Category: Umphrey’s McGee

Umphrey’s McGee Logo Contest |  Free Fall Sampler & Tour Dates

Umphrey’s McGee Logo Contest | Free Fall Sampler & Tour Dates

Ever thought you could design a better logo for Umphrey’s McGee? Well here’s your chance. Chicago-based rockers Umphrey’s McGee are seeking a new logo/theme for 2011 with the help of the Creative Allies art community. The genre-spanning and barrier busting sextet seeks a visual interpretation of their name that represents the musically muscular and relentlessly [...]

Umphrey’s Mcgee | 7.16.2010 | Meijer Gardens

Umphrey’s Mcgee | 7.16.2010 | Meijer Gardens

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Frederick Meijer Garden. Grand Rapids, MI Photos and Words by Benjamin Slayter. Set I: Alex’s House > Made to Measure > Bright Lights > Alex’s House, 2×2, Thin Air Set II: NothingTooFancy> Conduit, Africa, Phil’s Farm > Kula > Phil’s Farm, Gulf Stream, 2nd Self, Night Moves > [...]

Picture Show | Umphrey’s Mcgee | Rochester 7.8.2010

Picture Show | Umphrey’s Mcgee | Rochester 7.8.2010

Listen to the encore from this free out door show in Rochester. Cemetery Walk: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The Archive. Photos by Tammy Wetzel Party in the Park. Free Show. new TWTR.Widget({ version: 2, type: ‘search’, search: ‘umphrey\’s mcgee rochester’, interval: 6000, title: ‘The latest buzz’, subject: ‘Umphrey\’s McGee Rochester’, width: ‘auto’, height: [...]

Umphrey’s McGee | 7.15.2010 | Buffalo NY

Umphrey’s McGee | 7.15.2010 | Buffalo NY

Recording, & photos by Adam Hudson Thursday At The Square 2010 Lafayette Square Buffalo, NY [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Setlist: One Set Much Obliged, Get In the Van, Red Tape, Got Your Milk (Right Here) > Spires > In the Flesh > Another Brick In the Wall (part 2) > We’re Going [...]

Summercamp 2010 Umphrey’s McGee Friday Set One Photos

Summercamp 2010 Umphrey’s McGee Friday Set One Photos

An epic first set for UM Friday evening opening with Rocker pt. 2. Highlights included an amazing “Girlfriend is Better” Talking Heads cover. I’d been getting a “feeling” all day and by the end of glory, was calling a Cemetery Walk encore. I got it, and the weekend was just beginning. I’d just been handed [...]

Jake Cinninger sits in with Dumpstaphunk at Summer Camp Festival

Jake Cinninger sits in with Dumpstaphunk at Summer Camp Festival

Dumpstaphunk blew out the barn last night and by the time I could get to the stage I found Jake Cinninger from Umphrey’s sitting in and shredding.   One of the reasons to go to festivals vs. concerts is for this kind of shared moment.

Gallery: 30db at Summer Camp 2010

Gallery: 30db at Summer Camp 2010

I have to say I’ve waited for months to see this amazing duo, and as Rach likes to call it, they’re both the “Softer Side of Sears” when it comes to having the raw emotion available to pull off a fricking mandolin / guitar combo.   Color me impressed as they came out and had [...]

Umphrey’s McGee Delivers Unique Experience at UMBOWL 2010

Umphrey’s McGee Delivers Unique Experience at UMBOWL 2010

Lincoln Theater, Chicago - April 24 Umphrey’s McGee kicked off the inaugural UMBOWL in their home town of Chicago to rave reviews. Those who were lucky enough to get tickets were treated to the most unique concert experiences ever. For those of you not familiar with UMBOWL here’s the break down. The show consisted of 4 [...]

Umphrey’s McGee 2010 Summer Tour

Umphrey’s McGee 2010 Summer Tour

The masters of improvisational progressive rock have just announced their summer tour. We’re stoked to the Chicago natives return to Buffalo’s free concert series at Thursday at The Square. Also we’re thrilled to see them playing near my home town at Tags in Big Flats NY. What shows will you be hitting up this summer? [...]

Review & Photos: Umphrey’s McGee | 3.4.2010 | Buffalo

Review & Photos: Umphrey’s McGee | 3.4.2010 | Buffalo

Umphrey’s McGee continued a white-hot East Coast run Thursday night at the Town Ballroom, a spot that’s become a regular stop for this prog-rock machine. They brought an opening act with them this time, Uglysuit, a 6 piece that brought some solid energy to the stage with Joel from UM joining on keys for a [...]

UMBOWL 2010 Details

UMBOWL 2010 Details

Umprey’s McGee is psyched to announce the inaugural UMBowl! UMBowl 2010 will be a unique interactive Umphrey’s McGee experience. This 4+ hour extravaganza will be unlike any other Umphrey’s event to date – the UMBowl will be a show for the ages! The evening will be broken up into four quarters of music, each with [...]

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 Freezeout^$$ > Bridgeless Set Three Much Obliged^ > Auld Lang Syne^, Hurt Bird Bath, [...]

Picture Show: Umphrey’s Mcgee at the Aragon Chicago. 10.30.2009

Picture Show: Umphrey’s Mcgee at the Aragon Chicago. 10.30.2009

Umphrey’s Mcgee at the Aragon Chicago. 10.30.2009 Set One:Push the Pig* -> Miss Tinkle’s Overture, Got Your Milk (Right Here) > 2×2, All Night Long^,Resolution > “Jimmy Stewart”^^ Set Two: Wappy Sprayberry -> Spires > Hangover, Made to Measure$, Lady Madonna$$, Higgins** > Wappy Sprayberry > Bright Lights Encore: All In Time Notes: Z-Trip opened * [...]

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