Remembering D’Angelo, Dogfish Head x Relix Announce Pan-Am-Jam-Band Beer
Tom Hamilton Previews Debut Solo LP with First Song and Music Video
Relix Daily
October 15, 2025
October 15, 2025
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D’Angelo’s powerful music profoundly influenced generations of artists who followed in his footsteps and others across the musical spectrum. After his passing, many of these connections reflected on his legacy through social media posts.
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Dogfish Head Craft Brewery to Unveil Relix Collaboration Pan-Am-Jam-Band Beer During Analog-A-Birthday Events
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery is forecasting its 30th anniversary with a weekend-long celebration, dubbed Analog-A-Birthday, an expansion of the annual Analog-A-Go-Go Event. The imminent gathering is centered around a Saturday, November 8, meet-up at Milton Brewery, a record fair, pop-up tattoo parlor, and make-shift beer festival. The night prior, on November 7, Milton Brewery and Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats will introduce their new limited-edition beer in partnership with Relix Magazine, with samples flowing into Saturday’s event.
Pearl Jam Live! dives into the band’s 35-year journey with interviews, trivia, and fan stories. From their Seattle roots to global acclaim, this photo-packed volume explores the music, tours, and cultural impact of one of alt-rock’s most enduring acts.
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At the end of another triumphant year of music and community, the Newport Festivals Foundation has announced an opportunity to take home something more than memories. From July 25-27 and August 1-3, the 66th annual Newport Folk Festival and 71st annual Newport Jazz Festival welcomed more than 100 acclaimed artists, with rising stars and longtime legends representing a wide variety of musical styles; many of those names are featured on the events’ signature artist placards, available now through charity auctions.
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Tom Hamilton has made a career of pushing rock n’ roll boundaries. Over the last three decades Hamilton has fronted a cadre of bands including Brothers Past, American Babies and Ghost Light. He also sings and plays lead guitar in the juggernaut contemporary Grateful Dead cover band, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead.
I’m Your Vampire, Hamilton’s most personal effort yet, is out January 23rd on AWAL/Relix: a 10-song suite wreathed in tattered-flannel rock & roll that encapsulates Hamilton’s salvation in isolation, as he sorts through the darkness to find a pinpoint of light.
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My Morning Jacket rolled into Portland, Maine, last night for another stop on the final leg of their 2025 is Tour. The first week of the honored roots-rock outfit’s Northeast leg brought electric performances to Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Boston, and the group’s Northernmost staging continued the wild ride with more of the setlist surprises that have distinguished the latest string of dates from the broader tour that’s kept them busy since the beginning of the year.
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Tom Hamilton Announces Debut Solo Album I’m Your Vampire, Drops First Single “Don’t Give Up on Me” and Official Music Video
Over the past three decades, singer-songwriter and guitarist Tom Hamilton has been on a path of musical self-discovery, fronting groups like Brothers Past, American Babies and Ghost Light, while also supporting the Grateful Dead cover band Joe Russo’s Almost Dead. After defining his role in a collective, Hamilton is seeking an avenue to focus inward through the release of his first solo album, I’m Your Vampire, due on January 23, via AWAL/Relix.
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Big Chief Bo Dollis Jr. & The Wild Magnolias: Mardi Gras Indians Meet Memphis Soul On Chip Off the Old Block
“All year long, my dad was either sewing or he was on the road. He might be out for months at a time, but as soon as he got back, he’d pick up a patch and start sewing,” Big Chief Bo Dollis Jr. remembers of growing up with his father, Big Chief Bo Dollis Sr. “I knew that my dad was an entertainer, but it wasn’t until I got older and started learning about the culture of the Mardi Gras Indians that I really appreciated what it meant not only to my neighborhood but also to the city of New Orleans and the world as a whole.”
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Phish will return to New York’s Madison Square Garden for their traditional New Year’s Eve run from Dec. 28-31, but it just wouldn’t be the mind-blowing year-end experience fans love without a healthy slate of late-night entertainment. To properly complete night two, scene-favorite selector DJ Airwolf has announced a special postgame performance at New York’s Hard Rock Cafe on Dec. 29.
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Leftover Salmon is looking ahead and mapping their forthcoming live schedule. The Boulder, Colo. band and 35-year jam institution will embark on a new series of Winter and Spring 2026 Tour dates, commencing over two nights, January 9 and 10, at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska. The freshly dropped dates will linger into April and take the group to the Lone Star State, before the band’s destination concert event in Hawaii.
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Real Estate and Eggy have announced a shared tour for next year. In January 2026, the unlikely pairing of indie veterans and jam up-and-comers will present four co-headline shows around the Northeast. In an announcement post, the bands detailed that performances will feature full sets from both bands, plus “plenty of other surprises up our sleeves.”