According to Google Maps, the Central Social and Pleasure Club is exactly one mile from my house. One would think as a live music fan, I would be a regular at the small venue that serves killer beer, features a glorious sound system and has a very chill Westside kind of vibe. Yet sadly that is not the case as the Central earns their keep booking bullshit DJ’s and electronica acts that bore the piss out of the guy who prefers his ... Read More

After months of fans holding off on committing physical harm to themselves, Phish have finally announced their tour plans for this summer across North America. Kicking things off in Maine followed by three nights upstate where they race the pony's in New York, the band has two night runs in most of these tour stops, with San Fran, Chicago and the ending run in Colorado all getting the three night treatment. PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel is where Jay Porks told us ... Read More

The Lineup for the Hangout Music Festival (taking place on beaches in Alabama May 17th through 19th) has been revealed. Besides Kings Of Leon, things are shaping up to be a very serviceable festival experience. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Phish Spin-Off Trey Anastasio Band, and The Breeders top this list of notables while The Shins, Kendrick Lamar, Passion Pit, The Black Crowes, Bassnectar, Jim James, Slightly Stoopid, The Roots, Bloc Party, Ellie Goulding, Public Enemy, Dirty Projectors, Best Coast, moe., Gov’t ... Read More

Watch Phish Perform 'Iron Man' During Golf Themed NYE Set (12/31/12) For the past four nights like it has been for 30 years,  it's just been good ol' Phish being Phish. Last night the band closed out 2012 with a bang, an entire third set of golf themed/"Garden Party" tracks. Even had most of the place covered in AstroTurf.  If you know Phish you know they tend to cover a song or two from time to time, and last night was no different. The ... Read More

In 2012 I exchanged maxing out my credit card with Ticketmaster and instead maxed it out on diapers. In June I became a first time father which meant my sleepless nights were spent with an infant in my arms instead of next to the PA. Despite the life change I still managed to see some great gigs. 10) Baroness/Meshuggah 05/05/12   Nothing say Cinco De Mayo on the Sunset Strip like the double shot of Baroness and Meshuggah. The House of Blues was sold out ... Read More

Written by Jakob Ross 2012: A Rock Odyssey, or the Best Live Acts I Saw this Year Introduction: It's been over two months since I've contributed anything to the site. Don't worry all, I haven't abandoned you. But I have moved from northeastern Georgia to southern Germany; a huge move for me. So, I haven't had much time to write anything up, let alone make any trips for concerts. Well, so far. But 2012 has been an amazing year in concerts, even though I didn't expect ... Read More

2012: A Music Odyssey Part 2 Words by Jakob Ross 10. Opeth When the Heritage Hunter tour was announced, I knew I had to go. Opeth was the band on the tour that I was the least familiar with, and upon fully immersing myself in their challenging brand of progressive metal, I knew I'd be in for a fantastic show. Combining light, almost beautiful song structures with the louder, heavier sounds of common heavy metal (and a touch of dry, awkward humor from frontman Mikael ... Read More

thenaturalstoners Top 10 Shows of 2012 By thenaturalstoner   Hello again dear readers, how are ya?!?  2012 was a pretty interesting year for me... saw lots of great shows, my dogs turned 5 (fucking 5!!) years old, and my house flooded while I was in Canada, displacing me from my home for over a month.  All of these experiences are what life is all about though, and this list below details some of these adventures in my top 10 musical sets of the year.  Besides ... Read More

Trey Anastasio Band January 2013 Tour Dates Phish frontman Trey Anastasio will take his solo act (the Trey Anastasio Band or TAB) to the road this January for a tour hitting the Northeast heavy over the 7 scheduled dates.  Toronto and Maine are the only cities not named New York and New Jersey on this trek that will be visited.  The tour starts January 18th, and chances are the same crowd will caravan to each town over the 10 day span and make sure ... Read More

Trey Anastasio Joins Amanda Green on Stage in NYC Last Night So last night in New York City, Amanda Green and "Friends" rocked steady all night at the  Birdland Club. Artists who fall under the friends category might send you to Google, but it was Brooks Ashmanskas, Jenn Colella, Andrea Burns, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Ryann Redmond, Gregory Haney and Ariana DeBose. Then, out pops Phish frontman Trey Anastasio on stage, and stuff begins to get cool. Trey has written a bunch of songs with Amanda Green and ... Read More

An Evening with the Infamous Stringdusters - Old Rock House 11/14/2012 Words / Pictures by Bradley Darby   Described by some critics as "a future supergroup," "a phenomenon" "intricately improvisational," and "flawless", the Infamous Stringdusters have been tearing up the bluegrass circuit for the last five years, releasing four studio albums as well as a live album while garnering a Grammy nomination along with three International Bluegrass Association awards and playing to packed venues and festival tents. The Stringdusters were just in the home of ... Read More

Neil Young and Crazy Horse Key Arena, Seattle WA - 11/10/12 Videos by Phishbeard  Concert Confessions contributor Phishbeard hits tons of shows. Actually, tons is probably an understatement. The guy hits so many shows that he's usually on his way to the next one before he can share any info with us about the show he just left. But the videos continue to upload. This week, our buddy Phishbeard was lucky enough to catch Neil Young & Crazy Horse at The Key Arena in Seattle. ... Read More

Trey Anastasio Band Takeover Jimmy Fallon Anything written in the next few sentences that is not complete fact will leave this writer ripped apart in Phish blogs for the rest of life. So let's just state the facts. Trey Anastasio is the lead singer and guitar player in the jam band Phish. During his downtime, he has his own band, appropriately named Trey Anastasio Band (some people write TAB). The Trey Anastasio Band has a new album (on orange vinyl) called 'Traveler' . And last and ... Read More

