The summer concert season is upon us and the Hidden Track staff knows that it’s virtually impossible for us to afford every show we want to hit, and still be able to pay our insanely expensive New York City rents. Luckily for us, there are a plethora of fantastic free concerts throughout the summer that don’t cost a dime. We decided to weed through all the listings and present to you our 5th Annual NYC Free Summer Concert Picks. Let’s take a look… HT Recommends: Laura Marling / Michael Kiwanuka / Willy Mason Where: Celebrate Brooklyn! – Prospect Park Bandshell ...

today in NYC * SWEET Relief * Alex Battles @ Sycamore * The Band tribute @ BB King's * Sam Amidon @ Rockwood Music Hall * The Beach Boys @ Beacon Theatre * Dead Confederate, The Doorbells @ Mercury...

NYC freak rockers *NEW BEARD* announce the release of their debut LP* 'NEW BEARD CITY'*. Fronted by *Ben Wigler* who previously led the phenomenal NY/NC band ARIZONA who toured with *Band of Horses, Derek Trucks, the Slip, Dead Confederate* and *Indigo Girls, New Beard* is a little weird, a lot...

It will come as no surprise to anyone that Diamond Rugs’ self-titled debut full-length sounds like a bunch of hardscrabble rock dudes jamming it out, if only because its members hail from Black Lips, Los Lobos, Deer Tick, Dead Confederate and Six Finger Satellite. As the story goes, Deer Tick’s John McCauley assembled the crew [...]

5th Annual Austin Psych Fest / APRIL 27-29 2012 / Emo's East & Beauty Ballroom The full 2012 lineup: Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Black Angels, The Black Lips, Meat Puppets, Olivia Tremor Control, Thee Oh Sees, Dead Meadow, Bombino, The Telescopes, Wooden Shjips, Pink Mountaintops, Woods, Golden Dawn, Psychic Ills, Disappears, Peaking Lights, Entrance Band, Night Beats, Spindrift, Sun Araw, Pure X, Dead Confederate, Amen Dunes, Quilt, Prince Rama, Ringo Deathstarr, Sleep Over, Lotus Plaza, Moon Duo, Mind Spiders, The UFO Club, Headdress, Asteroid #4, Acid Baby Jesus, Blue Angel Lounge, Singapore Sling, Allah-Las, Federale, Quest for Fire, Feathers, High Wolf, Cosmonauts ...

This time last year we were excited by Middle Brother, the indie ‘supergroup’ of sorts that featured Deer Tick, Delta Spirit, and Dawes. This year it is Diamond Rugs, another indie supergroup of sorts and this time featuring representatives from Deer Tick, the Black Lips, Dead Confederate, Los Lobos and Six Finger Satellite. The common denominator [...]

John McCauley and Robbie Crowell of Deer Tick, Ian Saint Pé of the Black Lips, Hardy Morris of Dead Confederate, Steve Berlin of Los Lobos and Bryan Dufresne of Six Finger Satellite, have united to form Diamond Rugs.

Click to listen to Diamond Rugs' 'Country Mile' Diamond Rugs is a new band featuring familiar faces from other notable bands – John McCauley and Robbie Crowell of Deer Tick Ian Saint Pé of the Black Lips Hardy Morris of Dead Confederate Steve Berlin of Los Lobos and Bryan Dufresne of...

Diamond Rugs is a super group featuring John McCauley (Deer Tick), Robbie Crowell (Deer Tick), Ian Saint Pé (The Black Lips), Steve Berlin (Los Lobos), Hardy Morris (Dead Confederate) and Bryan Dufresne (Six Finger Satellite). The group made their live debut in December and...

In one sense Athens, Georgia is your typical college town—40,000 students thrown into a town of 100,000 or so people, always in flux, always the same—but in a musical sense the place is extraordinary. You’d have to go 1000 miles west to Austin, or 1000 miles northeast to New York City, to find a music scene that even begins to compare to Athens, a town that’s half the size of Swindon, and one-eighth the size of Nottingham. For better or worse, the history of Athens music—The B-52’s, Pylon, R.E.M., Oh-Ok ...

Dead Confederate at Union Hall (10/10/08) Photo: Tim Griffin (more) May 2 Wed Emanuel and the FearBuy TicketsAmex presale begins:Wed, 04/04/1212:00 PM Mercury LoungeNew York, NY06:30 PM   Buy TicketsAmex presale begins:Wed, 04/04/1212:00 PM May 6 Sun HowthBuy TicketsAmex presale begins:Wed, 04/04/1212:00 PM Mercury LoungeNew York, NY07:00 PM   Buy TicketsAmex presale begins:Wed, 04/04/1212:00 PM [...]

The 5th annual Athens Americana Festival will take place from April 18-22 at venues throughout Athens, GA. The festival will kick off on the roof of the recently re-opened Georgia Theatre on April 18 with performances by Andrew Combs and Dead Confederate sideband Hardy Morris And The Outfit. The cel...

The full line up for the 2012 Austin Psych Fest is here! This year the party goes down at the brand new Emo's East and Beauty Ballroom located at 2015 East Riverside. The two venues are within close walking distance of each other and the organizers will have a courtyard set up to connect the venues with lounges, vintage clothing stores and food vendors along the path. Here is the line up! FRIDAY The Black Angels, Dead Meadow, Psychic Ills, Peaking Lights, Disappears, Night Beats, Sun Araw, Ringo Deathstarr, Feeding People, Allah Las, Acid Baby Jesus, Moon Duo, Lotus ...

As previously reported, R.E.M., Brute (Widespread Panic featuring Vic Chesnutt), The Whigs, Patterson Hood, Dead Confederate, Futurebirds and many other Athens, GA-based artists recently contributed songs to a benefit album that will support disabled veterans. On Apr...

The Outlaw Roadshow Austin, TX - Saturday 3/17 19 Acts & Completely Free! Confirmed to Our Lineup OPENING SET AT THE OUTLAW ROADSHOW - Indie musicians Josh Arnoudse and Raky Sastri have been working with each other on theater, film and now music projects for the better part of the last 12 years. The Massachusetts natives formed You Won’t in late 2010, locking themselves in the woods of Littleton, MA during recording of songs Josh had written. Since then, the band has made quite a bit of noise. In February they released their debut, "Skeptic Goodbye on Old Flame Records (Dead ...