Blog: Live Music Blog

Anticipation has been high for Lotus to return to Colorado since their memorable Fourth of July show at Red Rocks. The band came back with a bang, bringing a stellar performance to one of downtown Denver's largest indoor venues, The Fillmore. With a big crowd came a lot of energy that the five part ensemble [...]

Primus dropped into Late Night w/ Jimmy Fallon last night and tore through their classic "Jerry was a Race Car Driver" off 1991's Sailing the Seas of Cheese . They also played "Lee Van Cleef" off of their new album, Green Naugahyde ...

While Phish fans are eagerly awaiting the news of new summer tour dates (including a very likely slot at this year's Bonnaroo Music Festival), frontman Trey Anastasio is busy performing with symphonies on his first ever orchestral tour. The intrepid team at Phish.net followed along with the setlist and photos quickly popped up via the [...]

Thrillcall has been in the concert listings game for a few years now with a site that's similar to the likes of Songkick, Bandsintown, and JamBase. But today, they've announced a new mobile app that will offer a twist on the concert listings game - exclusive ticket offers via mobile to live music fans in [...]

Anyone check out this lineup at the Rock'n'Roll Resort this spring? They're calling it the Rock'n'Roll Resort: A Psybient Soiree. I'm not so sure I dig the name, bu if you're into EDM and live electro, this one looks pretty interesting, with headliners like Shpongle, Conspirator (two sets), Hallucinogen LIVE, and OTT, along with one of my personal favs, Brothers Past (also doing two sets)...

The powerhouse duo of Jay-Z and Kanye West came out so huge in 2011 with the release of the Watch The Throne, an arena rap epic album with Kanye's production value and Jay-Z's smooth flow (along with a rad Beyonce cameo on the second track). Then they did a huge tour, and the live videos [...]

Because they love their fans so much (heh), Umphrey's McGee put up their Super Bowl Village set as a free download on their blog. I'm downloading this right away; I haven't dove into any live UM in a while. It looks like Sigur Rós will be returning to the stage with a new album and [...]

House of Blues just unveiled their annual late night Jazz Fest schedule and once again it is slam-packed with familiar festival favorites, a few newcomers, and a couple of spectacular second weekend Superjams up in the friendlier, darker and tinier confines of the Parish Room. Last year's George Porter Jr./Marco Benevento/Brian Stoltz/Adam Deitch 2 a.m. [...]

February is always an exciting time of year to plan ahead for music festival season and this week has been a busy one around these parts. Everyone else is getting busy, too; it looks like the Bonnaroo website was just relaunched with a new set of 2012 graphics and a promise of an artist announcement [...]

"As long as we stay positive and stick together, we'll probably be doing some more shows, I don't think The Meters will ever stop playing together. The response to that show at The Howlin' Wolf says it all about what people think about The Meters in New Orleans." Yesterday, LMB NOLA got the opportunity to [...]

Safe to say that February 2012 is quite a big month for New Orleans' finest overgrown rhythm section, as Galactic is set to release their latest LP Carnivale Electros on Mardi Gras Day (February 21) on Anti- Records. Their rework of the Al "Carnival Time" Johnson's iconic Mardi Gras tune can be heard below and [...]

The Beach Boys will be showing off their newly reunited selves at this year's Grammy Awards this Sunday night. Joining them for the performance will be Foster The People and Maroon 5. Sigh. The surviving members of The Beach Boys will perform together for the first time in more than 20 years at Sunday's Grammy [...]

Yonder Mountain String Band hits the road for their Cabin Fever tour starting in Fayetteville, AR tonight and playing Baton Rouge tomorrow (where Wes will be). Yonder Mountain String Band Tour Dates February 8, 2012 @ George's Majestic in Fayetteville, AR February 9, 2012 @ Varsity Theatre in Baton Rouge, LA February 10, 2012 @ [...]

The lineup for this year's Hangout Music Fest was released earlier this week and they had promised us one more headliner that will join Dave Matthews Band, Jack White and Skrillex for the top honors at the beach side party. Consequence of Sound just dropped the news that Red Hot Chili Peppers confirmed themselves as [...]

In what some are calling it the best time in a long time for self-made DJs and producers, it's just too easy now to stand behind a laptop and let the music bring energy to a sold out crowd. Alex Botwin, AKA Paper Diamond proved that playing electronic music can and should be much more [...]

It's pretty remarkable to see these guys on late-night TV already (is that some sort of record?). They just jumped onto the scene last fall at CMJ and have been getting an amazing amount of hype ever since. But, there's good reason for that hype...

Thanks to Steven Hatley for contributing this review. For the first time in over a year, James Hall was back in town to play Carrollton Station with longtime friend and collaborator Michael Blum who supplied support on lap steel. Opening the night was Blum's newest project, Mystery Girl (Josh Katz - Lead Vocals, Mike Blum [...]

Check back periodically, this post will be updated as more shows are announced. Go crazy. THURSDAY, APRIL 26TH Stanton Moore Trio w/ Anders Osborne @ Blue Nile - 9:30 p.m. ($15 - TICKETS) New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation Gala w/ Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue + Big Sam's Funky Nation @ Hilton Riverside Hotel [...]

Jay-Z played Carnegie Hall last night to rave reviews. Stereogum has photos up from the show along with some videos. Billboard has the setlist. He also performed "Glory" and showed the true emotion of the song to the entire audience: "I didn't think I was going to make it through that one," he said, sounding [...]

This has some serious face-melt potential written all over it: The Recording Academy has announced today electronic music producer deadmau5 will perform on the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards telecast this Sunday, February 12 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS. He will join Foo Fighters, David Guetta, Chris Brown and Lil Wayne for a special performance, [...]