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Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros: Being Here Now Never Felt So Good Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros seemingly emerged from the ether in 2009 with the infectious, psychedelic-tinged single “Home” and have remained a colorful presence on the festival circuit during the past three years. But the band’s explosive success and mystical presence […]

H.O.R.D.E.: 20 Years Later On the 20th anniversary of The Great American H.O.R.D.E. Festival, Relix celebrates the traveling festival’s first year with an insightful retrospective, courtesy of executive editor Dean Budnick. Featuring Phish, Widespread Panic, Blues Traveler, Spin Doctors, The Aquarium Rescue Unit and Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, the inaugural tour brought together the […]

Umphrey’s McGee: The Last Jamband Standing? Of all the groups to emerge from Phish’s shadow in the late ‘90s and early ‘00s, Umphrey’s McGee may have the best chance of saving the jamband scene. Though the group follows the blueprint originally designed by the Grateful Dead in the late ‘60s, both Umphrey’s McGee’s progrock sound […]

The Black Keys: Two of a Kind During the past decade, The Black Keys have slowly emerged as one of the most successful independent-minded bands in the world. Using their love of blues riffs as their base, vocalist/guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney have melded their disparate influences in garage rock, hip-hop and radio-friendly […]

Warren Haynes: Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag With both Gov’t Mule and The Allman Brothers Band on ice for much of the year, veteran guitarist Warren Haynes released a soul-driven album under his own name and hit the road with his new Warren Haynes Band. Haynes experienced changes off the road as well when […]

Wilco: The Art of Almost With The Whole Love, Wilco return to the forefront of American music-makers. The follow-up to their Grammy-nominated Wilco (The Album), these 12 songs collectively make for one of the group’s finest albums of their career. Whether they are stretching out (the opener and closer are 19 minutes combined), packing artful […]