• Toubab Krewe & John Brown's Body Announce National Tour

    Toubab Krewe & John Brown’s Body Announce National Tour

    Two of the best bands in country are teaming up for 13 dates for  one of the most anticipated co-headling tours of 2010.
    The tour starts with 2 upstate NY shows before heading out west to Chicago. The two bands will continue out west and close out the tour at the Belly Up Tavern in California. We’re planning on getting [...]

    Jan 28, 2010 | Comments | View Post

  • Gallery Umphrey's McGee | NYE Run 2009 Night 1

    Gallery Umphrey’s McGee | NYE Run 2009 Night 1

    The Vic Theatre – Chicago, Illinois

    12.29.2009
    Set One – Andy’s Last Beer, Walletsworth, In the Kitchen, 40’s Theme, Front Porch*, The Floor, JaJunk
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    Jan 17, 2010 | Comments | View Post

  • Gallery: Grassroots Festival 2009

    Gallery: Grassroots Festival 2009

    Another incredible year at one of America’s longest running music festivals. Check out these photos of Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, Donna The Buffalo, Hank Roberts, and the grounds at Trumansburgh in 2009.
    Click image below for full slide show!

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    Jul 21, 2009 | Comments | View Post

  • TOUR INFO

  • String Cheese Incident Back On The Road in 2010

    String Cheese Incident Back On The Road in 2010

    String Cheese Incident has announced that they will be back on the road in 2010. The Colorado based band will be doing a 3 night run at Redrocks starting July 23rd, 2010 as well as a festival at Horning’s Hideout in

    Feb 02, 2010 | Comments | View Post

  • YMSB Spring Tour

    YMSB Spring Tour

    YMSB has just announced Spring 2010 tour dates. This tour is shorter than normal but the band needs to get their banjo player back to Colorado “to meet a stork with a special delivery for him”. The veterans of jam grass

    Feb 02, 2010 | Comments | View Post

  • Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad Kicks Off 2010 Winter Tour In Buffalo

    Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad Kicks Off 2010 Winter Tour In Buffalo

    Photos & review by Buffalo native and new BTJ contributer Matthew Buckley. Nietzsche’s – Buffalo, NY Rochester natives, and roots reggae touring veterans are back at it in 2010 in a big way. After performing hundreds of crowd pleasing shows the

    Jan 30, 2010 | Comments | View Post

  • Toubab Krewe & John Brown's Body Announce National Tour

    Toubab Krewe & John Brown’s Body Announce National Tour

    Two of the best bands in country are teaming up for 13 dates for  one of the most anticipated co-headling tours of 2010. The tour starts with 2 upstate NY shows before heading out west to Chicago. The two bands will continue out west

    Jan 28, 2010 | Comments | View Post

  • FESTIVALS

  • Mountain Jam 2010 Initial Lineup Announced

    Mountain Jam 2010 Initial Lineup Announced

    Warren Hayne’s and company continue to bring the best jam band’s to upstate NY for the sixth straight year. Located at Hunter Mountain Ski resort this is one festival you don’t want to miss. We’re  looking forward to seeing Gov’t Mule,

    Jan 21, 2010 | Comments | View Post

  • Phish Festival 8 Setlists

    Phish Festival 8 Setlists

    Over the weekend Phish played 8 sets over 3 days at Phish Festival 8 in Indio California. For those lucky enough to make the trek to the west coast they have been treated to one of the most epic festivals

    Oct 29, 2009 | Comments | View Post

  • Caribbean Holidaze 2009 Schedule | $100 Off Promo Code

    Caribbean Holidaze 2009 Schedule | $100 Off Promo Code

    Caribbean Holidaze (Dec 10-14th 2009) returns to what is rumored to be the last daze festival in Jamaica. Join Umphrey’s Mcgee, The Disco Biscuits and others for 4 days of bliss in Runaway Bay JAMAICA! A strong lineup deserves a fierce

    Aug 13, 2009 | Comments | View Post

  • Gallery: Grassroots Festival 2009

    Gallery: Grassroots Festival 2009

    Another incredible year at one of America’s longest running music festivals. Check out these photos of Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, Donna The Buffalo, Hank Roberts, and the grounds at Trumansburgh in 2009. Click image below for full slide show! Related Posts:

    Jul 21, 2009 | Comments | View Post

  • DOWNLOADS

  • The Best iPhone App Yet - The Live Music Archive

    The Best iPhone App Yet – The Live Music Archive

    I woke up this morning and was pleasantly surprised to see a great new iPhone app in the iTunes store. For $1.99 you get access to over 70,000 live concerts from over 2,800 bands hosted by the Live Music Archive. This

    Jan 29, 2010 | Comments | View Post

  • The McLovins | Norfolk CT | 10.17.2009

    The McLovins | Norfolk CT | 10.17.2009

    McLovins have a sound and talent that is beyond their years. The band that got it’s start covering Phish songs in their parent’s basement and posting them on YouTube is now on the Live Music Archive. The trio is comprised of

    Nov 17, 2009 | Comments | View Post

  • Andrew Bird Live at Asbury Hall at Babeville on 10.21.2009

    Andrew Bird Live at Asbury Hall at Babeville on 10.21.2009

    Andrew Bird is in the middle of a Church tour across the US that sees him playing some great venue’s including the famed Asbury Hall at Babeville in Buffalo, NY. Many thanks to the guys at the Calcutta Blog for

