Hits From The Blog

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Summer's Here And The Time Is Right....

Today is the first day of summer and the longest day of the year in terms of sunlight - so go out and enjoy it!!!

Here's Martha and the Vandella's with the song they made famous (apparently it was written by Marvin Gaye - thanks All Music)....

And here's some live versions of it from some different bands....

The Grateful Dead - "Dancing In The Streets"

The Radiators - "Dancing In The Streets"

Phil Lesh & Friends - "Dancing In The Streets"

Dark Star Orchestra - "Dancing In The Streets"

Wild Geranium - "Dancing In The Streets"

Splintered Sunlight - "Dancing In The Streets"

Wild Turkeys - "Dancing In The Streets"

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Gardening

Off to MSG shortly for the Trey /Tom Petty show and later this week will be hitting the Bruce Springsteen show their with his Seeger Sessions Band - pulled up a ridiculous seat so had to buy it. From what I've heard Bruce has like 20 twenty playing on stage with him - though I think that's only a few more then are actually in the E Street Band. It'll be my first time seeing The Boss and though it's not going to be a classic three hour marathon show of the hits still extremely excited about it - I really dig the new album.

Here's a couple of Bruuuuuuuuuce shows off the current tour....

Bruce Springsteen & The Seeger Sessions Band - 2006-06-13 - Midwest Bank Amphitheater - Tinley Park, IL

Bruce Springsteen & The Seeger Sessions Band - 2006-06-14 - Bradley Center - Milwaukee, WI

Pitchfork's 100 Awesome Music Videos

Miss those days of watching music videos all afternoon?? Well seems like the people at Pitchfork do too, so they've compiled a list of "100 Awesome Music Videos" - with videos from YouTube (does that site every stop giving us hours of endless entertainment?). There is no real criteria to how they made their selections, but here's the process in their words...

"Sharing 100 of our favorite music videos; simply, dozens of clips that, for various reasons (because they're so good, because they're so bad, because they feature the Jacksons imagining themselves as gigantic golden gods sprinkling gold dust on humanity), we enjoy watching and hope you'll enjoy as well."

So head on over their and watch everything from the Chicago Bears "Superbowl Shuffle" to The Decemberists "16 Miltary Wives" to Nas "One Mic".

Bonnaroo Torrents

Sunday, June 18, 2006

More 'Roo

Was just reading this about MMJ's late-night set from Friday night from Billboard's coverage....

Bonnaroo favorites My Morning Jacket ushered in the midnight hour with squalls of Crazy Horse-worthy fury. The quintet delivered a more than three-hour set that sported a guest turn from friend and singer Andrew Bird for an epic take on another classic rock moment, "It Makes No Difference" by the Band. MMJ recently recorded the track for an upcoming Band tribute album at singer/drummer Levon Helm's barn studio in Woodstock, N.Y.

While yes I'm looking forward to downloading the set, I think I was more into the fact that they recorded a track for a tribute album for The Band. I need some more info on that, so if anyone has any please pass it along.

Watchin' The 'Roo Part 3

Haven't gotten a chance to watch anything since Friday, but currently really enjoying the Phil & Friends set. John Scofield is simply amazing. Wasn't sure how he was going to fit in with this band, but he's doing a great job so far. Definitely getting me even more psyched for the shows I'm seeing in a couple of weeks.

Even more exciting is the debut of G.R.A.B. which is on after the Phil set. Kudos to the Superfly people for keeping this top secret - their performace was originally billed as the "Late Night Super Jam". Can't wait to check it out!!!

Saturday, June 17, 2006

First Bonnaroo Torrent Is Up For Grabs

The first Bonnaroo torrent is ready for download and it happens to be Oysterhead's stellar set from yesterday afternoon. Here it is, download away....

Oysterhead - 2006-06-16 - What Stage - Bonnaroo - Manchester, TN

Friday, June 16, 2006

Watchin' The 'Roo - Part 2

So I've spent the majority of my afternoon glued to my computer screen. I saw bits and pieces of Steel Pulse from what I saw I enjoyed - nothing groundbreaking, but some solid reggae. Next up was Devendra Banhart who dubbed his band the Tennessee Cops for the day. First time hearing him live and thoroughly impressed. Devendra and his band of long haired friends looks liked they just stepped out of Haight-Ashbury circa 1966. If you haven't heard his music I highly recommend picking up Cripple Crow - it's a mix of psychedelic-rock/freak folk and soul. Take a listen to "I Feel Just Like A Child". Oysterhead was up next and simply brought it for their entire 2 hour set. I remember seeing them back in 2001 and just wasn't that blow away by it. After seeing their set today I'm ready to go on tour with them when they hit the road later this year - at least that's the rumor. I don't think I've seen Trey play that inspired in a long time - he was locked in with Les and Stewart. They ran through just about all of The Grand Pecking Order and really jammed out the songs. When the downloads start rolling in next week I strongly think everyone should grab it, it's going to be one the sets that everyone will be talking about when they return.

Right now watching Bright Eyes - who's brought out Gillian Welch, David Rawling and the lead singer of the Super Furry Animals to play with him so far. More on his set later.

Live Blogging From The 'Roo

Head on over to Nashville Is Talking where Brittney Gilbert has been blogging about her Bonnaroo experience. Just happened to be doing some Google searching and stubble upon it - it's been an interesting read so far, so check it out.

Watchin' The 'Roo

Don't know how much of the Bonnaroo live webcast I'll be able to see after today - hopefully I'll have some time though. I did watch Ben Folds earlier which I enjoyed - pretty much his standard set. The audience seemed to be digging it and his cover of Dr. Dre's "Bitches Ain't Shit" is truly brilliant. It was great seeing all those people singing-a-long to a gansta rap song that he's turned into a ballad. Download of version of it here.

Looking forward to Devendra Banhart, Oysterhead and Bright Eyes later on tonight. Probably skip on watching Tom Petty since I'll be seeing him next week.

