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Tea Leaf Green 2010 Tour Dates, New Podcast

whitperson — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:08:55 +0000

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, Minneapolis, St. Louis, and Boston. Check out the complete schedule below and get your presale tickets for many of these newly announced dates beginning Friday.

They’ve also released a new podcast, called “We Got the Numbers,” available as a free download.

Tea Leaf Green’s ‘One New Day’ Tour:

11/20/09 Santa Cruz, CA @ Moe’s Alley
11/21/09 Santa Cruz, CA @ Moe’s Alley
12/20/09 Sebastopol, CA @ Hopmonk Tavern
12/31/09 Phoenix, AZ @ The Compound
1/13/10 Breckenridge, CO @ three20south
1/14/10 Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre
1/15/10 Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
1/16/09 Aspen, CO @ Belly Up Aspen
1/17/10 Ft. Collins, CO @ Aggie Theatre
1/20/10 Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
1/21/10 Minneapolis, MN @ The Cabooze
1/22/10 Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon
1/23/10 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
1/26/10 Bloomington, IN @ Bluebird
1/27/10 St. Louis, MO @ Blueberry Hill
1/28/10 Cincinnati, OH @ 20th Century
1/29/10 Morgantown, WV @ Mountainlair Ballroom
1/30/10 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
2/2/10 Charlottesville, VA @ Jefferson Theatre
2/3/10 Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club
2/6/10 Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
2/13/10 Crystal Bay, NV @ Crystal Bay Casino
2/14/10 Crystal Bay, NV @ Crystal Bay Casino

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

whitperson — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:51:57 +0000

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 Mob, RANA, Dub Trio, John Brown’s Body, Brothers Past, Kid Koala and Travis McCoy (Gym Class Heroes).

You can grab a sample tune off of his latest album Light from this little widget:

One interesting thing about Matisyahu’s tour is that they’ve teamed up with Posse.com, an Australian start-up that seeks to involve fans as online promoters and just recently launched in the U.S. With Posse.com, fans can get involved in actually promoting bands’ shows and earn rewards for their viral marketing efforts. Although it has a bit of a “pay-for-play” feel to it, it’s certainly an interesting and innovative approach to the ever-evolving realm of online concert promotions. It’s also very “Live Music 2.0,” which we dig around these parts.

Matisyahu Fall and Winter Tour Dates:

10-21 Anaheim House of Blues
10-22 San Francisco The Fillmore
10-24 San Diego Kick Gas Festival
10-25 Tempe Marquee Theatre
10-27 Denver Fillmore Auditorium
10-29 Des Moines People’s Court
10-31 Milwaukee Pabst Theater
11-02 Saint Louis The Pageant
11-03 Chicago House of Blues – Chicago
11-04 Champaign University of Illinois – Foellinger Auditorium
11-05 Omaha Slowdown
11-07 Birmingham Five Points Music Hall
11-08 New Orleans House Of Blues
11-10 Raleigh Lincoln Theatre
11-11 Charlotte The Fillmore – Charlotte
11-12 Greenville The Handlebar
11-14 Charleston Music Farm
11-15 Asheville The Orange Peel
11-16 Lexington Buster’s Billiards
11-17 Norfolk Norva Theatre
11-18 Richmond The National
11-19 N. Myrtle Beach House of Blues
11-21 Baltimore Sonar (Main Stage)
11-22 Worcester The Palladium – Worcester
11-23 Burlington Higher Ground
11-24 Clifton Park Northern Lights
11-25 Washington Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
11-28 Atlantic City The Borgata
11-29 Montréal Olympia Theatre
11-30 Toronto The Phoenix
12-01 Hartford The Webster Theater
12-02 Cleveland House Of Blues
12-03 Cincinnati Bogart’s
12-07 Detroit St. Andrews
12-08 Rochester The Armory
12-10 New York Webster Hall (w/ Glitch Mob)
12-12 New York Webster Hall (w/ John Brown’s Body)
12-13 New York Webster Hall (w/ Dub Trio)
12-14 New York Webster Hall (w/ Brothers Past)
12-16 Brooklyn Music Hall of Williamsburg (w/ RANA)
12-17 Brooklyn Music Hall of Williamsburg (w/ Kid Koala)
12-19 Brooklyn Music Hall of Williamsburg (w/ Travis McCoy)
12-20 Brooklyn Music Hall of Williamsburg (w/ Kevin Devine)

Tickets go on sale for the December shows this Fri, Oct. 23 at noon.

