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EOTO @ House of Blues - Boston, February 9 Photos : Mark Davidson Jamtronica act EOTO debuted a new stage setup last night dubbed the "Lotus Stage" - a fully interactive 3-D mapped stage with video crews filming the show - at the House of Blues in Boston. [All Photos by Mark Davidson ] The band recently shared a video discussing how the Lotus Stage came together. EOTO brings the Lotus Stage out west starting [...]

Kung Fu @ Sullivan Hall, February 4 Words and Images : Nick Irving This past Friday, Connecticut rockers and jam legends in their own rights, Kung Fu , headlined a marathon six-hour, five-band bill at Sullivan Hall in New York City's West Village. The homecoming was the icing on the cake of a week-long excursion through Colorado labeled "Occupy Colorado" that ended in a blizzard-riddled headlining show at Boulder's Fox Theatre. Though they had just flown into NYC a few hours earlier, the band took the stage with [...]

Mayan Holidaze @ Now Sapphire Resort, Jan. 26 - 30 Photos: Tammy Wetzel From January 26 - 30 music fans from around the globe gathered at the Now Sapphire resort on Mexico's Mayan Riviera for the latest installment of Cloud 9 Adventures' Mayan Holidaze . Headliners Umphrey's McGee, the Disco Biscuits and STS9 each performed lengthy sets at three out of the event's four nights and were augmented on the bill by Big Gigantic, Wyllys and JHa, The Polish Ambassador/Ample Mammal, Dr. Fameus, Michetti, Lance Herbstrong and Umphrey's [...]

Wilco @ Warfield Theatre - January 29 Photos : Lee Fenyves HT faves Wilco are in the middle of their first extensive West Coast Tour since the Summer of '09 and last night returned to San Francisco for their first gig within city limits since a 2008 appearance at the inaugural Outside Lands Festival. For yesterday's show, Wilco teamed up with fellow HT faves White Denim to make for an impressive double bill at the Warfield Theatre. [All photos [...]

Brothers Past @ Brooklyn Bowl, January 13 HT's Jeremy Gordon caught one of Brothers Past's first shows of 2012 on Friday night at Brooklyn Bowl. We wanted to share his snaps from the jamtronica act's two-set performance. [All Photos by Jeremy Gordon ] Setlist... Set One: Celebrity>Getaway Somehow>Can You Keep a Secret, Dressed Uo Worn Down>Charity Starts at Home>Boy Set Two: Astphadel, Dead Clowns>The Mirror>Dead Clowns, Whos Gonna Love [...]

HT faves Umphrey's McGee moved their New Year's Run from its traditional Chicago environment to another Midwest city when they performed at The Pageant in St. Louis on December 29 - 31. One of the scene's best photographers, Tammy Wetzel, was on hand and has contributed 15 gorgeous shots from each night. [All Photos by Tammy Wetzel] Setlists: 12/29 Set One: Jazz Odyssey > Cemetery Walk, August*, Resolution -> Anchor Drops, Tribute to the Spinal Shaft**, Wizard Burial Ground [...]

Ween @ Fillmore Auditorium, December 29 - 31 It's a long drive from Chicago to Denver, about 16 hours. The payoff for avoiding car madness from mundane scenery? A New Year's Eve celebration featuring three nights of Ween at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver. For a Ween fanatic it doesn't get much better than that. Ween transformed the Fillmore into brown town on December 29-31. Fan anticipation for the shows was off the charts for the band had not performed a New Year's show since 1998. [...]

Phish @ Madison Square Garden, December 28 Words : Scott Bernstein Photos : Michael Stein Last night's NYE Run opener from Phish at MSG featured two above-average sets that laid the groundwork for what should be a memorable set of shows. From the first Free opener in Phish history to the well-played Glide bust out (the song was last played at the 2009 MSG Run) that followed as well as a rare third-song trip into Type II territory within Cities, the band was feeling their oats in a [...]

Chris Robinson Brotherhood @ Great American Music Hall - December 14 Words : DaveO Images : Lee Fenyves You just knew that when Chris Robinson Brotherhood announced a mid-December four-night run at San Francisco's Great American Music Hall, these shows would produce something special. Pure speculation led to vague promises on Wednesday when the Twitter account for the venue let everyone to expect special guests for the final two nights. [All Photos by Lee Fenyves [...]

George Porter Jr. and Runnin' Pardners @ Hiro Ballroom, December 3 Photos : Robert Chapman George Porter Jr. returned to New York City on December 3 with his five-piece Runnin' Pardners ensemble for a set that mixed material from throughout the bassist's illustrious career. [All Photos by Robert Chapman ] Photographer Robert Chapman was on hand at the Hiro Ballroom on the 3rd and turned in an exceptional set of snaps. Here's the [...]

