From the monthly archives:

May 2009

Live Blogging Phish @ Fenway Park, Boston 5/31/09

May 31, 2009
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The show has officially begun at Fenway Park in Boston as Phish returns to the stage to begin the first leg of their Summer Tour. We’re going to try and live-blog the show as it comes, as we’re expecting some big stuff tonight. Also, we’ll be following the action closely at [...]

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The Case Against Phish? Not So Much

May 30, 2009
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Idolator published a scathing (!) piece yesterday entitled The Case Against Phish: Why a Once-Great Band Should Stay Dead in which one fan argues that the band peaked in ‘97 and should not be returning to the stage this summer.
Anastasio’s rehabilitation and subsequent return to playing music is inspiring—particularly when you consider what happened [...]

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Nathan Moore Worked It For Me Last Night

May 29, 2009
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Our good buddy Lauren Siegal is back with her second review for LMB after she saw a rather incendiary performance by Nathan Moore on Tuesday night at the Connecticut Yankee here in San Francisco. Here it goes. -Justin
Once I got over wanting to rip his clothes off (side note, his jeans were already ripped [...]

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We Laugh When Bands Throw Tantrums On Stage: Wavves at Primavera Sound Festival

May 29, 2009
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Hey, I’ll admit that it’s usually not my style to laugh at people that may be going through a hard time. Life is hard, people. I mean, come on, especially if you’re touring Europe and asked to play a premier festival at 2am to a sea of adoring fans. It must have [...]

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Mountain Jam 2009 Starts Today

May 29, 2009
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Our man Paul Kanterman is on the scene for another year of Mountain Jam and he’ll be sending some updates to his Twitter account all weekend. Also, there’s an official Twitter stream from the festival itself, not to mention a premium webcast for purchase through iClips.net.
Hopefully Paul will have some photos to share after [...]

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Phish Friday: Mailorder Art Revealed

May 29, 2009
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We’re fast approaching the start of the Phish summer tour explosion that will start at Fenway Park this Sunday, and the anticipation is seriously exploding between me and all my chat buddies. I get random pings now like “JONES BEACH” and I’m seeing many emails traded on securing those last minute extras that seem [...]

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Video: Beastie Boys – “So What’cha Want” (with The Roots)

May 28, 2009
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I’ve heard a lot of people dish heaps of negative gripes on the new Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, but there’s one thing that nobody can deny — The Roots. Their power as a backing band may not be immediately obvious, but if you watch the show more than once you’ll see that this [...]

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Coming Soon: Sasquatch 2009 Photos, Words

May 28, 2009
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My buddy Pete went to Sasquatch! this past weekend and he showed me his roll of photos while we were waiting for Animal Collective to start. He got some really good stuff and told me he’d give us a nice writeup of the whole weekend so I thought I’d do this post first to [...]

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Marco Benevento: Carnegie Hall, New Solo Dates and New Trio Dates

May 28, 2009
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When I think of favorite overall musician these days, the first person that comes to my mind is Marco Benevento. The residency I saw this February at the Yoshi’s in Oakland are easily four of the best concerts I’ve seen all year, all for completely different reasons. And I was just constantly blown [...]

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