Weekly Roundup | Slow Food Rocks

This weekend I spent Saturday and Sunday in the photo pit for the Slow Food Rocks music festival, an inaugural event at Fort Mason here in San Francisco set atop a hill overlooking Golden Gate Bridge and the mouth of the Bay. What a view. The festival went off without a hitch at all to be found, and both days featured an eclectic mix of music and food vendors and it was a great, relaxing way to spend the weekend. I chose an extra day off from the blog, too. So just think of yesterday as my blog “labor” day. Hopefully the rest of you slackers found quality time to chillax, also.

We’ve got some great updates lined up for the week and we hope to have a podcast or two to share this weekend — we’ve been way too quiet in that department — so stay tuned to the site and check out our headlines from last week in case you missed them.

STS9 Announce Fall 2008 Tour Dates
The touring just never stops for STS9, and yet regardless of how many times I’ve seen this band I get really excited whenever they announce new dates. STS9 seems to be taking the road most traveled and is really…
Ryan Adam & the Cardinals | 2008 Fall Tour Dates
photo by 6tee-zeven Any Ryan Adams fans out there? The guy might be a bit unstable, but he sure can write a great tune. Ryan and the Cards have lined up a pretty solid fall tour. Check it out:…
Dave Matthews Band Postpones Two Shows
Though not surprising at all given the recent passing of LeRoi Moore, news that Dave Matthews Band has postponed two shows will surely make a few thousand fans a bit bummed tonight and Wednesday. Spread the word if you’re a…
HARD Haunted Mansion | Justice, Soulwax, Simian Mobile Disco, Crystal Castles
Now that Vegoose is no longer a reality, a lot of folks have their Halloween night all freed up. Let me make a suggestion. If you were planning on going to Vegas you might as well take the road all…
From the Pit | All Points West, Day 3
Waking up in Astoria, Queens, Sunday was a warm beautiful day. Alas the weather forecast told us that it would not last and we were facing one of those days at a festival. You know, those rainy miserable days that…
Lotus | Fall 2008 Tour Dates and New Album
It looks like Lotus has finalized a massive fall tour and plan to release a new album on October 14, called Hammerstrike. I last caught Lotus in Charlottesville for a seriously sweaty dance party. The place was sold out…
Forward Music Fest Schedule Announced
Poster Art by Judge Forward Music Fest is in full force as the schedule is now up on the website. The organizers are quick to acknowledge that accessibility is paramount to this festival, so Friday’s headliner, Neko Case, goes…
Sharon Jones Closes Out Summerstage
It was a rare kind of August Sunday in New York City. Sunny, comfortable with no humidity in the air. A perfect day, as Central Park’s Summerstage wrapped up its 2008 schedule with a day of soul and funk. We…
Tonight: !!! (Chk Chk Chk) at The Independent
Photo © JalapeÃ±o I’m behind on getting my other concert reviews posted from the stuff I saw last week (The Octopus Project, The Duo, Outside Lands) but that isn’t stopping me from going out tonight to check out !!!…
TV on the Radio | Extends Fall Tour, Album Details
A few weeks back, Justin posted some news about TV on the Radio’s upcoming fall tour. I remember reading the post and thinking that it was short tour considering TVOTR has an album release in the near future. Well,…
Steely Dan, Deep Blue Organ Trio @ The Chicago Theater, Chicago 8/16/08
All Photos by Ken Gilbertsen Since moving to Chicago, almost a year has passed before I was finally treated to a show at the theater which bears the city’s name. It was worth the wait, as I got to…
Yonder Mountain String Band Rocks the DNC Today
I thought I’d give a little props for one of the lesser-known bands that got booked for the Democratic National Convention going on right now in Denver, CO. Yonder Mountain String Band is scheduled to appear today right before the…
Bumbershoot 2008 Preview
Editor’s note: Kane Jamison is going to start laying down some more blog posts here at Live Music Blog and we couldn’t be more thrilled to finally get him back into the blogging game after Burning Oak went largely dark….
Radiohead to Webcast Concert Tonight from Santa Barbara
It’s great that most everyone got to see Radiohead this summer on their numerous individual tour dates or here, here and here. Yet if you didn’t get a chance to catch the most blogged about band in the world or…
Phish Friday | Old School August ’87, Part II
Last week, I dug back into the archives to highlight an old-school show from 8/21/1987 that captured the band during a fertile period of their career, both in terms of their songwriting and their live show. My selections gave a…
Slow Food Rocks Starts Today
I’m about to head over to the Slow Food Rocks festival at Fort Mason here in San Fran. I’m psyched as I’m going to bring my camera and spend some energy on trying to get good shots of the bands…
Bumbershoot 2008: Photos from Day One (!!!, Thao, The Staxx Brothers)
Thao at the Base of the Space Needle Hey guys, just a quick post on the first day of Bumbershoot. Great sets by The Staxx Brothers, Lucinda Williams, !!!, Beck, Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby, and Thao with the Get…