Subject: Phish

• Medeski, Martin & Wood to Play Jam Cruise Pre-Party at Revolution, Jan. 3

  (Photo via Medeski, Martin & Wood's MySpace page.)Despite being a cool, downtown NYC jazz act with roots in the early Nineties avant-garde scene of John Lurie and John Zorn, no one loves Medeski, Martin & Wood like that patchouli-loving, Birkenstocks-on-the-weekend hippie in the next cubicle over from you at work. MM&W's supersonic organ funk jams with DJ Logic in the Nineties forever cemented their relationship with neohippies, who first heard them when Phish would use the group's

  December 30, 2008

• Star Search

  December 16, 1992

• Some Day

  May 11, 1994

• EOTO tonight at City Limits

  It's time to get your jam on tonight. Well, sorta... EOTO is made up of former members of String Cheese Incident, but people who are expecting to hear versions of that group's songs will most likely be disappointed. EOTO is much more of an improvisational dance collective than a jam band; They claim that not a single note is prerecorded or even prearranged, but the thumping beats, keyboards and hand percussion spell a radical departure from STI.

  March 13, 2009

• Got Live If You Want It

  October 19, 1995

• Live Nation Dropping Service Fees For Some Tickets Tomorrow

  Looking for a way to save a few bucks on concert tickets? Live Nation has announced they will be waiving the service fees for lawn tickets to a slew of their summer shows starting at 12:01 am on Wednesday. This promotion only lasts for 24 hours, so you'll have to purchase tickets quickly. Hit the jump for a full list of the shows which will have the special promotion attached, and click here to buy the tickets.

  June 2, 2009

• Are You An Out Of Work Musician? Want a Gig Just For the Money?

  Do you wake up, smoke a bowl, bum a cigarette, drink a beer, eat some corn pops, play guitar, watch Judge Judy, Matlock and Oprah while "brainstorming" your million dollar ideas wearing dirty socks and wishing somebody would just pay your rent so you could concentrate on developing your unrecognized genius? You're probably either a blogger or an out of work musician. If it's the latter, join a band that's in it for the money. How bout this one, ripped directly from Craigslist for your benefit..

  April 7, 2009

• Jam Cruise Pre-Party Featuring Medeski, Martin & Wood

  January 1, 2009

• Rolling Stoners

  May 22, 2008

• Jam Bandy Goodness

  November 1, 2007

• Bang the Drum Slowly

  May 24, 2007

• Do Make Say Think

  March 29, 2007

• Green Lemon

  March 8, 2007

• Miles Davis

  January 26, 2006

• Peace of the Gables

  January 26, 2006

• Perpetual Groove

  December 15, 2005

• Adiós, 2004!

  December 30, 2004

• Up From the Underworld

  December 23, 2004

• Soggy Sonorities

  July 8, 2004

• BEST ONE-NIGHTER

  May 13, 2004

• Fresh Spam

  April 22, 2004

• Vote, You Robots!

  April 1, 2004

• Smoke for Life

  January 22, 2004

• Old New World

  January 1, 2004

• Exodus

  January 1, 2004

• Royal Blues

  December 25, 2003

• World Beats

  December 25, 2003

• This Week's Day by Day Picks

  December 25, 2003

• Hip-Hop Jazz

  December 25, 2003

• School Daze

  December 25, 2003

• Sunburned Hand of the Man

  December 4, 2003

• Vida Blue

  October 16, 2003

• Aesthetic Involvement

  May 8, 2003

• The Iguanas

  March 27, 2003

• The Long and Winding Bar

  March 6, 2003

• Medeski, Martin & Wood

  June 22, 2000

• Best Rock Concert In The Everglades

  May 11, 2000

• Kulchur

  January 20, 2000

• Mother-Tested, Kid-Approved Psychedelia

  January 13, 2000

• Kulchur

  August 19, 1999

• Kulchur

  August 5, 1999

• Kulchur

  July 15, 1999

• Better Dead Than Read

  January 21, 1999

• Beerfest, Beer Wars, and Beer By Itself

  Thoughts from all over: -Saturday is the 12th Annual New Times Original Beerfest, in case all the fanfare has eluded you. Show up at 7 p.m. with $25 in hand (or buy tix in advance now - highly recommended), and you'll be rewarded with four hours of non-stop beer sampling, eating, and live music. If you went last year and were slightly disappointed by the long lines, crowded spaces, and shortage of craft beer, don't worry. Organizers this year have worked hard to make this fest bigger, more spac