Head here for the webcast. Enjoy!!

Late Night With Ryan Adams and More

Ryans Adams will be playing a late night show at Bowery Ballroom next Friday, June 23rd - technically it'll be Saturday morning since doors open at 12:30 A.M. Tickets are $20 and are on-sale now via TicketWeb.

Ryan & The Cardinals will be playing earlier in the night uptown at the benefit show for Arthur Lee of Love at the Beacon Theater that also features Robert Plant, Yo La Tengo, Nil Lofgren, Ian Hunter, Flashy Python and The Body Snatchers (the indie-folk side project of Alec Ounsworth of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah) and others. Buy tickets here.

Ryan has also just announced a show next month - July, 20th - at the Starland Ballroom. Tickets for that go on sale this Saturday via Ticketmaster.

Flashy Python and The Body Snatchers will be playing Joe's Pub this coming Wednesday. Get your tickets here, for that show.

Thursday, June 15, 2006

Triple Play

So bought a ticket for the triple bill of Stevie Nicks, Trey & Tom Petty for their show next week at the Garden. Yeah it was a bit pricey, but kind hard to pass up on. My ticket is in section 226 - so not bad for deciding to go less then a week before the show. Trey loves playing at MSG and have only heard great things about Petty's live shows - from the looks of the setlists he pretty much just plays the hits.

Here's a couple of Petty shows off of this tour...

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - 2006-06-09 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - Charlotte, NC

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - 2006-06-10 - Nissan Pavilion - Bristow, Va

Bonnaroo Webcast

Here's the schedule for the Blueroom Bonnaroo webcast, note all these times are Central Standard Time so adjust accordingly....

Friday June 16th Lineup
12:30 PM World Party
01:00 PM Andrew Bird
02:00 PM Ben Folds
03:00 PM Steel Pulse
04:30 PM Devendra Banhart
05:30 PM Oysterhead
07:30 PM Bright Eyes
08:30 PM Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Saturday June 17th, Lineup
12:30 PM Neville Brothers
02:00 PM Buddy Guy
03:15 PM Dungen
04:00 PM Gomez
05:30 PM Elvis Costello and The Imposters
07:00 PM Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley
08:30 PM My Morning Jacket

Sunday June 18th Lineup
12:30 PM Brothers Past
01:30 PM Les Claypool
03:00 PM The Codetalkers feat. Bruce Hampton
04:00 PM Matisyahu
05:30 PM moe.
07:00 PM Bela Fleck & the Flecktones
08:30 PM Phil Lesh & Friends
10:30 PM Very Special Guest

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

$1 Beer & The Arctic Monkeys

Heading out to see a friend that's back in town from Cali for $1 beers at Lincoln Park Grill then will be heading over to Roseland for Arctic Monkeys show. I guess it might be passe to see them now, but looking forward to checking them out. I can't remember a band in recent memory that went from playing Mercury Lounge to Roseland (with a few other stops in between) in such a short amount of time.

Here they are doing "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor" - for some European television show....

Inquiring Minds Want To Know

Check out Mike Greenhaus's interview for Relix with Ernie and Cactus about the Duo, summer tour and Trey's new album - Bar 17. Read it here.

Trey Anastasio - 2006-06-10 - Nissan Pavilion - Bristow, Va

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

moe. announces nye plans

While I was rockin' it at WSP tonight, from the looks of the setlist moe. was throwing down in Central Park. While it's only mid-June they also announced that they'd be ringing in the new year here in New York City at Radio City Music Hall. They haven't played a New Year's show in NYC since 1996 at the long deceased club Tramps - which I was actually at, so mark you calanders now for it.

moe. - 2006-06-13 - Rumsey Playfield - Central Park - New York, NY

Tonight!

Modern Times

The new Bob Dylan album Modern Times is set to hit streets on August 29th. Here's a little preview of it from Rolling Stone....

Bob Dylan's new album, Modern Times, is due out on August 29th. Times, which Dylan produced himself, mixes elements of 2001’s Love and Theft – blues variations (think “Cry A While”) and whimsical ballads (think “Floater”) – with the darker, swampier vibe of the Daniel Lanois-produced classics Time Out of Mind and Oh Mercy. Only Dylan’s current touring band plays on the new one: ringing in our ears was the bone-chilling vamp “Ain’t Talkin’”, which may be Dylan’s most powerful album-closing epic ever. Other song titles include “Thunder On the Mountain,” “Spirit on the Water,” “Workingman’s Blues,” “When the Deal Goes Down” and “Neddy Moore.” Before the release of Modern Times, Dylan will be doing another summer tour of minor league ballparks, with Merle Haggard opening.

This Is The End...

Head on over to My Blog Is Poop for what Bob is threatening to be his last post ever on there. So click on the link and show him some love for all the hard work and funny stuff he's come up with over the last couple of years. I was holding out for one more "Ask Bob", but good work - it's been a great run!

I Love Tuesdays

Here's the lone purchase for the week...

Widespread Panic - Earth To America

Can't wait for the show tonight!!

Monday, June 12, 2006

Droppin' Some Knowledge

If you were a fan of the late, great OM Trio then check out keyboardist Brian Felix's new project Drop Q. They're got some tunes up on their MySpace page, so check that out here (and of course be their friend too). Here's a brief bio on them....

DROP Q is Kris Myers on drums (Umphrey's McGee), Brian Felix on keys (OM Trio), Chris Clemente on bass (Kick the Cat), and Kalyan Pathak on Percussion (Fareed Haque Group). This veritable "Supergroup" of Chicago based musicians. With a focus on Improvised Electronica and Drum n Bass, all 4 members bring their substantial jazz and fusion chops to the table for a totally unique experience every time they hit the stage.

Check out their set from this year's Summer Camp....

