Although most New Yorkers are probably still thinking about last night’s Giants Super Bowl win (or are at least nursing a nice football hangover), I’m taking one for the team and already looking ahead to a week of NYC-area shows. As usual, there are plenty of good options this week, including Jay-Z, Bjork, tUnE-YaRds, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe covering the Rolling Stones, and two nights each of Primus and Tea Leaf Green. Read on for all the highlights as I see ‘em… READ MORE
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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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The second round of artists have been announced for Wakarusa 2012. Joining Pretty Lights on the headliner slot will be Primus as they’re gearing up for tons of dates still supporting their last effort, Green Naugahyde
Go here for tickets and read on for the full lineup… READ MORE
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The lineup for the fifth year of the Las Tortugas Dance of the Dead Festival was just announced today with ALO, 7 Walkers, The Mother Hips and Tea Leaf Green topping the bill. The festival will take place once again down at Yosemite’s West Gate on Halloween weekend. Poor Man’s Whiskey will be doing Old and In The Way which has definitely gotten some attention in the past, but I’d be most interested to see how Guitarmageddon would be tackling the music of Prince. I imagine they got at least part of their inspiration from this video of Prince slaying the George Harrison induction at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony years ago. Should make for an interesting festival if you’re a California head, that’s for sure… READ MORE
The Wakarusa Festival has released its initial 2010 lineup (via Facebook). This year’s event takes place June 3-6 at Mulberry Mountain in Oxark, AR. While other larger festivals continue to add larger, more mainstream acts, Wakarusa appears to be staying true to its jammier roots.
STS9, The Disco Biscuits, Slightly Stoopid, John Butler Trio, Blue Travelers, Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa, Bassnectar (late night set), Railroad Earth (2 sets), The Machine performs Pink Floyd (late night set), JJ Grey & MOFRO (2 sets), Lotus (late night set), Rebelution, ALO, Tea Leaf Green (2 sets including a late night), Boombox (2 sets including a late night), Black Joe Lewis (2 sets), Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk (2 sets), EOTO, James Zabiela (late night set), Split Lip Rayfield (2 sets), Hayes Carll, Sub Swara, Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers, Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band (2 sets), Trampled by Turtles (2 sets), Wookiefoot (late night set), Mishka, Big Gigantic, Truth & Salvage Co., Fort Knox Five (2 sets), Mountain Sprout (2 sets), Band of Heathens, Last Waltz Ensemble (2 sets), Cash’d Out, Earl Greyhound (2 sets), Bluetech (sunrise set), Uglysuit (2 sets), Passafire (2 sets), Simplified, Hoots & Hellmouth (2 sets), Resident Anti-Hero, and many, many more to be announced!
“Early Bird” Full Event Passes, VIP Passes, RV Packages and Camping Passes are on sale now at Wakarusa.com.
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It has only been a few months since I made the move to Brooklyn from Charlottesville, so I thought I’d give a little Cville music shout-out. Although it’s a pretty small city, Charlottesville has always had a fairly bustling live music scene. But over the last few years, it had been marred by a ton of turnover with the town’s mid-size music venues. The Satellite Ballroom closed, Gravity Lounge shuttered its doors, and Is hardly lasted a year. The Paramount was a nice size, but it was much less focused on the mid-tier, touring rock bands that helped make the scene vibrant. And the entire time I lived in the town, there was an ongoing restoration of the historic Jefferson Theater that simply never came to fruition.
Well, it looks like things are finally starting to pick up again. Gravity Lounge reopened under new management as The Southern and it looks like the long and storied Jefferson Theater renovation will finally be completed. They recently announced their grand opening including a pretty solid lineup of bands for late 2009 and early 2010. Good stuff.
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.
Like New Year’s Eve, Halloween is another holiday that a lot of bands choose to celebrate in style. There’s just something about mixing the live concert experience with all the fun and choas of Halloween that really brings out the freaks. While most bands typically play into the Halloween vibe in some way, touring bands often approach Halloween as an opportunity to really create a unique live music event. Just as we did with our New Year’s Eve concert round-up, we’ve compiled a list of Halloween concerts that will be going on this weekend (see below for the long list).
We have also noticed a few bands that are taking a similar approach to Halloween as Phish by doing some sort of “musical costume” and either covering another band’s music or playing a full show of thematic covers. Here are a few of the more interesting “musical costumes” we’ve seen announced this year:
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