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The Whigs: Fall Tour Dates and New Studio Track

whitperson — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:40:54 +0000

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 out on the road to play smaller rock clubs on a six-week jaunt throughout the U.S. Their tour starts at end of October in Boston and should feature some new material from their forthcoming studio album, entitled In The Dark, which will be released some time early in 2010 on ATO Records. As a teaser for the album, they’ve released a free download of the album’s title track over at TheWhigs.com.

The Whigs 2009 Fall Tour Dates:

10/28 – Boston, MA @ Middle East
10/29 – Syracuse, NY @ Funk & Waffles
10/30 – Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk
10/31 – Akron, OH @ Musica
11/02 – Cincinnati, OH @ Mad Hatter
11/03 – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
11/04 – Indianapolis, IN @ Birdy’s
11/05 – Nashville, TN @ Cannery
11/06 – Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
11/07 – Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock
11/10 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
11/13 – Vancouver, BC @ Media Club
11/14 – Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern
11/15 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
11/17 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
11/18 – Costa Mesa, CA @ Detroit Bar
11/19 – Las Angeles, CA @ The Troubadour
11/20 – Las Vegas, NV @ Beauty Bar
11/21 – San Diego, CA @ SOMA
12/01 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s
12/02 – Dallas, TX @ The Loft
12/04 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
12/05 – Chattanooga, TN @ Rhythm & Brews
12/08 – Charlotte, NC @ Visulite
12/10 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
12/11 – New York, NY @ The Fillmore
12/12 – Philadelphia, PA @ North Star
12/14 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
12/15 – Charleston, SC @ Pour House

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

Justin — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:30:43 +0000

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 it’s a low-quality FM rip, because it was his only show scheduled for 2009. He played a set complete with Animal Collective songs reworked, Panda Bear songs revisited, and a few new tracks that had yet to see the light of day.

I haven’t stopped listening to it since it made the journey to my hard drive, so I figured I’d offer it up here as a download track by track.

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

Source: FM rip, 192kpbs

Grab the whole zip file here.

I really dig how “Chores” opens the set, and I was most happy to see that the old arrangement of “Guys Eyes” makes the set as well. The version that Animal Collective recorded for use on Merriweather Post Pavilion was good, but I always liked the original feel of the song when Panda Bear debuted this. “Ponytail” is arguably the most beautiful track off Panda Bear’s only release, Person Pitch, and it gets the proper treatment on this recording to keep the song as beautiful as it was on the album. Then the set moves onto a new song which has plenty of room to grow and get fleshed out, but I like where it stands today also. I’m sure this will be something that makes his next release, if/when we ever get him to do one. “Daily Routine” isn’t as true to form as you’d think, but “Bros” is just about spot-on to what you’d expect of that song. The “Boneless” jam is probably my highlight from the end of the set, which was captured rather shakily here:

Panda Bear – ATP 09 “Boneless” [YouTube]

So. good.

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Discuss: Where’s My Michael Jackson Tributes?

Justin — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:34:14 +0000

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 I half-expected almost every show I saw after that event would feature some level of Thriller tease, a Beat It jam, or something similar. Am I just not seeing the right bands or is this too cliche to expect from any self-respecting touring musician?

I’m going to look into this one a bit. I know there are plenty of MJ tributes before his untimely passing but I’m curious as to whether or not people feel they can do it justice now that he’s gone. And if you want to catch the Metermaids tackling the MJ tributes, they’re playing at The Studio at Webster Hall in NYC tonight.

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

Justin — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:40:40 +0000

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 good time to post an Animal Collective track I was actually sitting on for a while. I think I meant to get it posted when I posted the photos from their show at the Fox Theater in Oakland but I never got around to writing too much about that show. I’m not sure why, though. I probably could have easily gushed out 1,000 words about how much that band is changing the face of music as we know it, how nobody can compare right now, how they manage to get as many good reviews as they get bad reviews, etc. etc. I’ve been totally studying this band and their sound for a few years now, and this track still totally blew me away the first time I heard it.

Animal Collective – “Why Would I Want Sky” (BBC Session) [mp3]

The song was featured pretty prominently on their last tour through the states; I’m pretty sure it made the setlist every night, including the NPR Webcast they did. And it was pretty exciting to see that the band is actually playing into all the media coverage calling them the next “Grateful Dead” by deciding to license the use of a song by the Grateful Dead, “Unbroken Chain.” I’m not sure I really even heard it when I first heard the track, nor do I really find the sample right now. Maybe I’m just paying too attentively to the front and center sounds.

At any rate, what do you guys think of this track?

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

Justin — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:36:54 +0000

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 hovering over the United States just waiting to come down again, but I’m not sure that was ever true and really called out as bullshit as quickly as it needed to be. The flash animation had actually stopped, and now that “hovering” California is completely gone from the map. Knowing just a little about how Flash works, I’m not surprised by this at all.

