Archive for November, 2012
Jazz Fest 2013 Tickets and VIP Packages On Sale Tomorrow 12/1/12
The first big news to come out for the 2013 edition, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival announced today that all tickets for next year's event, to be held April 26-28 and May 2-5, will go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 1. The... more
PHOTOS / VIDEOS: Bear Creek 2012 Friday (Dap-Kings, The Werks, Heavy Pets and More)
Friday we saw The Sugarman 3, then caught part of the Heavy Pets (with Roosevelt Collier) jam session! After that, we watched the beginning of Bright Light Social Hour and the end of The Werks set. The highlight of the night was definitely Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings featuring the... more
TOUR DATES: Big Gigantic 2013 Winter Tour
Big Gigantic's 2013 headlining tour kicks off on Jan. 29 in Birmingham, Ala., and continues 'til the tour closer on March 3 in Oklahoma City. Earlier in January, the band will set sail on the Holy Ship! floating festival at sea. Continue below for the dates and live video of... more
Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones set to give interview on ‘Letterman’
The surviving members of Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones will be on the 'Late Show with David Letterman' on Monday, December 3rd for a rare sit-down interview. Set your DVRs for this coming Monday (12/3) at 11:35pm on CBS. The three surviving members... more
VIDEO / TOUR DATES: Local Natives Release “Breakers” off their New Album, Hummingbird
Local Natives, formerly known as Cavil at Rest, are a rising band from Silver Lake, CA and have just released a music video for "Breakers." The track is off their second full-length album, Hummingbird, which was just released this week. The album was co-produced by The National's Aaron... more
PHISH FRIDAY: A November (’97) to Remember
This, the final edition of our month-long series, highlights one of the best months in Phish history -- November 1997. Phish took a break from their normal Fall routine of the last few years as there was no Halloween costume performed and no shows in the preceding month of... more
Neil Young & Crazy Horse to play Sandy Benefit on 12/6 in Atlantic City
Photo by John Stephens / LMB NOLA</em> Neil Young & Crazy Horse have announced plans for a special benefit concert on December 6th, 2012, at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, NJ, with proceeds going to aid victims of Superstorm Sandy. Proceeds will go to the AMERICAN RED CROSS... more
SETLIST: The Rolling Stones @ O2 Arena, London 11/29/12
The Rolling Stones just wrapped their second night of the five-night 50 and Counting run. Continue below for the setlist that included guest spots by Eric Clapton and Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine. SETLIST: The Rolling Stones, O2 Arena, London, ENGLAND - 11/29/12 Get Off of My Cloud I... more
VIDEO: Fan-Made Film of Radiohead’s 2011 Roseland Concert Surfaces
Radiohead's September 29, 2011 show from Roseland Ballroom in New York City has surfaced in video form. The concert film is entirely fan-made but professionally done using the audio from official soundboards Ateaseweb were graciously given by the band. The video is dedicated to Scott Johnson, the touring... more
Austin City Limits To Live-Stream Gary Clark Jr.’s ACL Taping 11/30 at 8PM CST
Austin's own rising star, rock 'n' soul phenomenon Gary Clark Jr. makes his highly-anticipated return to Austin City Limits (ACL) this week, and ACL announces the taping will be live-streamed on Friday, November 30th at 8 pm Central Time. Fans can log-on to ACL's YouTube Channel and will have the... more
BIEBER FEVER: Trey Anastasio Attends Bieber Concert at MSG, Phish Logo Altered
Last night in New York City, Trey Anastasio attended the Justin Bieber show at Madison Square Garden along with longtime pal and Phish lyricist, Tom Marshall (@TomMarshall111). Marshall tweeted out a few interesting photos, one of Trey and Chris Kuroda and another of a crew member's t-shirt with an... more
VIDEO: Flying Lotus – “Tiny Tortures”
One of my favorite albums of this year has been Until the Quiet Comes by Flying Lotus, a truly remarkable collection of electronic sounds that put you somewhere between awake and dreaming upon every listen. His latest video was just released and takes "Tiny Tortures" off the album and... more
WATCH: The Rolling Stones “I’m Going Down” w/ Jeff Beck @ O2 Arena, London 11/25/12
The Rolling Stones kicked off their 50 and Counting run of five mega shows on Sunday evening at London's O2 Arena at a concert featuring special guests Mary J. Blige (see below) and Jeff Beck (see above). Notably, the show was surprisingly opened with the McCartney/Lennon penned tune "I Wanna... more
TOUR DATES: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Announce 2013 Dates
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band just announced plans to tour Europe and the UK in Spring/Early Summer 2013 via Twitter with more to be announced soon. Fans can get all the finer details at BruceSpringsteen.net. TOUR DATES 5/26 Munich, GERMANY - Olympiastadion 5/28 Hanover, GERMANY - AWD-Arena 5/30 Naples, ITALY - Piazza... more
CONCERT RECAP: Soundgarden @ Fonda Theatre, Hollywood, CA 11/27/12
What can be said about Soundgarden, one of the pioneers of grunge and hard rock, returning to the stage with new material for the first time this century? Supporting their new record King Animal, the legendary Seattle quartet played the Fonda Theatre last night as part of a five-night... more
Trey Anastasio Band to headline Summer Camp 2013
