The Disco Biscuits Pics - Town Ballroom Buffalo, NY Sept. 8 & 9 - Adam Childs Photography

The Disco Biscuits raged the Town Ballroom in Buffalo, NY for a 2 night run of fun on Sept. 8 & 9. Adam Childs was there, the lasers were there and the Biscuits were on the stage. Amazing, mindblowing and professioanlly progessive - respectively. Big up to the set list and the shots from AC. Thanks tDB and Adam Childs. Enjoy these shots..

tDB 8 Sept. 2010 - Town Ballroom - Adam Childs Photography

09/08/10 The Town Ballroom, Buffalo, NY

The Glitch Mob and MiM0SA opened

Set I: Neck Romancer, Astronaut> And The Ladies Were The Rest Of The Night1> Astronaut, Mindless Dribble2> Floes

Set II: Basis For A Day> Story Of The World1> Tempest> Bombs> The Great Abyss> Basis For A Day

Encore: Rockafella

1 inverted

2 unfinished

tDB 9 Sept. 2010 - Town Ballroom - Adam Childs Photography

09/09/10 The Town Ballroom, Buffalo, NY

The Glitch Mob and MiM0SA opened
Set I: Voices Insane> Air Song> Voices Insane, Mirrors> Naeba> Sound One
Set II: Spaga, Nughuffer> Catalyst> Humuhumunukunukuapua'a1> Nughuffer
Encore: House Dog Party Favor

1 inverted

Grateful Dead - Live at Capital Centre 9 March 1992 - Landover, MD

Check out this quality 1992 performance by the Grateful Dead. The 11 min "Row Jimmy" hits multiple highs. A "Satisfaction" encore and the fact that Jerry missed most of the "Corrina > Dark Star" jam could turn one away from this show. However, this is a perfect SBD posted to Archive.org by Rob Harrison. Definately worth checking out!

Grateful Dead, Capital Centre - Landover, MD 9 March 1992 - Source: SBD

Jack Straw, West L.A. Fadeaway, Me & My Uncle-> Big River, Row Jimmy, Cassidy, Deal Victim Or The Crime, Iko Iko, Corinna, Jam-> Dark Star-> Drums-> Jam-> I Need A Miracle-> Morning Dew, E: Satisfaction

Dubconscious Pics 9/10/2010 - See Bliss Photography

Dubconscious brought their electro-dub sound to the Crowbar in Ybor City, FL on Sept. 9. Lucky for us Clint Bliss of See Bliss Photography was there to capture the moment with his camera. The Groves and Shaun Hopper opened the evening with quality sets. There was also more than just musical art being produced. Artists Bean Spence and Brian Barnard busted out their canvases and paint brushes and created works of their own art during the show. Looks like a good time.
The Crowbar is quickly becoming one of the elite venues that the Tampa area has to offer for bands that we all like to see! Check out their upcoming dates here: http://www.crowbarlive.com/.
Thanks for the hard work Clint!! Enjoy the pics...

Dubconscious 10 Sept 2010 - Crowbar - Ybor City, FL - See Bliss Photography

The Groves 10 Sept 2010 - Crowbar - Ybor City, FL - See Bliss Photography

Shaun Hopper 10 Sept 2010 - Crowbar - Ybor City, FL - See Bliss Photography

moe.downXI Pics - A Hill Photography

From what I hear moe.down was tight yet again this year. The music ran fluidly until closing out with moe. each night at 2 am. The 2 stage set up allows fans the opportunity to not miss an act, a far cry from big daddy festivals like Bonnaroo! Here is the pictorial story that our buddy Andy Hill and his camera told from moe.down 2010. Thanks Andy!

moe.down Sept. 3 - 5, 2010 Mohawk, NY - A. Hill Photography

09/03/10 Gelston Castle Estate, Mohawk, NY

moe.down XI

Set I: Zed Nought Z> Time Again> Waiting For The Punchline, Blue Jeans Pizza> Captain America> Puebla> George, Brent Black> Akimbo

Encore: Brent Black> Billy Goat

 

09/04/10 Gelston Castle Estate, Mohawk, NY

moe.down XI

Set I: Skrunk> Lazarus> Spine Of A Dog1, New York City2, St. Augustine> 32 Things, Y.O.Y.3

