Posts Tagged ‘Disco Biscuits’
Langerado 2007 | Schedule Announced!
The schedule for Langerado 2007 has been posted, and it is (once again) being powered by the team and database wizardry over JamBase. I love how they make schedule customization possible on this -- color me easily amused -- but I think it's great that festivals are all taking... more
(The Return of) Heady Links | Guitar Gods, Arcade Fire, and Bisco Roulette
Remember Heady Links? I used to have a regular HL post up every other day and I eventually just let the idea fizzle out. No longer, my friends... Mr. Whitperson has my back on this one and you'll be seeing regular posts from both of us in this category... more
Weekly Roundup
I think that I would usually wish everyone a happy Monday right about now, but it's hard to be happy after the Chicago Bears lost the Super Bowl to the Indianapolis Colts last night. Given the conditions and everything else, I'm surprised that the game didn't look nastier overall.... more
10,000 Lakes Festival (10KLF) | Artist Additions
The 10,000 Lakes Festival (10KLF) has announced a 2nd round of artist additions to its initial line-up.The new additions are solid, though not terribly surprising, and include: The Disco Biscuits Keller Williams New Riders of the Purple Sage Pnuma Trio God Johnson GypsyFoot Bump Mr. Blotto The Burnin' Smyrnans The Heavy Pets It’s nice to see the Disco Biscuits fleshing out... more
Where the Indie Rock and Jam Worlds Collide: Brothers Past
Updated with new dates below Over the last few years, there seems to be some sort of uneasy convergence of indie rock and jambands playing out at summer music festivals across the nation (the rumored line-up for Bonnaroo, thought still unofficial, is a key example). Whether or not this phenomenon... more
Weekly Roundup & Open Thread
We're all returning back to work today so here's to helping your thwart off your case of the Mondays... Catch up with the archives from last week at Live Music Blog, and definitely continue to welcome our new contributors, Kathryn and Whitperson, to the site. They're going to be ... more
The DIY Indie Band Biz Model…
….seems to be all the rage these days. But is it only news when it's the latest Indie "buzz" band who's side-stepping the major labels? This whole "digital music era" thing is bringing out a lot of great discussion about changes to the status quo of music industry business models, and... more
New Year’s Eve Shenanigans: Fun Covers and Big Bust-outs
Photo © UM.com In addition to the new posts last week, we've got some new posts this week from a writer you might be newly familiar with. WHITperson, the man behind the curtain over at Live Music Musings, brings us his first post for the site with a major roundup... more
Win Tickets to Langerado 2007 from Live Music Blog
As we're all aware, attending music festivals can be a quite pricey endeavor given all the arrangements that normally need to be made. Tickets? Check. Tent/hotel? Check. Transpo? Check. Food? Check. Headies? (if you're into that sort of thing) Check. It'd... more
snoe down 2007
moe. announced another one of their annual festivals this week, and it looks like a doozy... snoe.down 2007 http://www.moe.org/snoedown.php March 23-25, 2007 Lake Placid, NY "Snoe.down '07, the all ages, weekend winter music festival hosted by indie-jam rockers moe., returns to beautiful Lake Placid, N.Y., March 23-25, 2007. Snoe.down kicks off the week-long Adirondack Almost... more
Langerado 2007 Late Nights Announced
The late night shows for Langerado have been announced -- no big surprises really -- and tickets go on-sale this Friday at 10am EST. 2007 Langerado Music Festival Late Night Schedule Thursday March 8 @ Revolution Sound Tribe Sector 9 Thursday March 8 @ Culture Room New Monsoon, Tea Leaf Green Friday March 9... more
2007 Langerado Music Festival
The lineup for Langerado 2007 is going to be announced any second now, and the boys over at Glide have it on good authority that both Widespread Panic and Soulive have been confirmed to attend this year's fest. 2007 Langerado Music Festivalhttp://www.langerado.comMarch 9-11, 2007Markham Park, FL (Ft. Lauderdale)LINEUP:Widespread PanicTrey Anastasiomoe.MatisyahuBela Fleck... more
I Tube, YouTube, We All Tube
Following up on yesterday's Sufjan Stevens video wankfest... Here are some fantasticly ferocious live music finds from YouTube... Disco Biscuits - "Voices Insane" One of my favorite-ist Bisco tunes... Radiohead - "15 Steps" Having never seen Radiohead live -- really, ever -- I was quite surprised to see that this is how Thom Yorke performs.... more
WTF?!? | MP3 of the Day
The Disco Biscuits covered Devo "Whip It" a couple weeks ago? WTF... Disco Biscuits - "Whip It" (live) [mp3]
Go vote, you hippie!
