Vermont Institution Nectar's Announces Permanent Closure, Spinal Tap Share Collaboration with Elton John
Luther Dickson Unveils Blind Lemon Jefferson’s “One Kind Favor”
Relix Daily
July 31, 2025
July 31, 2025
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Nectar’s, the half-century staple of Burlington, Vt.’s live music landscape and legendary proving ground for the jam scene, has announced its permanent closure. In a message posted to its social channels, the venue shared that it will no longer operate from its iconic home of 188 Main Street, though its “spirit will live on,” alluding to the possibility of relocated programming in the future.
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Last week, Bleecker Street shared the long-awaited official trailer for Spinal Tap II: The End Continues. Today, anticipation for the long-awaited sequel to the legendary 1984 mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap has shot to a new high with the announcement of the film’s official soundtrack, previewed by the streaming release of a new take on the unforgettable “Stonehenge” featuring Elton John. Making a big thing of it would be a good idea.
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Luther Dickinson (North Mississippi Allstars) premieres his take on the Blind Lemon Jefferson song, “One Kind Favor,” with Relix. The track is a part of the 10-time Grammy-nominated artist’s nine-song selection of traditional blues numbers, pulled from the Grateful Dead’s catalog, and boldly reimagined for the October 17, 2025, release of Dead Blues Vol. 1, via Strolling Bones Records.
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Keyboardist and guitar player for the forever fan-adored Talking Heads, Jerry Harrison, has extended a run of live events in association with the 40th anniversary rerelease of the Stop Making Sense concert film, presented by A24 and newly restored in 4K. Each screening will include a live appearance from Harrison, who will present an opening dialogue and host an audience Q&A following the main event.
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Fans of the late Warren Zevon will have a unique opportunity to celebrate the musician’s catalog on October 24 at Los Angeles’ United Theater, when Jackson Browne, Shooter Jennings, Marshall Crenshaw, and Dream Syndicate’s Steve Wynn take part in “Join Me in LA: The Songs of Warren Zevon.” Wild Honey Foundation produces the show and will raise funds to benefit autism research and other noble causes.
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Continuing their rapid ascent to rock’s upper echelon, IDLES have partnered with Darren Aronofsky to create music for his upcoming crime thriller Caught Stealing. The English post-hardcore trailblazers, who last year earned a Grammy nomination for their fifth studio album TANGK, have produced four tracks for the eagerly awaited feature and lent their genre-obliterating instrumental talents to performing a score by composer Rob Simonden. To preview the bold new project, they’ve shared the advance single “Rabbit Run,” a brooding and explosive, claustrophobic and unchained anthem that imparts a sense of the film’s gritty themes.