Set II: Plane Crash> Hector's Pillow> Bring You Down, Day Dreaming, Paranoid Android> Ricky Marten> Time Ed

Set III: Seat Of My Pants> Bearsong> Runaway Overlude> Recreational Chemistry, Not Coming Down> Wormwood> Plane Crash

Encore: Faker

1 w/ Powerhouse ending

2 Kids Parade

3 Dedicated to Monkey Wrench (first set encore)

09/05/10 Gelston Castle Estate, Mohawk, NY

moe.down XI

Set I: Buster> Haze> Yodelittle> McBain, Cornflake Girl> Timmy Tucker

Set II: Moth1> Queen of Everything, Four> Rebubula

Encore: Deep This Time2, The Pit> Farmer Ben> Moth

1 Rage Lincoln was elected mayor of moe.ville

2 Osid Riley on woodblocks

Setlist compliments of:

PhantasyTour

Northcoast Music Fest Shots - Tim Hara Photography

The Northcoast Music Fest will likely be the final quality festival held north of the Mason Dixon this year. It had a sweet lineup that featured acts like the Disco Biscuits, Umphrey's McGee, De La Soul, The Chemical Brothers and Nas and Damian Marley to name a few. Who could ask for a better location? The Chi is definately one of the hottest spots to see live music and even when there are no festivals there, the scene still rages.
I want to give a big up to Tim Hara. Tim is on the music scene in the midwest on the reg and he is always so gracious to share his pics with us. These shots fall in as all of the others do, they're sick! Some of the photos were also taken by Tim's homie Kyle Buckland. Ladies, if you ever see these guys at a show make sure that you give them a big hug and kiss and thank them for putting in such sweet work. Fellas a hand shake will do!
Tim offers his professional photography and graphic design services to the masses as well. Check out his website and holler at him if you are in need of his services. Thanks again Tim and Kyle - great shots!
http://www.tharaphoto.com/

I will have another round of Northcoast Fest pics coming at you from Brad Johnson Photography soon....Enjoy!

Northcoast Music Fest 2010 - Tim Hara Photography with help from Kyle Buckland

Umphrey's McGee Announces New Year's Eve 2010 Plans

Umphrey's McGee plans to kick it in their home town of Chicago, Il for another NYE extravaganza. The 3 night run will go down at the Riviera Theater. UM are no strangers to the Riv and it will definately be a sought after run for fans. They released this article with a complete list of tour dates:

Throwback Umphrey's McGee Shots - 12 April 2007 - A. Hill Photogrpahy

Today, Umphrey’s McGee rounds out their fall tour plans with newly confirmed dates in Kalamazoo, Michigan; Champaign, Illinois; Burlington, Vermont; Washington D.C, and others. Also announced today, Umphrey’s McGee will spend New Year’s Eve in their hometown of Chicago for one more year, this time at the city’s Riviera Theatre on December 29, 30 and 31. The band’s complete list of fall dates is included below.

As the band’s keyboardist Joel Cummins explains about their tenth New Year’s in Chicago, and their last for at least a while, "We've played nearly every room in Chicago over the course of our career, to continue keeping things interesting, we've chosen one of our favorite venues in the city this year, the Riviera Theatre, with a perfect combination of lots of open floor for dancing and seats in the balcony with great sight lines. We can't wait to feel the energy in this legendary Chicago haunt explode!"

As always, along the band’s fall dates Umphrey’s continues to raise the bar for fan experiences, with their innovative and interactive Stew Art events planned in at least a few markets, and an incredibly creative first-time offer of “Enhanced Experience” fan packages for their always-epic Halloween Monster Mash-Up in St. Louis on October 30 and 31, and for their New Year’s Eve run.

For the Halloween shows, “Partyin' Peeps Enhanced Experience” fan package amenities include express entry into the venue each night, a limited edition Halloween Jeff Wood 3D hologram poster, VIP area access with private cocktail service, an exclusive piece of Umphrey's McGee Halloween merchandise, a private post-show party, and more. At the Platinum Partyin' Peeps level, fans get a chance for them and twenty of their friends to have their own private dressing room backstage, a private meet and greet photo session with the band in costume, a tour of the Umphrey's McGee bus, and more. Meanwhile in Chicago, New Year’s Eve travel package amenities include downtown lodging, early entry and reserved balcony seats, VIP section access, a pre-show “Very Happy Hour,” merchandise including the official UM Track Jacket, limited edition NYE posters, and each night’s UM Live recording, an exclusive lighting demonstration by the band’s light designer, and a meet and greet with the band. Visit www.umphreys.com more all the details.

