Podcasts Archives
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,......
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Apr 22, 2008
Podcast #060 | Animal Collective
Even though it's been quite a while since we've done a podcast here for the site, I really don't feel any deep need to explain why we've been so silent in this category. The only thing I'm really compelled to......
Feb 19, 2008
Podcast #59 | Hippie Workout Mix, Vol. 1
photo by Karmalize As we're getting closer to the Spring season, I am trying to focus on getting back in better shape for soccer season. As a result, I've been piecing together some tracks from the archives, specifically creating......
May 19, 2007
Podcast #058 - KVHW 'Down in the Wetlands'
For our 58th podcast, I’ve pieced together some highlights from two nights of KVHW at the Wetlands, which basically was the unofficial ‘jamband HQ’ in New York City until its closing last year. These two nights capture KVHW at its peak as a fresh, energetic, and exploratory improvisational rock band made up of amazing musicians....
Apr 30, 2007
Podcast #057 | Brothers Past's Chicago Dance Party
Last weekend I caught Brothers Past at the Beat Kitchen here in Chicago as part of the Green Apple Music Festival. Although I already posted a cursory review of the show, I thought I'd throw together a few highlights to offer a little taste of BP in the process of re-discovering their mojo. ...
Apr 1, 2007
Podcast #056 - Bisco in Dub
photo by WHITperson For our 56th podcast, I went with another thematic mix, but this time with an old stand-by: the Disco Biscuits. I've always been big fan of the Biscuits' "dub" style of improvisation. While their take on......
Mar 26, 2007
Podcast #055 - Apollo Sunshine @ Langerado 2007
Down at SXSW, one of the bands I saw more than once was Apollo Sunshine -- almost by accident on the second time but I would have wanted to see them again anyway. I had seen them on Thursday......
Mar 4, 2007
Podcast #054 - The Best of the Bays
Last week, I wrote a little round-up of some of the key bands that play some form of live, electronic dance music. But I realized that I neglected to mention a band that I really should have discussed: The Bays......
Feb 10, 2007
Podcast #053 - New Slide Guitar 'Masters'
For my second podcast, I decided to go with a slide guitar theme, piecing together a few live tracks featuring some of my favorite players of fretless slide guitars like the lap steel, Weissenborn, and straight-up 6-string electric guitar. Enjoy!......
Jan 28, 2007
Podcast #052 - When Indie Bands Kick Out the Jams
Show notes: Here at LMB we're obviously open to a band stretching a song beyond its normal studio length or otherwise changing it for the live setting…that's, in fact, one of the main reasons people dig live music. (Okay, duh,......
Jan 21, 2007
Podcast #051 - The Raconteurs at Vegoose '06
I'm sitting on my couch catching up on some site admin and watching The Bears take an early lead against the Saints. It'd be great to see them make it to the Super Bowl... Here's a podcast for anyone sitting......
Dec 24, 2006
Podcast #050 - Of Montreal
Happy Christmas Eve Podcast folks! Oh yeah, and Happy Live Music Blog Podcast #050 -- what an accomplishment! Live Music Blog Podcast #050 [mp3] (28.4 MB)(subscribe to podcasts) Show notes: Of Montreal @ 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, 8/19/06 Intro......
Nov 27, 2006
Podcast #049 - Secret Machines Halloween 2006
On this week's episode, I'm blasting out some jams that got me through my Thanksgiving vacation... Live Music Blog Podcast #049 [mp3] (33.0 MB)(subscribe to podcasts) Show notes: The Secret Machines @ CenterStage, Atlanta, 10/31/06 Intro music: Primus - "YYZ"......
Oct 22, 2006
Podcast #048 - Bustle in your Hedgerow 8/6/06
Back in August, Joe Russo & Marco Benevento (the Duo), Dave Dreiwitz (Ween), and Brendan Bayliss (Umphrey's McGee) got together and played as the mostly instrumental Led Zeppelin cover band to help close out Lollapalooza weekend in Chicago. Read our......
