June 2010

Happy Birthday, America!

While a good majority of the US population is gearing up for BBQ’s and firework displays in the major metros or local suburban villages they frequent, live music fans across the country know that weekend brings some seriously fun festivals and concert events that simply can’t be missed. I’ve rounded up the main five events that many of us crazy music fans will be attending this weekend, but as always this hardly scratches the surface for great live music happening across the country. If we missed an event, drop some comments to let us know where you’ll be partying this Independence Day.

In the meantime, read on to get our take on what’s happening this weekend and how we plan on drinking it all in. READ MORE

6/29/10 Canandaigua, NY - Poster by © 2010.

I just tuned into the stream. Follow along as we get the setlist for Phish’s one-off night up near Rochester, NY before they head down the East Coast…

Phish @ CMAC Performing Arts Center, Canandaigua, NY 6/29/10

Set I: The Connection, Down with Disease, Sample in a Jar, Ocelot, Reba, Horn, Funky Bitch, Undermind, Ballad of Curtis Loew, David Bowie
Set II: Possum, Mike’s Song > Simple > I Am The Walrus > Weekapaug Groove, Limb by Limb, Joy, Harry Hood, Golgi Apparatus
Encore: First Tube

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I was recently asked for some thoughts on the Nateva Festival and how it’s shaping up buzz-wise on a national scale. Here’s what got printed…

Nateva is a big deal nationally, said Justin Ward, editor of livemusicblog.com. “On the festival circuit, bands like , moe., STS9, She & Him, Grizzly Bear and the Flaming Lips are all a pretty big deal. For an inaugural fest to book a lineup like this could be called a big deal, yes,” he wrote in an e-mail. “I’d say the buzz is that this has a potential to be a big festival and/or largely successful for years to come assuming they properly plan the logistics.”

Yeah that’s right, bitch. Better plan those logistics!

Jamtown, U.S.A. [The Portland Press Herald]

6/26 & 6/27/10 Columbia, MD - Poster by © 2010.

Phish just began their second night in Columbia, MD at Merriweather Post Pavilion. Follow along with @phish_ftr for the setlist action as it comes in.

Phish @ Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD 6/26/10

Set I: Crowd Control, Kill Devil Falls, AC/DC Bag, Sugar Shack, Tube, In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, Stash, Backwards Down the Number Line, NICU > 46 Days, Suzy Greenberg
Set II: Rock and Roll > Free, Fast Enough for You, Sparkle > Tweezer, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Wolfman’s Brother > Slave to the Traffic Light > Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Show of Life, Good Times Bad Times

Phish @ Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD 6/27/10

Set I: Walfredo, Mellow Mood, Stealing Time from the Faulty Plan, The Divided Sky, Tela, My Soul, Ginseng Sullivan, Sample in a Jar, Bathtub Gin, Brian & Robert, Run Like An Antelope
Set II: Wilson > Meatstick > I Saw It Again > Piper > Ghost > Jumping Jack Flash > I Saw It Again > Contact, You Enjoy Myself
Encore: Fire

I hope Phish keeps playing the way they do so that we have to keep coming up with ridiculous names for their jams to talk about to other fans in our weird secret language.

Watch the video every one of your Phish friends will be talking about…

Phish – 2001 – Thriller Jam – 6/25/2010 Camden NJ – HD [YouTube]

Here’s something to get you rocking after this Phish show ends. Have a good Friday nights, dudes. See you tomorrow.

Phish ~ “The Rover” 06.24.10- Camden NJ [YouTube]

6/24-6/25/10 Camden, NJ - Poster by © 2010.

Phish is about to begin their second night at Susquehanna Center in Camden, NJ and we’ll be following along with @whitperson, @yemblog, and @phishtwit as usual (among others).

Phish @ Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, NJ 6/25/10

Set I: Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Runaway Jim, Army of One, Free Man in Paris*, Summer of ’89, Split Open and Melt, The Sloth, Time Turns Elastic, Golgi Apparatus
Set II: Chalkdust Torture > Prince Caspian > Heavy Things > Alaska > 2001^ > Light > Possum > Character Zero
Encore: Shine a Light

Notes:
* Joni Mitchell cover
^ teases all over the place here

Roundup:

SETLIST: PHISH 6.25.2010 SUSQUEHANNA BANK CENTER ~ CAMDEN, NJ [oh kee pah blog]

Ferry from Philly to Camden for #phish yeehaw!!! on Twitpic Lot 2A #phish on Twitpic Share photos on twitter with Twitpic Share photos on twitter with Twitpic Share photos on twitter with Twitpic Caspian #phish on Twitpic

Fifth row at #phish. This will be the only tweet you get from me tonight.

