New York City Archives

Dec 10, 2006

The Slip | 11/1/06 - Tonic, NYC

The Slip | 11/1/06 - Tonic, NYC | Photos © Ted Wong Thanks to Ted for sending these photos my way.......

Nov 1, 2006

Tea Leaf Green | Irving Plaza, 10/14/06

Photos © Ted Wong. He's da man -- hope to get some more photos from him in the future. This show is up on the Archive and on bt.etree.org, so what are you waiting for? Jam on! Tea Leaf......

Oct 9, 2006

OK Go on Tour

Image © OKGo.net Those crazy treadmill-runners in OK Go are touring in support of their latest video meme, "Here It Goes Again," and not that I blame them for doing so. They did get a spot on the VMA's.......

Sep 16, 2006

Tea Leaf Green Fall 2006 Tour Dates

Tea Leaf Green is staying out on the road in anticipation of their Oct. 31 release of Rock 'N' Roll Band, a live CD/DVD. The DVD will be 97 minutes of performance and interviews, directed by Justin Kreutzmann. Word. Full......

The Slip Fall 2006 Tour Dates

Sep 13, 2006

Texas is the Reason to Reunite for One-off NYC "Final" Show

"NYC punk legends TEXAS IS THE REASON are pleased to announce their plans to reunite for one night, November 25th, at New York's famed Irving Plaza. The band, whom abruptly broke up in early 1997 while on tour in Bielefeld,......

Aug 23, 2006

Hennessy Artistry Announced | Oct. 17, NYC

Hennessy Artistry http://www.hennessyartistry.com/ October 17, 2006 New York City, NY Kanye West The Strokes Goldfrapp DJ Carl Cox "Hennessy Artistry will be an evening of pure unification mixing sound, visual innovation and drinking experiences from around the world.The closed-door music......

Aug 18, 2006

2006 CMJ Marathon | NYC

For more indie rock than you shake a stick at... CMJ Music Marathon http://www.cmj.com Oct. 31 - Nov. 4, 2006 Lincoln Center // NYC, NY The Knife The Slits Hot Chip The Black Keys Madlib Ben Lee Deerhoof Blonde Redhead......

Aug 11, 2006

Body Count returns triumphantly to NYC

I laughed out loud when I read about Bready laughing out loud at the recent Body Count show in New York City... T was like: "...cops can suck my d*ck!!! I play one on TV....they can still suck my......

Aug 1, 2006

Trouble at McCarren Pool | Where's the beer?

"More disappointing, or rather - mind boggling, was what we'll now refer to as "the beer situation". If you have been to the pool, you know it's rather large. Large enough for, say, 5 or more beer serving stations. There......

Jul 27, 2006

Umphrey's McGee @ Central Park Summerstage | Photos

Photos © Ted Wong Read David Fricke's review on Rolling Stone's Rock and Roll Daily blog. Also, read some dude's take on the article showing plenty of blatant mistakes in the original published post. Looks like it was a......

Jul 18, 2006

The Slip @ McCarren Pool | Photos

The Slip played at McCarren Pool in New York City this past Sunday as part of JellyNYC's Pool Parties series. Stereogum likes The Slip. So does Jim James (My Morning Jacket). I'm started to get into them a little......

Jun 15, 2006

moe. announces Holiday Season Plans | Radio City Music Hall, Chicago Theatre

moe. is coming to Chicago for Thanksgiving and New York City for New Year's Eve. Yay! moe. 11/24 - 11/25/06 Chicago Theatre 175 N. State St Chicago, IL more info tba New Year's Eve December 31, 2006 Radio City Music......

May 23, 2006

Axl Rose is the New Scott Stapp

I still can't believe this is real. Tommy Hilfiger really showed his "Appetite for Destruction" yesterday when he pummeled Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose in a dispute over a VIP table at Rosario Dawson's birthday party, sources said.The midnight......

