Looking for recommended performances of your favorite Dead tunes? Heady Version is a crowd-sourced repository of best. versions. ever. If you’re heading out to see some music this weekend, first brush up on concert etiquette – should come in handy for Trey’s acoustic set

After pushing around a snowblower and using a shovel for a makeshift pick-axe for hours yesterday, I just couldn’t get Homer Simpson’s “Mr. Plow” theme song out of my head. For those not familiar with the episode, Homer’s snow-plowing business takes off driven by his low budget advertisement running on local access cable, only to [...]

Every Tuesday in January, The Barn will offer another feature about the incredible music and career of Talking Heads. 2010 was an incredible year for the music video.  From the Spike Jonze deliciousness of LCD Soundsystem’s “Drunk Girls” and his secret film project with Arcade Fire to wonderful tongue-in-cheek rave-ups like The Black Keys’ “Tighten [...]

I thought this made a good companion piece to our stream and download of Mike’s Lincoln Hall Show in Chicago. Filmed just the day before at 105.5 M in Madison, this video provides superb shots of and access to the band (dig that funky bass), nice sound and unique stripped down acoustic arrangement of the [...]

“The Stars Look Good Tonight” Steepwater Band’s latest single is a perfect piece of hook-driven rock, accessible without being cloying, gutsy without being super-aggressive. An account with cdbaby will get you a free download if you’re so inclined. Now they have a companion video as well — combining some good ole empty loft performance footage [...]

Today marks thirty years that the world has been without John Lennon. We choose to remember him on this day and honor the duality of his legacy:   the Working Class Hero, artist and poet who put aside his ego and declared his principles on the world’s stage…

Multi-talented Little Big Fat bassist Craig Urban came through with some incredible images from Saturday night’s show in Chicago.  These were shot from second row center and we are happy to share.  Enjoy!

Another smoker in Chicago last night. Here’s what what down:

What would Fake Jerry do? I don’t know, but if you were at the spring shows at the Auditorium, its likely you’ll be heading down the to the UIC Pavillion tonight and / or tomorrow.

It is a beautiful thing when technology allows a hobbyist to put a video like this together in just a couple of hours. The author (username marc4dfan on YouTube) doesn’t have a background in video production, he just got an idea in his head and thought “maybe I could do that.”