Archive: 2010

On February 22, The Low Anthem will release Smart Flesh, the self-produced follow up to their critically lauded 2009 release Oh My God, Charlie Darwin on Nonesuch. The majority of Smart Flesh’s eleven tracks were recorded in a cavernous, vacant pasta sauce factory in Central Falls, RI. Additional tracking was done in a Providence garage, […]

Umphrey’s McGee has announced early 2011 tour plans. The band will begin their winter adventures with their 4th annual destination event, this year in sunny Mexico, where 1000 fans will join them for the sold-out Mayan Holidaze. Soon after, Umphrey’s McGee embarks on a two-month tour that takes them from coast to coast. Along the […]

Rounder Records is excited to announce that Robert Plant has confirmed a 15-date North American tour. Beginning January 18th in Asheville, NC, this will be the first tour on these shores since the triumphant release of his latest album, Band of Joy, which Rolling Stone magazine in its four-star review called "sweet, elegant folk that […]

For anyone who reads this blog, here is the opportunity of a lifetime.  I received the following information via email the other day and thought it was too good not to share.  You don’t want to be one of those shoulda, coulda woulda people now do you?  Oh and good luck to anyone who goes… […]

Our pal SGordo pointed us in the direction of an event listing that left our jaw on the floor. NYC’s Le Poisson Rouge will host a concert called What Kind of Love Is This: The Music of Bob Dylan and The Band featuring an impressive all-star lineup on Sunday, December 5th. Check out the house band […]

It’s been awhile since we’ve done this, but I thought we’d take a break from the norm and offer a mix tape dedicated to great comedy, because who doesn’t like to get their laugh on? So let’s listen to some of these great indie-comics. Just a warning – most of this stuff is slightly NSFW… […]

The Mike Gordon Band’s tour is in full swing as the group incorporates new covers and originals into the repertoire. At Wednesday night’s gig in Seattle, Cactus and his band mates debuted their version of The Outdoor Type by The Lemonheads – not exactly a group you’d expect Gordon to cover, but that’s what we […]

On February 22, G. Love will release his fourth solo album Fixin’ To Die via Brushfire Records. Love got some high profile help courtesy of Seth and Scott Avett who produced the album, which was recorded at Echo Mountain Studios in Asheville, NC and is said to have a country-blues sound. Here’s a trailer previewing […]

Just months after The Suburbs debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts, the pride of Montreal – Arcade Fire – return to Saturday Night Live this Saturday at 11:30PM ET for the first time since 2007. We’d expect the group to perform two songs off of The Suburbs, but who knows with this band. Friday, […]

Few people have experienced such an event that has featured performances by Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, John Mayer, ZZ Top, B.B. King, Derek Trucks, Sheryl Crow, Susan Tedeschi and Buddy Guy all in one concert, and now everyone has an opportunity to relive the ultimate guitar lover’s dream on the two DVD Crossroads Guitar Festival.

Hopefully the dreaded H word doesn’t last too long for The Black Crowes as they have never been more “on” over their entire career.  With progressive albums and electrifying tours, it is a shame they are putting it to bed, here’s wishing also that Luther Dickinson keeps bringing his magic on that day when the Crowes do come back to roost. 

Over the past four years, we’ve pointed you in the direction of many live music downloads through our MP3 Boot Camp and Grousing The Aisles columns as well as within our various link dump columns. Many of our readers peruse Hidden Track from work – and lately through mobile devices – and we realize that sometimes downloading live sets isn’t an option. For those situations a stream of these live recordings works much better.

Last week, we kicked off a new series called Irregular Streams in which we highlight a listen-able stream you might not have found on your own. The new column got us thinking about all the sources for live music streams out there and for this week’s B List we’ve prepared a list of our ten favorite sources for these streams. Here’s what we came up with…

10. PanicStream

While there’s no denying that PanicStream.com is focused on the music of Widespread Panic, over the past 12 months or so the amount of shows from other artists that you can stream through the site has grown dramatically. From A Perfect Circle to ZZ Top there are over 100 wide-ranging acts with streams hosted on PanicStream.com. Meanwhile, PS’s live Widespread Panic collection continues to expand and even has some complete years worth of shows available to stream.

Recommended Gems: Beastie Boys – 05/22/1992, Sublime – 10/21/1995, Talking Heads – 08/23/1980 and Widespread Panic – 04/27/1997

READ ON for nine more sites where you can stream live music…

A number of special guests have been added to the lineup for Another One For Woody at the Roseland Ballroom in NYC on November 22 including Chuck Garvey, Jim Loughlin and Vinnie Amico from moe., Rich Robinson of the Black Crowes and Kevn Kinney. Additional performers added today are Audley Freed, Berry Oakley, Jr., Edwin […]

Colorado jammers the String Cheese Incident launched an archival series called Rhythm of the Road this past Tuesday with the release of Volume 1 – Incident In Atlanta featuring the band’s highly lauded November 17, 2000 performance at The Tabernacle. This 3-CD set contains the entire show lovingly remixed and re-mastered from the original 24-bit […]

During a relatively brief tour of just 15 shows, Phish packed many highlights into the run that concluded in Atlantic City on Halloween. Phish kicked off the tour with a festival show in Texas, three consecutive nights in Colorado, two in the South, six at old school locations in the Northeast and a triumphant three night run in Atlantic City. The buzz throughout the last week or so of the tour was palpable with several shows destined to go down in the history books and be re-visited many times for years to come.

So what did everyone think?

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In the most lopsided of question of not only this survey, but all the prior ones as well, the resounding majority certainly felt that this was THE tour since the reunion. As Phish nears the 100 show mark since Hampton, it’s hard to argue that several of these fifteen were not among the best.

Overall Grade for Fall Tour

Solid again, with a much larger percentage of fans scoring a B+ or higher than previous tours.  Only 10% scored a B or lower. For three of you, we’ll catch you at the next WSP show.

READ ON for more results from our Fall Tour Survey…

American jazz trio The Bad Plus have a way of completely deconstructing covers, while still maintaining the essence of the song that attracted us to it in the first place. For an example, check out this professionally shot video of The Bad Plus covering Everybody Wants to Rule The World by Tears For Fears at a recent […]

With the holiday season just around the corner, those looking for something  unique for the music fan in your life might want to consider the two new vinyl box sets being offered up by Jack White’s Third Man Records. The Nashville-based label’s limited edition White Stripes box includes these Stripes-infused items – a custom portable […]

The best moments of Soulive’s last visit to Vermont, in April of ‘08 occurred when the core trio had the stage to themselves and ripped it up without interruption for over thirty minutes, reminding what a powerful band they’d become in their (close to a) decade together. The high points of the Halloween run at Higher Ground exceeded even that altitude.

They are devastatingly serious when it comes to their ass kicking hardcore punk style and hysterically uproarious with their song writing; they are the one and only No Redeeming Social Value from New York City.  In the tough guy/beat down world of Hardcore Metal NRSV’s style is a welcomed change of pace, never taking themselves to seriously, but constantly putting everything they have into their explosive style of playing; blood sweat and beers included.  

Soul Mining is Daniel Lanois’ story, but it’s chock full of the people he’s shared his life with. Yes, there are chapters about his studio experiences with folks such as the Neville Brothers, Emmylou Harris, U2, and Bob Dylan, but he also acknowledges the people he feels shaped him into who he is.