  April 17, 2009

• Fort Lauderdale Jam Band The Heavy Pets Rock Bonnaroo

  via myspace.com/theheavypetsAs the sun was setting on Snoop Dogg's Sunday show at Bonnaroo and the middle fingers that were raised high in the air cheering him on only a few minutes before were put back in their pockets, a dance-funk fusion of keyboard, wailing guitar, funky bass, and steady House-music-ready bass drum echoed from "Cafe Where" -- a tent located at the back periphery of the enormous crowd gathered at the main stage. The music was coming from Fort Lauderdale jam outfit The Heavy P

  June 17, 2009

• Top 10 Thursdays: The Top 10 Jam Band Gods

  ​On Friday, August 21, Col. Bruce Hampton will bring his inspired, improvisation rock to Revolution in Fort Lauderdale. He's a jam band hero who helped form the highly influential '90s H.O.R.D.E. tours. With H.O.R.D.E., he employed future jam band all-stars Oteil Burbridge (Allman Brothers Band), Jimmy Herring (Widespread Panic) as well as numerous others. But Hampton doesn't quite make into in our Jam Band God Pantheon. Sorry. Hit the hookah, peruse our tally, and if you still have any energy

  August 20, 2009

• Top Ten Thursdays: Top 12 Reasons I Generally Hate Jam Bands

  Jerry Ruled​Top Ten Reasons I Generally Hate Jam Bands.1.  Jerry Garcia.Jerome John Garcia was awesome.  He died.  It's over. Insert Duane Allman, Jimi Hendrix, et al. 2.  Marijuana It's mostly for kids and burnouts. It also generally softens the harsh edges of horribly boring shows with horribly boring guitar solos. (See below.) 3.  Guitar SolosThey are often horribly noodley and are at the heart of "jamming." I'd much rather have a short burst of brilliance that fits

  August 20, 2009

• MP3 of the Day: "Be Still Angelino" from DeLeon, Opening for Os Mutantes at Culture Room October 14

  ​When a newly reformed legendary Brazilian psychedelic band calls upon you to open up for its national tour, it's probably best to simply say yes. Of course, leave it to those wacky Os Mutantes to go ahead and dig up the only group that describes their sound as "Spanish-Jewish indie rockers" to be that opener.DeLeon has been garnering a good deal of acclaim in underground circles for its JDub Records releases last year. This national outing should only raise the band's profile as it supports t

  October 8, 2009

• Phish to Celebrate New Year's Eve in Miami Again With a Four-Night Stand, Act Now For Tickets

  via phish.portals.musictoday.com/​Alright, nobody really believed that Phish would stay away forever after their "final" concert in 2004. The only thing surprising about the beyond-jam-band gods' reunion last year is that, perhaps, it didn't come sooner. And they must really like Miami, even though Miami itself hasn't been too kind to the traveling festival crowd (see: the disastrous cancellation of the camping-free Langerado earlier this year.) Phish has celebrated New Year's Eve here in the

  November 11, 2009

• Concert Announcements: JJ Grey & Mofro and Karl Denson's Tiny Universe

  ​More jam news for you to go with today's Phish announcement. You know that Galactic show scheduled at Revolution on January 9? Well it just got a whole lot better with JJ Grey and Mofro being added to the set. The Florida based swamp-rock studs will open the show, leaving Phish heads 8 days to recover from New Years Eve to make it to Revolution in time. Tickets are available now through Ticketmaster.Karl Denson, the funky jazz saxophonist, has announced a date at Culture Room. On January 8, t

  November 11, 2009