Posts Tagged ‘Delta Spirit’
First City Festival: Passion Pit, Modest Mouse, MGMT, Beach House and more
The crew at Goldenvoice is busy today with the first announcement of a new festival set for Monterey, CA over the August 24-25 weekend. First City Festival is a new addition to the stacked summer around here in the Bay Area, with Modest Mouse, Passion Pit, MGMT, Neko Case,... more
Live Music Blog’s Best of 2012: Concerts, Albums, Artists and More (Part Two)
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
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: Delta Spirit @ The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA 11/8/12
As is often the case in this town at a weeknight show, the crowd in the pristine Wiltern seemed a tad reserved, subdued and depraved of energy for the first 1/3 of the 90-minute show. However, from the get go, any lack of energy on the floor or up in... more
ROUNDUP: What Five Bands Should Be Bigger Than They Are (Part Three)
PART ONE (MONDAY) || PART TWO (TUESDAY) > For Day Three of this week's What Five Bands Should Be Bigger Than They Are feature in response to NPR's All Songs Considered buzz-generating article, we're featuring three different responses (Monday and Tuesday were two). People are champing at the bit to voice... more
CONCERT RECAP: Delta Spirit w/ Fidlar @ House of Blues, NOLA – Halloween 10/31/12
Halloween night is something to worship here in New Orleans, as you all probably know, and this past Wednesday the local clergy and ghoulish patrons of the Crescent City Church were out with praise and glory in the forefront of their minds. The House of Blues was certainly no exception,... more
Petty Fest Confirmed for NYC and LA
On October 24, Webster Hall will host Petty Fest NYC: A Night To Celebrate Tom Petty. The first ever Petty Fest LA will be held at The El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles on November 14 & 15. The New York show features special guests Justin Townes Earle,... more
FESTIVAL PREVIEW: Austin City Limits Music Festival 2012
Preview by Mark Wheeler LMB's ACL 2012 Playlist on Rdio The older one gets, the more shows one attends in proper venues, it gets easy to snob on festivals - no disrespect to the kiddies in their neon war paint and NBA jerseys. Festivals seem to recycle the same reshuffled lineup (yes,... more
Delta Spirit 2012 Fall Tour Dates
Over the last half-decade, one of LMB's favorite rock bands Delta Spirit have ascended the ranks of the live music world. Starting out as a hard-working band playing 150-200 shows a year, the band organically moved from bars to clubs and now, after three albums and years of hard touring,... more
Bonnaroo 2012: Highlights, Photos and Videos from Day Four (Beach Boys, Bon Iver, Phish)
And so came the final day of Bonnaroo 2012, a sad day in the lives of tens of thousands when reality forces them to return. But, the stages at Centeroo prevailed, giving us an abundance of music to ease us before our departure on this very cool, overcast day.... 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
ACL Fest 2012 Lineup: RHCP, Neil Young, Black Keys, Jack White and more
The lineup for ACL Fest just dropped officially after a few days of leaking out a few of the artists all around Austin via scratch off clue cards. This year's fest will be headlined by Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, The Black Keys, Jack White,... more
Lollapalooza 2012 Lineup Announced: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Black Keys, Black Sabbath, Jack White and more…
The lineup for this year's Lollapalooza Music Festival was released late last night and people are buzzing this morning around the internets psyched on the heavy hitters at the top of the bill. Headlining this year will be Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Black Keys, Black Sabbath and Jack... 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
TOUR DATES: Dave Matthews Band 2012 Summer Tour
After taking most of 2011 off, Dave Matthews Band will hit the road this summer for a massive trek across North America. The band has chosen a bunch of interesting opening acts for their 40 summer dates, including The Avett Brothers, the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic... 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
Year In Review: LMB NOLA Staff and Friends Live Music Highlights
This little corner of the Internet would not be possible without the hard work and support of the people below. We’ve got an eclectic confederation of folks keeping the wheels turning at LMB NOLA and we hope you enjoy reading our memories from the year in music.
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
@LMBNOLA: 2011 Austin City Limits Festival Wrap
Austin City Limits served as the ultimate break from the status quo, an ephemeral voyage to a utopia far removed from normative daily life, embedded in the heart of one America’s most interesting cities. Also, the extended weekend was a long overdue first trip to Austin, TX for me personally,... more
My Morning Jacket: New Dates (SF, LA, NYC), Videos from ACL Fest
Good news for My Morning Jacket fans just dropped in my inbox. While the band is coming off a triumphant headlining set on Saturday night at ACL Fest, they're looking ahead to a December full of awesomeness with the announcement that they'll be playing dates with Sharon Jones &... more
ACL THURS: FUTUREBIRDS, J. Roddy Walston & The Business and Delta Spirit @ Emo’s Outside – 9/15/11
Last night at Emo’s Outside I re-realized why I’m such a big Delta Spirit fan and have been since the the release of their rookie record Ode To Sunshine. In short, these guys know how write good songs and deliver them on the live stage every time. Like the great... more
High Sierra 2011: MMJ, Ween, Neko Case, Warren Haynes, Yonder, Dr. Dog & more…
The lineup for High Sierra 2011 was just announced, nearly a full day early here on the West Coast and the same day that Electric Forest announced their lineup. Some fans may consider a tough choice between the two festivals, but not me and about 50 other friends out... more