Sep 27, 2006
Podcast #047 - The Slip @ Red Hook
Live Music Blog Podcast #047 [mp3] (32.2 MB) (subscribe to podcasts) Show notes: The Slip @ Red Hook Brewery, 9/9/06 Intro music: Heroic Doses - "Reggie Is It" Total running time: 17:38 I thought I'd try something new with the......
Sep 18, 2006
Podcast #046 - Lake Trout (12/05)
Live Music Blog Podcast #046 [mp3] (52.3 MB) (subscribe to podcasts) Lake Trout December 30, 2006 8x10 Club Baltimore, MD (source) Shiny Wrapper Pill Riddle #2 Now We Know -> Stutter Running time: 28:36......
Sep 4, 2006
Podcast #045 - MMW @ Long Island Jazz Festival (2/2)
Picking up where the last podcast left off... Live Music Blog Podcast #045 [mp3] (107.0 MB) (subscribe to podcasts) Medeski, Martin & Wood August 12, 2006 Long Island Jazz Festival Oyster Bay, NY (source) Part 2 of 2 I don't......
Aug 31, 2006
Live Music Blog podcasts on iTunes, 100 Subscriber Mark!
A while back I tried to get Live Music Blog Podcasts into the iTunes Music Store and for some reason it just didn't take. It took me a while to figure out why but I finally (just now) got......
Aug 21, 2006
Podcast #044 - MMW @ Long Island Jazz Festival (1/2)
The podcasts are back! Live Music Blog Podcast #044 [mp3] (84.0 MB) (subscribe to podcasts) Medeski, Martin & Wood August 12, 2006 Long Island Jazz Festival Oyster Bay, NY (source) Part 1 of 2 Enjoy the show, bitches!......
Jun 26, 2006
Podcast #043 - Oysterhead @ Bonnaroo (#2)
Continuing on with last week's Oysterhead @ Bonnaroo podcast, here's the second part of that set. Expect more goodies from Bonnaroo in the upcoming weeks. Live Music Blog Podcast #043 (76.5 MB) (subscribe to podcasts) Oysterhead June 16, 2006 |......
Jun 19, 2006
Podcast #042 - Oysterhead @ Bonnaroo 2006 (part 1)
It was on my radar as the "must-see" set at Bonnaroo 2006 and you better believe that if I was there at the festival, I wouldn't have missed it for the world... Oysterhead rocked the main stage on Friday afternoon......
Jun 4, 2006
Podcast #041 - Wilco St. Patty's Day 2006 (part 3)
Continuing on with the last two podcasts... Enjoy the music! Live Music Blog Podcast #041 (44.2 MB) (subscribe to podcasts) Wilco March 17, 2006 Ryman Auditorium Nashville, TN (source) Hummingbird Maybe The Sun Will Shine Today Theologians I'm The Man......
May 29, 2006
Podcast #040 - Wilco St. Patty's Day 2006 (part 2)
Continuing on with last week's Wilco's St. Patrick's Day show podcast part one... Enjoy the music! Live Music Blog Podcast #040 (59.7 MB) (subscribe to podcasts) Wilco March 17, 2006 Ryman Auditorium Nashville, TN (source) Spiders (Kidsmoke) Jesus, Etc. Walken......
May 22, 2006
Podcast #039 - Wilco
For some reason I've been sitting on this podcast for way too long. I've been listening to a lot of Wilco lately. I never really listened to them before recently and I have really been enjoying their music... So with......
Apr 16, 2006
Podcast #038 - Stu-stu-studio
Behold! The rebirth of Live Music Blog podcasts! No seriously, though, last week's podcast featuring Mr. Aquarium Drunkard himself was quite a treat for me. If you didn't download that podcast, make sure you grab it asap. Ever since, I've......
Apr 9, 2006
Podcast #037 - Aquarium Drunkard Hosts
I'm pretty excited to offer up a guest podcast this week as a nice return to the Live Music Blog podcasts. Justin, from the very excellent An Aquarium Drunkard blog, put together a nice selection of tunes (all live) for......
