This week in NYC shows kicks off with a few repeats from last week’s list that are sticking around town: Blind Pilot @ Music Hall and the Drums @ the Bowery. We’ve also got some bigger shows of note this week, including the big hip-hop double bill of Jay-Z & Kanye West for two nights at MSG (Mon and Tues), and Foo Fighters with Social Distortion and The Joy Formidable on Sunday night, also at the Garden.
For something a little smaller on Tuesday, I’d suggest hitting the Sea and Cake at The Bowery Ballroom. I was impressed with their opening slot for Broken Social Scene last September, and anything with John McEntire (Tortoise) on drums is bound to be pretty solid in my opinion… READ MORE
To celebrate the massive catalog re-release and global celebration of Pink Floyd’s music and legacy, LMB will be hosting it’s own Pink Floyd Week with posts from the editors and a few contributors about their connection to the band’s music, favorite albums and any other Floyd-related anecdotes and memories that come to mind. Please share your memories of any shows you may have attended in the comments section. This is the band that pushed pop music into outer space. And from what I understand, they were pretty great live too.
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Outside Lands Music Festival began yesterday and I caught a seriously wicked day of music and definitely enjoyed myself out there; front to back I was able to catch Lotus, The Meters, MGMT, and Phish all with great sight lines, plenty of friendly connections and some free beer courtesy of the media tent. Day one spoiled me completely.
Here’s a bunch of my quick shots and cell phone photos from yesterday; I’m heading back out there now and plan to recap the whole weekend once I’m on a flight to Chicago for the three-night Phish run at UIC Pavilion… >>>
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2/15/11 update: The Official Bonnaroo 2011 Lineup has been announced.
Summer Festival wanderlust is in full force this week as Wakarusa, Mountain Jam and an expected Jazz Fest lineup are released this week…
The powers-that-be just kicked the Bonnaspeculation season into overdrive by offering up their first in a series of clues that will lead up to the great big initial announcement in about a month’s time. Many of these cloos were misleading last year, and it seemed like the festival was just pulling our legs on a few. But after all, Bonnaroo has always been a great marketing force (even in the first year, when they relied almost strictly on word-of-mouth), always adding something new to keep people like myself intrigued year-in-and-year-out The first clue immediately brings to mind the great David Bowie, what are your thoughts?:
Clue #1 (courtesy of @Bonnaroo): A trip to space thwarted by a speckled lad’s demise. A watershed moment otherwise.
Not that Bonnaroo requires something like a big anniversary to pull out all the stops, but if the transformative Fifth Anniversary was any indication (2006–My personal favorite lineup, featuring Radiohead, Beck, My Morning Jacket, G.R.A.B., and Oysterhead), this year AC Entertainment and Superfly will be pulling out all the stops. So here is my completely speculatory list of artists who might be appearing on the farm in Manchester from June 9-12 (one can wish, wonder, and wander towards the Good Road): READ MORE
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MGMT – January 3, 2011 [Daytrotter]
Many more of you likely heard their debut album, “Oracular Spectacular,” that comet of a record that rocket-shipped them into the brighter lights and enormous stages, than their second, “Congratulations,” arguably a better album and one that showed their boundless creativity and, just as importantly, their massive balls – yes, their cajones. It is a record that they didn’t have to make, but they did it anyway because they couldn’t conceive of just making a simple, huge-hooked, dance-pop record again.
Our good friend Eric Tsurumoto got photos from the MGMT show at Mann Center in Philly on August 15th. Tons of videos from the show surfaced as well, so dive-in to Eric’s gallery and some of the good clips that came out from the show after the jump… READ MORE