Umphrey’s McGee will host their Stew Art Series (aka, “S2”) – an interactive fan experience where audience members “conduct” the band’s live improvisations - in at least of few markets along the fall tour. Presented as individual events before that evening’s already schedule show, Umphrey’s Stew Art Series is a crowd-sourced improvisation experiment, in which all the music performed by the group on stage is entirely directed by S2 audience members. Check out this S2 video from the inaugural S2 event in Milwaukee: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYJn64XRGXU.

S2 events have been received with overwhelming enthusiasm and to rave reviews. For S2, sold-out crowds of 50 fans submit their ideas by texting descriptive words, phrases, and pop culture references (pretty much whatever comes to mind), to the Umphrey's Mozes mobile interface. The suggestions are then filtered by the band’s long time Sound Caresser Kevin Browning and projected on a screen for the band to digest and turn into the next phase of the jam. The band’s music varies stylistically with suggestions ranging from “an afternoon bus ride in Jamaica” to “drinking pina coladas…in a hurricane”. As one elated fan commented after a show, “S2 was the coolest thing I have ever been a part of. It’s always been a dream of mine to meet the band, and the opportunity to participate in leading the Jam for the band was a dream come true as well.” Stay tuned to www.umphreys.com for confirmation on S2 fall events.

Umphrey’s McGee’s current list of fall tour dates is as follows:

Thursday, September 23 Valarium Knoxville TN
Friday, September 24 Minglewood Hall Memphis TN
Saturday, September 25 The Diamond Ballroom Oklahoma City OK
Sunday, September 26 George's Majestic Lounge Fayetteville AR
Tuesday, September 28 El Rey Theatre Albuquerque NM
Wednesday, September 29 Orpheum Theatre Flagstaff AZ
Friday, October 1 The Depot Salt Lake City UT
Saturday, October 2 Knitting Factory Spokane WA
Sunday, October 3 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Speedway Meadows San Francisco CA
Wednesday, October 6 Arcata Theatre Arcata CA
Thursday, October 7 McDonald Theatre Eugene OR
Friday, October 8 The Showbox Seattle WA
Saturday, October 9 The Wilma Theatre Missoula MT
Thursday, October 21 Mr. Smalls Theatre Millvale PA
Friday, October 22 Kalamazoo State Theatre Kalamazoo MI
Saturday, October 23 House of Blues - Cleveland Cleveland OH
Sunday, October 24 Bluebird Nightclub Bloomington IN
Wednesday, October 27 People's Court Des Moines IA
Thursday, October 28 - Friday, October 29 Canopy Club Urbana IL
Saturday, October 30 - Sunday, October 31 The Pageant St. Louis MO
Wednesday, November 3 - Thursday, November 4 Higher Ground Ballroom South
Burlington VT
Friday, November 5 - Saturday, November 6 9:30 Club Washington D.C.
Tuesday, November 9 Jefferson Theater Charlottesville VA
Wednesday, November 10 Legends at Appalachian State University Boone NC
Thursday, November 11 - Friday, November 12
Bear Creek Music & Art Fest Live Oak, FL
Wednesday, December 29, Thursday, December 30, and Friday, December 31
Riviera Theatre Chicago IL
Thursday, January 20 - Monday, January 24 Mayan Holidaze Puerto Morelos MEX

http://www.umphreys.com/ for tickets and information.

Blackwater Fest Pics - Clint Bliss Photography (See Bliss Photography)

I would like to welcome Clint Bliss to the LMS photography contributor's staff. Clint is based out of the sunshine state and is doing some pretty amazing work. Check out the shots that he took at the Blackwater Music Fest a few weeks ago. The slide show is pretty lengthy, but worth a few minutes of your time. Apart from the sweet angles that he hooked up of the bands, the glowing and sometimes humorous shots of the fans are where it's at! Thank you Clint, and we look forward to your next shoot!

