January 2010

01.13.2010

Monitor Mix on Live Concerts in 2010

Links

We’re all psyched to see Twitter come into play as the must-have tool for live blogging from a concert, especially for the arena-size social network that was Phish 2009. Technology really stepped it up a notch when the band came back and I think we’ll continue to see that pattern in use for other, smaller [...]

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01.12.2010

NYC Jazz Fest: Marco Benevento Trio, Bitches Brew Revisited, Dr. Lonnie Smith

Photo Galleries

On a cold Saturday night in NYC, I caught some amazing jazz music in the Village as a part of the NYC Winter Jazz Festival. The “festival” was basically just a series of shows at five different Village venues — Le Poisson Rouge, Sullivan Hall, the Bitter End, Kenny’s Castaways, and Zinc Bar — as [...]

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01.12.2010

List of All Available NYCTaper Recordings for 2009

Links

NYC taper has compiled a big ass list of shows taped in 2009, including LMB favorites like Animal Collective, Built to Spill, Tortoise, Wilco and, well, way too many others to list. Check it out.

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01.11.2010

Video: The Dodos Bring “Fables” to Letterman

Videos

The Dodos played “Fables” on Late Night with David Letterman this past Friday night. The Dodos – Fables on David Letterman HD 1080p [YouTube] That’s not a bad way to make your network television debut, although it would have been cooler if they were bathed in confetti like the official video for the song.

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01.09.2010

Live Music Blog.com on Your iPhone!

News
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Welcome to the Oh-Tens, dudes. I’ve been a little radio silent lately as I’ve been crunching some data and working behind the scenes on a plan for our coming year. And we’re starting the year off right here by announcing that you can now get Live Music Blog.com on your iPhone! It’s no official app [...]

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01.08.2010

Phish Friday Redux: Everybody’s Doing It

Phish Friday

Speaking of Phish Friday… For a long time, LMB was the lone wolf pushing Phish Friday out onto the interwebs. Lately, it seems like the term has been catching on throughout the Phish blogger crowd, but we had no idea it had traveled so far and wide: (via sirsticks1 of PT Phish, taken in Northborough, [...]

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01.08.2010

Phish Friday: Video of Phish Covering TV on the Radio’s “Golden Age”

Phish Friday

Phish covers “Golden Age” by TV on the Radio and gives the song a nice, long workout: Phish – Golden Age – 11.27.2009 [YouTube] Happy Phish Friday!

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01.07.2010

The Disco Biscuits Expand 2010 Tour Dates

Tour Dates

Hot off the heels of a stellar five-night NYE run at the Nokia Theatre in NYC, the Disco Biscuits are continuing their Planet Anthem tour as they lead up to the release their new studio album of the same name. They announced a late Winter/early Spring tour on the East Coast to expand on their [...]

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01.06.2010

Video: Umphrey’s Mcgee at 2009 All Good Festival

Links

iClips.net is offering a little holiday freebie for fans of Umphrey’s Mcgee: video of the band’s full set from the 2009 All Good Festival.

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01.06.2010

Ultra Music Festival Initial 2010 Lineup

Festivals
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The Miami New Times Music Blog has the scoop on the first phase of the 2010 Ultra Music Festival lineup. The Miami-based festival has traditionally featured DJs and dance music, but they’ve also started to add more live bands over the last few years. LMB readers might be interested to see some bands on the [...]

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01.06.2010

Vampire Weekend Announce 2010 Tour Dates, Stream New Album, Discuss Phish

Tour Dates
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Vampire Weekend is back in 2010 with a new album and a slew of tour dates throughout the U.S. and Europe. Their new album, Contra, is now available for streaming in full on NPR, the band’s website, and their MySpace page. They’ve just begun making the rounds with the new material, including a live take [...]

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01.05.2010

Trey Anastasio Winter Tour Dates Confirmed

Links

The majority of those Trey Anastasio solo tour dates we posted yesterday have been officially confirmed and announced. All classic TAB. Good stuff.

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01.05.2010

Wilco 2010 Tour Dates

Tour Dates

Wilco has expanded its 2010 tour, which now includes Winter and Spring dates in North America, Australia, Japan and Europe. According to their press release, these latest additions to the U.S. tour are being billed as “An Evening With Wilco” and will feature “extended, varied sets exploring material” from the band’s studio albums. “Extended, varied, [...]

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01.05.2010

Stream the Bad Plus: Live At The Village Vanguard

Links

Anybody dig the Bad Plus? NPR has streaming audio from their NYE gig at the Village Vanguard. Check it out.

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01.04.2010

Trey Anastasio Winter 2010 Tour Dates

Rumors

(Updated on 1/6/10) It looks like the earlier rumor we posted of a Trey Anastasio solo tour in early 2010 was legit, as we’re seeing a few dates trickle out onto the interwebs. Although there’s nothing officially confirmed from the Trey camp just yet, a number of the rumored dates are looking pretty solid (we’ve [...]

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01.04.2010

Watch Phish New Year’s Eve 2010 on YouTube

Links

Watch the entire Phish New Year’s Eve show from Miami by heading over to McNastyShasta’s channel on YouTube. I know what I’m doing today.

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01.02.2010

Setlist: Phish @ AAA, Miami, FL 12/31/09

Setlists

By now you’ve probably gotten yourself caught up on Phish’s epic New Year’s Eve concert that went down in Miami to close out their four-night run. As always, Phish had a gag planned for the festivities above and beyond the massive balloon drop that occurs ever year. The band released an official video of how [...]

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01.01.2010

Podcast #066: Phish, Best of Big Cypress Improv

Podcasts

Our illustrious Mr. Whitperson was feeling a bit under the weather today, but he had some time to put together a rocking podcast to pay homage to the 10 year anniversary of Phish’s Big Cypress NYE2000 celebration down in Florida, easily one of the most important concerts of the decade. Love it. Live Music Blog.com [...]

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