Over the course of a two-night stand at the Aragon Ballroom in their hometown of Chicago last weekend Umphrey's McGee showed off the breadth of their repertoire during four sets filled with an eclectic batch of originals and covers, plenty of improvisation and a pair of guest spots. Oakland world fusion act Beats Antique and Chicago bluegrass-rockers Cornmeal handled support duties on Friday and Saturday respectively. On Saturday, Cornmeal's Allie Kral sat in with Umphrey's for a jam out of 1348 and all of Hajimemshite, while the Chicago Mass Choir lent a hand during set two for the [...]

Chris Robinson Brotherhood @ Irving Plaza, November 17 Words : Scott Bernstein Photos : Jeremy Gordon Chris Robinson has never been the type of musician who disappears for a few years, so in 2010 when the Black Crowes announced that they would begin an "indefinite hiatus" following an extremely lengthy tour, you had to figure the shaggy-haired singer wouldn't spend that time on a beach in Hawaii. Yet, what was surprising was how quickly he put together a new band and how hard that group, the Chris Robinson Brotherhood , [...]

Two strong voices of protest from the Vietnam Era came down to New York City's Zuccotti Park this afternoon to lend support to the Occupy Wall Street Movement. Graham Nash and David Crosby wound up performing five songs without microphones in the crowded park, namely Long Time Gone, Military Madness, What Are Their Names, They Want It All and Teach Your Children. Nash and Crosby spoke with Rolling Stone about the reasons behind their visit: HT's Jeremy Gordon was on hand and captured the [...]

George Clinton Tribute @ Apollo Theater - October 25 Photos : Jeremy Smith Last week at the iconic Apollo in Harlem, Parliment Funkadelic mastermind George Clinton was honored by a few of his old band mates and a number music industry all-stars including Sheila E., Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins, Questlove, Paul Shaffer and Vernon Reid. Even noted philosopher Cornel West turned up to pay tribute to Clinton at this fundraiser for NYC's public hospitals. [All photos by Jeremy [...]

Dawes/Blitzen Trapper @ Webster Hall – October 26 Words and Photos : Jeremy Gordon HT favorites Dawes and Blitzen Trapper returned in celebratory fashion to New York City's Webster Hall last Wednesday night. At a concert that lead singer Taylor Goldsmith termed a "Big Evening" for the band, Dawes led the sold out crowd through heartfelt renderings of It's A Little Bit Of Everything and Time Spent In Los Angeles, as well as a bouncy cover of Paul Simon's Kodachrome. A [...]

Widespread Panic @ Orpheum Theater - October 25 Words and Photos : Joe Ringus Returning to the stage after three-night run in Milwaukee over the weekend, Widespread Panic had a few days to rest before playing at the historic Orpheum Theater in downtown Minneapolis on Tuesday night. There is always the question, can the band keep up the momentum of the multi-show run? But fans pre-show predictions ran true, "…they always throw down in Minnesota!" [All photos by [...]

St. VincentKessler TheaterOctober 23, 2011Better than: missing out on all three of Annie Clark's hometown performances this weekend. ​This much is clear, just as it always has been: Dallas loves... Continue reading "Last Night + Picture Show: St. Vincent at the Kessler Theater" >

Primus @ Congress Theater, October 14 I had only seen Primus once before their throwdown at the Congress Theater in Chicago last Friday, and it was the infamous Bonnaroo 2004 latenight set, so large expectations were looming up front…and the band delivered. Primus is touring behind their new record, Green Naugahyde , so I assumed the setlist would be heavy on new material, but didn't realize until the gig that the whole second set would consist of the new record performed in its entirety. The [...]

Fashion model and singer Bebe Buell, one of the famed groupies Cameron Crowe based Penny Lane on in Almost Famous, took the stage at the Hiro Ballroom last Wednesday for an impressive performance. Even with Liv Tyler, Bob Gruen and Mick Rock all in attendance at Hiro, Buell was clearly the star of the evening as she debuted material from her latest release Hard Love. [All photos by Jeremy Gordon] After a heartfelt reading from friend and former Cycle Sluts from Hell lead singer Mary Raffaele, the band (with Hidden [...]

Wilco @ Central Park SummerStage - September 22 Words: Jeffrey Greenblatt Pictures: Jeremy Gordon On the last official day of summer, Chicago indie-alt.country-experimental -folk-rock act Wilco (phew, did I hit all the appropriate adjectives?), returned to Central Park SummerStage for the first time since June of 2003, for the second of three New York City performances. [All photos by Jeremy Gordon ] The previous night saw the band played a tight hour-long [...]