Drop Q - 2006-05-27 - Summer Camp Music Festival - Three Sisters Park, Chillicothe, IL

Concerts, Concerts and More Concerts

Got a busy three days ahead of me - three shows in three nights. First up tonight dios (malos) and The Starlight Mints at the Bowery. Mainly going to see dios (malos) who I caught at the Great Bamboolzed a few years back playing on a side stage - and they were awesome. I remember them being pissed off about something and demanding the free beer they were promised. They were also involved in one of the stupider lawsuits around. Former Black Sabbath frontman and "originator" of the metal horns Ronnie James Dio served the band with a cease and desist order citing potential confusion over their similar names - I swear I'm not making this up read about it here.

Tomorrow night is Widespread at Irving for their album release party and Wednesday the so five minutes ago blogger band Arctic Monkeys at Roseland - more on those show later in the week. I'm also hoping to get my hands on a ticket for Band Of Horses for their Friday night show, so if anyone out there has an extra let me know.

Sunday, June 11, 2006

I Love Tuesdays...Sunday Edition

Got this off of Itunes today...

Espers - II

Also picked this up at a street fair in the West Village....

Wolfmother - Wolfmother

Friday, June 09, 2006

Belle & Sebastian July 4th Ticket Info

For those of you planning on hitting the free Belle & Sebastian show on July 4th in Battery Park here's some info on when, where and how to get tickets to the show (via Brooklyn Vegan)....

Two tickets per person will be distributed free, first come – first served on Tuesday, June 27th at the following Starbucks Coffee locations:

Starting at 12:00PM until supplies last
Starbucks, corner of the Woolworth Building
233 Broadway at Barclay Street

Starting at 12:00PM until supplies last
Starbucks, Park Slope
164 7th Avenue, Brooklyn

Starting at 5:00PM until supplies last
Starbucks at One Battery Park Plaza
Near State Street and Pearl Street

Starting at 5:00PM until supplies last
Starbucks at Astor Place
13-25 Astor Place

The Strokes Get Soul

Been postings a lot about jambands lately so here's something for all you rock fans out there. Looks like The Strokes will be releasing a cover of Marvin Gaye's "Mercy Mercy Me" (which appears on his seminal album "What's Going On") with Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder and QOTSA's Josh Homme. The song will be the B-side for their next single "You Only Live Once". Read the full article here.

You can hear the original version, along with watching the VH1 Classic video for it here.

Real People Do Win

Blogger has been on the fritz for the last day or so couldn't get a post up yesterday. What I did do yesterday though was win free tickets to the Widespread Panic album release party at Irving Plaza on Tuesday night. Go me! Pretty excited for it, though I do now have to get rid of my moe. tickets for their Central Park show (one of my favorite places to see a show) for that same night. Think it's always cool to see a band that plays much larger venues come back and play a pretty small one - should be a great night. Bringing my friend Chilly Jackwater who's by far the biggest Panic fan I know.

Here's a couple of quick facts...

WSP has played Irving 5 times, but hasn't played their in over 11 years - the last time being a two night run - April 7 & 8 of 1995.

In other Panic news they'll be playing Letterman on June 15th, so tune it for that.

Here they are playing "Give" on The Late Show from back in '01....

Tuesday, June 06, 2006

O Boy

Seems like Oysterhead's appearance at Bonnaroo isn't just going to be a one-off performance. In a teleconference today Stewart Copeland admitted to potential plans for a full tour later this year. You can read the Billboard article here.

Soul Patrol Are The New Deadheads

Who knew that American Idol winner Taylor Hicks fans the Soul Patrol were such a heady bunch. As I was perusing the latest torrents on bt.etree.org I stumbled across this...

Taylor Hicks - 2005-12-23 - Workplay- Birimingham, Al

Taylor Hicks - Original Nashville Session - June 2001

Hicks may be the first Idol winner to have a taper section at his shows and people selling garlic grilled cheese in the lots. Be sure to check out some of the comments they're pretty amusing.

I Love Tuesdays

Here's the lone purchase for the week...

Donovan Frankenreiter - Move By Yourself

Monday, June 05, 2006

Quick Thoughts On MMJ & PJ

Kind of weird going to an arena show of a band who's music I don't really know that well. We walked in around 7:40ish and MMJ had already hit the stage (causing us to miss out on them doing The Band's "It Makes No Difference" - which I'm listening to right now and would have been the highlight of the night for me). Jim James & Co. rocked a mostly empty arena though for a good 40 minutes. Fourth time seeing them and it's been an interesting progression of venues - Mercury Lounge, Great Bamboolzed Festival, Webster Hall and Continental Airlines Arena. If there is any band out there ready to rock arena-sized venues it's them. Buy their records and go see them when they hit your town.

As for Pearl Jam - well I certainly wasn't blown away, it was an enjoyable show though. They definitely come to play and deliver on that with almost 2 1/2 hours of music and playing their last four or five songs with the arena lights on - playing well past the 11 PM cut-off they have their. We were stuck pretty much as far from the stage as you can get for most of the show, but by encore Dan from Apple Pop Life managed to sneak us down about as close to the stage as you could be without being on the floor. It was like seeing two different shows - good work Dan!!

For those interested here's the setlists....

Eddie Vedder Solo Acoustic

No Surrender

My Morning Jacket

It Makes No Difference (w. Eddie Vedder)
Gideon
Lay Low
What A Wonderful Man
Wordless Chorus
Anytime
One Big Holiday
Run Thru

Pearl Jam

Severed Hand, Corduroy, World Wide Suicide, Hail Hail, Animal(power goes out), Love Boat Captain, In Hiding, Even Flow, I Am Mine, Whipping, Gone, Comatose, State Of Love And Trust, Rats, Garden, Inside Job, Porch

1st encore: West Memphis Three Worldwide Awareness Day, Army Reserve, Hard To Imagine, Last Kiss, Black, Crazy Mary, Last Exit

2nd encore: Wasted Reprise, Life Wasted, Lukin, Leash, Don't Gimme No Lip, Why Go, Leaving Here, Alive, Yellow Ledbetter/(Star Spangled Banner)

Here's the torrents...

Pearl Jam - 2006-06-03 - Continental Airlines Arena - East Rutherford, NJ

My Morning Jacket - 2006-06-03 - Continental Airlines Arena - East Rutherford, NJ

Saturday, June 03, 2006

Vince Welnick 1951-2006

Former Grateful Dead keyboardist Vince Welnick died of unknown causes yesterday at age 55. Here's the obit from Relix.....

Earlier today, June 2, Grateful Dead keyboardist Vince Welnick died of unknown causes. He was 55. Welnick, who played keyboards in the Grateful Dead from 1990 through 1995, cut his teeth performing in the California shock-rock band the Tubes in the 1970s. During his tenure with the Grateful Dead, Welnick contributed a number of original songs to the group's canon, most notably Samba in the Rain. Bruce Hornsby helped usher Welnick into the Dead, playing piano by his side through 1991. While Welnick did not participate in any of the Dead's studio sessions, his work can be heard on both the experimental live albums Infrared Roses (1991) and Grayfolded: Transitive Axis , as well as a handful of Dick's Picks releases. Following the passing of Jerry Garcia, Welnick urged the group to continue on, though his bandmates ultimately decided to retire the Grateful Dead name. Although Welnick did not participate in tours under the Others Ones or Dead monikers, he did perform in both RatDog and the Mickey Hart Band. He also formed his own group, the Missing Man Formation, which featured Steve Kimock (guitar), Bobby Vega (bass) and the Tubes' Prairie Prince (drums). More recently, Welnick clocked in time with Dead-inspired outfits Gent Treadly and Jack Straw. He is the fourth Grateful Dead keyboardist to pass, following Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Keith Godchaux and Brent Mydland.

Welnick was not without his demons. In 2003, the keyboard told Relix/Jambands.com, "I tried to off myself in the RatDog bus in '‘95, right before Christmas, right after The Dead died. I pretty much hit bottom there and I'm sure that hasn't helped my popularity with Bobby. I think that shook him up so much, and the other members of the band so much, that it contributed to why I am no longer being called to participate."” But, he did avoid certain trappings. "I coughed a pretty good attitude [laughs], but I didn't get into heroin," Welnick says. "I never used needles, never used freebase and that kind of stuff. I drew that line as a kid. No needles, no freebase, no heroin and never broke that promise myself."

Welnick, who was set to play a number of festivals and solo dates this summer, leaves behind a wife, Lorie.

"Samba In The Rain" - 1994-06-17 - Autzen Stadium - U. of Oregon - Eugene, OR

Friday, June 02, 2006

PJ in NJ

Heading out to the Jerz tomorrow to catch My Morning Jacket & Pearl Jam at the Brendan Byrne Arena (a.k.a. Continental Airlines Arena). Never seen Peal Jam before and was mostly enticed by the fact the MMJ was opening - but heard they put on a hell of a live show, so looking forward to it. Been enjoying their new album, though by no means blown away by it. Really looking forward to seeing MMJ rock an arena though.

Here's some music from their recent stop in our nation's capital...

My Morning Jacket - 2006-05-30 - Verizon Center - Washington,DC

Pearl Jam - 2006-05-30 - Verizon Center - Washington, DC

I Love Tuesdays...Friday Edition

Had to buy their cd after seeing them the other night at Irving Plaza...

Grace Potter & The Nocturnals - Nothing But The Water

Thursday, June 01, 2006

Bonnaroo In Your Room

If you can't make it down to Manchester you can experience the 'Roo in the privacy of your home via AT&T's Blue Room webcast. I watched when they did this for Vegoose and it's a great way to be a part of it without actually being there. So pitch a tent near your computer, fill up your cooler with some beverages and enjoy your AC while everyone is baking in the Tennessee heat.

Quick Thoughts On Last Night

Grace Potter is going to be a star. Sure she's going to get the inevitable Norah Jones comparisons, but they should read something like this....Grace Potter & The Nocturnals are like Norah Jones meets Crazy Horse. Really dug their set. Go buy their cd!

As for Mike Gordon & Ramble Dove. Thought it was a great show, though a bit on the long side. They came on around 10:30 and played two sets which ended around 1:20ish. I think they should have stuck to one long set instead of two, but the band was having a lot of fun up there. They played a mix of twangy country tunes both covers and originals. And if you haven't heard already Ernie stopped by and sat in for most of the show - which was an added bonus and so was the raging Possum in the second set.

When the torrent is up I'll post it. Definitely worth giving a listen to.

Head on over to Slack LaLane for Ace's thoughts on the show - here. And check out some photos from Danfun - here.

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Hipster Paradise

A new summer concert venue is opening up in the hispter-mecca of Billyburgh - McCarren Park Pool. The line-up is pretty damn solid so far check it out....

7/29 - Bloc Party, Secret Machines, Mew
7/30 - Of Montreal (Free Show)
8/11 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sonic Youth, Blood on the Wall
8/12 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sonic Youth, Awesome Color
8/13 - Deerhoof (Free Show)
8/17 - Iron & Wine
8/24 - Neko Case, Joanna Newsom, Martha Wainwright

Head here for ticket on-sale info.

Ramble On

Heading to Irving Plaza tonight to catch Mike Gordon's new country/honky-tonk band Ramble Dove. Cactus has posted a couple tracks on his website for download - Semi Truck and OOH Las Vegas. Grace Potter & The Nocturnals opens the show - interested in catching their set, heard good things. Plus she looks pretty damn sexy too....

Here's some Ramble Dove for ya....

Mike Gordon and Ramble Dove - 2006-03-28 - Radio Bean - Honky Tonk Tuesday: Tribute To Buck Owens

Tuesday, May 30, 2006

While You Were BBQ'ing

Monday, May 29, 2006

Hockey Night

Just thought I'd share this picture from my trip up to Canada last month. We ended up at a bar that had Bubble Hockey and played all night. Lots of fun.

Friday, May 26, 2006

2,000

As Ace Cowboy got to see some history last weekend, I got to see some myself tonight. I've been at Yankee Stadium for some great moments. I've seen them win the pennant twice, been to three World Series games - including seeing November baseball and two walk-off home runs. Also had the pleasure of being on hand for Roger Clemens 300th win and 4,000th strikeout - which both occurred in the same game. Well tonight I got to see one Derek Sanderson Jeter get his 2,000 hit as a Yankee. Ok it was a barely a hit, more like a little roller that maybe went about ten feat but he redeemed himself later in the game with a solid base hit up the middle for 2001 (which they played over the loud speaker after it happened). Nothing like seeing a great player get reach a milestone achievement - hopefully I'll get to be on hand for 3,000 (which would make him the first Yankee to achieve that).

Cheese Dog

Just thought this was a clever logo for the upcoming SCI/Ratdog tour....

Thursday, May 25, 2006

Clapton - U.S. Tour

The U.S. leg of Eric Clapton's world tour has been announced. Slowhand who's playing with Derek Trucks - how can you not want to see that - will be hitting the states starting on September 16th. Read about it here. No on-sale dates have been announced yet. They'll be hitting MSG on September 28th and 29th - will definitely be at one of those shows. Here are the dates so far...

9/16 - Xcel Energy Center - St. Paul, MN
9/18 - Savvis Center - St. Louis, MO
9/20 - United Center - Chicago, IL
9/21 - Van Andel Arena - Grand Rapids, MI
9/23 - Palace of Auburn Hills - Auburn Hill, MI
9/24 - Air Canada Centre - Toronto, ON
9/26 - Scotiabank Place - Ottawa, ON
9/28 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY
9/29 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY
10/03 - TD Banknorth Garden - Boston, MA
10/06 - Mohegan Sun Casino - Uncasville, CT
10/07 - Mohegan Sun Casino - Uncasville, CT
10/09 - Wachovia Center - Philadelphia, PA
10/10 - Verizon Center - Washington, DC
10/12 - John Paul Jones Arena - Charlottesville, VA
10/14 - Arena @ Gwinnett Center - Duluth, GA
10/15 - RBC Center - Raleigh, GA
10/17 - Charlotte Bobcats Arena - Charlotte, NC
10/18 - Birm. Jefferson Arena - Birmingham, AL
10/20 - TD Waterhouse Centre - Orlando, FL
10/21 - Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena - Jacksonville, FL
10/23 - American Airlines Arena - Miami, FL

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Ain't No Place I'd Rather Be...

If you're heading down to the 'Roo you can start planning your days now that the official set times haves been announced. The fine folks at Jambase are offering up a printable version (sort of like NCAA brackets for the festival) and a way to customize your schedule so you don't miss anything - you'll need to logon to Jambase for that. Nice work fellas! There's 11 stages, tents, cafes and lounges full of stuff to see - damn that's a lot of music.

Here's a link to Archive.org's list of Bonnaroo shows.

65 Years Young

Today marks the 65th birthday of one Robert Zimmerman. WFUV here in New York has been honoring him all day with "The Essential Bob Dylan" - they've been counting down listeners favorite Dylan tunes and playing tons of other artists covering him. Definitely check it out, it's be quite entertaining.

Here's their list of their Top 15 essential Dylan songs....

15. Masters of War
14. Don't Think Twice It's Alright
13. Positively 4th Street
12. Forever Young
11. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
10. Hard Rain'a A-Gonna Fall
9. Simple Twist of Fate
8. Mr Tambourine Man
7. Shelter From The Storm
6. Idiot Wind
5. Blowin' In The Wind
4. Visions of Johanna
3. Desolation Row
2. Tangled Up In Blue
1. Like A Rolling Stone

Discuss....

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Self-Promotion

Here's my latest review for Glide Magazine....

Dr. John - Right Place, Right Time: Live At Tipitina's - Mardi Gras '89

Monday, May 22, 2006

Apple Store on 59th Street

Ok I haven't actually been there yet, but the new Apple Store on 5th Avenue - looks pretty damn cool though. Check out these pics, the store is located underground and it's open 24/7/365 - so if your Ipod isn't working at 3 A.M. you know where to take it....

Free Stuff...Well For Me

I finally got a free cd from having a blog (hint, hint to everyone reading this) so figured I'd give a plug to the band that sent it to me. The band is Bump and they're new cd is called Incredible Consequence. Here's a quick bio on the band from their MySpace page....

Growing up in the outskirts of the Motor City, it has become Bump's mission to resurrect the sounds that made Detroit a musical Mecca. After the recent years of Detroit's association with garage rock, hip-hop and rap rock, Bump is stepping up to fuse all the famous sounds the city was once known for. Yorg combines the hooks and harmonies of the Stevie Wonder with the stage presence of James Brown, while Chris Sterr echoes the guitar tones of Mick Taylor, David Gilmour and classic Detroit rock. Holding the rhythm section all together is Eric Novak, who drops tasty bass-lines reminiscent of James Jamerson, and Clint Carpenter on drums laying down the groove like the great Stewart Copeland. Bump has taken all of their Motown roots and has managed to create an unusual and unique sound to call their own.

Here's what some have had to say about them and their debut full length...

Jambands.com Review

Glide Magazine Q&A

Charleston Post Show Review

Here's a couple of live shows...

Bump - 2006-04-16 - Majestic Theatre - Detroit, MI

Bump - 2006-05-06 - Up Front & Company - Marquette, MI

So check them out! And thanks for the cd guys!

Sunday, May 21, 2006

I Love Tuesdays...Sunday Edition

Picked up some cds today (I read too many music magazines), here are the purchases....

