Archive for March, 2012
Bonnaroo 2012 Comedy Lineup Announced
The comedy lineup for Bonnaroo 2012 was announced earlier today and will be featuring a few huge names in the scene right now, namely LMB faves Aziz Ansari and Reggie Watts (among many others). They join Phish, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Radiohead and a bazillion other bands at this... more
NCAA Big Dance Concert Series Releases Performance Schedule
This weekend’s “Big Dance Concert Series” at Woldenberg Park has announced the performance schedule. The 3-day concert series of FREE shows will coincide with the NCAA Final Four, which starts Saturday night at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome where basketball powerhouses Kentucky, Louisville, Ohio State and Kansas will compete to tear down... more
TOUR DATES: Paul Simon adds dates to Graceland 25th Anniversary Shows
Paul Simon just announced a new set of tour dates with Ladysmith Black Mambazo to celebrate this year's 25th Anniversary of the Graceland album. The announcement just went live a half hour ago or so... Each will be a night of songs spanning Paul's entire career, including a very special... more
RECAP: Perpetual Groove @ The Middle East – Cambridge, MA 3.23.12
End of Friday came, and I was off to Boston for the evening with my girl for a little R&R and some live music! Not only was it about to be my first Perpetual Groove experience, but it will be my first time at The Middle East. The restaurant/club... more
Re:Generation Adds UM, Ghostland Observatory, Big Gigantic, MiM0SA, more…
In case you missed it, there were also a few lineup additions yesterday on the RE:GENERATION Music Festival that STS9 is putting on up at Horning's Hideout in June. Umphrey's McGee will be playing two sets at the festival, and they also added Ghostland Observatory, Big Gigantic, MiM0SA, Midnight,... more
TOUR DATES: Reggie Watts announces headlining dates
Reggie Watts just announced that he's going out on a headlining tour in the very near future. YES. After a couple one-off gigs in April in Vegas and Denver, he starts in Chicago in May and goes on to his 13 different major metros along his trek out... more
Jazz Fest 2012 Releases Schedule Cubes, Pres Hall to Close Gentilly on May 6th
Check out the 2012 Jazz Fest Cubes HERE This morning, the 2012 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival unveiled the schedule cubes at the annual “Month-Out” Press Party held at the Fairgrounds, signifying that Fest is only a month away. After a brief performance by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band in... more
All Good Music Festival Adds DSO, Rubblebucket, Devil Makes Three, more…
The folks behind All Good Music Festival just announced a great set of artists have been added to this year's festival: Dark Star Orchestra, Larry Keel & Natural Bridge, Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons, Passafire, The Devil Makes Three, Corey Harris & The Rasta Blues Experience, Rubblebucket, The Pimps of... more
Pitchfork Music Festival adds Sleigh Bells, FlyLo, more…
The Pitchfork Music Festival easily sold-out of their three-day passes, and they just added a huge slew of artists to the already-announced group earlier last month -- this time get excited about Sleigh Bells, Dirty Projectors, Flying Lotus, the Olivia Tremor Control and many more... Here's the news from Pfork themselves: Pitchfork... more
Pretty Lights Announces Red Rocks Run
Very excited to see the news of Pretty Lights returning to Red Rocks for a two-night run this August 17-18, 2012; here's the info from his team... Derek Vincent Smith aka Pretty Lights is bringing his banging, soulful beats and mind blowing visual experience to Red Rocks Amphitheatre Friday, August 17... more
Galactic and The Soul Rebels to play CONAN Thursday
This Thursday night at 10 p.m. CST, be sure to tune into TBS to catch Galactic and The Soul Rebels performing together on CONAN, marking The Soul Rebels’ debut appearance on national television. Galactic and Living Colour’s Corey Glover will be performing “Hey Na Na,” a track from Galactic’s latest... more
LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar (March 26 – April 1)
Lots of good shows in NYC this week, including another big 90's jamband reunion with the original lineup of Strangefolk getting the band back together at Brooklyn Bowl. We've also got a number of great indie rock shows, including Of Montreal, Cloud Nothings, Delta Spirit, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Wild... more
PHOTOS and VIDEOS: Hogs for the Cause 2012
>Despite muddy conditions, yesterday was yet another massively successful Hogs for the Cause. Festival goers were greeted with a sunny day in City Park and turned out in droves to soak up the food, NOLA Brewing beer and every variation of pig-based feed imaginable (bacon ice cream?). Hogs has a... more
LISTEN: Gravity A @ 2011 Bear Creek Music and Art Festival
In honor of local space funk outfit Gravity A’s Saturday night showcase at Tipitina’s with Space Capone and ArtOfficial, we offer up their set from the 2011 Bear Creek Music & Art Festival. The set features a guest spot by sax master / EWI wizard Khris Royal, a cover of... more
RECAP: Conspirator @ The Roxy Theatre, Hollywood CA 3.23.12
On Friday night Conspirator rolled through LA to play The Roxy Theatre in Hollywood, CA. The theatre, a venue which I recently learned was previously occupied by a strip club in the early 70's (hence the layout making more sense to me now) is a smaller club (roughly 500... more
Stage Right?! Where It Begins
Welcome to a new column on Live Music Blog called Stage Right?!, a new look at what it's like to actually be a performer in today's music industry. This column is going to attempt to digest all that goes into making a successful show, a successful touring band, a... more
PHOTOS: EOTO @ Boulder Theater, CO 3/16/12
Our friends Patrick Hagan and Grayson Simon went and caught the EOTO show last week at the Boulder Theater and got some amazing photos, including some shots of the Dominic Lalli (of Big Gigantic) sit-in...
Concert Recap: Alcest and Deafheaven @ Big Top – 3/20/12
Review by Brendan Twist So in 2011 the indie music community got really excited about black metal. There were think pieces, and much-ballyhooed buzz bands, and the inevitable hey-we-were-here-first backlash from the tr00 kvlt fans. It was fun, for a while, to see this potent subgenre, long relegated to the margins... more
INTERVIEW: BoomBox @ SnowBall 2012
Continuing on with our recap and coverage of this year's excellent SnowBall Music Festival in Vail, here's my final interview from the festival when I sat down with Zion Godchaux and Russ Randolph of Boombox. They rocked the Groove Tent at 4:15pm on the last day of the festival...... more
Photos / Videos: Big Gigantic @ 2012 BUKU Music & Art Project
Big Gigantic played to a huge crowd after dusk on Sunday at BUKU in the Bassik Ballroom and Dom and Jeremy threw down an absolute scorcher of a set. All photos below by Jimmy Grotting. For total coverage of Sunday at the 2012 BUKU Music & Art Project, go here.... more
