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Tea Leaf Green 2010 Tour Dates, New Podcast

November 5, 2009
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We’ve got some new tour dates from TeaLeafGreen.com:
Tea Leaf Green is thrilled to announce their upcoming One New Day Tour. After taking some down time the last few months, the band is ready to get back on the road. The upcoming tour will take the band across the country and include stops in Denver, [...]

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Matisyahu Fall Tour Dates and Eight-Night Festival of Light in NYC

October 21, 2009

Everyone’s favorite Hasidic Jewish reggae-rapper, Matisyahu, is touring heavy this Fall and will once again be hosting his “Festival of Light” Chanukah celebration this December. The eight-night run will include four shows each at Webster Hall and at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, with a different opening act featured each night, including: Glitch [...]

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The Whigs: Fall Tour Dates and New Studio Track

October 19, 2009
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If you’ve read this site for a while, you’ll already know how much I dig the Whigs. They play pretty straight-forward, melodic garage rock, but something about their sound just grabs me.
After nabbing a killer slot playing to huge crowds while opening for Kings of Leon this summer, Parker Gispert and crew are headed back [...]

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Download: Panda Bear @ All Tomorrow’s Parties, 9/11/09

September 28, 2009
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We didn’t have anyone on hand to round-up the festivities a few weekends back up in the Catskills of NY where the All Tomorrow’s Parties party went down, but I found a few choice updates from the fest that got some other folks blogging. The main takeaway was this Panda Bear download, even if [...]

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Discuss: Where’s My Michael Jackson Tributes?

September 10, 2009

I got an email from the Metermaids the other day with this track attached:
Metermaids – Two Rows of Teeth vs. Thriller [mp3]
It got me thinking that I haven’t been hearing too many bands work some level of Michael Jackson tribute into their sets these days. I guess that’s not crazy surprising to anyone, but [...]

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Animal Collective Sample The Grateful Dead on “Why Would I Want Sky”

July 20, 2009
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I’m home chilling and about to watch some evening news after running some errands — yes, I’m that cool — and I’ve got the new Atlas Sound/Panda Bear collaboration called “Walkabout” cranked about as loud as my upstairs neighbor would ever allow. I dig it.
And speaking of Panda Bear, I figured it was a [...]

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Phish “Save the Date” Halloween Festival Update: Pinball Wizard Style

July 15, 2009
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Phish put up another update to their “Save the Date” Halloween Festival map in the style of a pinball machine, with the pinball knocking out five more states in the quest to the truth on where this festival is going to take place. There was some discussion around how the California animation was spent [...]

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Happy 4th of July: Celebrate Independence…and the 10-Year Anniversary of Phish’s 7-4-99

July 4, 2009
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(photo by WaltherFamily)
Happy Independence Day from Live Music Blog!
I thought I’d drop a quick post to commemorate the holiday while Justin’s off gallivanting at the High Sierra Music Festival. I got a brief text from him saying he’s not getting great mobile service and trying to conserve cell juice, so I think we’ll just wait [...]

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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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