May 18, 2006

Seven @ 7 | Free Show in NYC | 5/23

Seven @ 7 New York City, NY Tues., May 23, 2006 11:30am - ceremony 12:00pm - concert Free! Seven downtown artists performing at 7 World Trade Center (@ 250 Greenwich): Brazilian Girls, Suzanne Vega, Citizen Cope, Ollabelle, Pharaoh's Daughter, Lou......

May 12, 2006

High Line Festival by David Bowie

Even though I've never been to New York City, I have seen photos and read about the High Line, the old-ass abandoned elevated train line in West Manhattan. Check out some more photos here.......

Apr 28, 2006

Irving Plaza goes big.

Both Pearl Jam and Red Hot Chili Peppers are using New York City's Irving Plaza as a launch to the standard new-album-out-do-radio-and-tour-and-interviews blitz that I'm expecting to see from both of the bands. And that's a good thing to expect......

Apr 20, 2006

Talk Jammy to Me

Just a quick reminder that the 2006 Jammys are tonight! I'm hoping to have some live updates from all my Live Music Blog buddies, so check back later, yo!......

Apr 12, 2006

Hump Day Linkers

Happy Hump Day folks! Jon Fishman will be sitting in with the Everyone Orchestra this Friday and Saturday in Portland, OR. The two-night run is all part of the Third Annual Pangaea Project Benefit Concerts taking place at the Crystal......

Apr 10, 2006

Monday Linkers

Stereogum rounds up the Rolling Stones in China concert from the other day. The comments on the thread are pretty funny... I've updated the Langerado 2006 Downloads & Torrents post with the addition of Benevento-Russo Duo's set at the fest.......

Mar 29, 2006

Wednesday Links

I've updated the Langerado 2006 downloads page with Hot Buttered Rum's set. Full disclosure: Who's Being Promoted and Who's Promoting It | One Louder If you haven't read this, do it now. Do it. Rock out to Jesse Jarnow's Frow......

Mar 27, 2006

Green Apple Music Festival Schedule, Lineup

I've attached the Green Apple Music Festival lineup and schedule below. Read on for more info.........

Mar 6, 2006

"This one's for the opener..."

"...One day you'll be the headliner!" If you haven't seen it yet, Dave Matthews Band has announced a completely exhaustive and intense summer tour. I know, I know...what a surprise... Dave has been on the road relatively nonstep since 1998......

Feb 28, 2006

Tuesday Links

The Flaming Lips have announced two nights at Webster Hall in New York City on March 31 and April 1, 2006. Sorta. It's not official official yet but I trust the source. Please Hammer, Don't Blog This! I seriously thought......

Feb 25, 2006

Weekend Links and Open Thread

The Indy Star profiles Glenn Kotche's show tonight (opening for Umphrey's McGee) and his new album, Mobile. I am only three and half hours from this. Maybe I should go? brooklynvegan has some great shots up from the Wolfmother show......

2006 Jammys Lineup Rumors

On the initial Jammys 2006 announcement, one of my favorite bands was listed as a performer at the show: The Secret Machines. However, while they're not on the announcement anymore, I have them pegged as still performing at the awards......

Feb 24, 2006

Friday Links

Download all (most) of Rabit Fur Coat, the latest release by Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins. I think I like this, the jury is still out, but her voice is beyond soothing. ALO is gearing up to tour Europe,......

Feb 23, 2006

Thursday Links

Last night, I got my first taste of the Chicago distribution of Fat Tire Ale, arguably the beer that all hippies know and love and not a whole lot of other people have heard of. We had this discusson at......

Feb 22, 2006

The Slip Added to Green Apple Music Festival

The Slip have announced more tour dates with the plans to play the Coda in New York City on April 22. This will be a midnight start time, so it's looking that this is going to be one of the......

Feb 20, 2006

Monday Links

EAR FARM has live Blur from their Weekend Live Music series. The lineup for snoe.down 2 has been finalized with the addition of The Everyone Orchestra, featuring Steve Kimock, Jon Fishman, Jamie Masefield and more... moe., The Everyone Orchestra, Soulive,......

Feb 17, 2006

Umphrey's McGee Miscellany

Umphrey's McGee is playing in New York City tonight at the Nokia Theater, one of the cities' best new venues by all accounts. I'm sure there will be plenty of jams to kick out, and if you went, we'd love......

