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Slightly Stoopid's Summer Sessions | Eugene, OR | 7/9/14 | Review

Slightly Stoopid's Summer Sessions | Eugene, OR | 7/9/14 | Review

Slightly Stoopid kick-started their Summer Sessions tour July 9 at Eugene’s Cuthbert Amphitheater with a skanking, Rastafied set of dub-infected fusion.  The open-air venue, tucked along the banks of Oregon’s Willamette River, provided a sparkling setting for a sun-splashed evening of righteous rhythms and knowing grins. G. Love and Special Sauce dropped the needle on… Continue reading Slightly Stoopid's Summer Sessions | Eugene, OR | 7/9/14 | Review

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Phish | Mann Music Center & SPAC | 2014 | Review

Phish | Mann Music Center & SPAC | 2014 | Review

Let’s Talk Phish… “The Phish from Burlington Vermont are morphing and evolving and thrusting forward with the momentum of an unstoppable freight train into uncharted realms”. John Baker – WARP Radio Rewind… Our story begins with the introduction of “new” Phish material (An album’s worth of material, in fact, and then some) at the band’s… Continue reading Phish | Mann Music Center & SPAC | 2014 | Review

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D.O.T.S. C.O.N.F.U.S.E. M.I.N.D.S. | On Patrol | Review

D.O.T.S. C.O.N.F.U.S.E. M.I.N.D.S. | On Patrol | Review

As a general rule, I tend to avoid double albums like—well, not quite the Plague—maybe just a pretty girl with a slightly-suspect cold sore, or anything by the Dave Matthews Band. And honestly, the one double-record set I’ve ever really dug as a whole was Floyd’s Ummagumma, and only then because that oeuvre de strange-junk… Continue reading D.O.T.S. C.O.N.F.U.S.E. M.I.N.D.S. | On Patrol | Review

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Michael Franti | Red Rocks | 2014 | Review

Michael Franti | Red Rocks | 2014 | Review

All brought a powerful message of love, togetherness, and caring for humanity and our planet: a concert that made your soul shine! The good vibrations were carried on the gorgeous Red Rocks sunset on a clear warm summer evening. The day started off late afternoon with a yoga practice led by the famous Power yogi… Continue reading Michael Franti | Red Rocks | 2014 | Review

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LoHi Music Festival 2014 & Everyone Orchestra After-Party

LoHi Music Festival 2014 & Everyone Orchestra After-Party

The disco themed LoHi Music Festival held in the lower highlands Denver neighborhood started with a bang with Genetics and Blake Mobley’s collaborative musical project Tiger Party, that this time featured guitarist Tom Hamilton from Brother’s Past and American Babies. After a brief down pour of rain during the Heavy Pets set, the skies opened… Continue reading LoHi Music Festival 2014 & Everyone Orchestra After-Party

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Pigeons Playing Ping Pong | Psychology | New Music Review

Pigeons Playing Ping Pong | Psychology | New Music Review

Pigeons Playing Ping Pong might sound like a funny name, but their music is serious, ranging from funk to dance to electronic. On July 3, they released their second LP called “Psychology,” and right from the get go it brings the heat. The album has 13-tracks that span across a variety of musical genre, but… Continue reading Pigeons Playing Ping Pong | Psychology | New Music Review

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Steely Dan | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall | 7/2/2014 | Review

Steely Dan | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall | 7/2/2014 | Review

Steely Dan ‘Jamalot—[a Lot!]—Ever After’: The Show Biz Kids Are Still Pioneering Music on the New Frontier Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.  ~ Percy Shelley We are the music makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams;— World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the… Continue reading Steely Dan | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall | 7/2/2014 | Review

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Umphrey’s McGee | Red Rocks | 7/5/2014 | Review & Photos

Umphrey’s McGee | Red Rocks | 7/5/2014 | Review & Photos

For the first time since they started headlining Red Rocks, Umphrey’s McGee achieved a sellout on Saturday night at the famed amphitheater. They proceeded to demonstrate over the course of two fiery sets exactly why it was such a hot ticket. From the brand-new opener of “Lucid State” until the the end of the classic… Continue reading Umphrey’s McGee | Red Rocks | 7/5/2014 | Review & Photos

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Umphrey's McGee | Fraze Pavilion | 6/28/2014 | Review

Umphrey's McGee | Fraze Pavilion | 6/28/2014 | Review

There is one thing I know, a little rain will not stop an Umphrey’s McGee Fan. Last weekend, June 28th, in Kettering, Ohio, there was an epic rock show at the Fraze Pavilion. This was UM’s first show at this venue and it was bound to rock rain or shine. The Fraze Pavilion is celebrating… Continue reading Umphrey's McGee | Fraze Pavilion | 6/28/2014 | Review

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Widespread Panic | Red Rocks | 6/27/2014 | Review & Photos

Widespread Panic | Red Rocks | 6/27/2014 | Review & Photos

Last year during Widespread Panic‘s annual June pilgrimage to Red Rocks, I bore witness to a natural phenomenon so sublime, it will be emblazoned in my memory until my dying breath. An awe-inspiring lightning shower accompanied nearly the entirety of Saturday’s second set. At times, the “natural” light show seemed like it was timed in… Continue reading Widespread Panic | Red Rocks | 6/27/2014 | Review & Photos

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