Posts Tagged ‘Antibalas’

Live Music Blog's Best of 2012: Concerts, Albums, Artists and More (Part Two)

Live Music Blog’s Best of 2012: Concerts, Albums, Artists and More (Part Two)

12/03/2012  |  No Comments

Last week, we rolled out Part One of LMB's Best of 2012 feature, highlighting this year's noteworthy albums (Tame Impala's Lonerism, Jack White's Blunderbuss and Alt-J's An Awesome Wave), artists (Alabama Shakes & Father John Misty) live moments (Phish Dick's 8/31/12, MMJ's 3-night LA "no repeats run" & Sigur Ros... more

REVIEW / PHOTOS / VIDEO: Antibalas @ Tipitina’s 10/9/12

REVIEW / PHOTOS / VIDEO: Antibalas @ Tipitina’s 10/9/12

10/15/2012  |  Comments Off

The animated horn-section ruthlessly twists the floor into a frenzy of flailing arms and swaying hips, while the hypnotizing keyboard work keeps the cadenced groove from breaking it’s trance. Easy comparisons to the afro-beat deity Fela Kuti and his groups are first to come to mind, but it’s the music’s... more

Outside Lands 2012 Daily Lineups Announced

Outside Lands 2012 Daily Lineups Announced

07/18/2012  |  No Comments

The daily lineups for this year's Outside Lands Music Festival have been announced and I couldn't be more excited for this festival now. Sure, it's so stacked that invariably I will suffer some consequences of choosing between the major headliners who are put on opposite ends of the park,... more

REVIEW / PHOTOS: Rubblebucket @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC 1/28/12

REVIEW / PHOTOS: Rubblebucket @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC 1/28/12

02/06/2012  |  No Comments

Words by Carly Shields / Photos by Nick Irving Big band Brooklynites Rubblebucket sold out the Bowery Ballroom this past Saturday night, and though they haven’t quite broken into the mainstream scene, their constant touring schedule and years of festival appearances make them a pretty well known name in every scene... more

LMB NYC: This Week's Concert Calendar - Oct 24-30

LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar – Oct 24-30

10/24/2011  |  No Comments

Although last week there were a ton of shows going on due to CMJ, I think I'm actually more impressed with this week's selection. Amon Tobin's doing his ISAM live show at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple for three nights (Tues-Thurs). On Tuesday, the Field will bring their hypnotic loop-based... more