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Wakarusa 2012: Full Lineup Announced (Pretty Lights, Avett Bros, Primus & more)

by Justin Ward on Jan 23, 12

In case you missed it, the lineup for this year’s Wakarusa Music Festival was finalized late last week. Topping the bill is a solid eclectic mix with Pretty Lights, The Avett Brothers and Primus all set to headline the festival, with LMB favorites Umphrey’s Mcgee, Girl Talk, Ghostland Observatory, Big Gigantic, EOTO, Orgone, Blitzen Trapper and tons more joining them to round out the festival’s ninth year in operation.

The festival returns to the Ozarks on May 31-June 3, 2012 and tickets are still on sale. READ MORE

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Wakarusa Festival Initial 2012 Lineup: Pretty Lights, Bob Weir, Edward Sharpe

by whitperson on Jan 6, 12

in Festivals

It looks like one of our favorite seasons of the year — “Festival Lineup Announcement Season” — is officially upon us. Wakarusa has come out of the gate nice and early with their initial 2012 lineup, including Pretty Lights, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, G. Love & Special Sauce, and an acoustic trio featuring Bob Weir, Chris Robinson, and Jackie Greene. This year’s Wakarusa festival is set for May 31 – June 3 at Mulberry Mountain in Ozark, Arkansas. READ MORE

LMB SF: This Week’s Concert Calendar – Oct. 24-30

by Justin Ward on Oct 24, 11

in Concert Calendar,Videos

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Happy Monday, folks. Everyone out here in the Bay Area is recovering emotionally after the transcendent experience that was this year’s Bridge School Benefit concert down in Mountain View, CA. While I couldn’t make it myself this year, most of my crew made it out for a day and reported back nothing but smiles and heartfelt appreciation for live music and what Neil Young brings to the table each and every year for this special event.

As always Neil Young made a set of special appearances each day, and footage is up from the feed so you can see the sit-in he did with Arcade Fire as well as this shot of him and Beck doing “Pocahontas.” Look at the Beck band reaction when Young joins them on stage… READ MORE

VIDEO / PREVIEW: A Few Must-See Bands @ moe.down XII

by Justin Ward on Aug 30, 11

in Epic Previews,Videos

moe.down XII

Sept 2-4, 2011
Gelston Castle Estate, Mohawk, NY

While we’ve obviously been covering the hell out of the Phish Summer Tour, we’re also hella excited about this weekend’s annual moe.down Festival in Mohawk, NY. Our friend Nick Irving is going to be on-site shooting photos for the site (as best he can; we were too late to get a photo pass for the pit) and we’ll hope to have some coverage up after the fact. This lineup is eclectic as hell and the announcement is something I love to see year after year. While it’s definitely stacked with heavy hitters that you’d know and love already — moe., Bob Weir with Levon Helm Band, TV on the Radio, etc. — I’d take a look at the following artists on the lineup and make sure they get your full attention as well. READ MORE

Jam Cruise 10 Lineup Announced!

by Justin Ward on May 3, 11

in Festivals

The lineup for Jam Cruise was announced first thing this morning here on the West Coast, and I couldn’t be happier that I’ve already taken the plunge and pre-booked a cabin for the 10th anniversary of the floating festival that everybody has been raving about for years. This will be my first year on the boat, so I’ll be seeing plenty of unbelievably great music all while sailing the seas and partying with my fellow like-minded fans. Can’t wait.

One of the bigger reveals of the lineup has been the port destinations that the cruise is choosing, and this time the festival is setting sail a full week after New Year’s Eve with a January 9th departure n Ft. Lauderdale to make stops in Labadee, Haiti and then onto Falmouth, Jamaica. The whole thing winds back down on January 14th, 2012. Umphrey’s McGee, Surprise Me Mr. Davis, Galactic, The New Deal, Shpongle, New Mastersounds, EOTO, and Orgone are just some of the artists I’m excited to get a crack at seeing this year, and there’s tons more talent rounding out the lineup this year.