The 2013 Summer Camp Music Festival kicked off their first wave of announcements with the message: We are proud to start off our 2013 announcements with one of our most exciting announcements ever! Our first ARTIST ANNOUNCEMENT: 2 Full Sets of Trey Anastasio Band!!! The festival followed this announcement with... more
PHOTOS / SETLISTS: STS9 @ Best Buy Theater, NYC 11/2-11/3/12
STS9 brought light to a troubled NYC in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. New Yorkers were excited and ready to get their minds off waiting in two hour gas lines and cleaning up flooded wreckage by getting down to a magnificent two night run of STS9 in Time Square. Check... more
PHOTOS / VIDEOS: Bear Creek 2012 Sunday (Lettuce, Dumpstaphunk & New Mastersounds)
Ali & Mike Kerr covered the grounds extensively to capture a motherlode of footage and photos at this year's Bear Creek Music & Arts Festival in Live Oak, FL. We'll start the BCMF coverage roll out at the festival's end, with coverage from Sunday's Lettuce, New Mastersounds and Dumpstaphunk sets.... more
Live Music Blog’s Best of 2012: Concerts, Albums, Artists and More (PART ONE)
While there's still plenty of live music magic yet to be made, the end is near and 2012 will be in the rear view in five short weeks. Furthermore, December is generally a skinny month for studio releases (although Big Boi's Vicious Lies & Dangerous Rumors drops on 12/11) so... more
CONCERT RECAP: Big Gigantic w/ Crizzly @ House of Blues NOLA 11/16/12
Big Gigantic. What’s in a name? What does a name mean? It didn’t take long for Dominic Lalli (Saxophone/Producer) and Jeremy Salken (Drums) to provide an explanation as the House of Blues turned into an LED infused wonderland. The Boulder based duo asked the crowd to do it big... more
PHOTOS / VIDEOS: Yeasayer @ 9:30 Club, Washington, DC 11/14/12
Yeasayer is currently touring in support of their 3rd LP Fragrant World and made a stop at Washington, DC's legendary 9:30 Club a couple weeks back for a Wednesday night show as part of the extensive run. Joy Asico (ChunkyGlasses) captured some images at the show and you can check... more
TOUR DATES: Tame Impala announce 2013 dates
In case you missed the last few runs through the states that the Tame Impala guys have done, you still have another chance (at least) to catch them before they head back to their homeland. Pitchfork just put up their newly announced 2013 dates on the East Coast and... more
VIDEO MASHUP: Kid Koala @ Underground Arts, Philadelphia, PA 11/23/12
Jake Krolick caught last weekend's Kid Koala show at Underground Arts in Philly and put together the mashup video you see above. Also, if you haven't checked out Kid Koala's new LP 12 bit Blues, we highly recommend doing so if you dig what's going on in the video. -... more
Austin Peralta, L.A. jazz pianist and Flying Lotus collaborator, dead at 22
Hearing the news of Austin Peralta’s passing at just 22, is beyond incomprehensible. At 13, Peralta had already established himself as a jazz pianist bearing the burden of comparisons to giants like McCoy Tyner. At 15, he was playing alongside giants like Ron Carter. This kid, from West Los Angeles,... more
PHOTOS / VIDEOS: Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings @ Bear Creek Fest 2012
All photos by Ali & Mike Kerr / Southern Exposure Photography The other two women pictured in the gallery are The Dapettes (Saundra Williams and Starr Duncan). The guy with the hat pictured below on was hilarious. Sharon sang "Give It Back" to him and just about had him stripping.... more
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Reveal Live Date, Coachella Rumors Heat Up
News that Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds have revealed plans for a live date in Southern California to follow the release of their forthcoming new album has added fuel to rumors that the band will appear at Coachella 2013. According to The Scenestar (via NME), the Australian band will... more
PHISH FRIDAY: A November (’09) to Remember
For today's Phish Friday we've opted to skip the usual passover of anything in 3.0 as "relevant" to talk about during a column dedicated to the absolute BEST that the band has ever had to offer, because well, if we can all just spend a minute or two today to... more
CONCERT RECAP: Consider the Source @ Olive’s, Nyack, NY 11/17/12
WORDS by Tara Kilkenny || PHOTOS by Nick Irving Locals and out-of-towners alike piled into Olive’s for a much-anticipated experience. Consider the Source, hailing from New York City, have gathered quite the following in the Northeast and around the world. Their Middle Eastern and European tours have allowed the trio to... more
CONCERT RECAP: Ray LaMontagne @ The Capitol Theater, Port Chester, NY 11/20/12
Photos and Words by Craig Sandor I’m going to say that many others including myself who for the first time ever saw the Traveler's Insurance TV commercial featuring a worried dog searching for and then finally finding the best way to hide his most prized possession (his bone), was curious enough... more
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving from everyone here at Live Music Blog! Here are a few holiday-related songs we are truly grateful for - From Vincent Guaraldi's "Thanksgiving Theme" to a comet named Halley. Please enjoy while you cook, drink and share in the most gluttonous of days! "Thanksgiving Theme"... more
Jam Cruise 11: Schedule Posted!
We've officially entered the home stretch. Jamcruise 11 sets sail in just seven weeks, and so at long last Cloud 9 Adventures has lifted the veil off the music schedule yesterday. Upon first glance, all I can say is "WOW". They've really outdone themselves this year and have deftly balanced... more
