With not only a year but an entire decade of music to celebrate, we’ll be bringing you our “Best of” 2009 lists all week long. We begin with our favorite 10 live shows of the year, followed later this week by our favorite albums of the year and our 101 favorite albums of the decade.
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Posts Tagged as ‘phish’
December 27, 2009
Wounded Messenger’s Best of 2009 Week Begins!
December 11, 2009
Charlottesville Phish Review, Photos, and Videos
My review of the December 5, 2009 Charlottesville Phish show is now up at Glide Magazine, along with some of my wife’s photos and various YouTube videos.
September 9, 2009
Album Review: Phish – Joy
As maligned as it is, Phish’s studio catalog does one thing really well: it provides brief but telling capsules that mark pivotal moments in the evolution of the band’s music, lives and career. Joy is unlike any other album they’ve released in terms of subject matter, since many of the songs were born of the [...]
August 22, 2009
Live Review: Phish – Merriweather Post Pavilion, August 15, 2009
Having recently pressed their collective “reset” button after a half-decade of nonexistence, the guys in Phish have so far used 2009 as – to cop a phrase from the sports world - a “rebuilding year.” The indulgent comeback shows in March served as an enticing prelude to an early summer tour that satisfied but merely [...]
July 24, 2009
News Fragments: Jay-Z Replaces Beastie Boys at All Points West, Bright Eyes Close Forever, California Left Standing For Phish Festival 8, New Built to Spill Album, Leonard Cohen Returns
-In the wake of Beastie Boy Adam Yauch’s announcement that he has cancer, the band’s album and tour plans have been postponed indefinitely. Replacing the Beasties at the upcoming All Points West Festival will be NYC’s own Jay-Z, making his first ever U.S. festival appearance.
-Conor Oberst (or as I like to call him, Conor Oh-Burst-Into-Tears) [...]
July 1, 2009
News Fragments: Jackson Rules Charts, Vibe Magazine Folds, Rothbury Rocks, Yeah for Zero 7, Phish Maps Halloween Festival
-As the old song goes, “death don’t have no mercy.” Unless, of course, you have financial stock in Michael Jackson’s rejuvenated music catalog. In that case, death has plenty, plenty mercy.
-Vibe Magazine has gone under. There’s a Pontiac joke in there somewhere…
-The Rothbury Festival sounds like a fine way to celebrate this weekend.
-One of [...]
June 24, 2009
Rumors of Phish Halloween Show at Coachella Grounds Strengthen
It now appears very likely that Phish will perform at least one show and possibly as many as three shows at Indio, California’s Empire Polo Field sometime between October 29th and November 1st. During the Bonnaroo festival earlier this month, many Phish family members and employees were abuzz with discussions about the then-rumored shows, and [...]
June 23, 2009
Live Review: Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, June 11 – 14, 2009
It’s hard to convey everything that happens at Bonnaroo. So much is missed, and so many different experiences occur that it’s futile to try and capture it all. At the same time, so much is seen and so many experiences had. For me, Bonnaroo has been all about the music since the very first year, [...]
June 14, 2009
Bonnaroo Update!
Hello all! As Bruce Springsteen begins what is sure to be a lengthy encore, I thought I’d pause and fill you in on some of he happenings I’ve witnessed so far at Bonnaroo.
Weather was a factor on Thursday, but this event has nonetheless turned into one of the best weather situations possible. A huge storm [...]
June 5, 2009
Bonnaroo Preview: Phish
When the first Bonnaroo took place in 2002, Phish had been “on hiatus” for nearly 2 years, and there was relentless speculation that Trey Anastasio’s festival-closing set would transmogrify into the band’s comeback. The rumors never panned out, but the possibility electrified the weekend. You could feel the excitement in the stiff Tennessee air for [...]