Feb 16, 2006

Guster, Toots Added to Green Apple Music Festival

While old news to some, I just now got around to officially looking... Guster has added themselves to the Green Apple Music & Arts Festival in New York City. Apparently, they're hitting the Hiro Ballroom on Friday, April 21, 2006.......

Feb 13, 2006

Phil Lesh & Friends at the Beacon | Friday #2

Live Music Blog would like to welcome a new guest-blogger to the site, David Goldstein, a frequent contributor over at Cokemachineglow.com. He can be reached at david@cokemachineglow.com... Phil Lesh & Friends February 10, 2006 Beacon Theater, NYC I’ll begin this......

Phil Lesh & Friends at the Beacon | Friday #1

Written by Brian Mundy... Phil Lesh & Friends February 10, 2006 Beacon Theater, NYC Ryan Adams is an extremely talented songwriter. One can easily understand Phil Lesh’s admiration for the guy while listening to compositions like “Let It Ride” and......

Feb 10, 2006

Friday Links

Ear Farm examines My Morning Jacket's Dondante. When I first heard this track, I immediately thought, "Wow, what a kickass way to end an album..." For all your bluegrass hipsters that aren't hitting Coachella, there's always MerleFest in NC on......

Feb 7, 2006

<3 Earth Day in New York City <3

We got another comment on the Green Apple Music Festival the other day that I plugged here; basically, there are some strong rumors pointing at the potential for some seriously great bands signing on to play this festival... For all......

Feb 3, 2006

Green Apple Music Festival Lineup Rumors

If you were browsing around some of the popular jamband message boards yesterday, you might have seen something similar to the fake Coachella lineups that were floating around the past month or so: a fake Green Apple Music Festival lineup,......

Jan 30, 2006

Broken Social Scene Collectively Rock Webster Hall

Live Music Blog is happy to welcome Brian Mundy, a first-time guest-writer but definitely a long-time reader and friend of the site. Here's his first review: Broken Social Scene's Webster Hall show from Friday, January 27, 2006. You can sing......

Jan 24, 2006

2006 Tibet House Benefit Concert Info

For some reason, the news of this slipped right past me... The 2006 Tibet House Benefit Concert is scheduled for March 1, 2006 at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Past performers include R.E.M., Nellie McKay, John Cale, Trey Anastasio,......

Jan 20, 2006

Heady Links

This has been a good week for the Live Music Blog--I hope it was good for you, too. [lights cigarette, inhales, exhales (looking exhausted)...] Welcome to all the new readers and thanks to my reader friends that continue to show......

Jan 19, 2006

Green Apple Music Festival Info

Maybe my Relix friends can shed some light on the subject, but otherwise, let's see what everyone else knows... The first annual Green Apple Music Festival was announced ages ago, but all were given is the following: Green Apple Music......

Jan 16, 2006

The Nebraska Project Roundup

As you can see in the picture, Bruce Springsteen jammin' on stage with a baby (Harry Chapin's grandson held by mother Jen Chapin), was one of the highlights of last Saturday's New York Guitar Festival opener, The Nebraska Project.......

Heady Links

Now Playing: Piney's Apples #1 (Tea Leaf Green's first podcast) Variety reviews the Lincoln Center Sufjan Stevens show from the weekend. (via) Download this unbelievable 19 minute version of Waiting in Vain by Bob Marley & the Sons of Jah.......

Jan 14, 2006

New York Guitar Festival Begins Today!

I only posted a quick mention of this before, and you would have been reminded when checking Toubab Krewe's early 2006 tour dates, but it still deserved it's own reminder... The New York Guitar Festival, a whole lot of guitar......

Jan 12, 2006

Heady Links

Fresh Bread rounds up the upcoming Austin City Limits programming schedule. My TiVo Season Pass should pick up all of these, and the Spoon set is great, by the way. Tickets are again on sale for the three Broken Social......

