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VIDEOS: Andrew Bird drops by The Colbert Report
Andrew Bird made a stop on his tour yesterday to play the Colbert Report and promote his latest album, Break It Yourself. He played "Eyeoneye" on the show and also played "Dance Caribe" which was posted as a web exclusive. The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full... more
Outside Lands 2012: Save the date!
The folks behind Outside Lands just updated the website to get people psyched up for the 2012 festival set again in Golden Gate Park for the weekend of August 10-12. Early-bird $165 tickets go on sale this Friday but they'll run out fast, so stay on sfoutsidelands.com for the... more
TOUR DATES: Here We Go Magic release “Make Up Your Mind” video…
Here We Go Magic is touring on a new album soon, and they've released a crazy new video for the single, "Make Up Your Mind." I listened to this track once and immediately restarted it, so take that for what it's worth and trust that they're an amazing band... more
Lightning in a Bottle 2012: Bassnectar, Glitch Mob, Shpongle & more…
The lineup for this year's Lightning in a Bottle Festival down near LA was just announced. Set for Memorial Day weekend at Oak Canyon Ranch in Silverado, CA, the four-day weekend will be headlined by Bassnectar, The Glitch Mob, Shpongle and Tipper, with other LMB faves EOTO and Big... more
PHOTOS: Railroad Earth & Cornmeal @ Best Buy Theater, NYC 2/25/12
Our buddy Nick Irving went and shot the Railroad Earth and Cornmeal show a few weeks back in New York City. Read on for his photos and the setlist from Railroad Earth... SETLIST: Railroad Earth 02/25/12 (Sat) Best Buy Theater - New York City, NY Set 1: Mighty River, Saddle... more
High Sierra 2012 Lineup: STS9, Galactic, Built to Spill, Lotus, Soulive & more…
The lineup for High Sierra Music Festival was just announced and it's absolutely a fantastic day for all my friends (based on my chat windows and the status updates I'm reading). We wait all year for this announcement locally because we know that High Sierra is one of the... more
VIDEOS: Jack White debuts solo project on Saturday Night Live
Jack White's solo project debut was booked as the musical guest on this past weekend's Saturday Night Live and he delivered two songs backed by two different bands. These tracks are expected on his solo debut album, Blunderbuss, which is set to be released on April 24th...
TOUR DATES: Furthur announces Summer Dates
This is definitely going to be a jamband-tastic summer with Furthur announcing summer tour dates today just days after Phish announced and a day after String Cheese Incident also announced. But those projects are all over the map in terms of scope and venue choice, and Further's entering was... more
TOUR DATES: String Cheese Incident Announces Summer Tour
String Cheese Incident announced a summer tour late yesterday which will take them beyond their already announced shows at Hangout Festival and Electric Forest. They start things off with a three-night run at Red Rocks before heading West with shows in UT, AZ and then both Greek Theatres in... more
moe.down Announces New Dates, Back at Snow Ridge in Turin
moe. announced the dates and location for their annual moe.down Festival earlier today and it's definitely news to those in the fan camp that the weekend is moving to August 10-12, 2012 instead of the expected Labor Day weekend throwdown. They're also heading back to Snow Ridge Ski Mountain... more
DeLuna Fest Early Bird Tickets On Sale Tomorrow AM
Fans in the South should not dilly dally tomorrow morning if you're thinking about hitting up the 2012 DeLuna Fest set for September 21-23 in Pensacola Beach. Last year's lineup had the likes of The Shins, Weezer, Cake, Jane’s Addiction, Cut Copy, Big Boi, Matt & Kim, Girl Talk,... more
TOUR DATES: Phish releases official 2012 Summer Dates
In case for some crazy Godforsaken reason you haven't already seen the news, Phish officially announced their summer tour this morning. Some sleuthing hacking on the internet brought us the same dates yesterday via the PT Gestapo, and today we have it on official from the band. Fishman... more
Secret Organization “Phishileaks” Hacks Phish.com, Releases Summer Tour Dates
For now we've got to wait and call these dates a rumor, but it looks as though the anonymous hacker, a conspiracist organization we're conspicuously dubbing "Phishileaks," has rocked their way into the summer tour dates over at Phish.com. We knew some website changes were made recently when fans... more
Pitchfork Music Festival: Final Lineup Posted!
