February 2011

High Sierra 2011: MMJ, Ween, Neko Case, Warren Haynes, Yonder, Dr. Dog & more…

by Justin Ward on Feb 28, 11

The lineup for High Sierra 2011 was just announced, nearly a full day early here on the West Coast and the same day that Electric Forest announced their lineup. Some fans may consider a tough choice between the two festivals, but not me and about 50 other friends out here in California. High Sierra is an obvious choice as it is, but with My Morning Jacket headlining the 21st annual festival and Ween, Neko Case, Warren Haynes, Yonder Mountain String Band, Dr. Dog and more joining them for the weekend, it seems even that much more obvious where I’ll be headed.

Here’s the initial list of artists scheduled to attend:

My Morning Jacket
Ween
Neko Case
Warren Haynes Band
Yonder Mountain String Band
Rebelution
Maceo Parker
Dr. Dog
ALO
Beats Antique
Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk
Ernest Ranglin
Bill Frisell’s Beautiful Dreamers
(featuring Eyvind Kang & Rudy Royston)
The Travelin’ McCourys
Los Amigos Invisibles
Delta Spirit
The Infamous Stringdusters
Dawes
MarchFourth Marching Band
Pimps of Joytime
Emancipator
Danny Barnes
Orgone
Materialized featuring Scott Law
Toubab Krewe
Zach Deputy
Jessica Lurie Ensemble
Head for the Hills
Elephant Revival
The Brothers Comatose
Audio Angel
and many more TBA…

The lineup was announced via the festival’s YouTube channel, just like last year…

Electric Forest Lineup: SCI, Tiesto, Bassnectar, Pretty Lights & more

by Justin Ward on Feb 28, 11

in Festivals

electricforestfestival.com

The lineup for “the new Rothbury” festival, Electric Forest, has been announced. As expected String Cheese Incident tops the bill with three performances throughout the weekend; Tiesto is the other headliner with Bassnectar, Pretty Lights, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Shpongle and Stephen Marley close behind towards the top of the bill.

Live music pioneers The String Cheese Incident (3 performances) and the trailblazing Dutch DJ Tiësto will top the bill at the inaugural Electric Forest at the Double JJ Resort in Rothbury, Michigan on June 30 through July 3, 2011. Tickets go on sale Saturday, March 5 at noon EST at www.electricforestfestival.com

Also on the bill are Bassnectar, Pretty Lights, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Stephen Marley, Shpongle Presents The Shpongletron Experience, Railroad Earth, Laidback Luke, JJ Grey & Mofro, Excision, The New Deal, EOTO, Emmitt-Nershi Band, Skrillex and many more.

Electric Forest is also excited to introduce the festival’s first annual Saturday Afternoon Special – a mid-festival event within the event – featuring very special guests, legendary American rock band REO Speedwagon. A complete list of confirmed artists follows. More acts will be announced in the coming months.

REO Speedwagon? WTF? Read on for the rest of the info straight from Madison House and the full lineup announced so far… READ MORE

Dr. John and his Mystickel Majickel Mystery Band @ The Howlin’ Wolf – 2.27.2011

by Wesley Hodges on Feb 28, 11

in Links,LMB NOLA

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Dr. John announced about a week ago that he’d be doing an extra special performance to benefit the gulf coast on Sunday night down at The Howlin’ Wolf and that the band would be to his choosin’. Although the joint was not quite sold out (not too surprising given the short notice and parade-weary city), Mac gave those who did show up an excellent, hits-heavy, and vocally on-point performance that included takes on “Iko Iko”, “Right Place, Wrong Time”, “Tipitina”, an impromptu speech about the gulf that nicely segued into a “Save Our Wetlands” verse, and a stretched-out “I Walk On Guilded Splinters” that really accented the talented and mystickel guest horn section for the night. This was Mac’s final performance before his induction (alongside Alice Cooper, Neil Diamond, Tom Waits and Darlene Love) into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next month in New York on March 14th.