Apr 6, 2006
Jampods.com
An interesting new site came my way last night thanks to Aquarium Drunkard Justin... Podcasts of the following artists now available for free at JAMPODS.com: Jerry Joseph, Drive-By Truckers, moe., My Morning Jacket, Matisyahu, Ween, Derek Trucks Band, Disco Biscuits,......
Feb 26, 2006
Podcast #036 - My Morning Jacket
We were blasting My Morning Jacket while hanging out and drinking beers last night, so it's only fitting that I'll make some solid and crisp-sounding live MMJ the podcast of the week. Enjoy. Live Music Blog Podcast #036 | XML......
Feb 19, 2006
Podcast #035 - STS9 @ HOB
This week's podcast is one very excellent selection of new STS9 tunes, ones that I got to witness first-hand at the House of Blues last weekend. Enjoy the music and feel free to drop me a line if you have......
Feb 14, 2006
Jamcast #034 - Lymbyc Leaf Green
On this week's podcast, I've got my highlights from the ripping Tea Leaf Green show I saw a week ago. I also sprinkled in the show opener at the beginning of the podcast, so hopefully it's plenty of new music......
Feb 7, 2006
Jamcast #033 - Bisco/moe. in Chicago
On today's podcast, I'm featuring my personal highlights from the moe. / Disco Biscuits show I saw last Friday night (my review to follow). I had a blast at the show even though the sound was terrible, and these sources......
Jan 25, 2006
A Word About Jamcasts
Thanks to one very curious reader that reminded me that I used to have a weekly podcast that I maintained...how silly of me to forget... Well, I didn't necessarily forget as much as I just sort of decided that I......
Jamcast #032 - Toubab Krewe Cuts
Jamcast #032 - Toubab Krewe Subscribe to Live Music Blog Jamcasts Toubab Krewe August 26, 2005 Goombay Festival Asheville, NC (source) Devil Woman Rooster Hang Ten Wassoulou > Bani Total running time: 19:59 Live Music Blog Jamcasts are back! Sorry......
Jan 9, 2006
Jamcast #031 - Highlights from Umphrey's McGee's NYE Run
I've got a review coming later today of the always-epic Umphrey's Mcgee two-night New Year's Eve run that I've hit three years in a row, but in the meantime, enjoy my highlights from Dec. 30 and Dec. 31 on this......
Dec 31, 2005
Jamcast #030 - Final Secret Machines at Bonnaroo05
Sorry for not getting a podcast up last weekend--it was Christmas and all that jazz, so I had some things to take care of first. We're back this week, though, again offering up another great podcast from the 2005 Bonnaroo......
Dec 18, 2005
Jamcast #029 - Secret Machines Rockin' Bonnaroo #2
Update: Link to podcast mp3 fixed. Please redownload if need be. Sorry about that (thanks Tyba). On this week's podcast, we're featuring the second part of the Secret Machines set from Bonnaroo 2005. It's short but sweet. In case you......
Dec 11, 2005
Jamcast #028 - More from Bonnaroo 2005
On today's podcast, I'm entirely too enthusiastically psyched to offer up one of my favorite pieces of live music that I've heard all year. It's just a damn shame I wasn't actually there to see it live myself... Similar to......
Dec 4, 2005
Jamcast #027 - Big Cypress #15
Today's Jamcast is the last, that's right, the last Big Cypress podcast. It's been a blast. I hope to have these hosted for a little while longer, and then hopefully we can work something out with Phish to see if......
Jamcast Love
I'm extremely pleased to report that it appears that some people really do enjoy the podcast I've been putting out every week--we broke over 100 subscribers on our Jamcast XML feed last month twice! ** Granted, it's nothing unbelievably special......
Nov 26, 2005
Jamcast #026 - Big Cypress #14
There's one more Big Cypress podcast coming after this. The Love You got cut at the end on the source I had, and I'm sorry that I didn't notice that sooner. Personally, I could do without it anyways and it's......