So where’s this festival going to be? Some are saying it’s still Indio, CA, some are calling Dateland, AZ the would-be spot, and others are now calling for Big Cypress and Texas as other would-be spots, all of which are not yet eliminated from the map (except for California). What do you guys think?

Just for fun, I thought I’d upload some tunes in the pinball spirit. Here’s something to listen to while you drop a comment on what you think about this whole process.

Disco Biscuits – “Pinball Wizard” (Live with Scott Metzger) [mp3]

I feel that fans are like, pissed about this now or something. I tend to think this is “classic” Phish and I’m loving every second of it. Which camp are you in?

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

whitperson — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:13:53 +0000

(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 until the weekend’s out to get his thoughts on HSMF.

Meanwhile, I am catching a few solid sets from the Rothbury Festival courtesy of iclips.net’s Rothbury webcast, which marks a solid start to their summer festival series, dubbed “The Couch Tour.”

Of course, we couldn’t let the 4th of July go by without giving a nod to Phish’s hot and sweaty show at the Lakewood Amphitheater 10 years ago today. What better way to commemorate the 4th of July than with a super slow and psychedelic version of “Ghost” that morphs perfectly into a triumphant “Slave to the Traffic Light.” Check it out:

Phish – “Ghost” (live, 7/4/99) [mp3]
Phish – “Slave to the Traffic Light” (live, 7-4-99) [mp3]

By the looks of the setlist and from what I’ve heard, this show featured some serious jamming and a ton of silly banter and antics in fine Phish fashion.

But as much as I love this “Ghost > Slave” sequence, I still think my favorite Independence Day Phish show took place the following year in Camden. That show already got its own post last year, so you can check out here: Phish Friday | The 4th of Jiboo.

However you celebrate the 4th of July holiday, be safe, have fun, and be sure not to mix too much booze with all those fireworks!

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Sights and Sounds: Wilco @ Greek Theatre, Berkeley 6/27/09

Justin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:22:58 +0000

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.

Here’s some of the ones that came out either cool or totally crispy:

“I seen like, like an orange…his AURA or whatever, I seen it!”

See my whole set here.

Also, because the show sounded so good, I’m putting up a MP3 download of the show from this source. Remember not to trade this one, kiddos — this is only for your own personal consumption. Thanks to Wilco and taper Todd Fleisher for hooking it up.

Download: Wilco @ Greek Theatre, Berkeley 6/27/09 [zip]

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Disco Biscuits: New Summer Tour Dates and Podcast

whitperson — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:32:52 +0000

Mas Bisco? Si, por favor!

We posted an update on a bunch of Disco Biscuits news the other day, but the band has since announced a number of additional summer dates in the lead-up to Camp Bisco. The tour, aptly titled “The Road to Camp Bisco Tour,” includes dates in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and a two-night run at the House of Blues in Atlantic City, NJ for all you Bisco gambling fiends. Future Rock will be joining them for a few of the dates with other opening artists to be announced.

The band also just released a new podcast with some choice cuts from their last few tours. Although we still prefer our very own Disco Biscuits podcasts the best, this new mix from the band contains some serious grooves, including an especially awesome middle section that morphs from “Run Like Hell” into a happy “island” jam right around the 49:00 min mark. It had me bouncin’ in my chair at work.

Disco Biscuits May 2009 Podcast [mp3]

Read on for the dates.

Disco Biscuits 2009 Tour Dates

June 4 – Thursday at the Square – Lafayette Square, Buffalo, NY
June 24 – Bottle & Cork – Dewey Beach, DE
June 25 – House of Blues – Atlantic City, NJ – with Lotus
June 26 – House of Blues – Atlantic City, NJ – with Lotus
June 27 – The State Theatre – State College, PA
June 28 – Church of Universal Love and Music – Acme, PA – with Future Rock & more TBA
June 30 – Newport Music Hall – Columbus, OH – with EOTO & Future Rock
July 2 – Rothbury Festival – Rothbury, MI
July 4 – High Sierra Music Festival – Quincy, CA
July 5 – High Sierra Music Festival – Quincy, CA
July 16 – Camp Bisco VIII – ILCC, Mariaville, NY
July 17 – Camp Bisco VIII – ILCC, Mariaville, NY
July 18 – Camp Bisco VIII – ILCC, Mariaville, NY
July 26 – Fuji Rock Festival: Naeba Ski Resort – Niigata, Japan
December 10 – 14 – Caribbean Holidaze – Runaway Bay, Jamaica
July 1 – Egyptian Room at the Murat Centre – Indianapolis, IN – with Future Rock & more TBA

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