July 16, 2010 • 1:24 pm 0
Connecticut’s premiere Grateful Dead tribute band will be in Wethersfield, Conn. tonight, just outside of the state’s capital, for a 21+ show at Catcher’s Sports Bar and Grill.
The 10 p.m. show will carry a $5 cover charge.
Filed under: Concert Previews, Live Music, Grateful Dead, Shakedown
July 16, 2010 • 1:20 pm 0
Connecticut jam band The Breakfast, who have made their impact on the national jam band scene, are playing a show at Sully’s Pub tonight in Hartford, Conn.
The band is led by guitarist Tim Palmieri, who has made his mark on the music scene in Connecticut with his two main bands, The Breakfast and Kung-Fu (an all star jam band), and by way of his countless free solo acoustic shows, a mainstay event in bars and clubs across New Haven, Conn.
But tonight he will take the stage with The Breakfast in the state’s capital. Head down and check it out!
Filed under: Concert Previews, Live Music, the breakfast, tim palmieri
July 14, 2010 • 4:45 pm 0
If you still plan on going to Gathering of the Vibes for the entire weekend or for one day, you should look to get your tickets before Sunday July 18, when prices are set to jump up $20 and will only be available to purchase at the will call window at the venue.
Current prices:
Weekend camping pass: $197.50
Friday or Saturday single day passes: $65.00 each
Sunday single day pass: $50.00
Filed under: News, Gathering of the Vibes
July 3, 2010 • 10:48 pm 0
The new Mountain Park venue in Holyoke has already seen and scheduled some of the premier jam bands, with moe. kicking off the venue’s summer concert schedule and artists like My Morning Jacket, Gov’t Mule and The Flaming Lips carrying the torch strong throughout the coming months.
September will now see The Disco Biscuits come to the venue to play an early 6 p.m. show. Tickets will go for $27.50.
Filed under: Concert Previews, Live Music
June 21, 2010 • 8:07 pm 0
Jam band Tea Leaf Green will play a show at the Daniel Street Club in Milford, Conn. on July 21 in support of their latest album Looking West.
Looking West is the band’s sixth full length studio album and second since the addition of bassist Reed Mathis, who came to the band from his longtime partnership with Brian Haas and the ever-evolving Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey.
Via TeaLeafGreen.com:
Tea Leaf Green is thrilled to announce the release of their first studio album since 2008. Looking West is set to be released on June 8th and will be available on iTunes, in the band’s online store, and at all their upcoming shows.
“We’ve been waiting a long time to make this record” says Trevor Garrod, “In a band like ours we have so many songs that we play and love but never had a chance to record in the studio. It’s almost as if we’ve loved these songs too much and were afraid to encase them forever behind the iron bars of a vacuum sealed, shrink wrapped studio album.” Garrod sums up the band’s change of attitude with these final thoughts, “We have come to realize that we can only truly set these beloved tunes free by putting them all down on a record. We are releasing them into the wild. We are casting them out to sea. We are ‘Looking West’ into the setting sun and launching them into outer space. These songs are messages in bottles washed up on foreign shores, alien transmissions from distant worlds, memories from our fading youth, and reminders of our endless and repetitious search for love and freedom.”
Tickets ($18) for the 21+ event are on sale now. Showtime is 8:30.
Filed under: Concert Previews, Live Music, Daniel Street Club, Tea Leaf Green
June 21, 2010 • 7:08 pm 0
Gathering of the Vibes has finalized the set times for its upcoming music festival.
The schedule is undoubtedly highlighted by its headliners: Furthur’s already announced four hour Friday night set stands out, as does Primus’ nearly two hour 11 p.m. beginning set on Saturday night. With Umphrey’s McGee taking the stage for a two hour set right before Primus, things can’t get much better for fans hitting up Friday and Saturday.
Sunday is highlighted by a Damian Marley & Nas’ hour and a half set that has them following reggae legend Jimmy Cliff.
Gathering of the Vibes is set to be held in Bridgeport, Conn. on Thursday July 29 through Sunday August 1. Weekend passes and single day passes are on sale now.
