“Never trust a prankster,” a motto of the Acid Test-producing Merry Pranksters back in the 1960s, was apropos on Friday, at Bob Weir’s inaugural Campfire Tour show in San Rafael, California. In support of Weir’s new countrified, ballad-heavy album, “Blue Mountain,” all signs pointed to a live show in which Weir’s new band would mosey on through a series of sparse, slow-paced odes.

DAVE STEWART AND FRIENDS' shows at The Troubadour in Los Angeles are always filled with musical fireworks and surprises, and the most recent one--this past Monday (October 3)--was a real roof-raiser, thanks to the special guest appearance by JON STEVENS.

Dos Santos' sophomore release—Fonografic—is a gritty and electrifying ride. Out October 1st on Electric Cowbell Records, this new EP pushes the Chicago-based band’s signature formula of guitar-heavy, percussion-driven sounds further into the fierce sonic terrain of traditional Latin rhythms and hard-hitting funk and soul.

Tooth & Nail Records is happy to announce that Substream has premiered the live video for “Cut & Run” from the forthcoming CIVILIAN record You Wouldn’t Believe What Privilege Costs (out October 21^st). Shot at Sound Stage Studios in Nashville, TN, the video offers an exciting glimpse of what the bands live show will offer. So, until they make it to your home town, catch CIVILIAN live right here: