I’m about to head over to the Slow Food Rocks festival at Fort Mason here in San Fran. I’m psyched as I’m going to bring my camera and spend some energy on trying to get good shots of the bands playing today, including Medeski, Martin & Wood, The New Pornographers, and Gnarls Barkley. You can check in on the LMB Twitter stream if you want updates from the festival. See you there!
August 2008
Last week, I dug back into the archives to highlight an old-school show from 8/21/1987 that captured the band during a fertile period of their career, both in terms of their songwriting and their live show. My selections gave a nice overall feel for the different types of tunes and improvisation they were putting together back at that point. But after a few more listens, I decided that this show deserved a Part II, as there’s just too much fun stuff going on here to skip over.
This segment includes some great moments and wild segues (and it also has much less dog-barking than last week’s selections!). Check it out:
- Phish – McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters (live, 8-21-1987) > [mp3]
- Phish – Str it Up Jam With (live, 8-21-1987) > [mp3]
- Phish – Makisupa Policeman Jam. (live, 8-21-1987) > [mp3]
- Phish – David Bowie (live, 8-21-1987) > [mp3]
- Phish – Sanity (live, 8-21-1987) [mp3]
It’s great that most everyone got to see Radiohead this summer on their numerous individual tour dates or here, here and here. Yet if you didn’t get a chance to catch the most blogged about band in the world or you didn’t quite get your fill, the band is webcasting their stop in Santa Barbara tonight. It’s promised to be a special night and after all the amazing things the band has done online this year, I wouldn’t second-guess them.
In a post Colin threw up on Dead Air Space, he states that the band is celebrating the end of their US leg by bringing everyone in on the fun. The details of the webcast are not yet live but the band promises to get them up soon. Though its not nearly the same thing as being there, Radiohead has been known to take extended breaks from playing in the States. Take advantage and watch the band rock out in the Bowl.
Editor’s note: Kane Jamison is going to start laying down some more blog posts here at Live Music Blog and we couldn’t be more thrilled to finally get him back into the blogging game after Burning Oak went largely dark. He’s moving to the Pacific Northwest and managed to make it up there in time for the Bumbershoot Festival going on this weekend, so he’s going to report in from the festivities.
This upcoming Saturday Seattle’s annual Bumbershoot festival kicks off and I’ll be on hand to cover the festivities. While the festival has some notable headliners – Beck, !!!, Stone Temple Pilots, Death Cab For Cutie, and Lee “Scratch” Perry to name a few – I have a feeling the highlights of my weekend will be the smaller acts I stumble upon in my daily wandering. That said, here’s a few sets I can’t imagine I’ll miss, but surely will.
Saturday
Day One gets going right away with Neko Case at 1pm, quickly followed by Lucinda Williams at 2:45. One afternoon wild card I’ve long been interested in will be the 4pm Thao with the Get Down Stay Down. An open spot for wandering and making the difficult decision to catch Man Man at 7:30 or the equally respected Band of Horses at the same time. As if that decision wasn’t enough, Beck and !!! both go on at 9:15, and M. Ward hits the stage at 9:30. I imagine I’ll be running around a lot on Saturday night.
Sunday
Day Two starts off a little slower than the previous day, and prior to the Jakob Dylan set at 7pm and the Black Keys set at 7:45 that night, I imagine I’ll be discovering plenty of new-to-me acts to share with you, and hopefully seeing how things are going in the comedy tent. Sunday night offers a full array of possibilities, however, with Stone Temple Pilots, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Tapes ‘n Tapes, and Final Fantasy all competing for my late-night attention.
Monday
Labor Day finishes up the Bumbershoot weekend with what appears to be a slower paced day. After a nostalgic visit to the 3:15 set by The Offspring and a quick jog to the simultaneous Langhorne Slim & The War Eagles set, Two Gallants will take the stage at 4:15. A few veggie burritos later you’ll most definitely find me at the Old 97′s set at 6:45, after which I’ll do my best to catch some songs with Del Tha Funky Homosapien and Battles. The night ends with simultaneous sets from Death Cab for Cutie, Xavier Rudd, and Minus the Bear.
Any must-see acts I missed? Any late-night parties I’ll forever regret missing? Leave some comments below or let me know at kanejamison ( at ) burningoak ( dot ) com.
All Photos by Ken Gilbertsen
Since moving to Chicago, almost a year has passed before I was finally treated to a show at the theater which bears the city’s name. It was worth the wait, as I got to see Steely Dan tear up the beautiful Chicago Theater. The Dan put a second stop in Chicago on their Think Fast, Steely Dan Tour after the first one sold out in days and I’m certainly glad they did.
A good friend treated me to the ticket for taking care of what is most dear to him: a one year old Rhodesian Ridgeback named Lola. It was payment well beyond the services rendered. The enigmatic Donald Fagen was is full form — rocking the always fashionable suit, sunglasses, sneakers and calling the crowd “gang”. Walter Becker had his moments too; he broke into a narrative during “Hey Nineteen” to introduce “the Cuuueeervooo Gold” that was pretty priceless. Overall the show was tremendous and the opener, Deep Blue Organ Trio, set the standard early.
A few weeks back, Justin posted some news about TV on the Radio‘s upcoming fall tour. I remember reading the post and thinking that it was short tour considering TVOTR has an album release in the near future. Well, my intuition was spot on and they’ve extended their tour well into the autumn months. The tour extends into November now and hits all over, including Chicago — which is good for me.
TVOTR’s new album details have been announced as well. Dear Science, will drop on September 23rd and quite frankly I am nothing but excited. The first single from the album, “Golden Age”, is streaming on the website right now — just click that gold, underlined TV on the Radio above. Its been on repeat for twenty minutes over here and I must say that its great. It seems that My Morning Jacket isn’t the only band channeling everyone’s favorite 50 year old gender bender (that’s Prince to you).
The anticipation surrounding Dear Science, is big. TVOTR’s outstanding sophomore LP, Return to Cookie Mountain, is one of my top albums made this decade and Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babies is a raw, hard charging debut. However difficult it is to produce three unique and artistic albums in a row I have full faith in David Sitek’s production and the rest of the band’s abilities. Follow the jump for dates.
Photo © Jalapeño
I’m behind on getting my other concert reviews posted from the stuff I saw last week (The Octopus Project, The Duo, Outside Lands) but that isn’t stopping me from going out tonight to check out !!! (Chk Chk Chk) here at The Independent. Last time I saw these guys I completely sweated through my shirt and generally looked like I just ran a marathon. Tonight I hope to accomplish the same thing, except this time I’ll be front-row and following each and every one of Nic Offer’s dance moves.
