This post has nothing to do with Gone With the Wind or the South’s shameful history of chattel slavery. Instead, it’s your chance to sink your ears into “one of the most sublime transitions Phish has ever pulled off,” the set-opening Story of the Ghost > Slave to the Traffic Light from Atlanta’s Lakewood Amphitheater, [...]
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The Week in Music
Dylan in Prospect Park, Wilco at McCarren Pool, Trey Anastasio’s triumphant return to full-on electric shredding with Classic TAB at All Points West and the Music Hall of Williamsburg — and that’s just the stuff I missed.
The shows I managed to catch weren’t too shabby either: Animal Collective driving a sun-blitzed afternoon crowd wild, Kings [...]
My Morning Jacket @ Radio City Music Hall
Poster by Guy Burwell
A much delayed post about this highly enjoyable show. Apparently, tickets sold out in 22 minutes, but I was lucky enough to score an extra the week of, having only just caught on to MMJ’s live prowess after their much-praised Bonnaroo set and via the Okonokos live album and DVD.
The songwriting is [...]
June Tunes
A few bands I’ve been enjoying lately to drown out the jackhammers going berserk outside my window. More at muxtape.
Marco Benevento
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Budos Band
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Jackie Greene
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MGMT
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The Wood Brothers
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Tocotronic
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The KLF feat. Tammy Wynette
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The Avett Brothers
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and, for Bo Diddley, The Grateful Dead
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