Archive for Epic Previews
A Bucket Full of Thoughts on Phish in 2012
We are literally just hours away from the start of another season of Phish. Rehearsals have started and opening day at the DCU Center (The Centrum) in Worcester, MA comes Thursday . I'll be there to soak in the first sounds of summer along with a few others from... more
EPIC PREVIEW: 10 Must See Artists @ Bonnaroo 2012
Check out Live Music Blog's 2012 Bonnaroo Playlist (5 HOURS!) It's that time of year when my heart starts to race during random intervals throughout the day and night, propelled by my childishly-expectant subconscious, the season when my adrenal glands swell up like pregnant dinosaurs in humming anticipation for one of... more
VIDEO PREVIEW: Wakarusa Music Festival 2012
There is less than one week until I'm back on Mulberry Mountain for Wakarusa and I can't even think about anything else. The schedule for this year's festival is so full of what I would consider "must-see" acts that "a few schedule conflicts" doesn't even begin to describe my indescision.... more
LMB CO: Red Rocks Summer 2012 Preview
Living in Colorado is great. You have access to world class skiing and snowboarding, 300 days of sunshine per year, and some of the best micro-brewed beer in the country, however you can't really say you've experienced the best of the Centennial state without a trip to Red Rocks Amphitheater.... 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
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
PREVIEW: Snowlive Boulder Begins Today
Our friend Patrick Hagen will be hitting up night three of the upcoming Soulive run in Denver that they've dubbed as Snowlive; check out his preview of the weekend below... Coming off one of their most exciting years yet, Soulive kicks off their three night “Mini-Festival” dubbed Snowlive at... more
LMB ATL: STS9 5 Night Run @ the Tabernacle to Ring in 2012
The connection between STS9 and 2012 over the years (the Great Cycle Spectacles have already been announced for next year) is well documented, and to ring in the big New Year, the jazzy electroquest band will be returning to their longtime staple venue for S9's first five-night run in the... more
PREVIEW: Phish NYE Run After-Parties in NYC
Well, we’re less than one week out from Phish New Years Eve, the first time most of their fans have seen them since summertime. We have high expectations of this run, and I'm sure Phish will do their best to satisfy our cravings, especially considering their lack of announced and... more
JAZZ FEST 2012: Rumors, Guesses, Wishes & More
The Voodoo Experience is now in the rearview and the relentless fall concert schedule is starting to slow down (although one could easily keep themselves busy on the live circuit until NYE) and therefore it’s time to start speculating about the 2012 Jazz Fest lineup. Hard to say who will... more
Jam Cruise Sold Out; Schedule Teases Abound!
Yesterday, a critical graphic on the Jam Cruise homepage changed with little fanfare, but this morning the official email went out: the tenth sailing of this musical sea odyssey is now sold out. There is a waitlist for parties that are still interested, but most people that were still on... more
PREVIEW / VIDEOS: 10 Must-See Artists @ Moogfest 2011
Our buddy Nick Isasi (@noodlecast) is making the trek to this year's Moogfest and he's put together his list of must-see artists who are performing at the festival. The lineup is pretty amazing and we're excited to have him helping us cover the event... It’s finally October, which... more
TUNES / TOUR DATES: An Organic Find of Megafaun
Over the weekend, while taking a walk in the Santa Monica neighborhood I passed by @McCabesGuitar shop, and as I normally do, stopped to check out their "Upcoming Shows Wall." One of the posters that caught my eye was the simply titled MEGAFAUN. It rang a bell. ... more
VIDEO PREVIEW: Day Two @ Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival 2011
Check out my quick video preview of some of the artists that you can see today for FREE down in Golden Gate Park as part of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. Why am I not there and publishing this now, you ask?! There may have been a flask involved in... more
PREVIEW @LMBNOLA: tUnE-yArDs @ One Eyed Jacks 10/2/11
WTUL is killin’ it these days with their select show promotions, helping bring a SOLD OUT Explosions in the Sky to Tipitina’s on Wednesday and closing down the week with the highly-buzzed about tUnE-yArDs at One Eyed Jacks, one of the more unique bands to come out of the indie... more
PREVIEW: Day One @ Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival 2011
Today marked the unofficial beginning to the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, the annual (and free) festival that brings thousands of people to Golden Gate Park each and every fall with tarps in tow and whiskey drinking on the brain. I say unofficial because really only MC Hammer played today... more
@LMBNOLA: Voodoo Experience 2011: The Weird, The Awesome & The Macabre
Regardless of your thoughts on this year’s lineup, to the festival’s credit, the Voodoo Experience always does a bang-up job of compiling one of the most unique, wholly eccentric and random yearly lineups of any American festival. No one outside of the Rehage camp could’ve envisioned this sorta lineup and... more
PREVIEW: Music Midtown Makes a Triumphant Return to Atlanta Live Music Scene
Being a recent transplant to Atlanta, Music Midtown is a festival I’ve heard a lot about but never had the pleasure of attending. The event previously ran annually as a 2-day and later 3-day festival from 1996-2005, in various locations throughout midtown and downtown Atlanta, and was a huge success.... more
VIDEO / PREVIEW: A Few Must-See Bands @ moe.down XII
moe.down XII Sept 2-4, 2011 Gelston Castle Estate, Mohawk, NY While we've obviously been covering the hell out of the Phish Summer Tour, we're also hella excited about this weekend's annual moe.down Festival in Mohawk, NY. Our friend Nick Irving is going to be on-site shooting photos for the site (as best... more
Party Time: A Preview of Phish Summer Tour Leg II
This weekend Phish will continue their 2011 summer tour at the aptly named Gorge(ous) Ampitheatre in George, Washington. With a first leg down and a festival that surpassed most people's expectations, the band looks to continue the good fight with nine shows in August at some historic venues in the... more
LMB Austin? We’re Heading to ACL Fest 2011!
A few weeks back I wrote up some thoughts on this year's Austin City Limits Music Festival lineup and the bands I wouldn't want to miss if I was able to attend this year. And while a music festival can be a solid wonderment of new artist discovery and seeing those... more
Five Artists to “Discover” @ 2011 Austin City Limits Music Festival
I'm hopping a flight later today for Austin to take part in this year's Austin City Limits Music Festival, my first time down there for this big event. The lineup is friggin' stacked and I'm seeing so many good bands that I haven't seen before, which will be the... more
High Sierra 2011: 5 Must-See Artists to Get It Started
Yeah! It's finally time for this year's High Sierra Music Festival up in Quincy, CA, and my crew in Camp Cock Awe has already secured a healthy chunk of Big Meadow to get ready for the music starting today at 12pm noon. My out-of-office is officially on and... more
