNGER 12:50 5 Telstar / Guest / CHRIS SPEDDING 15:11 6 Out Of Limits / THE RAYBEATS 17:05 7 Perfidia / Guest / ROBBY KRIEGE 19:18 8 Slaughter 0n 10th Avenue 21:21 9 Sleep Walk / Guest / JEFF BAXTER 24:40 10 Bumble Bee Twist / Guest / ROBBY KRIEGER 27:03 11 Let's Go 29:17 12 Hawaii Five-o / Guest / MAX WEINBERG 31:49 13 Pipeline / Guest / PPETER FRAMPTON & CHRIS SPEDDNG 34:59 14 Walk Don't Run The Ventures Don Wilson / Guitar Nokie Edwards / Guitar Bob Bogle / Bass Mel Taylor / Drums

Live Review: Dr. Dog 6/21/25 Forest Hills Stadium Queens NY

Dr. Dog

6/21/25 Forest Hills Stadium Queens NY

The Philadelphia based Dr. Dog ceased touring in 2021 but have not retired. They released their excellent self titled album last year and occasionally play a few shows here and there. The groups largest NYC headlining concert to date took place on Saturday night June 21st at Forrest Hills Stadium in Queens.