Tour Dates: Phish Announces 2011 Summer Run

by Justin Ward on Feb 22, 11

in Tour Dates

Phish just announced their summer 2011 tour dates. Holla!

May 27 – 29 = Bethel Woods, Bethel NY
May 31 & June 1 = PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel NJ
June 3 = DTE Energy Music Theatre, Clarkston MI
June 4 = Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls OH
June 5 = Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati OH
June 7 = Comcast Center, Mansfield MA
June 8 = Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Darien NY
June 10 = Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden NJ
June 11 and 12 = Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia MD
June 14 and 15 = Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Alpharetta GA
June 17 = Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Charlotte NC
June 18 = Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion, Raleigh NC
June 19 = nTelos Pavilion, Portsmouth VA

[dates via Hidden Track]

Grace Potter & The Nocturnals @ House of Blues, NOLA 2.20.11 [LMB NOLA]

by Wesley Hodges on Feb 20, 11

in Links,LMB NOLA

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Looking like a woman on the brink of superstardom.

Trey Anastasio Covers Outkast @ State Theatre, Portland, ME 2/18/11

by Justin Ward on Feb 19, 11

in Setlists,Videos

via nateduval.com/treyportland

Trey Anastasio Band opened up their spring tour last night in Portland, ME and played an interesting first show as a warmup. Hidden Track and Oh Kee Pah Blog were on the setlist and video roundup as it hit the web. The obvious highlight that got people talking was the band’s cover of “Hey Ya,” the Outkast hit that came out of Trey’s acoustic set (with full band accompany). All in all it looks pretty interesting on paper.

Trey Anastasio Band @ State Theatre, Portland, ME 2/18/11

Acoustic Set: Theme From The Bottom, Cavern, NICU, Bug, My Friend My Friend, Horse > Silent in the Morning, Gumbo, Suzy Greenberg, Kill Devil Falls, Water in the Sky^, Spin^^, Liquid Time^^^, Hey Ya^^^^

Electric Set: Cayman Review, Mozambique, Gotta Jiboo, It Makes No Difference, Acting the Devil*, Alaska, All That Almost Was, Words To Wanda, Push On Til The Day, Birdwatcher, Sand, Wherever You Find It, Plasma, Tuesday

Encore: In The Wee Wee Hours**, Dragonfly

Notes:
^with Jen Hartswick and Natalie Cressman
^^with Jen Hartswick, Natalie Cressman, and Ray Paczkowski
^^^with Jen Hartswick, Natalie Cressman, Ray Paczkowski, Russ Lawton, and Tony Markellis
^^^^Outkast original. First time played, with all of TAB
*last played 11/01/02 The Tabernacle ~ Atlanta, GA
**last played 11/02/2002 Pompano Ampitheatre ~ Pompano Beach, FL

[setlist source: @ericwyman via ohkeepahblog]

Fun.

Jazz Fest Late Night Schedule [LMB NOLA]

by Lon on Feb 18, 11

in Links,LMB NOLA

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Our newest addition to the LMB team, Lon Marchand, rounds up all of the Jazz Fest Late Nights that have been announced so far. We'll be adding links and more resources to that page, so bookmark this link right now so you can be ready for the festival.

Hangout Festival Artist Video Spotlight – Widespread Panic

by Justin Ward on Feb 17, 11

in Links

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Hangout Festival Artist Video Spotlight – Widespread Panic [LMB NOLA]

For many, festival season is synonymous with Widespread Panic and their massive, cross-country summer tours. In the last 10 years they have headlined almost every major festival in America (many forget Bonnaroo served as a two night Panic run in 2002 and 2005 – WP has headlined Roo considerably more than any other artist) and are consistently invited back to play our own Jazz Fest nearly every other year. This spring they add The Hangout to that impressive resume – the second year gulf coast festival will feature Panic on opening night. WSP has been no stranger to the Alabama gulf coast, they have been playing Mobile since the 80’s and their more recent stands at Orange Beach have been perfect excuses for fans to slip down to the beach and celebrate the Gulf Coast’s beautiful Spring weather.

