Category: FESTIVALS

The Machine | Artpark Lewiston, NY |  08.31.2010

The Machine | Artpark Lewiston, NY | 08.31.2010

[Photos by Matt Buckley] Listen to Stop > Trial from Tuesday’s show. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The country’s best Pink Floyd tribute band returned to the best venue in upstate NY for the 2nd year in a row. The band wowed the crowd in Lewiston with 2 incredible sets. As the sun [...]

Jimkata | Grassroots Festival | 7.22.2010

Jimkata | Grassroots Festival | 7.22.2010

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] This past summer we had a chance to see these Ithaca progressive/electro rock jammers twice. Once at The Great Blue Heron Music Festival and then again at the Finger Lakes Grassroots Festival a few weeks later. Prior to The Blue Heron Festival we had never heard of these [...]

Flaming Lips| Art Park | 07.23.2010

Flaming Lips| Art Park | 07.23.2010

Photos by Matthew Buckley :: Lewiston, NY Setlist: The Fear Worm Mountain Silver Trembling Hands She Don’t Use Jelly The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song The Sparrow Looks Up at the Machine In The Morning of the Magicians I Can Be a Frog Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1 See the Leaves Pompeii Am Götterdämmerung Taps [...]

Finger Lakes Grassroots Festival Celebrates 20th Anniversary

Finger Lakes Grassroots Festival Celebrates 20th Anniversary

TRUMANSBURGH, NY – Grassroots continued it’s run as one of the longest running festivals in America this past weekend. Over the past 4 days the residents of Ithaca and music lovers from across the country descend on the Trumansburgh fairgrounds to celebrate some of the best roots, folk, & world music. .bbpBox a {color:#0084B4!important;}.bbpBox{background:url(http://a1.twimg.com/profile_background_images/98957262/buffalo.jpg) #022330;padding:20px;}p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px}p.bbpTweet [...]

Photo by Matt Buckley

Setlist: Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi | Artpark | 07.13.10

You can download a torrent of the audience recording at bt.etree.org. Setlist: 01. Tuning 02. Love has something else to say 03. Space Captain 04. Drift Away 05. Give it Up 06. Standing on the Edge of Love 07. Nobody’s Free 08. Midnight in Harlem 09. Comin Home 10. Blind Crippled and Crazy > 11. [...]

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 [...]

Picture Show: Nateva 2010

Picture Show: Nateva 2010

15,000 fans descended on Oxford Maine this past 4th of July weekend for the inaugural Nateva Festival. The 3 day festival had performances by Umphrey’s McGee, Further, The Flaming Lips, moe, G.P.G.D.S., John Brown’s Body and many others. Check out these stunning photos by Rich Gastwirt. Do you like the photos? Become a Fan! Pete [...]

Rebelution | Buffalo, NY | 7.8.2010

Rebelution | Buffalo, NY | 7.8.2010

Northcoast Music Festival

Northcoast Music Festival

Each summer, Chicago festivals offer iconic settings, and undeniable mainstream, alternative, and indie acts. But Midwest’s most fervent and insatiable music fans beg for a blend of the flavors offered at these fests, and at gatherings from Indio, California to Brooklyn, New York. Enter “Summers Last Stand,” the inaugural North Coast Music Festival, descending upon [...]

Picture Show | Donna The Buffalo | Buffalo, NY

Picture Show | Donna The Buffalo | Buffalo, NY

Event: Buffalo Rocks The Harbor @ Erie Harbor Marina Date: Saturday June 26th, 2010 Opened for moe. Photos by: Tammy Wetzel Upstate, NY will be getting a good dose of Donna The Buffalo this summer. Last Friday the band opened for moe. at the Erie Harbor Marina in Buffalo. This weekend for the 4th of [...]

Gallery:  Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa at Summer Camp 2010

Gallery: Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa at Summer Camp 2010

I hadn’t seen ZPZ since Rothbury, and I think they’ve been taking vitamins. This show gave me goosebumps, and not just for the helicopter-ing, horns, and stage presence. These guys know how to perform and put on what I thought was a SCAMP2010 top-10.

Gallery:  Rare daytime pics of EOTO from Summer Camp 2010

Gallery: Rare daytime pics of EOTO from Summer Camp 2010

Just as good in the daytime.

Summer Camp: Keller Williams

Summer Camp: Keller Williams

Keller’s just so damn cute you want to take him home and make him a peanut butter sammich, watch cartoons and chill. Would have loved to see the new “Keller & the Keels” but alas this was a solo performance. One of the biggest issues I had with Summer Camp is that Keller supposedly “gave [...]

Summer Camp:  ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra)

Summer Camp: ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra)

With a name like Animal Liberation Orchestra you know these are some crazy cats. Zach Gill (Keyboards, Vocals) went to High School with Jack Johnson, who helped produce the band’s first album. They put on a great show at Summer Camp, and I loved the slide guitar.