Notes (from @whitperson):
I got a degree! Lolz
Why do I try to kill you?!?
Jim. Shit is about to go down tonight. Feeling it.
Nice Jim is getting whammy’d
I could see them doing another rockin bust out. Saw it again?
Perfectly timed pee break.
Dude seriously? Two shows and I get the lion king theme twice? Lolz.

Post image for Heady Links: Furthur Reschedules July 5th, Solid Sound Schedule, Sonic Bloom Sold-Out and more…

Furthur was forced to cancel their show on July 5th in Vermont following their headlining slot at Nateva Festival, but the band has already rescheduled the cancelled date to Stroudsburg, PA. Local officials weren’t having it.

The schedule for Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival has been posted. They added a solo set.

Sonic Bloom 2010 has sold out.

Anybody attending the Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival tomorrow? Drop us a line and let us know.

Finally, NPR Music just released their official iPhone app with access to tons of live concert podcasts for you to sample.

06.25.2010

EAR FARM on the Death and Rebirth of Music Blogs

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If you’ve ever sat down and thought “I want to write a music blog,” these are sentiments you’ll likely experience along the way of actually getting towards the execution of it. music blogs are dead, long live music blogs! [EAR FARM ] We EAR FARMers have always strived to be different and interesting and worthy [...]

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06.25.2010

Flight of the Conchords @ Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA 5/28/10

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Flights of the Conchords recently made a stop in Berkeley at the Greek Theatre and photographer Edwin Zee was on hand to shoot the show. I’m sooooo bummed I missed this one. Over the Weekend: Flight of the Conchords [SF Weekly.com] When they started rapping their song “Hurt Feelings” the audience cried with laughter. In [...]

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06.25.2010

Photo of the Day: Courtney Love Rolls Through Boston

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At first glance at this photo, you may be thinking that Courtney Love is back to her passionate (and trainwrecky) self. You would be correct on both levels. The queen of tabloid fodder brought her new band with an old name, Hole, into Boston’s Ames Hotel on Wednesday for an intimate show for a local [...]

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06.25.2010

What’s Happening: Northside Festival in Brooklyn

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Head over to brooklynvegan for coverage this weekend from the Northside Festival in Brooklyn which kicked off last night. Tons of good music happening in New York City this weekend as always, and continually we’re left without a proper correspondent now that our good friend Mr. Whitperson has a big-time music industry job. Which reminds [...]

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06.24.2010

Phish @ Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, NJ 6/24/10

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Phish just started their first of two nights in Camden, NJ with “David Bowie.” We’ll post the setlist as it comes in so feel free to follow along here, @livemusicblog, @yemblog or @phishtwit as always. Phish @ Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, NJ 6/24/10 Set I: David Bowie, Stealing Time from the Faulty Plan, Water in [...]

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06.24.2010

Scalper’s Market for Phish Summer Tour

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The secondary ticket market is going nuts for our favorite band on tour at the moment: Phish. While your friendly editor lucked into mailorders for all three nights at the Greek, most folks that didn’t get tickets from their friends’ extras will be shelling out at least 3x the face value of the tickets to [...]

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06.24.2010

Very Cool: “Play Me I’m Yours” Pianos

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Have you guys heard of this yet? “Play Me, I’m Yours” is an artwork by British artist Luke Jerram who has been touring the project globally since 2008. From 9am-10pm each day, 60 pianos will be available to play across New York City. Presented by Sing for Hope they are located in public parks, streets [...]

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06.24.2010

Pitchfork Music Festival Adds Comedy Stage, Schedule Announced

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The folks at Pitchfork recently announced that they’d be adding comedy to this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival lineup. …we’re happy to announce the first ever Pitchfork Music Festival comedy stage! It’s hosted by Les Savy Fav frontman (and Pitchfork.tv jokester) Tim Harrington and features veteran stand-up artist Eugene Mirman, “The State”/Wet Hot American Summer star [...]

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06.23.2010

Drymount: Phish Summer Tour 2010 Posters

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Phish has returned to the road in 2010 stronger than ever, and the artwork they had chosen for their tour has been beautiful. With print work done by their long-time friend Jim Pollock and other famed poster artists like Nate Duval and Dan Grzeca, these are a must-have amongst the fans and are always one [...]

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06.23.2010

Heady Links: Google Music, Phish Lights, Couch Tour @ All Good, and more…

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Signs are still pointing to the eventual rollout of something likely called Google Music which TechCrunch originally reported on earlier this month. The Wall Street Journal has a story today detailing what they know. [via Hidden Track] Chris Kuroda, Phish’s famous lighting man (and fifth member, duh), is now spelling the band’s name in lights [...]

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