As hedonistic as the whole vacation is, I’m actually proud that the organizers thought to bring a stop by Haiti into the equation. More about those efforts were detailed in today’s press release… READ MORE

LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar

by whitperson on May 3, 11

in Concert Calendar,Features

photo by Adam George

This week’s must-see shows in NYC:

TUES MAY 3
Peter Bjorn and John and Bachelorette @ Music Hall of Williamsburg (Brooklyn)
(more info)

The Indobox, Kinetix @ Brooklyn Bowl (Brooklyn)
(more info)

WED MAY 4
Foals and Freelance Whales w/ The Naked and Famous at Terminal 5
(more info)

Gang Gang Dance @ Music Hall of Williamsburg (Brooklyn)
(more info)

The Airborne Toxic Event w/ Marfa Lights @ Bowery Ballroom
(more info)

THURS MAY 5
Jackie Greene w/ Waylon Speed @ Brooklyn Bowl (Brooklyn)
(more info)

The Airborne Toxic Event w/ Smoking Popes @ Webster Hall
(more info)

FRI MAY 6
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Twin Shadow, Switch @ Webster Hall
(more info)

Infamous Stringdusters w/ The Two Man Gentlemen Band @ Bowery Ballroom
(more info)

SAT MAY 7
The New Deal, OTT, and Sub Swara @ Terminal 5
(more info)

Yuck @ Bowery Ballroom
(more info)

Railroad Earth w/ Jackie Greene at the Wellmont Theatre (Claremont, NJ)
(more info)

SUN MAY 8
Interpol, Blonde Redhead @ terminal 5
(more info)

I’ll definitely be at the New Deal this Saturday, since it may be one of their final performances in the area. Gotta get a last taste of the original Canadian untz, right?

Comments on Concert Listings:
For this week’s post I used Bandsintown.com‘s concert listings. Overall, I like BIT’s ease of tracking, slick interface, and their Facebook app. I also dig their concert cloud interface and found it useful for preparing this post. However, there were a few shows missing that I saw on other listings, like Railroad Earth. This may have been due to the artists that are automatically being tracked (or not tracked) in my account, but it could have been avoided if there was a a simplified search option allowing me to look for upcoming shows in all of NYC (note: typing “New York City” into the main search box did not work; it should).

Cornmeal @ Tipitina’s Uptown 1/12/2011

by Justin Ward on Jan 18, 11

in Links

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Cornmeal @ Tipitina’s Uptown 1/12/2011 [LMB NOLA]

New Orleans is an over-privileged city when it comes to live music. If good live music were rich food, we’d all be tubby. But one entree we don’t get nearly enough of here is good bluegrass. Maybe I was just spoiled after 5 1/2 years living in the Music City, where a run down to the legendary Station Inn was always merely a hop and skip away, but it took Chicago jam-grassers Cornmeal playing down at Tipitina’s on Wednesday night for me to realize that this was a void that needed filling in the city.

Final 80/35 Lineup Announcement

by Justin Ward on Jun 1, 10

in Festivals

80-35.com

The lineup for the 80/35 Music Festival was recently finalized. The party takes place on Fourth of July weekend in Des Moines, IA with Spoon, Yo La Tengo, Particle, Califone and many more. READ MORE

04.22.2010

80/35 Music Festival: Spoon, Railroad Earth, Slightly Stoopid, Earl Greyhound and more TBA

Festivals

The 80/35 Music Festival released a handful of bands on the lineup for the annual festival in downtown Des Moines set for July 3rd and 4th. Headlining Saturday night is Spoon and they’ll be joined over the weekend by Slightly Stoopid, Railroad Earth, Earl Greyhound, and more TBA. Tickets on sale now at midwestix.com. Check [...]

2010 Mile High Music Festival Lineup Announced

Festivals

This year’s lineup for the Mile High Music Festival was just dropped in our inbox, and it’s looking like a pretty solid, mainstream festival for the Colorado fans. The celebration returns to the lawns at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Denver, CO for the weekend of August 14-15, 2010. You’ve got Jack Johnson topping the [...]