2011

Last Week’s Sauce: January 17th – 23rd (Mayan Holidaze Edition)

DaveO January 27, 2011 No Comments

There was plenty of live music last week that didn’t take place in Mexico at Mayan Holidaze, but since the taper Z-Man supplied more than enough material to dedicate this entire piece to this festival, I thought why not? We’ve got audio and video from 30db, the rarely taped act The Album Leaf, a 30+ minute segment from the Disco Biscuits, a tune from STS9’s “axe the cables” acoustic set, and an Umphrey’s McGee staple translated into Spanish.

If you don’t want to stay on the site for an hour streaming the individual tracks, you can download all of this week’s audio in one easy to listen to MP3 that we call the Last Week’s Sauce Podcast, click here to download.

30db – Liar, The Good Times Are Killing Me
Date & Venue: 2011-01-21 – Now Sapphire Resort – Mayan Riviera, Mexico
Taper & Show Download: Z-Man

Our first segment of music is Liar from 30db’s 2010 album One Man Show followed by the set-closing cover of The Good Times Are Killing Me by Modest Mouse. While Brendan Bayliss and Jeff Austin already have plenty of tour dates on the books with their primary bands, 30db doesn’t have any future scheduled dates. They are both scheduled to play at Summer Camp 2011, perhaps that will be the host of the next 30db gig.

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Wilco’s Handshake Drugs earlier on in the set:

READ ON for tracks from The Album Leaf, tDB, STS9, and Umphrey’s…

BG: Newport Folk & Jazz Go Non-Profit

Jeffrey Greenblatt January 27, 2011 No Comments

Earlier this week, organizers of the famed Newport Jazz and Folk festivals announced that they would be returning to their roots to once again become non-profit events. The granddaddy of

Video: Robbie Robertson w/ Saturday Night Live Band – King Harvest (Has Surely Come)

Scott Bernstein January 27, 2011 No Comments

Today we present what will probably be the shortest video we ever feature in our daily 10AM ET/7 AM PT slot, but we thought it was cool and rare enough

Wilco Starts Own Label: dBpm Records

Scott Bernstein January 27, 2011 No Comments

Six months ago, guitarist Nils Cline broke the news that Wilco would be starting its own label and today the band finally announced the formation of dBpm Records. The new

Down There With Avey Tare

Ryan Reed January 27, 2011 No Comments

Under the Avey Tare moniker, Dave Portner released his debut album, Down There, under this dark shadow, creating electronic soundscapes filled with oscillators and sequencers, odd synthesizers bubbling underneath pitch-shifted vocals and sound effects. He envisioned the album as a swamp (which explains the album's crocodile-themed artwork) and as a journey through hell. Glide spoke with Portner about his debut album, the dark themes permeating through the music, and his love of both filmmaking and the music of Steely Dan.

Cake: Showroom of Compassion

Jeff Strowe January 27, 2011 No Comments

One can’t help but wonder if this is John McCrea circa 2010, looking back on his band’s heyday and comparing the earlier glory to the difficult task ahead of starting over, attempting to acquire a new audience while at the same time inspiring a new group of fans who may have missed Cake’s previous chart-topping run of hits. Like the syndicated sitcoms, Cake may not be must-see TV, but they are good enough to get you through the evening.

Jamband Festival in Atlantic City?

Scott Bernstein January 26, 2011 15 Comments

The summer festival field may become even more crowded this June with a proposed three-day event at Bader Field in Atlantic City. AC mayor Lorenzo Langford spoke about the festival

Gene Ween Update: All’s Well in Seattle

Scott Bernstein January 26, 2011 1 Comment

Yesterday, we shared the disturbing tale of Ween’s tour opener in Vancouver, which quickly turned into a trainwreck of epic proportions due to Gene Ween’s visibly unhinged condition. The band’s

Dammit Jammit, I Love You

Scott Bernstein January 26, 2011 No Comments

I feel like one of the last remaining Americans whose phone isn’t “smart,” but there haven’t been many apps that make me jealous of those who have embraced iPhones…until today.

Three Grown Men: H.O.R.D.E 2012 – Expectations and Reservations

Three Grown Men January 26, 2011 8 Comments

Here’s what Three Grown Men are thinking about the possibility of the H.O.R.D.E. tour making a comeback next year…

Conor Kelley

The recent speculation about the H.O.R.D.E. Festival making a resurgence in 2012 has jamband fans buzzing, from the dreadlocked to the collar-popped. Next year will mark the 20th anniversary of the tour’s first all-star lineup, which ripped listeners away from the Grateful Dead’s concert-opoly and fragmented the scene into dozens of successful nationally touring acts. The “jamband” world officially had a seat at the head table. Being present for the birth of any musical movement is an exciting spectacle I’m sure, though I’ve never had the perfect right time, right place, right hair, right clothes combination to witness it. It’s a rock and roll rarity when the crowd organizes itself and rallies around a group of like-minded and talented bands, but these are the moments that change popular music forever.

[Pass Scan via H.O.R.D.E. page on Bluestraveler.net]

The interesting thing about the first few H.O.R.D.E tours is that the players involved in the original 1992 and 1993 lineups went on to become, by and large, the most commercially successful jam acts of all time. The tour had nothing but pure intentions and backed up the old-world touring band credo: talent + exposure = success.

Bringing H.O.R.D.E back after a 13 year lapse is an interesting move, but will H.O.R.D.E. 2.0 be anything like the original? My hope for the festival is that John Popper returns as organizer, takes the reins and creates something truly special again. He should find a short list of dead-serious bands who just need that extra push from a 600-capacity club into an amphitheater in order to gain a following. That would be the only way to pay homage to what H.O.R.D.E. started in 1992.

READ ON for more from 3GM on the possible return of H.O.R.D.E….

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