The Spinto Band - Nice And Nicely Done
Starlight Mints - Drowaton
I See Hawks In L.A. - California Country

Divided Sky

Took this last night just wanted to share.

Friday, May 19, 2006

Phish Live In Brooklyn

As long been rumored Phish will finally be releasing "Phish Live In Brooklyn" on July 11th. The DVD is a two-disc set of their June 17th show. Read the press release here.

Here's the soundcheck from that night...

Phish - 2004-06-17 - Keyspan Park - Brooklyn, NY - SOUNDCHECK

I've posted this before, but loving YouTube lately - so here's Jay-Z sitting in with them from the 18th....

Bouncin' Around The Room

Check out this awesome commercial....

Thursday, May 18, 2006

The Dr. Is On

One of my favorite bands - Dr. Dog - is going to be playing a live set on the radio tomorrow (May 19th) at Noon EST for Seattle radio station KEXP. So those of you out there know where to tune into but for the rest of us not in the Emerald City you can stream on the net. Highly recommended so check it out they're awesome live.

They're on tour starting next month with The Spinto Band, check out the dates here.

Also here's their first music video for "Fool's Life". Enjoy....

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Lights, Camera, Action!

For those of you heading to the Tea Leaf Green show Thursday night at the Fox Theatre in Boulder be prepared for your 15 minutes of fame as Justin Kreutzmann will be on hand with camera crew to film it - and it seems quite excited about the opportunity. Read about it here.

Awesomeness

Stubbled across this t-shirt today while doing some online browsing...

It's equally brilliant and offensive - well done!!

Buy it here.

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

3D Album Covers

For those of you into the collectibles check out this pretty cool new series from McFarlane Toys - 3D Album Covers. The first three issued are Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin, Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols and Metallica - Master of Puppets.

Personally love to see The Velvet Underground's Loaded for the next series - leave your ideas in the comment section.

I Love Tuesdays

Here are the purchases for the week...

Sam Roberts - Chemical City
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soliders

Monday, May 15, 2006

One More Saturday

Was going to write a whole post on my Saturday night hitting both the DSO show at the Nokia Theater and Rana at the Knit, but I'll spare you of most of the details. Needless to say I was in a funk all day Saturday and it was the right move. My last minute decision to head there solo was rewarded by bumping into a friend at a bar pre-show which ended up with me meeting and hanging out with her crew - good times.

Only seen Dark Star a few times and this was the first time with an original setlist. I was really pretty happy with their selections....

Set I

WRS @
Half Step
Jack Straw
West LA
Cassidy
Run for the Roses
Esau
Hey Pockey Way>
Deal

Set II

China>
Rider
Dancin'
Liberty@
Sailor> @
Saint> @
Drums>
Space>
Other One>
Stella Blue>
Lovelight

E:
Box>
OMSN

Sure you usually going to see this band to see them recreate a show, but hey I was just in the mood to hear some quality live Dead - something about hearing their songs always manages to put me in a good mood. Highlight for me was definitely Jack Straw which they absolutely ripped on. As for the venue - had heard mixed things, but I was digging it. Great sound, speakers in the bathrooms, the floor is slanted a bit so if you're all the way in the back (which we were) you can see the stage no problem, and it seemed like they were pouring heavy mixed drinks. My only issue was beer was all from cans - though Irving Plaza is the same.

After the show wrapped up we decided to head down the Knit to catch Rana - a band that I hadn't seen in at least three or four years since their record release party at CBGB's. We walked in probably twenty minutes into their set and they were rockin' out. Didn't know any of the songs, but was still having a good time. They've definitely morphed into more of a rock band since they last time I'd seen them. Here's a brief review of the show from Relix.com...

On Saturday, RANA returned to the stage for the first time in 2006 for a performance at New York's Knitting Factory. After years on the northeast music circuit, the members of RANA spent the past few months focusing on a number of other projects, with guitarist Scott Metzger joining Particle, drummer Ryan Thornton focusing on Sam Champion and keyboardist Matt Durant gigging with King of France. While RANA speaks out against the sit-in during its "Go Home Hippie," the group invited a number of guests onto the stage throughout its set Saturday including The Antibalas Horns, who performed "Minca Malinca," "Loves It Automatic," "My One Dear Son," and "Bloodshed," as well as the encore of "It's So Hard (Believe Me)," "Good Book," "Not So Mopso" and "Backstage Pass." Later Dan Piper played lap steel on a number of songs beginning with "I'm Not Orfeo." Referencing its semi-hiatus, RANA also debut Durant's new original, "While Sam Champion Owned the Bowery."

Didn't stay for their whole show, but enjoyed what I heard and would definitely go and see them again soon if they find the time to get back together for some more shows. So ended up having a great night after a sub par day - thanks Jenny!!

Sunday, May 14, 2006

Guns N' Roses - Hammerstein Reviews

Brooklyn Vegan's got some pictures, video and a brief review of Friday's GnR show at the Hammerstein - sounds like it rocked, their might be hope that The Chinese Democracy does see the light of day this year. Check it out here and here.

Friday, May 12, 2006

Simply Simon

Paul Simon is headed out on his first solo tour since 2001. You can read about it here and check out the dates so far...

July 1, 2006 - Milwaukee, WI - Summerfest

July 2, 2006 - Toledo, OH - Zoo Amphitheater

July 4, 2006 - Cooperstown, NY - Doubleday Field

July 5, 2006 - Montreal QU- Place Des Arts Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier

July 7, 2006 - Essex Junction, VT - Champlain Valley Fairgrounds

July 8, 2006 - Manchester, NH - Verizon Wireless Arena

July 9, 2006 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegun Sun Arena

July 12, 2006 - Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion

July 14, 2006 - Atlantic City, NJ - Borgata Event Center

July 15, 2006 - Atlantic City, NJ - Borgata Event Center

July 16, 2006 - Holmdel, NJ- PNC Bank Arts Center

July 19, 2006 - Atlanta, GA - Chastain Park Amphitheatre

July 28, 2006 - Costa Mesa, CA - Orange County Fair

July 29, 2006 - Paso Robles, CA - California Mid State Fair

Simon is performing on SNL tomorrow night. I promise less posts about tourdates coming up, just way too much good stuff going on this summer to not keep people informed about.

