Phish Sculpture with "Gamehendge" Lore Heads to Auction, Sam Grisman Project Release New Double LP
New Interview with Jeff Tweedy
Relix Daily
December 12, 2025
December 12, 2025
NEWS
For Phish fans, the rhombus holds significance. Those keen on band lore will recall the parallelogram’s looming presence in Garden State, known as the “New Piece” sculpture, which resides in the lawn at the Institution for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J. The gruff four-sided piece was a marker for Trey Anastasio and Tom Marshall’s meetups–workshopping fantasies as teens, which would later reveal itself in “Gamehendge.” Now, the artist’s proof of the original sculpture is going up for bid.
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Sam Grisman Project summons the acoustic spirits of Bob Dylan, Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter, Bonnie Dobson, Bruce Cockburn, Bill Browning, and other unnamed folk heroes on their new self-titled double album. Out today (Friday, December 12) on all major streaming platforms—and available for purchase on David “Dawg” Grisman’s Acoustic Disc beginning Saturday, the 20-track set unfolds much like the group’s live show, nodding to their influences, carving out space for instrumental centerpieces, and giving deserved weight to originals by Max Flansburg [“Long Hard Year”] and Nate Leath [“Riley’s Run,” “Rosin on the Gourd”], and guest slots featuring greats, Tim O’Brien, Lindsay Lou, Logan Ledger and Leath.
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“This record facilitates a secret club, which flies in the face and is defiant of the current momentum of shorter, more surface-level listening,” Jeff Tweedy says of his fifth solo album, Twilight Override. “The length has an element of intention. I don’t want to be a gatekeeper of my art. Still, I think there is a built-in barrier to a long record where I know only a certain type of listener is going to spend the time listening to the whole thing in one sitting, the way it was created to be listened to.”
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Relix Staff Picks – Dec. 12: Pink Floyd, Sam Grisman Project, Fuzz, This Is Lorelei, Juliana Hatfield and More
Every Friday, Relix surveys the wealth of new music released over the past seven days and selects dozens of standouts for the Relix Staff Picks playlist. Read on for the highlights from this week’s batch.
NEWS
On Wednesday, the Who singer was knighted at Windsor Castle by Prince William and took on the title held by other British rockers, such as Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Mick Jagger, Sir Elton John, Sir Ringo Starr, and Sir Brian May.
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Lucinda Williams and Mavis Staples have united for a new cover of Bob Marley’s “So Much Trouble In the World,” previewing Williams’ 16th studio album, World’s Gone Wrong. The Americana icon’s follow-up to 2023’s triumphant Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart, arriving on Jan. 23 via her own Highway 20 Records, confronts the trouble in America with the kind of direct, uncompromising songwriting that only she can channel. Her duet with Staples imbues Marley’s timeless message with new life and gravity.
Playing Dead never sounded this alive.
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On January 23, 2026, Andy Frasco & The U.N. will turn over the expanded edition of their studio effort, Growing Pains (Deluxe). Dubbed “Frasco’s most personal and creatively ambitious album to date,” the set ushers in character development through an emotional hook that begins with the single “Heavy Heart,” out now.
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Kyle Hollingsworth, the seasoned keyboardist from the eclectic jamband The String Cheese Incident, has released his first studio album in seven years. All We Are is infused with a deep musical scope from funk-fusion to afro beat, resulting in a fresh take on Hollingsworth’s own unique musical abilities.
NEWS
After a triumphant 2025 staging that brought unforgettable performances from LCD Soundsystem, Justice, Sylvan Esso, Eggy, BADBADNOTGOOD and more, M3F Festival has slated its follow-up in 2026.
