Ryan Adams Stories

Late Night Roundup | Jim James, Courtney Barnett, MGMT & More

Watch some of Tomorrow's Verse's favorite artists hit the promotional, late-night television circuit.Jim James on The Late Show with Stephen ColbertMy Morning Jacket frontman Jim James stopped by Colberts show to perform the first single off his upcoming solo album, Uniform Distortion. Flaunting a guitar-centric, psychedelic sound that should appease fans of the band...

Late Night Roundup | War On Drugs, Thundercat, Ryan Adams & alt-J

Watch some of Tomorrows Verses favorite bands hit the promotional late-night television circuit. 1. War On Drugs perform Holding On on Late Show With Stephen Colbert.With a new album out in August, the War On Drugs brought their spacey new single to Colbert. Featuring four guitars and two keyboardists, the song is a densely layered,...

Lollapalooza Announces Aftershows For 2017 Festival Weekend

Lollapalooza has announced a massive schedule of official aftershows for the 2017 festival.Taking place between Tuesday, August 1 and Sunday, August 6 and featuring more than 50 artists across 16 Chicago venues, the concerts offer intimate opportunities for fans to see their favorite artists outside of the festival setting.Highlights include Ryan Adams and The Shins performing separate shows...

Album Reviews | February 2017 Releases

By: Alex WoodMoon Duo- Occult Architecture, Vol. 1 [2/3]A concept album of sorts, Occult Architecture is intended to represent the dark parts of the cyclical nature of the seasons. Though this may be the inspiration, the record comes off as another set of skuzzy, droning psychedelic songs consisting of simplistic, chugging rhythms and effects-drenched guitars. The...

Album Reviews | September 2015 Releases

By: Alex WoodThunderbitch- Thunderbitch [9/1]After releasing one of the years best records with The Alabama Shakes, singer, songwriter and guitarist Brittany Howard surprised fans with an unannounced record as Thunderbitch. Consisting of Howard and a handful of Nashville rock musicians, the record has a gritty rock n roll sound, full of distorted guitar, pounding drums...

VIDEO: Watch Ryan Adams Cover "Summer Of '69"

Back in 2003, Ryan Adams notoriously kicked a fan out of Nashvilles Ryman Audiotrium for continually requesting Bryan Adams Summer Of 69. In the end, Adams cussed out the fan and made him leave but offered to refund his ticket.Apparently no longer as angry about the situation, Adams returned to Ryman last night and performed an...

Stream or Download: Ryan Adams Covers Sonic Youth, Grateful Dead @ Lollapalooza 2006

2006 was a key year for Ryan Adams. The productive songwriter released three albums the year before, Cold Roses, Jacksonville City Nights, and 29, and toured with the Cardinals in support of the new material. The tour found the band in great form and included a stop at Lollapalooza.For their festival set, the band started strong,...

Review / Setlist / Stream / Download / Video: Ryan Adams @ Chicago Theater 10/16/14

Ryan Adams is trying to make the stage his happy place.At center stage on Thursday in Chicago, the noted pinball enthusiast was flanked by vintage Asteroids and Berzerk machines. A phalanx of his beloved guitars sit at the ready. He addresses his bandmates with the casual jocularity of their friend, not their boss --...

Album Reviews: September 2014 Releases

By: Alex WoodRobert Plant And The Sensational Space Shifters - Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar [9/9]As proven recently at his Riviera performance, Robert Plant is as capable a blues singer as anyone, despite his being 66 years old. Lullaby is certainly blues based, but stretches out to incorporate British and Celtic folk, electronics, and classic rock....

Stream or Download: Ryan Adams & The Cardinals @ House Of Blues 1/18/07

I guesspermanenceisn't something one should expect from Ryan Adams, the notoriously mercurial singer songwriter. But I wish we could have the mid-to-late 00's heyday of the Cardinals back, where they played this otherworldly country-punkish-jamband music that simply sounds like nothing else. Or at least get to rewind to savor those years a little bit more....