Tomorrow is Mid-Term Election Day here in our good 'ol US AND A -- and HeadCount and the Disco Biscuits are hoping that you don't forget it... Tomorrow is election day. You have a choice: You can participate and do your part to shape America's future, or you can stay at... more
Let’s the New Year’s Eve Planning Begin
Similar to the hype surrounding Halloween shows, many bands invest a lot of time and energy into throwing big, extravagent New Year's Eve shows for their fans. These shows are normally treats for hometown crowds, and most often the bands really try to put something special into the event... more
Disco Biscuits Announce New Live CD, ‘Rocket 3′
The Disco Biscuits have announced a follow-up live disc to their latest live full-release, The Wind at Four to Fly. The Disco Biscuits and Diamond Riggs Records newest live release, Rocket 3, is the entire third set of the Biscuits 2004 New Years Eve performance in New York City. Highly regarded... more
Download Roundup
Some downloads to get you through your Tuesday. Beck - 6/21/06 [mp3]Disco Biscuits - 5/5/06, Vic Theatre, IL [flac]*Gregg Allman & Warren Haynes - 9/2/06, Red Rocks, CO [mp3]Guns 'N Roses - 9/23/06, KROQ Inland Invasion [mp3]Misc - Indie Rock TV Show Theme Song Covers @ chromewaves... more
LiveBonnaroo.com Update | Download sets from Bonnaroo 2006
Photo © Adam Gromfin LiveBonnaroo.com has finally gotten around to putting up high-quality audio recordings from Bonnaroo 2006. So far, they've got sets by... - Umphrey's McGee - Medeski Martin & Wood - Disco Biscuits - Soulive - Rusted Root - Steel Train - Robinella - Balkan Beat Box ...ready to go. They're selling for anywhere from $9.95... more
Headcount.org | Upcoming Events
Headcount is a nonprofit voter registration organization and they're going to be at moe.down 7 this weekend. Also... Headcount, the non profit, non partisan voter registration organization co-founded by Marc Brownstein from The Disco Biscuits will be onsite at the Dave Matthews / George Clinton and P-Funk show at the First Midwest... more
Halloween Concerts are a-Brewin’
Many live music fans know that there are a couple special dates throughout the year where a few bands take their concerts to the next level -- namely, Halloween and New Year's Eve being the first ones that come to mind... Vegoose takes this concept and effectively runs with it; Halloween... more
Bustle in your Hedgerow | Abbey Pub, 8/6/06, Chicago
Mike Guzaski went to the Bustle in your Hedgerow show on 8/6/06 at the Abbey Pub in Chicago -- one of the last chances to celebrate Lollapalooza weekend in Chicago -- and sent us a review. Feel free to send us your own and maybe we'll use it (with... more
Weekly Roundup
I'm chillaxin' around the house today after a good week of Live Music Blogging... Lollapalooza 2006 | Day One, Review, Photos Day One of Lollapalooza 2006 was spectacular. A truly impressive lineup, a truly impressive backdrop, a truly impressive festival presence, and gorgeous, warm weather all came together yesterday for a very... more
Lollapalooza 2006 Downloads & Torrents
Lollapalooza 2006 was a great time and I'm really glad that I was able to catch most of the festival (at least, most of what I wanted to see)...Check here for any downloads from the festival or the aftershows; I'll be updating as they come in. As always, check Largehearted... more
the Disco Biscuits | Stolen Tracks 2
During Umphrey's McGee's set at Lollapalooza, some dude walked over near our blanket and sat down for a second to fiddle with his backpack. He grabbed a large handful of discs and threw one over by us. Our first reaction: what the hell/fuck/shit is this guy doing? I look... more
Lollapalooza 2006 | Day Two, Review, Photos
I'll be honest here... Day Two of Lollapalooza didn't really blow me away; instead, It was like a light breeze of the lake. Get it, because we're right on Lake Michigan... The crowd was a lot larger on Saturday than it was on Friday. Hung out and listened to some... more
My Plan of Attack for Lollapalooza | Saturday, Day Two
It's around noon on Saturday and my recap from Lollapalooza day one has just been posted. I've still got a little bit left to do around the home and household and then I'm headed down to catch the first band I really really want to see... Saturday, August 5 3:30pm //... more
Lollapalooza 2006 | Day One, Review, Photos
Photo © Chicagoist Whoever the hell this red blazer guy was -- I don't care -- he was awesome! He danced along with a few of the acts as if he had discovered them and was finally watching them take the world by storm. It was kinda cute, actually... Photo... more
Hump Day Links
Katie got me the Kraftwerk Minimum-Maximum DVD for my birthday -- I can finally relive the magic that was Kraftwerk live. Pick up this DVD; you won't be sorry! The Secret Machines have announced that they're playing a Lollapalooza aftershow at the Darkroom in Chicago. I've updated my aftershows... more
From the Wire
The Dr. John set from Bonnaroo 2006 got uploaded and torrented. I've updated my Bonnaroo 2006 downloads and torrents post with the link. Adam Foley's old photo/music site, The Daily Goods, has been redesigned as a blog (powered by Textpattern). He'll be highlighting great live music downloads just as... more
Lollapalooza 2006 | Aftershows Schedules Released
Photo © Lollapalooza.com As if 130 bands, 8 stages, and three days worth of music aren't enough to keep your musical whistle wet over Lollapalooza weekend in Chicago, you'll have plenty of chance to stay up late and see more music by catching the Lollapalooza aftershows... 8.2.2006 Lollapalooza Last Band Standing Double Door Ages 21+ Doors... more
