Showing posts with label jam band. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jam band. Show all posts

LS MGMT TaLkiNG hEaD AnnouncemenT

This memo was recently released, I figured I'd post it due to its dire importance.

LS Talking Head Announcement #1 by LaserSex

Phil Lesh and Mike Gordon

http://www.buzzine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/phish_20091012a.jpg

I recently (like..today) made a connection.

Phil Lesh (Grateful Dead) and Mike Gordon (Phish):

1.Both place bass.
2.Both are members of EXTREMELY influential jam bands.
3. Both are pretty goofy looking.


Who's funnier looking? I have to go with Gordo.

Young Phil
http://cdn2.maxim.com/blender/files/2009/05/08/dear-superstar-phil-lesh/PhilLesh.jpg

Old Phil
http://images.jambase.com/festivals/bonnaroo/2008/Snyder/sun/phil_1.jpg

Young Mike
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vq8rmGqk8G0MvjBilk25aWApvZXinOudUvU07rNm2SdrVpgLW3Qr3BHcofg-Sq_gtuJkYO5g3t1l648tY4PLaJqry8mJa64iEZ13ovEzMRok1FLoR2kU7AjN06n2IilD4WytlSTYryDG/s400/gordon1.jpg

Old Mike
http://www.livemusicblog.com/images/festivals/gordo2.jpg


click to zoom

Haha, yeah I think Gordo wins.

Aw Thanks Lotus!

http://images.starpulse.com/Photos/Previews/Lotus-band-01.jpg

Philly/Denver based Electro, Post-Rock, Jamband, Lotus was nice enough to put up some 2010 Live Selections for free! How nice!

Check em out

<a href="http://lotusvibes.bandcamp.com/album/2010-live-selections">3-Legged Workhorse by Lotus</a>

Know what I love about Summer? #3

http://www.kippel.com/artshow/images/folkart/I-4.jpg
Jockomo Fee-Na Nay?



Maybe this doesn't even make any sense. Or maybe it makes perfect sense.

Happy Summer!

Disco Biscuits on NPR's World Cafe

http://www.mercylounge.com/_img/_flyers/8c6c7f9513_o.jpg

Not really a fan of their new album but check out the Bisco interview on NPR's World Cafe

Pretty neato I spose': Check it out HERE.

Also the Bisco Power Mission seems like a great idea and I'm glad the band and Brownstein's HeadCount are supporting alternative energy.

Railroad Earth @ The TLA


This past Saturday I finally got the chance to catch the band Railroad Earth live at the Theater of Living Arts in Philadelphia. Let me say I was not disappointed in the least bit and the band's performance was much more than what I had expected.

Prior to the concert, I had been listing to the band's albums for at least a year or so (thanks Ludwig) and had really enjoyed what I heard. It's just all around good music. (on a side note their song "Been Down This Road" happens to be one of my favorite songs for some reason unbeknown to me). Anyway, I had always considered the band to be pretty much a bluegrass band, but according to a writeup on the band's website;

the members of Railroad Earth aren’t losing sleep about what “kind” of music they play – they just play it. When they started out in 2001, they were a bunch of guys interested in playing acoustic instruments together.


After seeing the band live, I've got to say they are absolutely much more than a bluegrass band. They incorporated elements of country, americana jazz (thanks to the saxophone work of the band's multi-instrumentalist Andy Goessling) rock and roll, and even had a few Grateful Dead-esque jams thrown in. This is a really talented group of guys, from Todd Sheaffer's lead vocals and song writing to the amazing back and forth "call and response" type instrumentation between Tim Carbone on violin and John Skehan on mandolin, everyone in the band contributed to the great music.

I certainly wasn't the only one who enjoyed the show, as there were rampant smiles and dancing throughout the entire night.

Thank you Railroad Earth.

Give em a listen.

PHISH. PHALL. TOUR.




PHISH HAS ANNOUNCED THEIR FALL TOUR DATES !!!!!!!!! (PHILADELPHIA...YES)

11/18 Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI
11/20 U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, OH
11/21 U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, OH
11/22 War Memorial at Oncenter, Syracuse, NY
11/24 Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA
11/25 Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA
11/27 Times Union Center, Albany, NY
11/28 Times Union Center, Albany, NY
11/29 Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, ME
12/02 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
12/03 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
12/04 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
12/05 John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville, VA

If you don't believe me, WATCH this weird ass video!

PHISH - FALL TOUR 2009 from Phish on Vimeo.

Band of the Week....Omega Moos




What happens when you take 2 parts New Deal, two parts Umphrey's McGee, and combine them into one band? You get Omega Moos, the "baddest techno-rock-cover band to hit this side of 1981". Darren Shearer and Jamie Shields from the New Deal and Ryan Stasik and Brendan Bayliss from Umphrey's McGee have gotten together, each being fans of one anothers careers and music to form a band in which they play "classic rock, each others bands tunes, and all around jam throwdowns". I have always been a big New Deal fan but never really got into Umphrey's, maybe this collaboration will give me the motivation to check them out.
The Omega Moos will be playing as a special guest with the Disco Biscuits during the second night of their Thanksgiving run at the Electric Factory on Saturday November 28!!!!

The Omega Moos Chronicles Volume 1



Omega Moos Video Log #2