Archive for October, 2012
PHOTOS / RECAP : Big Gigantic, Dillon Francis, Macklemore, GRiZ, & Raw Russ @ Red Rocks 9/29
Big Huge Monstrously Gargantuan. That is how I will see Big Gigantic after Rowdytown on Saturday. Their quasi-festival Red Rocks headlining debut seems to mark the beginning of a new age for the Boulder-based duo filled with incredible production and rowdy die-hard fandom. As a close friend of mine put... more
STREAM: Led Zeppelin ‘Celebration Day’ Press Conference
Fans can tune to Led Zeppelin's UStream channel (Just click link) to watch a Led Zeppelin press conference with surviving members Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and Jimmy Page. When asked why it has taken five years to release the show on DVD, John Paul Jones replied off-the-cuff: five years is... more
VIDEOS: New Krautrockers CAMERA Play Underground Locales
CAMERA is a new band out of Germany you'll want to know about. The trio plays krautrock-improv at underground locales in the spirit of NEU!, Harmonia, Cluster and La Düsseldorf. They've been dubbed a "Street Band" and "Krautrock Guerillas" by some. Check out a batch of underground... more
CONCERT RECAP: Animal Collective plus Micachu and The Shapes @ House of Blues, NOLA 9/29/12
Saturday night at the House of Blues was one of the most kinetically blissful shows I have been to, all made possible by that flammable chemistry between fans and band.
VIDEO: Marco Benevento Releases Video for “Limbs of a Pine”
Marco Benevento has released an official video from his Tigerface album which dropped last month. The video highlights the first track on the album, "Limbs of a Pine" and features vocals from Rubblebucket’s Kalmia Traver. Check out the video after the jump. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y_7D0tlagU After watching the video, co-editor Justin... more
SETLIST: Furthur @ SDSU Open Air Theatre, San Diego, CA 10/2/12
Furthur continued their extensive Fall Tour tonight at the beautiful SDSU Open Air Theatre in San Diego, CA. The show just finished with an encore of "At a Siding" > "Terrapin Flyer", "Ripple." Check out the complete setlist and some photos from the road via @FurthurBand. Setlist :... more
UPDATE: Baroness Issue First Post-Accident Update Since August
This morning, Savannah, GA-bred progressive jam-metal stalwarts Baroness, in a chillingly detailed, yet hopeful letter to their fans, issued their first post-accident update since August. The lengthy statement (with new photos of scars, staples, x-rays, etc.) is pasted down below. It was shocking news to read in mid-August that the... more
TICKET GIVEAWAY: Steve Kimock and Friends @ The Mint LA 10/12/12
LA faithful, here's your chance to win tickets to @TheMintLA when Steve Kimock comes to town on Friday, October 12th for two sets of music! WHO: Steve Kimock w/ Bernie Worrell, Andy Hess and Wally Ingram WHEN: Friday, October 12th / 2 sets starting at 9PM WHERE: The Mint / Los Angeles, CA... more
Phish Announces 2012-2013 New Year’s Run at MSG
Phish just made it official. The band will play Madison Square Garden in New York City for four straight nights (12/28-12/31), closing out the year in style for the third straight year in the Big Apple. In the news is the announcement that for the first time ever... more
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PHOTOS / RECAP: Skylab 2012 Mission Blackout [LMB CO]
Up next we got a little dubsex from Borgore, who was getting everybody to sing along to his newest track “Decisions” which features former teeny bopper Miley Cyrus. Despite the absolutely horrible acoustics in the warehouse-like room containing the side stage, all were content to let their ears bleed as... more
Foo Fighters Announce Indefinite Hiatus via Letter
Founding member and frontman Dave Grohl just released a letter on the band's website announcing that the band is taking an indefinite hiatus. Check out the Foo Fighters setlist from Saturday in Central Park here, if it was the band's final show, what a way to go out! However, it... more
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PREVIEW: The Disco Biscuits present City Bisco @ The Mann Center
City Bisco is going down this weekend at the Mann Center in Philadelphia. The new event is a 2-day multi-stage festival curated by The Disco Biscuits, Philly-natives themselves. The stacked lineup includes: Diplo // RJD2 // A-Trak // Paper Diamond // Papadosio // Tipper // Ott and the All Seeing I... more
ACL Festival 2013 Expands to Two Weekends
Taking a page from the Coachella 2012 two-weekend automatic sell-out success that went down earlier this year, our friends at C3 have booked next year's ACL Festival for two weekends as well. This is a obvious huge win for the city of Austin and bound to be an "instant"... more
Lollapalooza Chile and Brazil Lineups Announced: Pearl Jam, Black Keys, QOTSA, A Perfect Circle and More
The lineups for both Lollapalooza Chile and Lollapalooza Brazil have been announced. Pearl Jam, The Black Keys, Deadmau5, Queens of the Stone Age, A Perfect Circle, Franz Ferdinand, Puscifer (making two Maynard projects) Alabama Shakes, Hot Chip, NAS, Of Monsters and Men are some of the artists confirmed to play... more
PHOTOS: Wilco @ Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA 9/30/12
Wilco as previously reported on, played the legendary Hollywood Bowl last night, closing out their U.S. Summer Tour in style. Highlights were "Art of Almost" which continues to strengthen it's case for "best new Wilco song in 5 years", Summerteeth's, "Sunken Treasure" and "A Shot In the Arm", and... more
VIDEO: Gary Clark Jr. “Numb” in The Live Room ATX
The release of Gary Clark Jr.'s highly-anticipated full-length debut LP Blak and Blu is now only three weeks away and if this tune is an indication of what's to come, the music universe is about to have an instant classic on our hands. Clark may just be on the brink... more
Stream the New Tame Impala Album ‘Lonerism’
Tame Impala's new album, Lonerism doesn't drop until October 9th but NPR has the Aussie psych rockers' new album streaming online a week in advance. We at LMB are eager to give this one a listen especially after 2010's breakout debut album, Innerspeaker. Listen to the new album... more
