Thursday, March 25, 2010

30db: new album in May, tour dates

30db
photo: Chad Smith

Guitarist Brendan Bayliss (Umphrey’s McGee) and mandolinist Jeff Austin (Yonder Mountain String Band) join forces as 30db. Their new album, One Man Show, will be released on 05/11. Both musicians went through a rather rough break-up and started playing together to get rid of their demons.

They hit the road in May with Cody Dickinson of the North Mississippi All Stars on drums, percussion, and keyboards; Nick Forster, guitarist of Hot Rize, and Open Road bassist Eric Thorin.

Live dates:
  • 05/06 Minneapolis, MN @ Cabooze
  • 05/07 Madison, WI @ Majestic Theater
  • 05/08 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
  • 05/19 Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre
  • 05/20 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
  • 05/21 Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern
  • 05/22 Portland, OR @ Berbati's Pan

» 30db.net

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Phish 3D in theatres 04/30, previews in nine cities 04/20

It's not the real thing, but it comes close. The Phish 3D movie opens April 30th. Previews on April 20th in nine cities.

Phish 3D, a 3D concert experience, is opening nationwide on Friday, April 30th for an exclusive one week run. The more than two hour movie, presented by Action 3D Productions in association with Network LIVE and Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp., highlights Phish's Festival 8, a three-day, eight-set, 16-hour concert in the Southern California desert.

In advance of the nationwide roll-out, exclusive preview screenings will be shown in nine cities -- Boston; Burlington, VT; Chicago; Denver; Houston; Los Angeles; New York; Raleigh/Durham, NC; and Washington, D.C.-- on April 20th. In addition to experiencing this special screening, fans in attendance will take home a Phish 3D movie poster. The fully immersive music and visual experience, featuring state-of-the-art 3D technology, gives viewers the sense that they are not only at the event, but on stage with the band that Entertainment Weekly has called "the biggest cult band in America." Phish 3D features fan favorites, never before seen cover songs, and intimate footage of the band backstage and in rehearsals.

Filmed in October 2009 at the band's Festival 8, more than 40,000 devoted fans watched as Phish combined two of their most beloved traditions - the multi-day festival and the Halloween album "costume." The band's highly anticipated "musical costumes" are concerts involving the performance of an entire album by another artist-in this case, Phish covered the Rolling Stones' album Exile on Main St. Phish 3D also features songs from the band's first ever full-length acoustic set, as well as performances taken from the six additional sets.

Tickets for the Tuesday, April 20th screenings will be available for purchase on Friday, March 26 (individual theater on-sale dates may be subject to change). Ticketing information is available at phish3dmovie.com.

Ticketing information for the Friday, April 30th opening of Phish 3D will be made available at phish3dmovie.com. Fans are encouraged to check the site for ticketing and event news frequently, as there a very limited number of seats available for this one week run.

» phish3dmovie.com

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Escape from MySpace #26: Munich

Munich

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Munich are a Brighton quintet who go for densely layered songs. Lead singer Stuart Slade has the range to rise above the twin guitar attack provided by James McKeown and Stuart Weller. Their not so secret weapon is the rhythm section: the large bass strokes painted by Tom Howland and the locked in groove of drummer Josh Holmes.

The band members are childhood friends and gained some notoriety when they operated as Maura Kincaid landing a slot at the Queens Head stage at Glastonbury in 2009.

Renamed Munich they are performing anthems that can reach the back of a really big audience during a late night set at a Summer festival.

MP3: Munich - Into The Rain...

Live date:

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