Jan 5, 2006

Heady Links

Yesterday (after the site redesign launch), I had to fix a bug on the individual posts regarding the "remember me" checkbox. It wasn't storing the cookie successfully at first, so if it's not working for you, please delete any "livemusicblog.com"......

Jan 2, 2006

New Year's Eve Downloads and Torrents

One thing that is super great about the jamband scene is its full embrace of New Year's Eve as a time when musicians should really go nuts for themselves (AND for the fans). Any touring musician would say that there's......

Dec 20, 2005

Heady Links

Death Cab for Cutie is planning on releasing 12 music videos short films exclusively on their website starting in January. Each of the shorts was inspired by their latest album, Plans. I actually enjoy that album a bit even though......

Dec 10, 2005

moe. Trio at the Coda (Again)

Anyone looking for plans for a relaxed, Sunday night in New York City? Check out the guys from moe. doing yet another acoustic set--this is the third Coda show in the past month. I'm glad to see the guys reaching......

Dec 3, 2005

Heady Links

Trey Anastasio is rumored to have signed on already for the Green Apple Music Festival coming up this spring in New York City. [Phantasy Phish] Download Spoon's set from Vegoose. (finally) Umphrey's McGee is planning on booking some dates in......

Dec 2, 2005

Secret Machines Melt Minds and Faces at Webster Hall

Last night, the Secret Machines played a one-off benefit show at Webster Hall in NYC. Chilly Jackwater went, and he said "The show was too good to keep to myself. You are committing a crime against yourself by not seeing......

Listen to Phish's NYE 1995 Before You Buy

I still haven't decided if I'm going to buy a copy or just hope that I can get on the list for "review," but you can check out a couple select tracks from Phish's upcoming release, New Year's Eve 1995,......

Nov 26, 2005

birdWire Show This Tuesday

If you're in the Brooklyn area on Tuesday night and you want to see some really cool music, go see birdWire. birdWire is the brain child of Brian Mundy, ex-kooken & hoomen member. I had this link a while ago......

Nov 16, 2005

December 7th in NYC: Be There

I will most definitely be in attendance for this...how 'bout you? Last week we reported that Tribeca Rock Club would be closing its doors in December to make room for New York's rapidly-gentrifying downtown condo district. On December 7, two......

Official Phish NYE 1995 Listening Party Info

Whether or not you plan on purchasing Phish's new live release, New Year's Eve 1995: Live at Madison Square Garden, or downloading it, New York City fans are going to be treated on December 20 with an official listening party.......

Nov 9, 2005

Trey Rocks Roseland, Brings a Few Companions

I’ve often said lately, even though I’m not entirely in love with what Trey’s doing on stage, I still feel a strange, compelling feeling to attend his shows anyway. This decision is motivated by the same line of thinking most......

Nov 8, 2005

Radio Trey: WFUV

Trey's playing the Roseland Ballroom this evening, and the Ace Cowboy will be in the crowd. Before the show, though, 90.7 WFUV in New York has your Trey fix: Tuesday 6am-10pm, City Folk music featuring Trey Anastasio, both with Phish......

Nov 6, 2005

Arcade Fire Plays Gig on the Street

I guess it would be pretty cool to be riding the subway home from a show or an early night bar-hopping session and run into Arcade Fire playing in Union Square in New York City. From let's do this...[via brooklynvegan]We’re......

Nov 4, 2005

Nine Minutes of Mike & Leo

I've been seeing a ton of live music this year, and for that, I'm actually thankful. The Year of Our Lord 2005 will forever be linked with patchouli stink and deafening feedback. Still, I'm really disappointed with myself for being......

Nov 1, 2005

Secret Machines Announce NYC Show

I f I lived in New York City on December 1, I'd be a happy man. For those of you that are-- cough, Ace --you should try and catch this band if you're not into them yet. I'm lovin' every......

Rumor: Trey to Play the Theatre @ MSG on NYE

It's not official yet, and it comes from the place where people think Page has Parkinson's, but there's rumor going around that the Trey Anastasio Affirmative Action Funtime Band, aka 70 Volt Parade, will be playing at The Theatre @......

