27 posts tagged “live music”

Yes, it's already started. Lazy me.

Thanks to the AT&T blue room, you can enjoy Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival 2008 live and for free!

Bonnaroo is here! Watch the LIVE webcast this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. There is also an audio only stream.

As a fan of the The Swell Season, I received an interesting bulletin via their MySpace page.

The Swell Season
May 5, 2008 7:08 PM

Download a Swell Season gig NOW on playedlastnight.com

Would you like to re-live the experience of a Swell Season gig you have just recently attended to?

OR.....

You haven't been/will not be able to make it to any of the concerts this time around but would love to listen to a full live set performed by Glen and Mar?

Well, now you can just do that and more!

We are recording most of the shows on this tour and the lovely folks at www.playedlastnight.com will make them available for you all for downloading so you can listen to the gigs whenever and wherever you want to.

The cost of downloading a full gig is $9.95 USD. All the recordings are high quality. You can listen to previews of the tracks on their website for free.

Please read the description on the audio files provided by playedlastnight.com for each download!

As of now, playedlastnight.com features two artists, Iron & Wine and The Swell Season.

I'm a fan of live music. I also enjoy listening to multiply concerts from the same artist even if they're from different venues. Not every concert plays the same. The set list can change, one song's perfect performance may never be repeated, the energy from the crowds tend to vary. You don't want to see the number of different concerts I have for Bloc Party, Radiohead, and Sigur Rós.

I'll be keeping an eye on playedlastnight.com. Maybe I've already put it to use...

Thanks to the AT&T blue room, you can enjoy Coachella 2008 live and for free!

Coachella is here! Watch the LIVE webcast this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. There is also an audio only stream.

The Austin City Limits Music Festival 2008 official lineup is here. So much far a Stone Temple Pilots coup d'etat. The boys are back together again. That being said, this year's ACL will once again rock Zilker Park. There's so many different sounds of music under one sky, your not gonna know what to do with yourself. Taking a quick look at the lineup, I've drawn up an initial list of "must see" acts for me.

Additions and changes are bound to happen.

• Foo Fighters (me and friend of mine tried a couple time to see them earlier this year... the time is now)
  
• Beck (saw him live a couple years ago, really dug the show and his music)
  
• David Byrne (the living legend, never had the chance to hear him play during South by Southwest)
  
• The Raconteurs (I see them next month and I gonna see them again!)
  
• The Mars Volta (they just played in Austin and I missed my chance, here we go again)
  
• Gnarls Barkley (how can you not like this duo)
  
• Tegan & Sara (my favorite Canadian twins, saw them last year, they had to cancel their ACL'05 appearance)
  
• Band Of Horses (again, another band I missed out on earlier this year)
  
• The Swell Season (hell yes!, it's Glen Hansard (The Frames) and Markéta Irglová from the indie film Once, I got the see them live this past November, just love them)
  
• Gogol Bordello (another band I missed which recently played in Austin, I could've, I will now)
  
• Okkervil River (local Austin group, be the first time catching them live, let alone really getting a chance to listen to them)
  
• Hot Chip (digg their sound, another first time for me)
  
• Vampire Weekend (I've been so damn lazy about buying their album, I make it right)
  
• CSS (so much damn fun they should be outlawed, saw them when they opened for Ladytron, that whole night was insanely great)
  
• Jamie Lidell (saw him when he opened for Beck, unlike some other people, his music works for me)
  
• The Octopus Project (about damn time I get to see them this year, truly one of my favorite local Austin bands)
  
• White Denim (local Austin band which is taking indie rock and slapping it up side its head)
  
• Mates Of State (Kori and James are back in Austin again, last saw them during Fun Fun Fun Fest '07)

Van Halen: iTunes | Official Site | Last.fm | Wikipedia

Let me make something clear. This concert was indeed Van Halen not Van Hagar. David Lee Roth, a.k.a. Diamond Dave, was back with the boys and they all rocked! Everyone on stage and in the arena was having a great time. Van Halen looked great and sounded awesome. Once again, here was a band from my youth I was finally able to see reunited and live in concert.

Everybody wants some!
I want some too.

Here's my photo set

The location has been chosen and the date has been set.

Van Halen
AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX
Thu, Jan 24, 2008 07:30 PM

Seat location: section F4, row 13, seat 4

This seat is not that far over from where I was seating during The Police concert last week.

Here are the lucky three Texas cities, all within my reach. I just need to choose which city and which friend.

The far right column is for VIP Tickets. Tickets will be sold through Ticketmaster.

The Police: iTunes | Last.fm | MySpace | Official Site | Wikipedia

Now with photos.

I went to see The Police last night at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, TX. Once again, it was glorious. Previously, I saw them earlier this year when they played at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX. Considering that was the first time I got to see The Police play live, it was truly a "holy fuck, I'm actually at The Police concert!" I didn't take my compact digital camera into the Dallas concert. I did sort document the trip. For the San Antonio concert, I had my iPhone.

Photo set for Dallas, TX concert.

Photo set for San Antonio, TX concert.

The Austin City Limits Music Festival 2007 official lineup is online. Once again, as always, the diversity of the musical lineup is impressive. This is what makes ACL Fest so special compared to the other major music festivals in America. I already purchased my three day pass a month ago. Here's an initial list of "must see" acts for me.

Additions and changes are bound to happen.

• Bob Dylan (I don't hate, not really a fan, but I might as well since he is the headliner)
• The White Stripes (finally get to see them)
  
• The Killers (didn't get around to seeing them this past April)
• Arcade Fire (into the third song, I'll try to not almost have a heat stroke, again...no really (ACL Fest '05))
• Muse (yes, I just saw them last month, they're that damn good)
• Queen Of The Stone Age (first time seeing them)
• Bloc Party (love this band, I'm a whore for their live bootlegs)
• Arctic Monkeys (still need to listen to the new album, shame on me)
• Lucinda Williams (couldn't schedule correctly to see here during all of the SXSW craziness)
• Spoon (current favorite Austin, TX band?!!!)
• Blue October (at the last minute, missed their concert this past November)
• Regina Spektor (great music from a gorgeous woman)
  
• Kaiser Chiefs (haven't seen them since ACL Fest '05)
• LCD Soundsystem (first time seeing him)
• Devotchka (love them on Little Miss Sunshine soundtack)
• *Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (actually holding off on them for now, just saw them couple weeks)
• Ghostland Observatory (best discovery @ ACL Fest '06, their energy during live shows is insane)
• Yo La Tengo (unfortunately missed their show last month, fuck you rain!)
• Young Love (dug his sound & album as soon as I heard it, this will be his fourth time playing in Austin this year)
• Blonde Redhead (glad I didn't buy tickets to their show last week, it was canceled, another rain out, WTF!)
• Sound Team (I'm not completely sold on them, yet)
  

A sort of second birthday present for me arrived in the mail. Some night during South by Southwest 2006, I was denied and pissed off at not being able to see Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. The line to see them was such a problem, Austin PD was brought over to disperse the people. Their show quickly turned into "badges only". All will be set right, come next Saturday night at Stubb's in Austin, TX.