MP3 Archives
Jul 11, 2008
Phish Friday | "The Phish, from Vermont"
Stub via superphly.com Today's Phish Friday was an obvious choice for me considering we're publishing this on July 11. Eight years ago today, Phish played the second night of a three-night run at Deer Creek in Noblesville, IN, easily......
Jun 27, 2008
Phish Friday | The Debut of "Spock's Brain"
This week's Phish Friday post is brought to you by Nate Leskovic, someone that commented on our "Spock's Brain" PF post with his own story of what that song meant to him. He's graciously giving us the background today. While......
Jun 26, 2008
Backyard Tire Fire | 2008 Tour Dates, New MP3
The dudes in Backyard Tire Fire just got signed and announced their new album, The Places We Lived, due out on Hyena Records on August 26. They've got three tracks up on their homepage for streaming and we've got......
Jun 25, 2008
New Live Phish - "Taste"
The good folks over at Phish headquarters sent us a sample from the new two-disc DVD set, Phish Walnut Creek, and I couldn't be happier with what they're offering up as a snippet. In the description that came along with......
The Bays | Live Electronic Dance Music With An Orchestra?
It's been quite some time since I've written about the Bays. These guys really continue to push the envelope with live, improvised electronic dance music. You might compare them to U.S. acts doing similar styles (the Disco Biscuits, STS9,......
May 27, 2008
New Live Trey Anastasio - "Shine"
Fresh out of the inbox to your ears, the folks at Jemp have released another tidbit from Trey Anastasio's upcoming release, Original Boardwalk Style. Trey Anastasio - "Shine" [mp3] This was never my favorite Trey track but it's definitely worth......
May 10, 2008
Podcast #061 | Hippie Workout Mix, Vol. 2
photo by headylife A while back, I put together a little workout mix of some high-energy improv by the Disco Biscuits and added a tongue-in-cheek name just to have some fun. Although we knew it was a decent mix,......
May 2, 2008
Phish Friday | 7/10/1997, Marseilles Part Deux
Our Phish Friday friend, Stanley T. Roper, is back with this week with part II of his two-part series on Phish's 1997 summer show from Marseilles, France. Last week, he dug into an interesting first set. This week he delves......
Apr 5, 2008
Island Tour 10 Year Anniversary | Roundup and CD Giveaway
Editor's Note: As we mentioned yesterday, we're honoring the ten-year anniversary of a legendary set of Phish shows that have become known as the Island Tour. To celebrate the anniversary, we're featuring a special four-way "group-post" and also offering up......
Mar 7, 2008
Phish Friday | Classic Covers and Seamless Segues
photo by ANTELOPE! Phish always chose great cover songs. Some were 'bust-outs' or just silly takes on pop tunes. But Phish also had a rotation of key, classic rock songs that they played frequently and almost as if they......
Feb 28, 2008
Widespread Panic Gets Free Somehow
They’ve broken free of their past, free of their own expectations, free of themselves. The pieces have fallen into place and Widespread Panic is free somehow. Try as I might, I've never really been able to become a big fan......
Feb 26, 2008
Updates from the Wilco Live Camp
Photo © pneyu Following last week's uber successful five-night residency here in Chicago, Wilco is set to make a few appearances live this week that all of us at home can take advantage of. On Wednesday, they're playing the......
Feb 15, 2008
Phish Friday | My Mountain View Coincidence
For today's Phish Friday, my inspiration is coming strictly from the geographical area I've been working in for the past week -- Mountain View, CA. I still consider myself hugely fortunate to be a part of the Google acquisition......
AmpLive - Rainyday Remixes
As with most of the music community, we here at LMB are anxiously waiting for the remainder of Radiohead's tour to be scheduled. Our own Whitperson showed that there are still a number of wonderful US cities that are still......
Jan 4, 2008
Phish Friday | THE Bowie > Cities > Bowie
Bringing you "THE Bowie > Cities > Bowie" or so often I have heard it named. ...
Jun 4, 2007
Arcade Fire in Boston: Check Your Almanac
Bradley's Almanac has photos and mp3 downloads from the recent Arcade Fire show at the Orpheum in Boston, MA. The track that stood out the most when I saw them live was definitely "Haiti," but I'm coming around to one......
Jun 1, 2007
Phish Friday | Stuttgart '97
Stuttgart '97 is filled with songs that, if played in the States in this combination, fans would be spontaneously erupting with excitement and craziness. But, it’s not just a novelty act. The actual playing holds up to the craziness as seen on paper. ...
May 25, 2007
Phish Friday | Boogie On, Chula Vista!
Stub © PhantasyTour.com Following up one of my prior Phish Friday's, I got a lot of requests for a particularly strong segment of the show that I had overlooked. It's more that this was something my memory had overlooked,......
May 18, 2007
Phish Friday | Lemonwheel Highlights, Part II
I thought I'd continue that "Lemonwheel Highlights" series I started a few weeks back. For part II, it's time to highlight some gems from one of my favorite daytime sets: 8-16-98 - Lemonwheel, Day II. There's something about the first set of Lemonwheel, Day II, that is just perfect for a beautiful sunny day....
May 15, 2007
New Beasties Boys Track and Video | 'The Rat Cage'
It's no secret that Justin and I have been getting excited about the Beastie Boys' upcoming all-instrumental album,the Mix Up. Well, we've now got a new track and a video making its way around the Internets: Beastie Boys "The Rat......
Fujiya & Miyagi | 2007 Tour Dates
One of my favorite new bands, Fujiya & Miyagi, is in the midst of a fairly large tour that is set to finish up in the United States real soon. Then back to Europe. Then back to the United......