Oct 31, 2005

WFUV City Folk Live 8 Compilation to be Released

Well, I almost missed this one that came to my inbox but I figured it needed to be up there. I'm a fan of public radio. Support it.WFUV Releases City Folk Live 8 New York, NY-- Noncommercial New York City......

Oct 29, 2005

New Phish CD Cover Art Posted

When we learned about the upcoming release, Phish New Year's Eve 1995: Live at Madison Square Garden, there was no cover art to show for it. They've posted it, and I've updated the previous post. Good stuff.......

Oct 27, 2005

Devendra's Long-Haired Freaky Pics

Remember this lede from last week's Devenra Banhart review? "Picture this scene for an encore: a long-haired, bearded group of freaky musicians named Hairy Fairy, fronted by a long-haired, bearded freaky guitarist named Devendra, who’s singing a song about a......

Oct 25, 2005

Cream: Half and Half

Expectations can be a terrible thing. Unfortunately, some concerts come pre-sold with such a high bar built in, and it takes a nearly flawless effort by the band to rise above the optimism and enthusiasm of thousands of wide-eyed Pollyannas.......

Cream Reviews

I'll provide you faithful LMB readers with a first-hand review of last night's Cream reunion show at Madison Square Garden some time later today. But first, since my journalistic undertaking will most likely be a little off the beaten path,......

Oct 21, 2005

Devendra Banhart: Long-Haired Freaky People

Picture this scene for an encore: a long-haired, bearded group of freaky musicians named Hairy Fairy, fronted by a long-haired, bearded freaky guitarist named Devendra, who's singing a song about a schizophrenic pedophile hermaphrodite that wants to marry little boys,......

Disco Biscuits Announced New Year's Eve Plans

Disco Biscuits have announced their New Year's Eve run. In typical Disco Biscuits fashion, they're playing two nights in Philly and then two nights in New York City to round out the four-night spectacular. Check out the full release from......

Oct 18, 2005

Keller Williams: Not Just a Realtor

He's conquered small theatres and huge mega-festivals, but Keller Williams will always struggle with second-class status on the Internets. No matter how high the jaw-dropping solo act's rising star eventually ascends, Keller will never be able to secure ownership of......

Oct 17, 2005

NYE @ MSG: Crowes, Jacket & NMAS

Until today, the only good show scheduled in Manhattan on New Year's Eve was Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at Irving Plaza. The fine folks at Madison Square Garden weighed in today, offering this excellent lineup: THE BLACK CROWES with......

Oct 6, 2005

Tea Leaf Green Returning to NYC

Hello, folks, you might remember this reporter from such recent posts as "Blown Away By Tea Leaf Green" and "I've Got a Little Obsession, Folks." The latter title is especially fitting, as I've been trying to listen to at least......

Sep 21, 2005

From the Big Apple to the Big Easy

By all accounts, last night's dueling benefits in two of New York City's most hallowed grounds seemed to work out extremely well for the Katrina victims and the Manhattan music lovers: Some reviews and pictures: Newsday Photos CBS News and......

Sep 13, 2005

More NYC Katrina Benefits

In addition to the fantastic-looking September 20th Katrina Benefit at MSG AND this last minute other benefit show tonight, Sept. 15, there's this nearby: New York, September 12, 2005 – Radio City Music Hall will also host its own “From......

Sep 12, 2005

Blown Away By Tea Leaf Green

Update: The show is on bt.etree.org. Download it. And Archive.org, too. Count me in. I'm on the bus. Shit, man, I'm sitting at the front of bus, annoying the driver, pestering the overweight mannish lady with incessant calls of "Are......

I Don't Even Have a Passport Yet

Last night when I was at Particle, I saw an ad for this about every five seconds. I could probably just scribe this from my memory, but I guess I'll take this one straight from the source. Michael Franti and......

Sep 9, 2005

The Best Katrina Benefit Yet

Where will you be on September 20th? I know where I'd like to be...at home in Madison Square Garden. A number of New Orleans legends will team with some of today's biggest pop acts for a Katrina Relief benefit at......