Nov 20, 2005
Jamcast #025 - Big Cypress #13
As promised, here's my second podcast for the weekend. I like putting the extra time in, so hopefully you enjoy the sixth part of this epic performance. Only two more left after this--keep on coming back! Jamcast #025 - Big......
Nov 18, 2005
Jamcast #024 - Big Cypress #12
Well, the weekend's just about to begin. I wanted to get one out early, so enjoy. Check back for another one on Sunday... Jamcast #024 - Big Cypress #12 (73.0 MB) [XML] Hosted by: Justin, Editor 192kbps (right-click link to......
Nov 13, 2005
Jamcast #023 - Big Cypress #11
The midnight set starts to get tired right around now. You can feel them really, really relaxing and trying to get comfortable for playing for five more hours or so. Good stuff. Jamcast #023 - Big Cypress #11 (77.6 MB)......
Nov 6, 2005
Jamcast #022 - Big Cypress #10
This part of the set speaks for itself. Jamcast #022 - Big Cypress #10 (64.4 MB) [XML] Hosted by: Justin, Editor 192kbps (right-click link to download) Phish December 31, 1999 Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation Midnight Set (part 3) You......
Oct 31, 2005
Jamcast #021 - Big Cypress #09
The start of this disc is where Trey welcomes a TV audience to Big Cypress via Peter Jennings' ABC News coverage. The end of this disc was an unbelievably stunning, half-hour long Rock and Roll. I remember watching that coverage......
Oct 24, 2005
Jamcast #020 - Big Cypress #08
The crowd energy is just absolutely insane. The turn of the millenium and you're in the middle of a Florida swamp. The fireworks are blowing the hell out of this disc. Someone yells "Welcome to the future!" at about 35:30.......
Oct 22, 2005
Subscribe to Jamcasts on iTunes
Well, I got the question so I think it'd be a good time to give the info. Because the Live Music Blog: Jamcasts are not listed in the iTunes podcast directory (for reasons unbeknowst to myself), you have to manually......
Oct 16, 2005
Jamcast #019 - Big Cypress #07
Honestly, this disc is just amazing. I really hope you enjoy the music and let me know if you think I can make it better somehow. I know this source is slightly sketchy at some points but it surely beats......
Oct 13, 2005
Jamcasts on JamBase
It looks like Andy was up late coding last night, because he has put together a great podcast directory/aggregator for JamBase. We're on there, as well as some other podcasts that I didn't even know about. Good stuff, Andy. Keep......
Oct 11, 2005
Jamcast #018 - Big Cypress #06
Note: sorry for the crappy delay on this podcast; it shant happen again. I just d/l'd and it worked fine, so please verify on a successful listen. We've got the December 30 shows all wrapped up, and we're getting to......
Oct 10, 2005
Jamcasts on Yahoo! Podcasts
Just today, Yahoo! announced their new podcast service rivaling Odeo and iTunes and I think it looks pretty good. Subscribe to Live Music Blog: Jamcasts on Yahoo! Podcasts......
Oct 3, 2005
Jamcast #017 - Big Cypress #05
Big Cypress #05, featuring the end of the third set, first night of Phish's NYE 2000 celebration. The Mike's Groove is just phenomenal. Enjoy the show. Jamcast #017 - Big Cypress #05 (75.0 MB) [XML] Hosted by: Justin, Editor 192kbps......
Sep 25, 2005
A Word About Jamcasts
I've decided that I'm going to forgo any sort of vocal introduction to the Jamcasts. I've realized that they truly do not add any value other than just confusing the people that might be interested in the same music that......
Jamcast #016 - Big Cypress #04
Big Cypress #04, featuring the beginning of the second set, first night of Phish's NYE 2000 celebration. Enjoy the show. Note: this show does not contain any intro by me. See here. Jamcast #016 - Big Cypress #04 (95.7 MB)......