Blackwater Music Fest - See Bliss Photography

Blackwater Music Fest Pics - Round 2

Here is round 2 of the Blackwater Music Festival photos. I will post the final round and the article in the next few days. I will also be adding photos to the "Fans and Festivities" slide show. Sorry if I left you out, but I just came across more sweet pics of my homies raging in the audience - including a few more shots of the local hero known as Bunnyman! Enjoy the shots and holler at me if you need a copy of any of the pics!!

The Disco Biscuits - Blackwater Music Fest - 8/27/2010

Michael Franti & Spearhead - Blackwater Music Fest - 8/27/2010

Rebelution - Blackwater Music Fest - 8/27/2010

G Love - Blackwater Music Fest - 8/27/2010

JJ Grey - Blackwater Music Fest - 8/27/2010

Big Gigantic Releases - A Place Behind the Moon - Today

Big Gigantic - Brad Johnson Photography

Big Gigantic has made a "gigantic" name for themselves over the past year. Their success over the past 6 months can be greatly contributed to their presence on the festival scene. If you went to any of the medium to large, even small festivals this season, then you likely saw Big Gigantic throw down their acid jazz dance beats. They relesed their first album today - A Place Behind the Moon. I would highly recommend that you give it a listen. Following is what they released in support of the new album and upcoming tour dates:

A Place Behind The Moon explores a unique mixture of electronic and acoustic styles, clearly defining the vision that brainchild and saxophonist/producer, Dominic Lalli, and drummer, Jeremy Salken both conceived and mastered. This sophomore effort is the strongest statement to date by Big Gigantic and it effortlessly combines saxophone and syncopated drum rhythms with intoxicating, intertwining electronic undertones, truly bringing a unique sound to the evolving, electronic genre. A Place Behind The Moon demonstrates how Big Gigantic successfully delves deep into the future of electronic music, while staying in touch with their own musical roots, to ultimately create a history all their own.

Get a sneak peak of the single, Limelight, in this video http://vimeo.com/14011782.

A Place Behind the Moon Tracklist:
1. Looking Back
2. Sky High
3. Lucid Dreams
4. Limelight
5. Solitude
6. Step Up
7. Driftin
8. High And Rising
9. Shine
10. Cloud Nine
11. Breaking Point
***
12. A Place Behind The Moon (bonus track feat. STS9)

After spending recent months in the studio sharpening the sounds of APBTM, the two-man sound machine of Big Gigantic continue to magnify their reach and reputation with a future that shows no signs of slowing down as they hit the road this Fall for dates with STS9, Alex B, and Ana Sia, including headlining shows from the Mid-West to the South.

Big Gigantic Upcoming Tour Dates:
September 1 Zydeco - Birmingham, AL
September 2 Bourbon Street - Auburn, AL
September 3 Live Wire Music Hall - Savannah, GA
September 4 Big & Hearty Festival - Gainesville, FL
September 11 Red Rocks Amphitheater - Morrison, CO w/ STS9, Ghostland Observatory
September 15 Miramar Theatre - Milwaukee, WI
September 16 The Majestic - Madison, WI
September 17 The Cabooze - Minneapolis, MN
September 18 The Venue - Fargo, ND
September 23 Cosmic Charlie's - Lexington, KY
September 24 Tall Tree Lake Festival - Goreville, IL
September 25 Zanzabar - Louisville, KY
October 19 Soul Kitchen - Mobile, AL w/ Alex B
October 20 Varsity Theater - Baton Rouge, LA w/ Alex B
October 21 Trees - Dallas, TX w/ Alex B
October 22 The Parish - Austin, TX w/ Alex B
October 23 Last Concert Cafe - Houston, TX w/ Alex B
October 27 Bourbon Theater - Lincoln, NE w/ Alex B
October 28 Granada Theater - Lawrence, KS w/ Alex B
October 29 2720 - St, Louis, MO w/ Alex B
October 31 George's Majestic - Fayetteville, AR
November 2 Proud Larry's - Oxford, MS w/ Ana Sia
November 3 Exit / In - Nashville, TN w/ Ana Sia
November 4 New Earth - Athens, GA w/ Ana Sia