The lineup for the Pitchfork Music Festival was just announced with dates confirmed for the weekend of July 13-15, 2012 at Chicago's Union Park. Headlining this year's festival will be Vampire Weekend and Feist with more to be announced in that department, and joining them are the likes of... more
Ticketmaster releases iOS App
Psyched to see this news via our friends at Hidden Track: Ticketmaster just recently released an iOS app now available for free through the App Store, which is definitely big news for live music fans that lean towards the Apple fanboy side of things. I'll be downloading this right... more
TONIGHT: The Budos Band @ The Independent, SF
I'm psyched to be hitting The Budos Band tonight at the Independent; it's been a while since I last saw them and I was told their last show at the Mezzanine was a little lackluster. But, in their defense, they did challenge their fans to a pub crawl before... more
Spring Awakening Festival: Skrillex, Afrojack, Moby (DJ set) & more…
Well, we don't see any mentions of Daft Punk on this here press release we just received about the Spring Awakening Festival, Chicago's first all-untz affair set for the field outside of Soldier Field on June 16th and 17th, but the rumor we had up about Skrillex, Laidback Luke and... more
TOUR DATES: Marco Benevento, Garage a Trois, & Bustle in Your Hedgerow
Make sure you're up to date on the new "Busiest Man in the Jamband Scene" and perennial favorite around these parts: Marco Benevento. Tonight he's playing in Cambridge, MA and while the show is sold out already, you're in luck if you didn't get tickets already. ConcertWindow.com looks... more
STREAM: White House tribute to the Blues
I didn't think I'd ever get to the day when I was embedding live concert webcasts coming straight to you from the White House, but sure enough, you can tune in right now and catch Mick Jagger rocking out with Jeff Beck on "Miss You" while Barack and Michelle Obama... more
TOUR DATES: Barr Brothers to play SXSW, Wanderlust VT & more…
The Barr Brothers are a band holding a very special place in my heart these days and I'm glad to see that they just announced a new set of tour dates keeping them well on the road through 2012. The band is booked for a show at the Montreal... more
All Good Music Festival Announces 2012 Lineup: ABB, Phil Lesh, Flaming Lips, Lotus & more…
The lineup for this year's All Good Music Festival was just announced and will feature headlining sets from The Allman Brothers Band, Phil Lesh and Friends, and the Flaming Lips. Joining them near the top of the lineup is the duo of Bob Weir and Bruce Hornsby (featuring Branford... more
TOUR DATES: Gramatik, Break Science & Paul Basic
Tickets went on sale earlier today for the Pretty Lights Music tour with Gramatik, Break Science and Paul Basic. Gramatik, Break Science & Paul Basic 3/23/12 Tampa, FL Crowbar 18 +$12 ADV / $15 DOS 3/24/12 Miami, FL MEKKA 21 +N/A 3/25/12 Jacksonville, FL Club TSI 18+ 21+ $15 / 18+ $17 3/27/12 Charleston, SC... 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
Levitate Festival: 4/20 in Denver with Rusko, DJ Shadow & more
The second-ever Levitate Festival was just announced today; they put on the festival last year around the "high" holiday of April 20th (last year's date being 4/19) and ended up pulling a sell-out together on their first time at it. This year they're going a bit bigger and better... more
TOUR DATES: The Beach Boys Announce 50th Anniversary Tour
The Beach Boys have announced the dates for their 50th Anniversary Tour which will bring the reunited band all around the country around their previously announced headlining slots at Jazz Fest and Bonnaroo 2012. The band went live with a full announcement today on thebeachboys.com. The Beach Boys... more
PHOTOS: Los Campesinos! & Parenthetical Girls @ Echoplex, LA 2/11/12
Our friend Matt LaRoche shot the Los Campesinos! show at the Echoplex this past Saturday night and got a great photo set from the band (as well as the "openers" Parenthetical Girls). Read on for the setlist and the snaps... Los Campesinos! have surely come a long way since I’ve... more
VIDEO: Erykah Badu, Zigaboo, Dap-Kings & Mark Ronson – “A La Modeliste” (Live on Letterman)
Last night one of the main ideas from the Re:Generation Music Project was put on display from the Late Show with David Letterman. Mark Ronson brought Erykah Badu, Zigaboo Modeliste and the Dap-Kings horn players to show off their "A La Modeliste," which absolutely slays. So good. ... more
Bonnaroo 2012 Lineup: Radiohead, RHCP, Phish, Bon Iver & Beach Boys
The lineup for Bonnaroo 2012 was just released and features Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Phish, Bon Iver, and the Beach Boys all at the top of the artist list for this year's festival. Read on for the full lineup... Bonnaroo 2012 Lineup http://www.bonnaroo.com Radiohead Red Hot Chili Peppers Phish The Beach Boys Featuring Brian... more
Re:Generation Music Festival announces 2012 dates
The Re:Generation Music Festival will be returning to Horning's Hideout in Oregon the weekend of June 21-24, 2012 and will feature the music of STS9. More on this to come... Update (5/8): BOO. The festival has been cancelled... We regret to announce that 2012's Re:Generation Festival has been cancelled. All customers... more
Bonnaroo 2012 Lineup Leaked?!? Prince, RHCP, Phish & Radiohead?!
In case you missed it, we definitively heard from the Superfly team regarding this year's Bonnaroo Music Festival lineup and how it will be released sometime "tomorrow" via Spotify. They're going to create a playlist of the artists from the festival and I've now heard that it could actually... more
VIDEO: Tribute to the UNTZ on the Grammys (My Favorite Part)
In case you missed it, the Grammys brought out some serious untz last night with a David Guetta led jam with Chris Brown and Lil Weezy which moved quickly across the room to the Foo Fighters / Deadmau5 collaboration which was a little too rocking for me at first. ... more