Filed under: News, Furthur, Gathering of the Vibes, Primus
June 20, 2010 • 2:58 pm 0
King Crimson guitarist and lead singer Adrian Belew will make a stop at Cafe Nine in New Haven, Conn. on June 25. The show will be part of Belew’s one-man show tour that also will make a stop at Northampton’s Iron Horse Music Hall on June 27.
Belew is probably best known for his work alongside Robert Fripp in the legendary progressive rock band King Crimson, but he has also made his name through work with Frank Zappa, David Bowie and Talking Heads.
The concept for the tour, labeled the “Painting with Guitar” tour, is interesting. The tour will feature new compositions, artwork from Belew himself, loop improvisations and according to Belew himself, some of his most fiery guitar work yet. Belew also noted that he will take questions from the audience to personalize the show.
Tickets for the 8 p.m. show are on sale now for $20.
Synopsis:
Painting with Guitar is a new, personal, up-close, improvised multi-media presentation of the best state-of-art music Adrian has to offer. It would be a shame to hear about it later when you could witness it in person now. Adrian will perform some new music which includes the Tenori-On. In fact he has been careful to present a brand new more personalized show which highlights music not normally played with King Crimson or the Power Trio
Dates:
Adrian Belew Solo Tour
June 18 – Pawling, NY The Towne Crier
June 19 – Albany, NY The Linda
June 20 – Woodstock, NY Bearsville Theatre
June 22 – New York, NY Joe’s Pub
June 23 – New York, NY Joe’s Pub
June 24 – Londonberry, NH Tupelo Music Hall
June 25 – New Haven, CT Café 9
June 26 – Fall River, MA Narrows Center for the Arts
June 27 – Northampton, MA Iron Horse
June 28 – Cotuit, MA Cotuit Center for the Arts
June 30 – Teaneck, NJ Mexicali Live
July 1 – Philadelphia, PA World Café Live
Filed under: Concert Previews, Live Music, Adrian Belew, King Crimson
June 20, 2010 • 2:45 pm 0
Youtube user HarpuaFSB has come to the goddamn rescue, providing supreme HD quality videos of both nights of Phish in Hartford.
For the rest, visit FSB’s profile, and leave much deserved love.
Filed under: News
June 19, 2010 • 5:21 pm 0
Phish’s two-night run in Hartford came and went with many memorable moments being logged into the Phish history books, including a Friday night encore feature Sleeping Monkey and a double Tweezer Reprise.
Whether or not the lengthy jams produced by the band stand tall next to classic jams or the best of 2009 is an insignificant argument to those who were in attendance and sharing in the groove Thursday and Friday night.
Courtesy of Dave Vann and Phish.
Night One:
06/17/2010 Comcast Theatre
Set 1: Punch You In the Eye, Ocelot, Dinner and a Movie, Stash, Esther, Walk Away, The Divided Sky, When the Circus Comes, Sugar Shack, Alaska > Golgi Apparatus
Set 2: Party Time > Down with Disease -> Sand -> The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Guyute, Farmhouse, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
Encore: Shine a Light
Night one will be remembered for a second set featuring a fantastic 17 minute Down with Disease jam that led into a Sand, that while not on par with the one played in Camden last year, was still a meaty version.
But that wasn’t all the band had in store for fans, as they played extended versions of Walk Away and Farmhouse, the former being a scorching Tweezer Reprise-inspired jam and the latter coming off as nothing more but a nice treat.
Phish began the show the same way they did Hartford’s only 2009 show with Punch You In The Eye. It worked so well last year, and set the tone once again for a memorable two nights.
Set one had much to be proud of, with a “Stash” jam that was highlighted by impressive play from Page McConnell. The jammed out Alaska was one of the best versions I’ve heard yet and Dinner and a Movie was an enjoyable bust out.
The band also touched on the circus theme scene outside of the Meadows. With Cirque du Soleil in town, the band played When The Circus Comes, a cover of the Los Lobos song.
Mike’s Groove closing out the second set was your standard amplified 3.0 material and certainly a welcome closer.
Finishing up the night was a beautiful rendition of The Rolling Stones’ Shine a Light, a tune the band has worked into its cover arsenal ever since their Exile on Main Street set at Festival 8.
Highlights: Down with Disease > Sand, Alaska, Stash, Walk Away.