 Dinosaur Jr -  10/11/2012 The WOW Hall  -  Eugene, OR Words/Video  -  Phishbeard Well folks, I bring to you another review from Phishbeard’s crazy 2012 concert tour hellride. This tale is about how I was able to take a very important band off my bucket list of must see shows. I had wanted to see Dinosaur Jr. play live, since the Where You Been album was released in 1993, but whenever the opportunity arose, I was always busy doing something else. I now know that ... Read More

Meat Puppets 10/06/12 Track 16 - Santa Monica, CA Words/Photos by Reverend Justito It was a little over three years ago when I moved from West Hollywood to Santa Monica. Sure the temperature in this part of town is a bit lower but so are the number of quality live performances. So you can imagine my delight when our resident Meat Puppets groupie Jay Porks kicked down the knowledge that his favorite band was coming to town. I had never heard of Track 16 before this ... Read More

Phish Announces New Year's Run In New York City This December, Phish returns to Madison Square Garden in New York, New York for a four-show Holiday/NYE Run to close out 2012. The band has played 23 shows to date at MSG. For the first time ever, the floor at these four Madison Square Garden shows will be general admission. An online ticket request period is currently underway at tickets.phish.com/ and will end Monday, October 15 at Noon EST. Tickets will go on sale to the ... Read More

Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators  with Foxy Shazam - 09/18/2012 Manhattan Center's Hammerstein Ballroom - New York City Words/Photos/Video - Jay Porks “The essence of “cool” that is Slash cannot be matched”. That's a phrase typed by this very music fan posing as a journalist in a social media world, after walking out on the band currently touring under the moniker of Guns N' Roses during their encore at Izod Center last November. Well, after tonight that phrase cannot sing any more true ... Read More

Watch Phish Live From Farm Aid 1998 I remember October 3rd, 1998 like it was yesterday. The night before my car was broken into and my entire collection of Phish studio albums (as well as some Ween, Deftones and Sepultura) were stolen. Now say what you will about Phish studio albums, but my car only had a CD player and I could not listen to live shows via Maxell XLII audio cassettes. Bummed as fuck that entire day I remember watching all of ... Read More

Phish  - Aaron's Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA - 8/25/12 Words/Photos by Jakob Ross Phish Drop Bombs and Blow Minds in Atlanta The last time I was truly blown away by a band was when I saw Phish for the first time at Bonnaroo. They played what Reverend Justito refers to as a "greatest hits set", playing songs like Down With Disease, Sample In a Jar, Cavern, and Tweezer. While that set was great for a beginner such as myself, some hardcore phans probably wouldn't give it ... Read More

Jason Mraz - 8/18/12 - Aaron's Amphitheatre, Atlanta Words by Jakob Ross "Tour Is a Four Letter Word" Jason Mraz Invites Atlanta to Keep Calm and Wear Fedoras Pop music comes and goes. Some songs stand the test of time, others go away after a few months or, in some cases, after a few weeks. That's just the way it goes in the crazy business of music. One of the most popular songs of the past decade or so is 2008's "I'm Yours," which you can ... Read More

Phish 08/15/12 Long Beach Arena - Long Beach, CA Words/Photos by Reverend Justito The thing about Phish is that they always get the last laugh. I won’t lie, despite the fact that the band’s appearance at the Long Beach Arena is the only concert I will see this summer I wasn’t pumped. None of my hardcore Phish friends were able to join me to celebrate my 25th experience with Mike, Trey, Jon and Page, the venue stinks worse than the city of Long Beach does ... Read More

Trey Anastasio Announces Fall 2012 US Tour Dates The ginger jedi Trey Anastasio has just announced dates for a brief fall tour of the US. The trek kicks off October 18th in Detroit and wraps 10 days later in Port Chester New York. Unlike earlier this year where Anastasio performed with various philharmonics, this run features the Phish front man with his solo backing band. Trey will be touring in support of his new record Traveler which will hit shelves on October 16th. ... Read More

Saltines & Peanut Butter: Life On The Road With Ume When not taking phone calls from Perry Ferrell, Ume has spent the past few weeks tearing up the road with the Toadies and Helmet in support of their 2011 release Phantoms. Hailing from Austin Texas, this power trio has found a way to mix thrash metal riffs with 90’s shoegaze sensibilities. We recently caught up with lead guitarist/front woman Lauren Larson to talk about life on the road for the up and coming ... Read More

Matt & Kim Set To Support 'Lightning' With North American Tour Matt and Kim are the ones who had that nudie video in Times Square, right? Yeah that was them. Well the two of them have a new record called Lightning and it hits shelves on October 2nd. To celebrate the release they are heading out on a North American tour. According to folks on the message board Consequence of Sound, the duo kick things off the day after Lightning drops in Phish’s ... Read More

Webcast Schedule for Lollapalooza 2012 There have been some amazing festival streams so far in 2012. Coachella gave u the Tupac hologram , Bonnaroo brought the Gambler out with to share a stage with Phish, Orion Music + More brought us.. well, it streamed.  And today we're here at Concert Confessions are happy to bring you the schedule of the acts that will be streamed from Lollapalooza 2012. At YouTube.com/Lollapalooza  you can check out all of the going on from August 3rd through 5th ... Read More

311 Bring Unity to Atlanta With a Little Help From Their Friends One band that I've been interested in seeing for a couple years now is 311. And I finally got that chance when I purchased tickets to this show with my own money. I'm fairly positive that this is the sixth installment of 311's Unity Tour, although I could be wrong. I know that last year's Unity Tour featured Sublime w/ Rome And Lambert which I missed because we were out of town ... Read More