Bust Out The Hula-Hoop - Update

Apparently I spoke too soon yesterday about the SCI tour. They will now be teaming up with Ratdog who will be on the road with them for most of the tour. The two bands will alternate headlining spots throughout the tour - guess Bobby didn't want to be out done by Phil this summer.

Now I may have to hit one of the Radio City shows.

Thursday, May 11, 2006

Bust Out The Hula-Hoop

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Siren Fest '06

The initial line-up for the 6th installment of the Village Voice's Siren Music Festival has been announced. Here's the hipster approved artists so far...

Stars
Tapes 'N Tapes
The Stills
The Cribs
Celebration
She Wants Revenge

The festival is taking place on Saturday, July 15th out in Coney Island and it's free - so head on out have a hot dog at Nathan's, ride the Cyclone and listen to some live music.

Tuesday, May 09, 2006

High Line Festival

David Bowie will be the "curator" for the first annual High Line Festival set to take place in May of 2007. The festival will take place at venues along the abandoned elevated subway line known as the High Line - where a new public park is being created. Read more about it here. For more on the High Line head here.

Here's some live Bowie....

David Bowie - 1983-07-13 - Montreal, CA

David Bowie - 1976-03-17 - Boston Garden - Boston, MA

Prints Plus

Tom Marshall has a launched a new website dedicated to selling posters specifically designed from song lyrics he's written for Phish & Amfibian. There will only be 230 of each poster produced - which will be hand signed and numbered by Marshall himself. As of now there are four posters currently on sale - Grind, Farmhouse, Rift and Theme From The Bottom.

Each poster sell for $42.50, but you can buy all four for $150.

Sam Roberts Band @ Mercury Lounge

I'm going to try and hit the Sam Roberts Band show tonight at Mercury Lounge - depends on my mood after tonight's Yankees/Red Sox game. They're a great rock 'n roll band from our neighbors to the North - apparantly they're quite huge up there too. Head on over to their MySpace page to hear some tunes.

They've got a new album coming out next week called Chemical City, but if your a fan of hook-laden rock pick up their last album We Were Born In A Flame which will tide you over till the new one comes out.

I Love Tuesdays

Here are the purchases for the week....

Grandaddy - Just Like The Fambly Cat
Paul Simon - Surprise
Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
Neil Young - Living With War

Monday, May 08, 2006

Pearl Jam @ Irving Plaza Reviews

Head on over to Brooklyn Vegan for some reviews and pictures from Friday night's Pearl Jam show at Irving Plaza. Check it out her e.

Seeing Pearl Jam in less then a month out in the Jerz with My Morning Jacket. Never seen them before, looking forward to it. I missed out on the whole grunge thing and I really don't have any legitimate excuses for it. I was in high school when Ten came out and should have been full of teen angst, but I think I was too busy listening to Billy Joel cds to pay attention to other things - I've certainly made up for lost time though.

moe.down, vol. 7

Friday, May 05, 2006

Panic Party At Irving Plaza

All you NYC-area Spreadheads check this out....

If you pre-order Widespread Panic's new album, Earth to America, you will have access to bonus material including: Dave Schools narrating a home video of a Compass Point studio session, album art wallpaper, an Earth to America Vinyl bonus track, video footage from the New Years 05 show and exclusive band interviews. If you pre-order by May 29th, you might by invited to the record release party with the band in New York City at Irving Plaza on June 13th! 50 people (and a guest) from the pre-order list will be invited to hear the band perform the NEW CD live. Invitees will be notified on May 30th.

Pretty cool stuff. If that doesn't entice you to pre-order the album I don't know what will.

Here's some Panic from their recent shows in Ragleigh...

Widespread Panic - 2006-04-21 - Walnut Creek Amphitheater - Raleigh, NC

Widespread Panic - 2006-04-22 - Alltel Pavilion - Raleigh, NC

Burning Oak's - Summer Camp Series

Recently stumbled onto another great music blog - Burning Oak. Right now they've got an ongoing series previewing all the artists that performing at this year's Summer Camp Music Festival - with mini bios and tons of MP3s to listen to - so check it out here. With over 40 bands performing it's a great way to find out about some of the lesser known acts and a great way to brush up on the ones you do know. Enjoy!!

Here's some music from last year's fest....

Groovatron - 2005-05-26 - Three Sisters Park - Chillicothe, IL

moe. - 2005-05-27 - Three Sisters Park - Chillcothe, IL

Donna The Buffalo - 2005-05-27 - Three Sisters Park - Chillicothe, IL

Smokestack - 2005-05-27 - Three Sisters Park - Chillicothe, IL

Hot Buttered Rum String Band - 2005-05-28 - Three Sisters Park - Sunshine Stage - Chillicothe, IL

Family Groove Company - 2005-05-28 - Three Sisters Park - Chillicothe, IL

moe. - 2005-05-29 - Three Sisters Park - Chillicothe, IL

Thursday, May 04, 2006

Latest Musical Obsession

Just wanted to share my latest musical obsession - Band Of Horses. If you dig My Morning Jacke t you're definitely going to love these guys. I've pretty much been listening to their album non-stop for the last week and a half. Check out their MySpace page here and then go and buy 15 or 20 copies of their cd Everything All The Time for yourself and your friends. They're going to be on tour starting next month - here's the dates...

