tour dates

Phish, some at BoT's primary impetus for every good thing in their musical journey, have announced their Summer 2010 Tour Dates. No info about on sale, but for a smile-inducing video check out Phish.com. Dates below!

June 11 Chicago, IL Toyota Park
June 12 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom Music Center
June 13 Hershey, PA Hersheypark Stadium
June 15 Portsmouth, VA nTelos Pavilion at Harbor Center
June 17 Hartford, CT Comcast Theatre
June 18 Hartford, CT Comcast Theatre
June 19 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center
June 20 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center
June 22 Mansfield, MA Comcast Center
June 24 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
June 25 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
June 26 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion
June 27 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion
June 29 Canandaigua, NY CMAC
July 1 Raleigh, NC Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
July 2 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 3 Alpharetta, GA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park
July 4 Alpharetta, GA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park
August 5 Berkeley, CA Greek Theatre
August 6 Berkeley, CA Greek Theatre
August 7 Berkeley, CA Greek Theatre
August 9 Telluride, CO Telluride Town Park
August 10 Telluride, CO Telluride Town Park
August 12 Noblesville, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center
August 13 Noblesville, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center
August 14 East Troy, WI Alpine Valley Music Theatre
August 15 East Troy, WI Alpine Valley Music Theatre
August 17 Wantagh, NY Nikon Theater at Jones Beach
August 18 Wantagh, NY Nikon Theater at Jones Beach

The most promising to me - given the proximity of family, friends, and/or epic nature to the venue - look to be Atlanta, Berkeley, and Telluride... and I know my midwestern writing mates will be at Chicago and Cuyahoga. I'm quite sure this means that we'll get more West Coast dates (and a fest?) in the Fall, hopefully just before or after a 4-date Texas run. Please give us two nights in The Woodlands!

Here we go again. Phish have released a string of fall tour dates that start just a few weeks after they take the stage in Indio, CA for their own Festival 8. This string of dates, which starts at Detroit's Cobo Arena, will find them traversing the heart of America including stops in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Maine, before a trio of dates at New York's famed Madison Square Garden. The tour will all come to a wrap December 5th, at Charlottesville, Virginia's John Paul Jones Arena. Unfortunately, there are no Texas dates this run, or for that matter, no dates anywhere near Texas. Looks like I'm gonna have to save up some money over the next few weeks...

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On the heels of the second season premiere of their critically acclaimed HBO comedy, Flight Of The Conchords have released a significant chunk of tour dates that will keep them busy through the spring. Starting at Coral Gables, Florida's BankUnited Center on April 7th, they will be wending their way through the East and Midwest with a brief break after their April 28th show at Chicago's Arie Crown Theater. After two quick shows in Texas at Dallas' Nokia Theater and Houston's Jones Hall, the New Zealand-bred acoustic folk comedy duo will then tour the West throughout the month of May.

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Yonder Mountain String Band, who are already set to play a slew of dates during their "Cabin Fever" tour in February, have released another month's worth of dates starting at the end of March. The four-piece progressive bluegrass group from Nederland, Colorado will start out in Arkansas before heading through Texas, making a stop at Houston's House Of Blues (boo!), and then out west for the rest of their spring tour. YMSB are also starting to be added to a few different summer music festival including Wakarusa and their very own Northwest String Summit in mid-July.

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Along with today's release of their ninth LP, Merriweather Post Pavilion (which is freaking amazing, btw), psychedelic experimentalists Animal Collective have also unleashed a slew of tour dates to accompany their latest effort. After a month-long trek through Europe, and another month to attend to their own affairs, they will take the U.S. by storm for most of May leading into the beginning of June. The foursome will be making stops in Austin and Dallas (sorry Houston folk!), as well as what could only be a yet-to-be announced tour-ender at Bonnaroo. Also on the itinerary is a stop at the Flaming Lips-curated All Tomorrow's Parties in northern New York later in the year.

