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PHOTOS / RECAP: Kurt Vile & The Violators, Fresh & Onlys, & Steve Gunn @ Neumos, Seattle, WA 5/12/13
“Play ‘Too Hard!’” a fan yelled out last night during Kurt Vile and The Violator’s set at Neumos. The Philadelphia band is on tour in support of their April 9th release, Wakin on a Pretty Daze. The new record features longer songs than before, delving deep into private lyrical substance. “Too Hard” addresses Vile’s position as a father, and how he might live a better life for his daughters. It’s incredibly self-reflective, even self-critical at times. Acknowledging the fan’s request, Vile called back, “It’s too hard!” to widespread laughter. A crowd member retorted, “Play what you want!” Read more…
CONCERT RECAP: Jim James @ Fonda Theatre, Hollywood, CA 5/11/13
Photo by Christopher Gair Even after seeing his main squeeze My Morning Jacket sixteen times over the last eight years, Jim James still managed to impress, surprise and provide an existential thrill on Saturday night in Hollywood. While the three-night LA run MMJ played back in September at The Wiltern was... more
STREAM: Daft Punk’s “Random Access Memories” Right Now
It appears that either Random Access Memories leaked this morning and/or the record label made the snap executive decision to release a free stream on iTunes a week before the album's release date. Whether this was a purposeful leak or not, it comes as a surprise that the album has... more
FYF Fest 2013 Lineup: My Bloody Valentine, YYYs, TV On The Radio, MGMT and More
Los Angeles' FYF Fest continues its slow and steady ascent into one of the country's premiere multi-day music festivals and has just announced a fantastic lineup for this year's edition. The festival will go down once again in the LA State Historic Park (before temporarily relocating in 2014 while the... more
PHOTOS / RECAP: Allah-Las @ The Chapel, SF 5/9/13
Photos by Justin Yee / Words by Blanca Myers (@blancatron) Allah-Las hosted a sold-out beach party last night at The Chapel in San Francisco’s Mission District, filling the venue with surf wax and the sandy vibrations of the California coast. The all-ages show drew a cross-generational crowd of west coasters –from... more
PREVIEW: Five Must-See Sets at Hangout Music Fest 2013
The Hangout Music Fest returns for its 4th edition next weekend in Gulf Shores, AL and will feature such headliners as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Kings of Leon, Stevie Wonder, The Shins and Trey Anastasio Band. Shane Colman of the LMB NOLA team shares some of his picks for... more
CONCERT RECAP: Foals, Surfer Blood & Blondfire @ House of Blues NOLA 4/28/13
That funny band expression, “they’re big in Europe” was the precursor to the Foals show Sunday night at the House of Blues New Orleans. While the show wasn’t sold out, it was packed and pleasantly comfortable. Supporting act Blondfire was a victim of rain, Jazz Fest, and the... more
PHOTOS / RECAP: Everyone Orchestra w/ Marco Benevento & more @ The Blockley, Philly 4/19/13
Photos / Words by Matthew Hebert Marco Benevento and Matt Butler arrived at The Blockley on the eve of the hippy pseudo-holiday with a star studded cast in tow. Marco Benevento got the intimate 700 capacity crowd moving with his unique brand melodic piano rock. In addition to being... more
PHOTOS / VIDEOS: The Meter Men with Page McConnell @ Jazz Fest 2013
Much like last year's first Meters club show in NOLA in decades, a highly-anticipated late night show with The Meter Men (George Porter Jr., Leo Nocentelli and Zigaboo Modeliste) with Page McConnell was one of the toughest tickets of this year's entire Jazz Fest run. Luckily for those in the... more
WATCH: DJ Falcon on how NASA helped Daft Punk
Daft Punk's countdown to their fourth, Random Access Memories is at ten days now (with buzz at record levels) and today, the Creators Project continued the push with the latest episode in their awesome series. This one features DJ Falcon who appears on the album's final track, "Contact." ... more
Summer Set Music & Camping Festival: Passion Pit, STS9, Big Boi, Big Gigantic, Girl Talk and more
Last year's festival newcomer Summer Set Music & Camping Festival was one that came and went with relatively little fanfare, even though the lineup last year was insane. This year it's back with a new lineup that easily rivals last year's solid first year to market and the Midwest heads... more
Austin City Limits 2013: The Cure, Depeche Mode, KoL, Atoms for Peace, Muse and More
On Monday night, The Austin City Limits Music Festival announced its 2013 lineup and its definitely one of the strongest major festival lineups of the year marked by LMB favorites like Atoms for Peace, Wilco, The National, Queens of the Stone Age, Tame Impala, Phosphorescent, Portugal. The Man, Toro y... more
PHOTOS: Final Day @ Jazz Fest 2013 (Trombone Shorty, Black Keys, Meter Men with Page & More)
The final Sunday at Jazz Fest is always, without fail, an extra magical day at the Fairgrounds and yesterday's sunny and cool ending to the annual Fest provided an exclamation point on another year for the event. For the seventh and final day, Jim Brock captured the action from... more
WATCH: Bibio – “À tout à l’heure”
We don't highlight Bibio enough around these parts, most likely due to the fact that there are no current tour dates on the horizon for the Warp Records breakout set to release a new album Silver Wilkinson on May 14th. But the new video for "À tout à l'heure"... more
CONCERT RECAP: Bonobo w/ DJ Lo Down Loretta Brown (aka Erykah Badu) @ The Warfield, SF 5/3/13
This past Friday night I was lucky enough to pull a last-minute ticket to the sold-out Bonobo show here in San Francisco at the Warfield Theatre, and it was so last-minute that I unfortunately had to miss the opener El Ten Eleven, a band I've been hearing a lot of... more
