Archive for April, 2012
Beach Boys Unveil New Single, Set to Headline Jazz Fest Friday
Today, The Beach Boys announced their first new single in ages with “That’s Why God Made The Radio”. In a little over 48 hours Jazz Fest, the legendary California band is set for their first major festival appearance and 2nd stop of their lengthy 50th Anniversary Reunion Tour (The Beach... more
VIDEO: Dragon Smoke “Injuns, Here Dey Come” @ Tipitina’s – 4/21/12
The rare Dragon Smoke headlined Tipitina’s Uptown on Saturday night (after opening band Sol Driven Train with George Porter Jr.), making their 2nd appearance since Jazz Fest last year (the band also played in mid-December). All involved players happened to be giggin’ on Saturday afternoon at Tulane’s annual Crawfest (Eric... more
PREVIEW: STS9 and Friends @ Mardi Gras World on April 27th
WHO: Insomniac, Soul’d Out Productions, Dead Nation & Ampersand Present STS9 (in “Sector 9″ form) Emancipator & SOJA WHEN: Friday, April 27th @ 10 p.m. WHERE: Blaine Kern’s Mardi Gras World WHY: Fans of the band’s pre-Mac days and instrumental funk and jazz groove style shouldn’t miss this opportunity to see the Sector... more
A Closer Look at the 1st Annual Nolafunk Jazzfest Series
As one of the newcomers to the late night scene (helping fill a void left by Superfly Presents’ reduced presence on the late night scene in 2012 (only 2 shows this year)), the First Annual Nolafunk Jazzfest Series 2012 lineup is now complete with the addition of Daptone Records’ Afro-Cuban... more
LMB CO: This Week’s Concert Calendar (Nero, Altitude, Sonic Bloom Pre-Party)
We've got a good lineup of shows to hit up this week starting with the SOLD OUT Nero show with Dillon Francis at the Ogden Theater. Nero, as usual will have Alana bringing those banging vocals to the stage. And as we posted earlier, Altitude Festival is this week on... more
Sonic Bloom 2012: Lineup Announced with Artist Additions
With the second wave of artist announcements last Thursday, the Sonic Bloom Festival in Georgetown, Colorado has us beside ourselves with excitement. With other local festivals like Monolith and Mile High on indefinite hiatus, and Sonic Bloom coming up on seven years, it seems that this festival has found the... more
PHOTOS: Levitate Festival @ 1STBank Center, CO 4/20/12
4/20's Levitate Festival outdid itself this year booking one of the biggest venues in the Denver/Boulder area. The place didn't fill up but regardless, it was damn good rager. Paper Diamond and Rusko came out with a lot of new shit they've been working on. And DJ Shadow of course... more
LMB NYC: Concert Calendar (April 23-29) – Conspirator, Death Cab for Cutie, Jack White, Miike Snow, The Shins, Washed Out
Although this week isn't quite as bumpin' for NYC concerts as the last two weeks, there are still plenty of great shows happening around town. Washed Out is back in NYC with a full touring band at Music Hall, Here We Go Magic hits the Knit, fun. rides their new-found... more
TONIGHT: Lotus with NVO @ The Fillmore, SF 4/21/12
Friends, family, music nerds, frenemies... I want everyone out tonight at the Lotus / NVO show if you live anywhere in California or anywhere close to San Francisco. Tonight is the night. My band NVO goes on stage at the Fillmore at 9pm sharp. More on this momentous occasion... more
Happy Record Store Day 2012
One of our favorite days of the year has arrived, today is Record Store Day. Whether you're in Nashville and waiting to line up at Grimey's, in San Francisco queing at Amoeba Music, or down here in New Orleans hoping to snag some rare vinyl at Euclid Records, today is... more
VIDEO: Visualize Da Vibez at BUKU 2012
Chicago-based video production site Da Vibez put together a killer audiovisual montage of last month’s 1st Annual BUKU Music & Art Project down at Mardi Gras World. The video features scenes from both days and glimpses of performances by Wiz Khalifa, SKRILLEX, Diplo, Gramatik, Avicii, Porter Robinson and more. Paints... more
Backbeat Foundation Presents: Carolina Chocolate Drops @ The Temple – 4/27/12
Carolina Chocolate Drops are part of the new Americana renaissance and lucky for us, they play Friday, April 27th at The Temple WHO: Backbeat Foundation Presents Carolina Chocolate Drops WHEN: Friday, April 27th @ 10 p.m. WHERE: The Temple @ 619 Carondelet St, New Orleans – A gorgeous venue Backbeat initially took over... more
Jazz Fest Nights: NOLAFUNK Debut Night Show @ Republic 4/27/12
WHO: Nolafunk Jazzfest Series Inaugural Show featuring Anders Osborne, Bill Kreutzmann (Grateful Dead), Paul Barrere & Fred Tackett (Little Feat), Billy Iuso followed by ALO plus opening act Marco Benevento and DJ Cochon de Lait WHEN: Friday, April 27th @ 10 p.m. WHERE: Republic New Orleans in the Warehouse District @ 828... more
What the Festival?! Lineup Announced: Beats Antique, Claude VonStroke, Bonobo and more
Newcomer festival, What the Festival?! announced its inaugural lineup earlier this week and looks pretty stacked. It looks like this fest is going to be in a really rad area. It's in White River Canyon 100 miles from Portland. Here's the scoop from Headstash: Earlier this week, Oregon's cleverly... more
Levon Helm, R.I.P. (1940-2012)
From LevonHelm.com... Levon Helm passed peacefully this afternoon. He was surrounded by family, friends and band mates and will be remembered by all he touched as a brilliant musician and a beautiful soul.
VIDEO PREVIEW: Altitude 2012 (MSTRKRFT, Gramatik and more)
If you were in Boulder last year for Glowfest then you've got an idea of what the upcoming show Altitude will look like. It's on CU campus, in the same venue as Glowfest was last year, Balch Fieldhouse. This place is big and will be a guaranteed rager not to... more
CONCERT RECAP: Umphrey’s McGee @ House of Blues, NOLA 4/14/12
Words by Lon Marchand || All Photos by Jimmy Grotting For the last 10 years, the Umphrey’s McGee Jazz Fest late nights have been heavyweight contenders for some of the craziest shows of the Festival marathon – filled with the sort of shenanigans somehow atypical for Jazz Fest but perfect for... more
PHOTOS / RECAP: Rodrigo y Gabriela @ Paramount Theatre, Seattle 4/3/12
On a few Tuesday nights back, Rodrigo y Gabriela brought their mind-blowing flamenco-style rock songs to The Paramount Theater in Seattle for the first night of their North American tour to promote their new album, Area 52, for which they teamed up with the 13-piece orchestra C.U.B.A. to produce remixes... more
Louisiana Music Factory Releases Jazz Fest In-Store Performance Schedule
The full slate is out and things kick off on Thursday with a high noon lunchtime set by Glen David Andrews and the series runs until the evening of Monday, May 7th after the Fest. Be sure to make a point in your Jazz Fest escapades to head down to... more
Tea Leaf Green played Jam in the Van @ SXSW; now the Van needs our help!
We've been admirers of the team over at Jam in the Van for quite some time now and we've often just missed opportunities to re-post their awesome content on our site simply because we get a little too busy around here and something else comes up. Finally I'm making... more
PHOTOS: 2012 French Quarter Fest
The 29th Annual French Quarter Fest once again reigned over the downtown area this past weekend, attracting masses of live music fans from near-and-far to the largest free music festival in the South for over 275 hours of locally-based music on over 20 stages. Photographer Jimmy Grotting was able to... more
