The Beat Garden: July 2012

7.30.2012

Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival 2012

The only thing I like more than electronic is grass, and after Electric Forest a more relaxed and music-oriented festival was desperately needed. Grey Fox has been happening for years (approximately 30), and before that it was called the Winterhawk Festival. In it's current form, Grey Fox offers the creme de la creme of bluegrass on a scenic farm up in the Catskills. Literally everyone who you'd want to see, all in one weekend. I never thought I'd see David Grisman live, let alone with a jazz sextet, or that I'd meet Del McCoury and the banjo player from Crooked Still. This is truly one of the best festivals I've ever been to, in terms of the music and the community. Also, go see Della Mae whenever you can.

All images are from good friend David Lee, aka Gypsyshooter. Look for him at a festival near you!

The first 10 minutes of Stringdusters set

The last 2 encore songs from Stringdusters

SETS

Infamous Stringdusters - Grey Fox BGF 2012-07-19

Hot Rize - Grey Fox BGF 2012-07-21

David Bromberg Band - Grey Fox BGF 2012-07-19

Tornado Rider (Dance Tent w/ Guests) - Grey Fox BGF 2012-07-20

The Steeldrivers - Grey Fox BGF 2012-07-21

7.23.2012

STS9 - Axe The Cables

STS9 has become one of my favorite live acts to see on the festival circuit, but only recently did someone give me a copy of their acoustic show at Hornings Hideout. These guys are insanely talented and involved in some neat extracurricular activities like scoring the documentary #ReGeneration, which focuses on the Occupy movement and current youth culture.

On making the album, and the 2009 show,
"In December of 2009, STS9 sat down in one of America’s most pristine modern opera houses on a chilly night in Denver, CO to create the inaugural 'Axe The Cables… An Evening of STS9'. What this night encompasses is one of, if not the most flawless STS9 event in the bands decade plus history. The entire show was played, for the most part, sans all “electric” gear including the common stage instrumentation of laptops our fans have grown quite accustomed to. To say the event was a hit is an understatement. It was a night legends are made of. So much so the band has decided to re-cut, re-mix, and re-master this into one massive release." - STS9

STS9 at Blackwater Festival in Florida, doing a not-at-all acoustic set.

Axe The Cables by STS9

Dirty South - Phazing Radio July 2012

Dirty South presents some new stuff and some old stuff, all of which is a great cure for a case of the Monday's.

Dirty South Presents: Phazing Radio (July 2012) by Dirty South

7.16.2012

Dinosaur Jr. - "Watch the Corners"

It's been almost 3 years since Farm, but thankfully Mascis/Lou/Murph are putting out more beers for your ears. This is from their upcoming 10th studio album, I Bet On Sky, set to be released on September 18th (or the 17th if you're across the pond).

Will it be good, or will it be good?

Dinosaur Jr. - "Watch the Corners" by Jagjaguwar

P.S If you've ever wondered who's responsible for the epic cover art for I Bet On Sky, it's Travis Millard. And on Farm and Several Shades of Why? It's the same dude who does much of the art for Dogfish Head Brewery's limited release beers. Cheers, Marq Spusta.

7.10.2012

Jerry Garcia's 70th, Just Jack, Zoogma and AmpLive

Just Jack released a home recorded lo-fi EP, Rough/Ready, with 4 songs of kushy goodness, Fight Club samples, and acoustic noodling. It's really hard to tack on a genre, but he's somewhere between hiphop and ambient pop. Give it a shot, you won't.

In honor of Jerry's 70th birthday, movies theatres around the country are playing the Grateful Dead Movie in it's entirety, for one night only, on August 1st at 7:00 PM. The show will also include a special interview with Jason Kruetzman and a tour of TRI Studio. Here's a list of all the theatres in the country that are down with the Dead.

After playing Electric Forest this past weekend, Mississippi's own Zoogma presented their "Wet Hot American Mixtape", which wins the Best Mixtape Title award. Lot's of glitchy samples, dubby instrumentals and hard drums, this is a 4-song dance party.

Lastly, AmpLive remixes The Submarines "1940", and it's great.

The Submarines - 1940 [Amp Live Remix] by soul-or-system
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Zoogma - Wet Hot American Mixtape

Just Jack - Rough / Ready EP

Electric Forest

Chumbawumba broke up yesterday. They were a band for 2 years less than the Beatles. Here's an incomplete collection of the live sets from Electric Forest, along with some visuals and video captured over the long, weird weekend. There will be more sets to come, as soon as slow tapers upload them.