    Nov 09, 2009 | Comments | View Post

  • The Goods: Lotus Live @ The Town Ballroom on 10.30.09

    The Goods: Lotus Live @ The Town Ballroom on 10.30.09

    Buffalo continues to have one of it’s best fall lineups in years. Just over the past few weeks we’ve seen, moe., Mike Gordon, STS9, and now the electronic, progressive, instrumental sensation Lotus at the Town Ballroom in Buffalo, NY. Golden Ghost: [Audio

    Nov 03, 2009 | Comments | View Post

  • GALLERIES

  • Gallery: Umphrey's McGee NYE @ The Aragon 12.31.09

    Gallery: Umphrey’s McGee NYE @ The Aragon 12.31.09

    Set One: Cemetery Walk > The Triple Wide, Divisions, Red Tape^, Headphones & Snocones^^, Mulche’s Odyssey Set Two: Jazz Odyssey* > “Jimmy Stewart”**, Hajimemashite, Ringo^, The Skunk, The Goose, & The Fly^, Bridgeless > Ocean Billy, Move Your Rug^$, 10th Avenue

    Jan 18, 2010 | Comments | View Post

  • Gallery Umphrey's McGee | NYE Run 2009 Night 1

    Gallery Umphrey’s McGee | NYE Run 2009 Night 1

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  • The Avett Brothers Live | Buffalo NY  07.30.2009

    The Avett Brothers Live | Buffalo NY 07.30.2009

    Thursday At The Square closed out the season with it’s best show of the summer. The Avett Brothers played 90 minutes of intense folk rock on a warm humid night in downtown Buffalo. The Avett Brothers, from North Carolina are in

    Jul 31, 2009 | Comments | View Post

  • Hill Country Revue @ Lafayette Square Buffalo, NY 07.09.09 MP3 + Photos

    Hill Country Revue @ Lafayette Square Buffalo, NY 07.09.09 MP3 + Photos

    Hill Country Revue played a great show in Buffalo last night! For the first time all year it didn’t rain at the free concert series downtown in the Queen City. We had a blast catching up with old friends and

    Jul 10, 2009 | Comments | View Post

  • ALBUM NEWS

  • New Album: Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad  "Live UP"

    New Album: Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad “Live UP”

    One of our favorite bands G.P.G.D.S. has just released their 2nd album. This “best of” live album from select shows in 2008 and 2009 features original songs that fans from Maine to California have grown to love over the years. The production

    Jan 06, 2010 | Comments | View Post

  • Review: Built To Spill - There is No Enemy

    Review: Built To Spill – There is No Enemy

    Built to Spill There Is No Enemy Warner Bros Released: October 6, 2009 Built to Spill’s seventh full length album, There Is No Enemy, finds the Boise, ID indie rock stalwarts refining the direction they established with their two previous releases, 2001’s Ancient Melodies

    Oct 14, 2009 | Comments | View Post

  • SOJA  New Album  "Born in Babylon" 2009

    SOJA New Album “Born in Babylon” 2009

    Hailing from Washington D.C. – reggae band SOJA is on the forefront of the reggae revolution.  SOJA embodies musicians unlike any other band in any genre of music, to date.  Their first album “Soldiers of Jah Army EP” was recorded

    Aug 30, 2009 | Comments | View Post

  •  The Motet  FREE Album Download "Dig Deep"

    The Motet FREE Album Download “Dig Deep”

    With its 6th release, Dig Deep, The Motet once again proves that it is a group committed to exploring and pushing the sonic envelope, while still remaining dedicated to the musical traditions that have defined their sound. A heavy-horned afrobeat influence

    Aug 26, 2009 | Comments | View Post

  • SHOW REVIEWS

  • Gallery Umphrey's McGee | NYE Run 2009 Night 1

    Gallery Umphrey’s McGee | NYE Run 2009 Night 1

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    Jan 17, 2010 | Comments | View Post

  • Gov't Mule Rocks The Harbor 08.02.2009 Buffalo NY

    Gov’t Mule Rocks The Harbor 08.02.2009 Buffalo NY

    Last year we witnessed the band play Art Park in nearby Lewiston NY at probably the best venue in WNY. Gov’t Mule made the trek up river this year and played the best rock/blues in the country for the Buffalo

    Aug 04, 2009 | Comments | View Post

  • Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad |  04.09.09 | MP3 *SBD*

    Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad | 04.09.09 | MP3 *SBD*

    G.P.G.D.S is defining east coast reggae every night out with its intense dubs, melodic guitar play, and amazing improv. The band finally had a chance to play the “Pirate Ship” aka Nietzsche’s in Buffalo, NY and raised the roof

    Apr 16, 2009 | Comments | View Post

  • Toubab Krewe Live at Jammin' Java on 01.20.09 | MP3

    Toubab Krewe Live at Jammin’ Java on 01.20.09 | MP3

    Big ups to “su6oxone” and Toubab Krewe for one of the best sounding audience recordings we’ve heard on The Archive. Toubab Krewe blends American Rock with West African music for one of the most unique sounds we’ve heard. The childhood friends

    Apr 08, 2009 | Comments | View Post