Night Two:
06/18/2010 Comcast Theatre
Set 1: Fee > Rift, Wolfman’s Brother, Summer of ‘89, Foam, Possum > The Moma Dance > Julius, Reba[1], Cavern
Set 2: Halley’s Comet > Light -> Billy Breathes, Tweezer > Theme From the Bottom > Harry Hood > Wading in the Velvet Sea, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan
Encore: Sleeping Monkey > Tweezer Reprise, Tweezer Reprise[2]
[1] No whistling.
[2] Played a second time, for Hershey
Phish’s second night in Hartford began smoothly, with a megaphone-less version of Fee, a song that I hold special as one of the songs that got me into Phish. The band followed that up with a raging Rift and Wolfman’s Brother, two songs that really helped set the night’s tone.
The band then debuted the Trey Anastasio written Summer of ’89,”which slowed the pace down substantially, and wasn’t one of the band’s better slow ballads. But things did proceed to pick right back up with a flawless version of Foam and a version of Possum that was absolutely killed.
Halley’s Comet was a nice treat as set two began, but that would soon be second fiddle to a terrific run of Light -> Billy Breathes, Tweezer > Theme From the Bottom > Harry Hood. Light became a Phish 3.0 vehicle jam in 2009 and it’s nice to see that theme continue in 2010. Billy Breathes was a classy, slower touch to a set that would begin to melt audience members faces shortly.
Then came the Tweezer, lasting just over 16 minutes, would be the basis for the memorable encore, but that wouldn’t come until after the band teared through Theme From the Bottom and played a more patient Harry Hood. Before leaving the stage for the encore, they played a knockout Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, one of the band’s better new songs in my opinion.
The band went on to play Sleeping Monkey for a fan who had, as Trey claimed, a beautiful request sign. In a chilling moment Trey had the audience sing a few lines of the song towards the end. But this wouldn’t be the most memorable item of the encore.
As expected came a Tweezer Reprise. As unexpected came a second Tweezer Reprise to make up for the one they didn’t play in Hershey last week. The second version wasn’t your regular Tweeprise either, as Trey and the rest of the band really laid into the tune the second time around. Morphed in “Rock Star Trey”, the band’s leader was moving around the stage, face full of smiles, jumping on and off of amps in what would be a moment that sent the entire venue into a frenzy.
Highlights: Fee > Rift, Possum, Tweezer, Sleeping Monkey > Tweezer Reprise, Tweezer Reprise.
Filed under: Concert Reviews, Live Music, Hartford, Phish
June 15, 2010 • 9:30 pm 0
Phish’s third show of their 2010 tour took a similar theme found in night one, with the band playing a set of true and tried classics. Check out the setlist below.
Phish – “Hershey Park Stadium”, Hershey, PA
Date: 2010-06-13
Length: 2 hours, 54 minutes, 17 secondsSet 1:
1. Gotta Jibboo (10:13)
2. Chalk Dust Torture (7:59)
3. Fluffhead (15:40)
4. Funky Bitch (6:46)
5. Runaway Jim (9:10)
6. NICU (4:58)
7. Horn (3:38)
8. It’s Ice (7:40)
9. Bouncing Around the Room (3:39)
10. Sparkle (4:29)
11. Split Open and Melt (12:50)Set 2:
1. Drowned > (6:35)
2. Hershey Jam > (5:43)
3. Tweezer > (13:19)
4. Twist (9:58)
5. Piper > (9:43)
6. Free (7:46)
7. Wading in the Velvet Sea (5:53)
8. You Enjoy Myself (22:15)Encore:
9. Bold As Love (6:05)
The soundboard audio showed that Phish is really setting out to destroy America once again this summer. The band is playing tight and song combinations like Set II’s Drowned > Tweezer > Twist > Piper > Free supply nonstop brilliance. Hershey’s strict 11 p.m. curfew supposedly stopped the band from playing its ritual Tweeprise, which generally finds its place at the end of the show when “Tweezer” is played.
Only one more show, tonight’s Portsmouth, VA date, separates Phish from its first two night stand of 2010 in Hartford.
Filed under: Concert Previews, Live Music, Phish
