MGMT Channels the Grateful Dead — The Tapers’ Section at the Barclays Center

In 1984, the Grateful Dead officially made room for the bootleggers that had been recording their shows since their first performances in the mid-1960s by giving them their own space, the aptly named “tapers’ section.”

Instead of outlawing microphones or simply looking the other way, the band embraced the growing Read more...