02.16.2011

Phish Announces New Release for Record Store Day ’11

News

Phish just announced Two Soundchecks, a special release for Record Store Day and the band’s first-ever live vinyl release. On Record Store Day, Phish will release TWO SOUNDCHECKS, a Limited Edition 7-inch vinyl record that will be available exclusively at participating independently owned record stores across the country. ‘Two Soundchecks’ marks the band’s first ever [...]

02.16.2011

Tour Dates: Tame Impala Plays Coachella, Beyond…

Tour Dates

I’m psyched to see that one of my newer musical discoveries, Tame Impala, is doing a U.S. tour surrounding their Coachella 2011 appearance. They’ll also be doing some dates in Europe opening for Foo Fighters, which is a huge opening slot for these up-and-comers. Their tour starts at Coachella and then they head up to [...]

02.16.2011

Riverbend Slips 1st Phish Date

Rumors

Quick Phish update on this Tuesday evening…the ocelot is slipping out of the bag regarding the band’s much anticipated 2011 Summer Tour. Earlier today, we got the most “official” word so far as The Riverbend Music Center in Ohio updated their events page and listed Phish as performing on Sunday June 5th. It has since [...]

02.15.2011

Sasquatch 2011: Festival Sold-Out, Carpools Encouraged

Festivals

Wow. The Sasquatch! Music Festival is proud to announce that the event has completely sold out of all 100,000 tickets (25,000 per day over 4 days) in record time exactly one week from the lineup announcement. I’ll be honest, I’m not sure I thought the lineup was that good. That must be my jaded vet [...]

02.14.2011

Bonnaroo 2011 Lineup: Eminem, Arcade Fire, Panic, MMJ, Buffalo Springfield, Lil Weezy & More

Festivals

The lineup for Bonnaroo 2011 is now official. Eminem is the name at the top with Arcade Fire, Widespread Panic, The Black Keys, Buffalo Springfield and My Morning Jacket all getting in line right behind him. Oh, and Lil Wayne. Christ a milli. Whether you like the artists or not, it’s undeniable that the ‘Roo [...]

02.14.2011

Rothbury Festival Returns as Electric Forest Festival 2011

Festivals

After getting canceled in 2010, it looks like the Rothbury Festival is making a comeback in 2011…but with a new name: the Electric Forest Festival. We’ve been hearing some occasional rumors about a return for Rothbury in 2011, but this new temporary site posted today is the most official notice we’ve seen, other than some [...]

02.07.2011

Sasquatch 2011: Lineup Announced!

Festivals

The lineup for the 10th annual Sasquatch Music Festival has just been announced. Once again the fest returns to the Gorge in Washington state for Memorial Day weekend, but this year the festival will be extended to four days, plenty of time to host the stacked half of the lineup with Foo Fighters, Death Cab [...]

02.01.2011

Hangout Music Festival Announces 2011 Lineup

Festivals

The lineup for the Hangout Music Festival was just announced. Leading this year’s party on the Gulf Shore is Paul Simon, Widespread Panic, The Black Keys and My Morning Jacket. This is stacked if you ask me. 2011 Hangout Music Festival Lineup Paul Simon Widespread Panic The Black Keys My Morning Jacket Foo Fighters Jane’s [...]

02.01.2011

LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar

Concert Calendar

Justin and I have talked about doing an “upcoming shows” list like this for a while. Rather than continuing to just talk about doing it, I figured why the hell not just start posting something and worry about all the details at a later date. So, here you go.

02.01.2011

Widespread Panic Announces Hangout Music Festival Set

Festivals

Widespread Panic has already gone live with the news that they’ll be one of the top dogs on the lineup at this year’s Hangout Music Festival. The full lineup announcement is coming later today and we promise you need to bookmark this page and check back shortly. It’s a doozy.