July 2010

07.15.2010

High Sierra 2010: Blitzen Trapper

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Blitzen Trapper played two nearly identical sets at High Sierra, both on the Big Meadow Stage and set around the same time each day, and man did these guys looked tired. Having done tour after tour in recent years and working hard on the road this year to promote their latest release, Destroyer of the [...]

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07.15.2010

Jambands.com reviews Phish’s summer tour (so far)

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Phish: Summer Tour in Review [Jambands.com] In fact, Phish’s Summer tour, which is presently on a brief hiatus before it continues in August with three shows at Berkeley’s Greek Theater, has already covered all of the bases that fans have come to expect from Phish on every tour. While no show has been a start-to-finish, [...]

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07.15.2010

High Sierra 2010: Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain and Edgar Meyer

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By 3pm on the second day of High Sierra, I felt like I had already seen a few living legends in the flesh with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band set and Nels Cline’s jazz-fusion set to start the day. But I was not prepared at all to see Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain and Edgar Meyer, [...]

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07.14.2010

High Sierra 2010: Preservation Hall Jazz Band

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After Zach Deputy’s set and some time back at camp to rally a crew together, Camp Cock Awe made their way over to Music Hall for an hour long set of gumbo jazz from the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Given that I’m completely ignorant to all things wonderful about New Orleans culture and heritage (I [...]

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07.14.2010

Las Tortugas Dance of the Dead V Lineup Announced

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The lineup for the fifth year of the Las Tortugas Dance of the Dead Festival was just announced today with ALO, 7 Walkers, The Mother Hips and Tea Leaf Green topping the bill. The festival will take place once again down at Yosemite’s West Gate on Halloween weekend. Poor Man’s Whiskey will be doing Old [...]

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07.14.2010

Long View: Yeasayer @ Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn 2/9/10

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I’m pleased to introduce the first of many writeups here at LMB from our friend, Wesley Hodges. In his first column, he previews the newly released Baeblemusic.com video featuring a full Yeasayer set from earlier this year in Brooklyn. -Jdub Admittedly, I sort of burned out on Odd Blood months ago, after a few weeks [...]

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07.14.2010

Link: Hidden Track Reviews All Good Music Festival

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Hidden Track just filed their first report from All Good Music Festival which went down this past weekend. We were sorry to miss our chance to send a photographer there (long story), so we’re grateful that these guys got it together and covered the festival in depth. The similarities to High Sierra and Summer Camp, [...]

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07.14.2010

High Sierra 2010: Zach Deputy

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Ask anyone at High Sierra 2010 what one of their highlights would be, and you’ll likely hear a lot of people talk about Zach Deputy. The first set on Thursday he played already had half of my camp totally amped to see him another time, so I didn’t want to miss the set he had [...]

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07.14.2010

Tour Dates: U2 360° TOUR RESCHEDULED

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U2 just announced yesterday that all dates on their 2010 summer tour were rescheduled to 2011, so keep your tickets if you still want to see this massive behemoth of a touring band in 2011. All tickets that were purchased for the shows this year will be honored next year, which perhaps creates a logistical [...]

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07.14.2010

Photos: Paul McCartney @ AT&T Park, San Francisco 7/10/10

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Yesterday we posted Pete’s review from the three-hour Paul McCartney concert this past Saturday night at AT&T Park. Today, our friend Spencer Crooks said we could publish a few of his amazing photos from the same show. Check out his original review at The Owl Mag and check out this set of my favorite five photos he managed to capture.

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07.14.2010

My Morning Jacket Add Hometown Show on 10/29

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My Morning Jacket just announced a hometown show for Lousville, KY for October 29th. Wax Fang gets the opening slot.

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07.13.2010

High Sierra 2010: Nels Cline Singers

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I’m finally moving onto my second day of roaming around High Sierra and revisiting the memories I have from this year’s amazing festival. Hands down, the best surprise of the weekend for me was the Nels Cline Singers rocking on Friday morning at High Sierra. It’s not often you see me get too excited about [...]

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07.13.2010

Video: Phish – 6/25/10 “Chalk Dust Torture”

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Phish just released another official video as a highlight from the summer tour: the Camden “Chalk Dust Torture.”

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07.13.2010

Tour Dates: Dr. Dog Fall Dates with Here We Go Magic, Good Old War

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Dr. Dog remains a band of road warriors as they just announced another set of tour dates for this fall, this time with openers Here We Go Magic and Good Old War on select dates

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07.13.2010

Will Phish play Gamehendge at Telluride? Will we see a toga party at the Greek?

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What Can We Expect After the Tour Break? [Online Phish Tour] I expect there to be at least one stand out set at the Greek–when Phish arrived at Red Rocks last year, almost every set was a special one (I know I’m in the minority, but I really don’t get excited over the 7/30 show). [...]

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07.13.2010

Moogfest 2010: Halloween in Asheville, NC with Massive Attack, MGMT, and Thievery Corporation

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Moogfest 2010 was just announced this morning. Set for Halloween weekend in Asheville, NC, the three-day festival will bring together Massive Attack, MGMT and Thievery Corp. as headliners celebrating the life and work of Robert Moog. More acts to be announced soon, and tickets will go on sale on July 30th.

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07.13.2010

High Sierra 2010: Day One Roundup

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Here is a smattering of other photos from our crew’s first day at High Sierra. I had an amazing time on day one but definitely hung back and bit and turned it in early. My friends raged hard and made it a few spots I didn’t, so I lovingly poached some of their photos here. [...]

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07.13.2010

Review: Paul McCartney @ AT&T Park, San Francisco 7/10/10

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As I’m sure is the case for most of this blog’s readers, stadium shows are a necessary evil when it comes to live music — and one usually best left avoided. But if there were anyone that would be able to overcome the horrible acoustics of sporting arenas and the overall lack of intimacy that comes with a crowd 40,000 strong, you knew it would be one of the ultimate living legends: Mr. Paul McCartney. I had heard that Sir Paul put on a good show, and he probably has the most well-loved and deepest catalog of any performer on the planet, but I was certainly not prepared for the absolute smackdown that occurred at AT&T Park last Saturday night.

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