May 11, 2007
Phish Friday | Chula Vista '99
For today's selection, I grabbed a somewhat random piece from my own back catalog of shows I had amassed as a fan. There was a fantastic run of shows through California on the Fall 1999 tour, and the show at the Coors Ampitheatre in Chula Vista stood out for me....
May 5, 2007
Got Your Saturday MP3 (Right Here)
I recently caught Umphrey's McGee at the Vic and a recording got posted on the Archive. I figured it fit to share at least one song from it and I can't promise it'll be the last; the sound quality......
May 4, 2007
Phish Friday | Paradiso '97
Happy Phish Friday, dudes. I'm using today's Jam in the 'Dam announcement to return to a widely traded show towards the beginning of 1997 (the year of the funk) -- February 17, 1997. Phish was in Europe beginning a full......
Apr 27, 2007
Phish Friday | Clifford Ball Set II, A Magnum Opus?
For me, Phish has never played a more complete, perfect set than Set II from the Clifford Ball on 8/17/96. Sure, other sets might provide more craziness. But for this moment in time out in Plattsburgh, the Vermont foursome reached the pinnacle....
Apr 24, 2007
Green Apple Music Festival | Akasha, the Drastics at Double Door, 4/20/07
A small review from the Akasha / the Drastics / Juice and the Machine show from April 20, Double Door, Chicago....
Apr 20, 2007
Phish Friday | Lemonwheel Highlights, Part I
A few years back, Live Music Blog friend and occasional Phish Friday poster, Stanley T. Roper, made me a CD compilation of the "Best of Lemonwheel." I always loved those discs, and although I can't remember the exact tracklisting on those discs, I distinctly remember re-discovering a certain segment on a beautiful Sunday morning back when we lived in Boston: Gumbo > Sanity....
Apr 13, 2007
Phish Friday | A Japanese Antelope Meatstick
This week's Phish Friday features some gems from September 22, 2000 -- specifically the "Meatstick -- Antelope" segment to end the second set. Enjoy....
Apr 9, 2007
High-Energy Moments in Disco Biscuits History | 4/9/99
In case you haven't noticed, I've been on a bit of a Disco Biscuits kick lately. With all this new Bisco news on the mind, I've been re-visiting some of my old favorites from the archives. And because it's April 9th, I thought I'd honor the date of a concert that is consistently cited by fans as a key show in 'Bisco' History: 4/9/99 at the Trocadero in Philadelphia, PA....
Apr 5, 2007
Umphrey's McGee | 2007 Tour Dates, 'The Bottom Half' Released
The road warriors in Umphrey's McGee have added significantly to their already-busy 2007 in support of their new release, The Bottom Half. I had their new album in our CD changer while on vacation in Maui, driving around, listening......
Mar 30, 2007
Phish Friday | Some 'Summer of the Cover' Gems
I've been on a 1998 Phish kick lately. Not only was '98 a pretty big year for Phish, but it was probably my most active year of seeing the band in concert. As a result, I've been digging back into......
Mar 25, 2007
New STS9 Podcast Love, 2007 Tour Dates
A lot of my time at SXSW this year was spent trying to convince anyone I chatted with about the power of podcasting -- and using a free service like FeedBurner to help you distribute those podcasts -- especially when......
Mar 16, 2007
Langerado 2007 | Media Round-Up: Downloads, Photos, and Videos, Oh My!
(updated again on 3/27/07) Although it's been a few days since I returned from Langerado, and I'm still letting all of what happened there truly sink in. Unfortunately, I'm also paying a "little extra" for my good times, as I'm......
Mar 9, 2007
Phish Friday | The Funkiest Bitch?
This week's Phish Friday post comes from Live Music Blog friend, Stanley T. Roper (again). We were super impressed with his ability to sum up this track in less than 100 words, so it clearly deserved a place in Phish......
Feb 28, 2007
Langerado 2007 Preview | Checkin' Out the New
Well, at least they will be new to me! Yep, that's right folks, as Justin recently mentioned, I'll be headin' down to Florida for the festival extravaganza that is Langerado! And with just over a week until it begins,......
Feb 23, 2007
Phish Friday | ...And We Love to Take a Bath!
Editor's Note: This week's Phish Friday post comes from my main man Stanley T. Roper, a long-time friend and fellow Phish fiend who has a distinct nose for only the finest and highest quality Gin of the Bathtub variety. So......
Feb 16, 2007
Phish Friday | The Hiatus Ends...
We're getting close to the end of the work week here and I'm finding myself all sorts of swamped at work, so I just thought I'd pick an easy set of MP3's for today's Phish Friday. Remember when Phish went......
Feb 10, 2007
LCD Soundsystem | 2007 Tour Dates
(photo by tmesis) Giving even more meaning to their tune “On Repeat,” LCD Soundsystem has basically been on repeat on my iPod for the last few weeks (as have !!!, 120 Days, and the Cold War Kids). Although I’ve......
Feb 9, 2007
Phish Friday | Island Tour Memories
Editor's note: we're going to start mixing up Phish Friday a bit by featuring other people's experience with the band. This week's selection is coming straight from our very own Marcus Whitperson. Also, we're now opening Phish Friday up to......
Feb 8, 2007
Umphrey's McGee | Spring 2007 Tour Dates
It's really no secret to anyone reading this blog that Umphrey's McGee is one of my favorite bands. They continually rip shit up from the West Coast to the Midwest to the East Coast to Jam Cruise to Wakarusa to......
