From the monthly archives:

June 2009

Phish Halloween Festival Update: Definitely Not Ohio or Kansas

June 30, 2009
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On a whim I decided to check if Phish.com had any new reveals in the quest to get the to the final location state of the Phish Halloween Festival that I wrote about earlier today, and they’ve now updated the map to make it clear that the festival will not be held in Ohio or [...]

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Tour Dates: The Flaming Lips 2009 Tour, New Album Due in Sept.

June 30, 2009
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The Flaming Lips are going out on tour this summer starting at the Pitchfork Music Festival’s Write the Night awesomeness. They’re releasing their first double album ever called, Embryonic, which will be featuring members of MGMT and Karen O. from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Not bad.
Read on for the dates.

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High Sierra Roll Call?!?

June 30, 2009

In between posting tons of stuff before I worry about bathing or feeding myself, I thought I’d get a post going to get some excitement ready for High Sierra Music Festival this weekend. I’ll be there with a camera and a few bottles of sunblock, so I hope to have some updates from the [...]

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Sights and Sounds: Wilco @ Greek Theatre, Berkeley 6/27/09

June 30, 2009
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Wilco just rolled through California and Saturday night brought them to the Greek Theatre in Berkeley. This was my first time at the storied venue and I was fortunate enough to score a photo pass from their PR company, so I brought my SLR and shot the show from the pit.

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iClips Announces The Couch Tour

June 30, 2009
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In case you missed our recent interview with the CEO from iClips, we’ve learned that the company is taking the lead in trying to get quality live concert webcasts to the masses. And even though AT&T Music just did the webcast from Bonnaroo, it looks like they’re not going to be the preferred webcast [...]

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Video: Grizzly Bear – “Cheerleader” on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

June 30, 2009
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This video was too cool in too many ways to list, so it gets its own post today.

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The New Phish Album, Plus a Halloween Festival?!? AYFKM?

June 30, 2009
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Some of you may have noticed that there are some stories that don’t always get the immediate news treatment here on the site, which I’m working to rectify a bit by building a bit more of a news aggregator on the site that will collect the best and brightest stories that you guys need to [...]

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Photos from Glastonbury 2009

June 29, 2009

Happy Monday, dudes. I just caught this amazing photo gallery on one of my favorite non-music blogs, The Big Picture, and I thought it was a good way to start out the week. The Glastonbury Festival just wrapped up yesterday and there’s a fantastic set of photos over at that said blog. [...]

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Live Music 2.0: Interview with Nate Parienti of iClips.net

June 27, 2009
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iClips.net has been webcasting and streaming live events for several years now, but it seems like the site has begun to really pick up steam in the last few years, particularly with its heavy focus on the music festival scene in the U.S. As the live music streaming space continues to grow and evolve, we thought it [...]

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