PHOTOS: Jazz Fest 2013 (Willie Nelson, Jerry Douglas, Papa Grows Funk and More)
Jim Brock continued his extensive coverage of the Fairgrounds action at Jazz Fest 2013 on Friday, capturing sets by the incomparable Willie Nelson, the world's greatest dobro player Jerry Douglas, the soon-to-be defunct Papa Grows Funk and more. Continue back for continuous coverage from the Big Easy throughout the weekend... more
SETLIST / VIDEO: Rolling Stones @ Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA 5/3/13
The Rolling Stones "officially" kicked off their '50 and Counting' Tour last night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA, welcoming a few friends (UCLA's Marching Band, Gwen Stefani & Keith Urban) to the party. Reports from pals in attendance said that despite the early trouble getting in... more
LIVE VEGAS BLOG: REHAB’s 10th Anniversary Weekend (featuring PRINCE & JUSTICE)
I’m just now kind of re-gaining the ability to even begin to digest, recall, recount and recap everything some notable things a few of the big highlights from my: (1) First trip to Las Vegas; and (2) First time seeing Prince First off, we must say that The Hard Rock folks... more
PHOTOS: Jazz Fest 2013 (Widespread Panic, Patti Smith and More)
Our intrepid photographer Jim Brock continues covering the Grounds at Jazz Fest 2013 managed to truck through the rainy and muddy conditions yesterday to capture some of the action yesterday. Continue below for shots from sets by the headlining Widespread Panic (setlist here), the legendary Patti Smith, Henry Butler, Glen... more
Jazz Fest TV Schedule: DMB, Gary Clark Jr., The Meter Men (+Page), WSP & More
The second week of Jazzfest is well underway with rainy weather dominating Thursday headlines (despite some stellar performances.) Things are looking dry for the rest of the weekend but attendees should bundle up because a cold front is moving in that could bring record low temps. Those of... more
Sigur Rós Will Appear on The Simpsons and Contribute New Music
On May 19th for the two-part season finale, The Simpsons family are returning to Iceland and the welcome mat to the country will be rolled out by none other than Sigur Rós, who will also contribute new music to the episode! According to the Icelandic site MBL (you will... more
WATCH: Tame Impala Covers Outkast’s “Prototype”
You wouldn't immediately expect Aussie psych-rockers Tame Impala to take a liking to Outkast B-Sides, but the band proved us wrong recently with a cover of Andre 3000's The Love Below burner "Prototype" on Triple J's "Like A Version" program. A band like Outkast borders on untouchable but Tame Impala... more
SETLIST / TWEETS: Widespread Panic @ Jazz Fest 2013
Photo by Grant Thomas Widespread Panic returned to New Orleans on the generally less-crowded fourth day of Jazz Fest to headline the Acura Stage. Today marked Panic's eighth appearance at the Fest (almost sixteen years to the day after first appearing back in 1997) and 52nd overall performance in New Orleans.... more
Bill Frisell Announces ‘Big Sur’ Release on June 18th
Some unexpectedly awesome news hit our inbox this morning -- Guitarist-composer, Bill Frisell will release an album of new material on June 18th appropriately titled Big Sur. Big Sur is a region in California, one of it's most beautiful, with almost 90 miles of scenic coastline from Santa Cruz... more
Seven Must-See Sets on Bonnaroo’s Newly Released Schedule
A day after announcing who would be playing late nights on The Which Stage and in This, That and The Other Tents, the festival has announced the schedule for the 12th Annual round-the-clock music, comedy and arts festival in Manchester, TN. As with any of these mega fests, fans will... more
HIGH SIERRA 2013: Late Nights Announced
The 23rd edition of the High Sierra Music Festival is just over two months away (63 days, 8 hours...) and today the organizers rolled out their always-important late night schedule to go along with the impressive headliners (Robert Plant, Thievery Corporation, Primus) slated for July 4th weekend. Late night... more
CONCERT RECAP: PRINCE @ The Joint, Las Vegas, NV 4/27/13
As a result of a general awareness of his live pedigree as the consummate musician/showman, I knew going in that checking expectations at the door was a key pre-requisite to full enjoyment of my first PRINCE show during my first trip to Las Vegas. Expectations leading up were very high.... more
Bonnaroo Announces 2013 Late Night Lineup
The late night scene at Bonnaroo is arguably unparalleled on the American festival circuit when it comes to producing legendary, one-of-a-kind performances on a yearly basis. The festival has just announced this year's lineup and the following bands will be performing their set late night on the Bonnaroo stages this... more
PHOTOS: Jazz Fest 2013 (Weekend One)
A notably wet Weekend One at Jazz Fest 2013 is in the books and Jim Brock shares his images from B.B. King, Ben Harper, Dave Matthews Band, Voice of the Wetlands Allstars, John Mayer, Midnite Disturbers and more in the gallery below. Check them out loop back for more from... more
LouFest 2013: Wilco, The Killers, The National, Alabama Shakes, Jim James & More
St. Louis' LouFest has just announced the lineup for their annual music festival held at Forest Park's Central Field on September 7th & 8th, 2013. Headlining the festival are The Killers, Wilco and The National, along with an under-card of Alabama Shakes, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Jim... more
Phish Releases 6/20/95 and “The Fleezer” from 6/22/95
Today, LivePhish officially released another archived show from their vault, 6/20/95 at the Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Although the 6/20 show can stand on it's own (incl. the 1st ever Mikes -> Contact -> Weekapaug) the REAL gem of this release lies within it's filler, a... more