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STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9) are a band that I have a love/hate relationship with. Then again, maybe it's a love to hate relationship. I have seen them in several different atmospheres, including indoor and outdoor venues, and daytime and nighttime festival sets. Every time I see them I have differing opinions about whether or not I like their music. They have played major parts at both of the summer music festivals I went to this year; first by headlining Saturday night of Wakarusa, and second by playing the main late night set on Saturday night of ROTHBURY. At both of these festivals they seemed to receive overwhelmingly positive reviews from everybody that spent any time with their performance. Unfortunately, at both of those festivals I chose other musical options (Hot Buttered Rum at Wakarusa, Crystal Method/Sherwood Forest at Rothbury), so I cannot give a current state of like or dislike. They are not a horrible band, they are actually quite good at what they do, it is just that my personal tastes leave me unsure if I like the sounds coming out of Tribe's sector.

On that note, their massive fan-base would completely disagree with what I have to say, and would most likely lead you in a better direction if you are at all interested. STS9 fans are rabid, which is the main reason why they grow bigger and bigger with each show they play. I have a feeling that we shall continue to see these gents succeed, so check them out now before they only play those 9-dollar-a-beer, frat-boy-filled corporate outdoor amphitheaters.

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While Houston doesn't see quite as many great live shows as some other cities do, we still occasionally experience nights that find us deciding between performances from multiple equally good artists. One occasion that particularly stands out in my mind took place in April of last year, when Brooklyn's TV on the Radio were set to take the stage at the Meridian, mere blocks from Warehouse Live, where - on the same night - Yo La Tengo were booked to perform. We decided the only way to settle this dilemma was to head over to Pitchfork and choose which band we'd see based on whose name we spotted first. We soon spied a Yo La Tengo news feature, which sealed the deal and led us to the Warehouse that night. I don't at all regret seeing YLT - they knocked it out of the park that night - but still, I've been yearning to catch TV on the Radio ever since. It looks like I'll finally have my chance this fall, as they will be playing at Houston's yet-to-be-opened House of Blues, as well as at the Voodoo Experience in New Orleans (which, thanks to Cereal's amazing talents, we will be attending clad in oversized, candy-themed costumes. Look out for a gigantic Hershey Kiss.)

If that's not enough, TVotR have completed their follow-up to 2006's Return To Cookie Mountain; entitled Dear Science (album artwork above), it's set to be released on September 23. You can stream the first track "Golden Age" at their official website.

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In what seems to be an endless quest to rock peoples' faces off, The Whigs have announced yet another round of dates that will see them traversing North America through the end of fall. After finishing off a few shows of their own, the road will find them playing gigs with Tokyo Police Club, Justice, MGMT, The Kooks, Kings Of Leon, and We Are Scientists. They'll also be making stops at the Monolith Music Festival at Morrison, CO's Red Rocks Ampitheatre, and Seattle's Bumbershoot Festival. We first fell in love with these guys after an amazing afternoon in-store performance and an even better (and louder) headlining set later that night. Their brand of garage rock sounds good on record, but even more powerful in a live setting, so take my word for it and check them out before the venues get bigger and the tickets get more expensive.

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New England singer/songwriter Ray LaMontagne will be hitting the road this fall with a US tour in support of his third album, Gossip in the Grain (due out Oct. 14th). The 28 show tour is set to take off on Sept. 30th in Indianapolis, IN and will end on Nov. 9 in Seattle, WA. LaMontagne's unique sound in combination with his intimate stage show should make for an blissfully calm night of music. Fellow songwriter Leona Naess will be on the tour in support of LaMontagne and is also featured in the songs "I Still Care For You" and "A Falling Through" off of his new album. This will personally be my first time to see Ray - I will be making the trip to Kansas City, MO, so look for upcoming coverage of the night.

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Fresh off one of their largest shows, a headlining spot at England's Glastonbury festival, Kings Of Leon are ready to hit the road in support of their latest studio effort, Only By The Night. The follow up to 2007's Because Of The Times, set to be released on September 23rd, will also feature a full North American tour in support. For this trek they have enlisted the help of a few acts that will more than enhance the evenings events. For the whole tour, We Are Scientists will take the opening slot, while The Stills and The Whigs will rotate support duties for different dates.

The first single from Only By The Night, entitled "Sex On Fire", is streaming on their MySpace page as we speak, so after you see if they are coming to your town (they're coming to mine!), head on over there to check out the new tune.

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