May 2006
27 - George, WA - Sasquatch Festival
31 - Boise, ID - Neurolux

June 2006
3 - Fargo, ND - The Aquarium
4 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
6, 7 - Chicago, IL - Schubas Tavern
8 - Bloomington, IN - The Bluebird
9 - Cincinnati, OH - Alchemize
10 - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
13 - Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace
16 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
17 - Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's
20 - Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle Music Hall
21 - Columbia, SC - New Brookland Tavern West
22 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl
24 - Houston, TX - Walter's on Washington
25 - Austin, TX - The Parish
26 - Denton, TX - Hailey's
30 - Los Angeles, CA - The Echo

July 2006
1 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent
29 - Chicago, IL - Pitchfork Festival @ Union Park

The Bowery Ballroom show is already sold out, so don't get shut out in your town.

NYC Album Art

The Gothamist has got some great posts on album cover art that was taken in NYC. Check it out here - some cool stuff if you're a music geek and NYC resident (hence my interest).

FYI this is probably my favorite NYC cover art....

In honor of that here's some live Dylan from his latest never-ending tour...

Bob Dylan - 2006-04-30 - Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex - BJCC Arena - Birmingham, Alabama

Bob Dylan - 2006-04-24 - Orpheum Theatre - Memphis, TN

Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Self-Promotion

Here's my latest review for Glide Magazine...

The Derek Trucks Band - Songlines

Theme Time Radio Hour Debut

Bob Dylan made his XM DJ'ing debut this morning with the premiere of Theme Time Radio Hour With Bob Dylan - here's a review of the show. Dylan's debut theme was weather, here's the playlist....

Blow, Wind, Blow - Muddy Waters
You Are My Sunshine - Jimmie Davis
California Sun - Joe Jones
I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine - Dean Martin
Just Walking in the Rain - The Prisonaires
The Wind Cries Mary - Jimi Hendrix
Come Rain or Come Shine - Judy Garland
It's Raining - Irma Thomas
Raining in my Heart - Slim Harpo
Jamaica Hurricane - Lord Beginner
Let the Four Winds Blow - Fats Domino
After the Clouds Roll Away - The Consolers
Summer Wind - Frank Sinatra
Stormy Weather - The Spaniels
A Place in the Sun - Stevie Wonder (Italian version)
Uncloudy Day - The Staple Singers
Keep on the Sunny Side - The Carter Family

Dylan's show can be heard on Deep Tracks (XM 40) every Wednesday at 10 A.M. with encores on Fridays 6 P.M., Sundays 8 A.M. & Mondays 8 P.M. The show can also be heard on The Village (XM 15) Thursdays 5 P.M., Wednesdays 11 A.M. and Mondays 5 A.M. & 11 P.M.

If anyone out there has XM and can hook me up with a copy of the show it would be greatly appreciated - would love to hear it.

GRAB Bag

Here are the dates for the Phil & Friends / G.R.A.B. tour - yeah dumb acronym, but I didn't come up with it...

6/28 Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek - Raleigh, NC
6/30 Tweeter Center At The Waterfront - Camden, NJ
7/1 PNC Bank Arts Center - Holmdel, NJ*
7/2 SPAC - Saratoga Springs, NY
7/3 New England Dodge Music Center - Hartford, CT*
7/7 Nikon at Jones Beach - Wantagh, NY
7/8 Darien Lakes PAC - Darien Center, NY
7/9 Bethel Woods Center For The Arts - Bethel, NY
7/11 Toyota Pavilion – Scranton, PA*
7/12 Champlain Valley Fairgrounds - Essex Junction, VT*

* Trey, Mike, and The Duo will close

Presale tickets start this Friday at at noon, public on-sale is May 12th.

Here's the latest shows from Ernie...

Trey Anastasio - 2006-04-27 - The Tabernacle - Atlanta, GA

Trey Anastasio - 2006-04-26 - The Tabernacle - Atlanta, GA

Tuesday, May 02, 2006

I Love Tuesdays

I didn't actually buy this, but will certainly be borrowing it from my roommate who did...

Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam (a.k.a. The Avocado Album)

Monday, May 01, 2006

Radiohead Tourdates

I know it may be blasphemous to say that I have a music blog and I'm not much of a Radiohead fan - it's like saying I still like the Arctic Monkeys. I think I decided I wasn't going to like them when OK Computer came out just because everyone was gushing over it. Inevitably though when my roommate has put his music on random play and a song comes up that I'm digging and have no idea what it is it's Radiohead - so maybe I should start listening to them, I'd probably actually like them. Anyway here's the initial dates for their summer tour. They're playing a bunch of small theaters for now....

06.01.06 - Tower Theatre - Philadelphia, PA
06.02.06 - Tower Theatre - Philadelphia, PA
06.04.06 - Bank Of America Pavilion - Boston, MA
06.05.06 - Bank Of America Pavilion - Boston, MA
06.07.06 - Hummingbird Center - Toronto, ON
06.08.06 - Hummingbird Center - Toronto, ON
06.10.06 - Salle Wilred Pelletier at Placed des Arts - Montreal, QC
06.11.06 - Salle Wilred Pelletier at Placed des Arts - Montreal, QC
06.13.06 - The Theatre at Madison Square Garden - New York, NY
06.14.06 - The Theatre at Madison Square Garden - New York, NY
06.17.06 - Bonnaroo - Manchester, TN
06.19.06 - Auditorium Theater - Chicago, IL
06.20.06 - Auditorium Theater - Chicago, IL
06.23.06 - Greek Theatre - Berkeley, CA
06.24.06 - Greek Theatre - Berkeley, CA
06.26.06 - Bayside - San Diego, CA
06.27.06 - Bayside - San Diego, CA
06.29.06 - Greek Theatre - Los Angeles, CA
06.30.06 - Greek Theatre - Los Angeles, CA

And here's some live stuff for ya....

Radiohead - 2003-09-23 - Shoreline Amphitheatre - Mountain View, CA

Radiohead - 2003-10-06 - HiFi Buys Amphitheatre - Atlanta, GA

Radiohead - 1995-12-04 - Paradiso - Amsterdam, Holland

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